1991 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

none Junior World Championship 1991 France August 23–September 1 15+2 4 URS 7 KOR DEN SWE 62 1989 Women's Junior World Handball Championship 1993 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. 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.World Championships - J - Indoor/en salle/Halle - 1991 - FRA https://archive.ihf.info/upload/PDF-Download/WomenJuniorWorldCh/1991_Women_Junior_FRA.pdf International Handball Federation (IHF) 6 May 2026 2 pdf http://www.todor66.com/handball/World/Women_Junior_1991.html Junior Women Handball World Championships Archive 3 August 2020 todor66.com Preliminary Round Group A main WDL Q 2 n y KOR KOR DEN DEN ROU ROU JPN JPN 3 0 0 79 52 2 0 1 69 66 1 0 2 63 52 0 0 3 56 97 #CCFFCC A A A complete IHF 23 August 1991 KOR 20–16 ROU France 23 August 1991 DEN 32–25 JPN France 24 August 1991 KOR 36–18 JPN France 24 August 1991 DEN 19–18 ROU France 25 August 1991 KOR 23–18 DEN France 25 August 1991 ROU 29–13 JPN France Group B main WDL Q 2 n y FRA FRA BUL BUL CHN CHN AUT AUT 2 0 1 79 66 H 2 0 1 81 73 2 0 1 77 71 0 0 3 63 90 #CCFFCC A A A complete IHF 23 August 1991 FRA 25–21 CHN France 23 August 1991 BUL 32–21 AUT France 24 August 1991 CHN 27–21 AUT France 24 August 1991 BUL 24–23 FRA France 25 August 1991 FRA 31–21 AUT France 25 August 1991 CHN 29–25 BUL France Group C main WDL Q 2 n y TCH TCH YUG YUG TPE TPE CAN CAN Canada is presented out of competition. 2 0 0 47 39 1 0 1 43 42 0 0 2 39 48 2 0 1 68 53 #CCFFCC A A A complete IHF 23 August 1991 TCH 24–20 CAN France 23 August 1991 YUG 23–20 TPE France 24 August 1991 CAN 23–19 YUG France 24 August 1991 TCH 25–19 TPE France 25 August 1991 TCH 22–20 YUG France 25 August 1991 CAN 25–10 TPE France Group D main WDL Q 2 n y URS URS SWE SWE GER GER BRA BRA 3 0 0 75 32 2 0 1 58 50 1 0 2 65 63 0 0 3 33 86 #CCFFCC A A A complete IHF 23 August 1991 URS 25–15 GER France 23 August 1991 SWE 25–11 BRA France 24 August 1991 URS 26–6 BRA France 24 August 1991 SWE 22–15 GER France 25 August 1991 URS 24–11 SWE France 25 August 1991 GER 35–16 BRA France Main round Group I main WDL Q 2 n y KOR KOR DEN DEN ROU ROU BUL BUL CHN CHN FRA FRA 4 1 0 135 91 4 0 1 118 96 2 1 2 111 97 1 1 3 119 137 1 1 3 103 133 1 0 4 95 127 complete IHF 27 August 1991 KOR 29–29 BUL France 27 August 1991 DEN 30–18 CHN France 27 August 1991 ROU 26–16 FRA France 28 August 1991 KOR 31–13 CHN France 28 August 1991 DEN 24–16 FRA France 28 August 1991 ROU 29–20 BUL France 29 August 1991 ROU 22–22 CHN France 29 August 1991 DEN 27–21 BUL France 29 August 1991 KOR 32–15 FRA France Group II main WDL Q 2 n y URS URS SWE SWE GER GER TCH TCH YUG YUG TPE TPE 5 0 0 128 84 3 0 2 100 96 3 0 2 94 104 2 0 3 102 99 2 0 3 107 114 0 0 5 92 126 complete IHF 27 August 1991 GER 20–19 TCH France 27 August 1991 YUG 25–23 SWE France 27 August 1991 URS 24–14 TPE France 28 August 1991 SWE 14–12 TCH France 28 August 1991 URS 29–20 TCH France 28 August 1991 GER 24–19 SWE France 29 August 1991 SWE 30–20 TPE France 29 August 1991 GER 20–19 YUG France 29 August 1991 URS 26–24 TCH France Classification Round main WDL Q 2 n y JPN JPN AUT AUT BRA BRA CAN CAN Canada is presented out of competition. NGR NGR Nigeria is presented out of competition. 1 1 0 54 42 2 1 0 40 33 0 0 2 35 54 1 0 2 65 68 3 0 0 76 47 complete IHF August 1991 CAN 25–19 NGR France August 1991 JPN 34–22 BRA France August 1991 AUT 24–21 NGR France August 1991 NGR 26–19 JPN France August 1991 CAN 22–19 AUT France August 1991 AUT 20–13 BRA France August 1991 CAN 29–10 BRA France August 1991 JPN 20–20 AUT France Placement matches Eleventh-place game 1 September 1991 TPE 25–21 FRA France Ninth-place game 1 September 1991 YUG 25–22 CHN France Seventh-place game 1 September 1991 TCH 23–21 BUL France Fifth-place game 1 September 1991 ROU 21–16 GER France Third-place game 1 September 1991 DEN 25–18 SWE France Final 1 September 1991 URS 26–25 KOR France Ranking The final rankings from the 1991 edition: Rank TeamImage:Gold medal icon.svgURSImage:Silver medal icon.svgKORImage:Bronze medal icon.svgDEN4SWE5ROU6GER7CZS8BUL9YUG10CHN11TPE12FRA13JPN14AUT15BRA Both Canada and Nigeria were presented out of competition. References External links World Championships - J - Indoor/en salle/Halle - 1991 - FRA https://archive.ihf.info/upload/PDF-Download/WomenJuniorWorldCh/1991_Women_Junior_FRA.pdf International Handball Federation (IHF) 6 May 2026 2 pdf Mondiaux Espoirs Hand-ball : bulletin fédéral November 1991 273 9 https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k96651017/f15.item 6 May 2026 Fédération française de handball FR Women's Junior World Handball 1991 Junior Handball Junior Handball Category:Women's handball in France