1991 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

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1991 Junior World Championship
Tournament details
Host country France
DatesAugust 23–September 1
Teams17 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions  (7th title)
Runner-up South Korea
Third place Denmark
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches62
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The 1991 Women's Junior World Handball Championship was the eighth edition of the tournament which took place in France from 23 August to 1 September 1991. Seventeen teams competed in the competition from four continents with Brazil and making there first appearance in a tournament.

After 62 matches, the took home their seventh gold medal and their fifth in a row after defeating South Korea by a single goal in the gold medal match. Denmark finished in third place overall after they defeated Sweden in the bronze medal playoff.[1]


First round[]

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 3 3 0 0 79 52 +27 6
 Denmark 3 2 0 1 69 66 +3 4
 Romania 3 1 0 2 63 52 +11 2
 Japan 3 0 0 3 56 97 −41 0
Source:[citation needed]
August South Korea  20–16  Romania France
August Denmark  32–25  Japan France
August South Korea  36–18  Japan France
August Denmark  19–18  Romania France
August South Korea  23–18  Denmark France
August Romania  29–13  Japan France

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France (H) 3 2 0 1 79 66 +13 4
  3 2 0 1 81 73 +8 4
  3 2 0 1 77 71 +6 4
  3 0 0 3 63 90 −27 0
Source:[citation needed]
(H) Host
August France  25–21   France
August   32–21   France
August   27–21   France
August   24–23  France France
August France  31–21   France
August   29–25   France


Group C[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  3 3 0 0 71 59 +12 6
  3 2 0 1 68 53 +15 4
 Yugoslavia 3 1 0 2 62 65 −3 2
  3 0 0 3 49 73 −24 0
Source:[citation needed]
August Yugoslavia  23–20   France
August   24–20   France
August   23–19  Yugoslavia France
August   25–19   France
August   22–20  Yugoslavia France
August   25–10   France

Group D[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  3 3 0 0 75 32 +43 6
 Sweden 3 2 0 1 58 50 +8 4
 Germany 3 1 0 2 65 63 +2 2
 Brazil 3 0 0 3 33 86 −53 0
Source:[citation needed]
August   25–15  Germany France
August Sweden  25–11  Brazil France
August   26–6  Brazil France
August Sweden  22–15  Germany France
August   24–11  Sweden France
August Germany  35–16  Brazil France

Second Round[]

Group I[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 5 4 1 0 135 91 +44 9
 Denmark 5 4 0 1 118 96 +22 8
 Romania 5 2 1 2 111 97 +14 5
  5 1 1 3 119 137 −18 3
  5 1 1 3 103 133 −30 3
 France 5 1 0 4 95 127 −32 2
Source:[citation needed]
August 1991 South Korea  29–29   France
August 1991 Denmark  30–18   France
August 1991 Romania  26–16  France France
August 1991 South Korea  31–13   France
August 1991 Denmark  24–16  France France
August 1991 Romania  29–20   France
August 1991 Romania  22–22   France
August 1991 Denmark  27–21   France
August 1991 South Korea  32–15  France France

Group II[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  5 5 0 0 128 84 +44 10
 Sweden 5 3 0 2 100 96 +4 6
 Germany 5 3 0 2 94 104 −10 6
  5 2 0 3 102 99 +3 4
 Yugoslavia 5 2 0 3 107 114 −7 4
  5 0 0 5 92 126 −34 0
Source:[citation needed]
August 1991 Germany  20–19   France
August 1991 Yugoslavia  25–23  Sweden France
August 1991   24–14   France
August 1991 Sweden  14–12   France
August 1991   29–20   France
August 1991 Germany  24–19  Sweden France
August 1991 Sweden  30–20   France
August 1991 Germany  20–19  Yugoslavia France
August 1991   26–24   France

Thirteenth place[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 3 1 1 1 73 68 +5 3
  4 2 1 1 83 76 +7 5
 Brazil 3 0 0 3 45 83 −38 0
  3 1 0 2 65 68 −3 2
  3 3 0 0 76 47 +29 6
Source:[citation needed]
  • Canada and Nigeria both withdrew from the competition
August 1991   25–19   France
August 1991 Japan  34–22  Brazil France
August 1991   24–21   France
August 1991   26–19  Japan France
August 1991   22–19   France
August 1991   20–13  Brazil France
August 1991   29–10  Brazil France
August 1991 Japan  20–20   France

Placement matches[]

Eleventh place game[]

1 September 1991   25–21  France France

Ninth place game[]

1 September 1991 Yugoslavia  25–22   France

Seventh place game[]

1 September 1991   23–21   France

Fifth place game[]

1 September 1991 Romania  21–16  Germany France

Third place game[]

1 September 1991 Denmark  25–18  Sweden France

Final[]

1 September 1991   26–25  South Korea France

Ranking[]

The final rankings from the 1991 edition:[2]

Rank Team
Gold medal icon.svg  
Silver medal icon.svg  South Korea
Bronze medal icon.svg  Denmark
4  Sweden
5  Romania
6  Germany
7  
8  
9  Yugoslavia
10  
11  
12  France
13  Japan
14  
15  Brazil
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References[]

  1. ^ "Junior Women Handball World Championships Archive". todor66.com. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  2. ^ "WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS / JUNIOR" (PDF). ihf.info. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-11. Retrieved 2018-05-04.

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