1989 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

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1989 Junior World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Nigeria
DatesSeptember 22–October 1
Teams15 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions  (6th title)
Runner-up South Korea
Third place 
Fourth place Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches48
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The 1989 Women's Junior World Handball Championship was the seventh edition of the tournament which took place in Nigeria from 22 September to 1 October 1989. Fifteen teams competed in the competition from three continents with , and making their first appearance in a tournament.

In the final, the took home their sixth gold medal and their fourth in a row after defeating South Korea by three goals. claimed their first junior medal after defeating Yugoslavia for third.[1]

First round[]

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  2 2 0 0 68 41 +27 4
 Japan 2 1 0 1 44 48 −4 2
 West Germany 2 0 0 2 37 60 −23 0
Source:[citation needed]
September 1989 Japan  23–17  West Germany Nigeria
September 1989   31–21  Japan Nigeria
September 1989   37–20  West Germany Nigeria

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  3 3 0 0 79 58 +21 6
 Sweden 3 2 0 1 69 62 +7 4
 Denmark 3 1 0 2 73 53 +20 2
  3 0 0 3 47 95 −48 0
Source:[citation needed]
September 1989 Sweden  27–18   Nigeria
September 1989   22–18  Denmark Nigeria
September 1989 Denmark  35–10   Nigeria
September 1989   24–21  Sweden Nigeria
24 September   33–19   Nigeria
24 September Sweden  21–20  Denmark Nigeria

Group C[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 3 3 0 0 106 67 +39 6
  3 2 0 1 84 57 +27 4
  3 1 0 2 48 82 −34 2
  3 0 0 3 52 84 −32 0
Source:[citation needed]
September 1989   30–13   Nigeria
September 1989 South Korea  37–25   Nigeria
September 1989 South Korea  37–16   Nigeria
September 1989   28–12   Nigeria
September 1989   19–15   Nigeria
September 1989 South Korea  32–26   Nigeria

Group D[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Yugoslavia 3 3 0 0 79 57 +22 6
 Spain 3 2 0 1 63 61 +2 4
  3 1 0 2 69 59 +10 2
   3 0 0 3 55 89 −34 0
Source:[citation needed]
22 September Spain  26–17    Nigeria
22 September Yugoslavia  23–18   Nigeria
23 September Spain  20–19   Nigeria
23 September Yugoslavia  31–22    Nigeria
24 September   32–16    Nigeria
24 September Yugoslavia  25–17  Spain Nigeria

Second round[]

Group I[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  5 5 0 0 158 95 +63 10
  5 4 0 1 113 105 +8 8
 Sweden 5 3 0 2 113 110 +3 6
 Denmark 5 2 0 3 103 113 −10 4
 Japan 5 1 0 4 100 119 −19 2
 West Germany 5 0 0 5 93 138 −45 0
Source:[citation needed]
September 1989 Sweden  26–20  Japan Nigeria
September 1989   34–19  Denmark Nigeria
September 1989   28–23  West Germany Nigeria
September 1989   29–19  Sweden Nigeria
September 1989 Denmark  24–16  West Germany Nigeria
September 1989   23–16  Japan Nigeria
September 1989   27–16   Nigeria
September 1989 Sweden  26–17  West Germany Nigeria
September 1989 Denmark  22–20  Japan Nigeria

Group II[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 5 5 0 0 174 113 +61 10
 Yugoslavia 5 4 0 1 118 106 +12 8
  5 3 0 2 132 104 +28 6
 Spain 5 2 0 3 98 122 −24 4
  5 1 0 4 114 123 −9 2
  5 0 0 5 77 145 −68 0
Source:[citation needed]
September 1989   27–13  Spain Nigeria
September 1989 South Korea  35–25   Nigeria
September 1989 Yugoslavia  22–17   Nigeria
September 1989 South Korea  35–20  Spain Nigeria
September 1989   28–15   Nigeria
September 1989 Yugoslavia  22–19   Nigeria
September 1989 South Korea  35–26  Yugoslavia Nigeria
September 1989 Spain  28–16   Nigeria
September 1989   30–24   Nigeria

Thirteenth place[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
   2 2 0 0 47 42 +5 4
  2 1 0 1 53 47 +6 2
  2 0 0 2 40 51 −11 0
Source:[citation needed]
26 September    21–19   Nigeria
September 1989   30–21   Nigeria
29 September    26–23   Nigeria

Placement matches[]

Eleventh place game[]

1 October 1989 West Germany  24–10   Nigeria

Ninth place game[]

1 October 1989   34–22  Japan Nigeria

Seventh place game[]

1 October 1989 Denmark  30–19  Spain Nigeria

Fifth place game[]

1 October 1989 Sweden  27–26   Nigeria

Third place game[]

1 October 1989   27–18  Yugoslavia Nigeria

Final[]

1 October 1989   26–23  South Korea Nigeria

Ranking[]

The final rankings from the 1989 edition:[2]

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

References[]

  1. ^ "Junior Women Handball World Championships Archive". todor66.com. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  2. ^ "WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS / JUNIOR" (PDF). ihf.info. Retrieved 2018-05-04.

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