1981 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

The 1981 Women's Junior World Handball Championship was the 3rd edition of the tournament which took place in Canada from 17 to 25 October.

1981 Junior World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Canada
DatesOctober 17–25
Teams11 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (2nd title)
Runner-up Yugoslavia
Third place West Germany
Fourth place South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches35
Goals scored1401 (40.03 per match)
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Eleven teams competed in the competition from three continents with three nations debuting in the competition. The gold medal went to the Soviet Union who finished top of the final group round-robin after winning their four games which included a two goal win over second place Yugoslavia. West Germany finished in third place.[1]

Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Soviet Union 2 2 0 0 69 27 +42 4
 West Germany 2 1 0 1 44 36 +8 2
 Italy 2 0 0 2 22 72 −50 0
Source:
October 17 Soviet Union  44–11  Italy Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
October 18 West Germany  28–11  Italy Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
October 19 Soviet Union  25–16  West Germany Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Yugoslavia 3 3 0 0 89 37 +52 6
 South Korea 3 2 0 1 79 55 +24 4
 Netherlands 3 1 0 2 49 52 −3 2
 United States 3 0 0 3 24 97 −73 0
Source:
October 17 Yugoslavia  35–7  United States Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
October 17 South Korea  19–17  Netherlands Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
October 18 Yugoslavia  27–22  South Korea Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
October 18 Netherlands  24–6  United States Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
October 19 South Korea  38–11  United States Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
October 19 Yugoslavia  27–8  Netherlands Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 3 3 0 0 60 47 +13 6
 China 3 2 0 1 82 54 +28 4
 Canada 3 1 0 2 50 58 −8 2
 France 3 0 0 3 37 70 −33 0
Source:
October 17 Canada  19–14  France Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
October 17 Denmark  26–21  China Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
October 18 China  32–11  France Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
October 18 Denmark  15–14  Canada Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
October 19 China  29–17  Canada Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
October 19 Denmark  19–12  France Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook

Final round

Group 7-11
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 4 3 0 1 93 62 +31 6
 Canada 4 3 0 1 80 56 +24 6
 Netherlands 4 2 0 2 69 54 +15 4
 Italy 4 2 0 2 74 77 −3 4
 United States 4 0 0 4 39 106 −67 0
Source:
October 21 France  27–17  Italy Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
October 21 Canada  23–11  United States Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
October 22 Italy  25–9  United States Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
October 22 Netherlands  17–12  Canada Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
October 24 Canada  26–14  Italy Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
October 24 France  18–13  Netherlands Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
October 25 France  34–13  United States Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
October 25 Italy  18–15  Netherlands Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook

Group 1-6
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Soviet Union 5 5 0 0 138 93 +45 10
 Yugoslavia 5 4 0 1 125 95 +30 8
 West Germany 5 3 0 2 84 86 −2 6
 South Korea 5 2 0 3 114 120 −6 4
 Denmark 5 1 0 4 91 110 −19 2
 China 5 0 0 5 89 137 −48 0
Source:
October 21 Soviet Union  32–14  China Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
October 21 Yugoslavia  21–13  West Germany Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
October 21 South Korea  28–20  Denmark Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
October 22 Soviet Union  34–24  South Korea Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
October 22 West Germany  19–17  China Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
(8–8)
October 22 Yugoslavia  22–18  Denmark Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
October 24 West Germany  19–12  South Korea Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
October 24 Soviet Union  22–16  Denmark Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
October 24 Yugoslavia  32–17  China Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
October 25 West Germany  17–11  Denmark Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
October 25 South Korea  28–20  China Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
October 25 Soviet Union  25–23  Yugoslavia Canadian Forces Base, St. Jean and College Sherbrook, Sherbrook
Attendance: 1000
(11–13)

Ranking

The final rankings from the 1981 edition:[2]

RankTeam
 Soviet Union
 Yugoslavia
 West Germany
4  South Korea
5  Denmark
6  China
7  France
8  Canada
9  Netherlands
10  Italy
11  United States

References
  1. "Junior Women Handball World Championships Archive". todor66.com. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  2. "WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS / JUNIOR" (PDF). ihf.info. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
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