1991 Women's Junior World Handball Championship
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 Chinese Taipei making there first appearance in a tournament.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  France |
| Dates | August 23–September 1 |
| Teams | 17 (from 4 confederations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Soviet Union (7th title) |
| Runner-up |  South Korea |
| Third place |  Denmark |
| Fourth place |  Sweden |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches | 62 |
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After 62 matches, the Soviet Union 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]
Second Round
Thirteenth place
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Japan |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 68 | +5 | 3 |
 Austria |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 83 | 76 | +7 | 5 |
 Brazil |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 83 | −38 | 0 |
 Nigeria |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 68 | −3 | 2 |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 47 | +29 | 6 |
Source:
- Canada and Nigeria both withdrew from the competition
| August 1989 | Canada |
25–19 | Nigeria |
France |
| August 1989 | Japan |
34–22 | Brazil |
France |
| August 1989 | Austria |
24–21 | Nigeria |
France |
| August 1989 | Nigeria |
26–19 | Japan |
France |
| August 1989 | Canada |
22–19 | Austria |
France |
| August 1989 | Austria |
20–13 | Brazil |
France |
| August 1989 | Canada |
29–10 | Brazil |
France |
| August 1989 | Japan |
20–20 | Austria |
France |
Placement matches
Ninth place game
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25–22 |  China |
France |
Seventh place game
| 1 September 1991 | Czechoslovakia  |
23–21 |  Bulgaria |
France |
Ranking
The final rankings from the 1991 edition:[2]
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
 |
Soviet Union |
 |
South Korea |
 |
Denmark |
| 4 | Sweden |
| 5 |  Romania |
| 6 |  Germany |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia |
| 8 | Bulgaria |
| 9 | Yugoslavia |
| 10 | China |
| 11 |  Chinese Taipei |
| 12 | France |
| 13 | Japan |
| 14 | Austria |
| 15 | Brazil |
| – | Nigeria |
| – | Canada |
References
- "Junior Women Handball World Championships Archive". todor66.com. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- "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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