1987 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

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1987 Junior World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Denmark
DatesOctober 23–November 1
Teams15 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions  (5th title)
Runner-up Denmark
Third place 
Fourth place South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches48
Goals scored1868 (38.92 per match)
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The 1987 Women's Junior World Handball Championship was the sixth edition of the tournament which took place in Denmark from 23 October to 1 November 1987.

Fifteen teams competed in the competition from three continents with being the only country to debut in the tournament. For the second time in a row, a team had to withdraw before the tournament with Argentina withdrawing to lower the number of teams to fifteen. The took home their fifth gold medal in the final and their third in a row after defeating host nation Denmark by nine goals in the final. finished in third after defeating South Korea.[1]

First round[]

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 2 2 0 0 35 30 +5 4
 South Korea 2 1 0 1 48 35 +13 2
 West Germany 2 0 0 2 24 42 −18 0
 Argentina (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:[citation needed]
(W) Withdrew
October 1987 Denmark  21–20  South Korea Denmark
October 1987 Denmark  14–10  West Germany Denmark
October 1987 South Korea  28–14  West Germany Denmark

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Norway 3 2 0 1 48 45 +3 4
  3 2 0 1 50 49 +1 4
 France 3 1 0 2 51 51 0 2
  3 1 0 2 51 55 −4 2
Source:[citation needed]
October 1987   16–14  Norway Denmark
October 1987 France  20–18   Denmark
October 1987   19–17   Denmark
October 1987 Norway  16–15  France Denmark
October 1987   17–16  France Denmark
October 1987 Norway  18–14   Denmark

Group C[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  3 3 0 0 78 52 +26 6
  3 2 0 1 70 52 +18 4
 Sweden 3 1 0 2 59 65 −6 2
 Japan 3 0 0 3 52 90 −38 0
Source:[citation needed]
October 1987   32–16  Japan Denmark
October 1987   25–18  Sweden Denmark
October 1987   33–15  Japan Denmark
October 1987   19–16  Sweden Denmark
October 1987 Sweden  25–21  Japan Denmark
October 1987   20–19   Denmark

Group D[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  3 3 0 0 86 39 +47 6
 Yugoslavia 3 2 0 1 64 62 +2 4
 Spain 3 1 0 2 45 58 −13 2
  3 0 0 3 43 79 −36 0
Source:[citation needed]
October 1987 Yugoslavia  27–16   Denmark
October 1987   23–10  Spain Denmark
October 1987   35–13   Denmark
October 1987 Yugoslavia  21–18  Spain Denmark
October 1987 Spain  17–14   Denmark
October 1987   28–16  Yugoslavia Denmark

Second round[]

Group I[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 5 4 0 1 97 82 +15 8
 South Korea 5 3 0 2 118 92 +26 6
  5 3 0 2 93 91 +2 6
 Norway 5 3 0 2 81 86 −5 6
 France 5 2 0 3 82 87 −5 4
 West Germany 5 0 0 5 62 95 −33 0
Source:[citation needed]
October 1987 South Korea  25–18   Denmark
October 1987 Norway  15–13  West Germany Denmark
October 1987 France  18–17  Denmark Denmark
October 1987 Denmark  23–19   Denmark
October 1987 France  15–12  West Germany Denmark
October 1987 Norway  21–20  South Korea Denmark
October 1987 Denmark  22–15  Norway Denmark
October 1987   23–13  West Germany Denmark
October 1987 South Korea  25–18  France Denmark

Group II[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  5 5 0 0 125 67 +58 10
  5 4 0 1 99 89 +10 8
 Yugoslavia 5 2 1 2 92 104 −12 5
  5 1 1 3 93 114 −21 3
 Sweden 5 1 0 4 93 98 −5 2
 Spain 5 1 0 4 83 113 −30 2
Source:[citation needed]
October 1987 Yugoslavia  20–20   Denmark
October 1987   23–16  Sweden Denmark
October 1987   21–17  Spain Denmark
October 1987   22–18  Yugoslavia Denmark
October 1987 Sweden  27–14  Spain Denmark
October 1987   34–14   Denmark
October 1987   17–11   Denmark
October 1987 Yugoslavia  17–16  Sweden Denmark
October 1987 Spain  24–21   Denmark

Thirteenth place[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  2 2 0 0 60 42 +18 4
  2 1 0 1 45 53 −8 2
 Japan 2 0 0 2 46 56 −10 0
Source:[citation needed]
October 1987   26–23  Japan Denmark
October 1987   30–19   Denmark
October 1987   30–23  Japan Denmark

Placement matches[]

Eleventh place game[]

1987 Spain  16–15  West Germany Denmark

Ninth place game[]

1987 France  22–17  Sweden Denmark

Seventh place game[]

1987   20–16  Norway Denmark

Fifth place game[]

1987 Yugoslavia  19–15   Denmark

Third place game[]

1 November 1987   27–23  South Korea Denmark

Final[]

1 November 1987   24–15  Denmark Denmark

Ranking[]

The final rankings from the 1987 edition:[2]

Rank Team
Gold medal icon.svg  
Silver medal icon.svg  Denmark
Bronze medal icon.svg  
4  South Korea
5  Yugoslavia
6  
7  
8  Norway
9  France
10  Spain
11  Sweden
12  West Germany
13  
14  
15  Japan

References[]

  1. ^ "Junior Women Handball World Championships Archive". todor66.com. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  2. ^ "WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS / JUNIOR" (PDF). ihf.info. Retrieved 2018-05-04.

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