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1987 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

The 1987 Women's Junior World Handball Championship was the sixth edition of the tournament which took place in Denmark from 23 October to 1 November 1987.

1987 Junior World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Denmark
DatesOctober 23–November 1
Teams15 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (5th title)
Runner-up Denmark
Third place East Germany
Fourth place South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored1,868 (38.92 per match)
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Fifteen teams competed in the competition from three continents with Nigeria being the only country to debut in the tournament. For the second time in a row, a team had to withdraw before the tournament with Argentina withdrawing to lower the number of teams to fifteen. The Soviet Union took home their fifth gold medal in the final and their third in a row after defeating host nation Denmark by nine goals in the final. East Germany finished in third after defeating South Korea.[1]

First round edit

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Denmark 2 2 0 0 35 30 +5 4
  South Korea 2 1 0 1 48 35 +13 2
  West Germany 2 0 0 2 24 42 −18 0
  Argentina (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
(W) Withdrew
October 1987 Denmark   21–20   South Korea Denmark
October 1987 Denmark   14–10   West Germany Denmark
October 1987 South Korea   28–14   West Germany Denmark

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Norway 3 2 0 1 48 45 +3 4
  Czechoslovakia 3 2 0 1 50 49 +1 4
  France 3 1 0 2 51 51 0 2
  Poland 3 1 0 2 51 55 −4 2
Source: [citation needed]
October 1987 Czechoslovakia   16–14   Norway Denmark
October 1987 France   20–18   Poland Denmark
October 1987 Poland   19–17   Czechoslovakia Denmark
October 1987 Norway   16–15   France Denmark
October 1987 Czechoslovakia   17–16   France Denmark
October 1987 Norway   18–14   Poland Denmark

Group C edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  East Germany 3 3 0 0 78 52 +26 6
  China 3 2 0 1 70 52 +18 4
  Sweden 3 1 0 2 59 65 −6 2
  Japan 3 0 0 3 52 90 −38 0
Source: [citation needed]
October 1987 China   32–16   Japan Denmark
October 1987 East Germany   25–18   Sweden Denmark
October 1987 East Germany   33–15   Japan Denmark
October 1987 China   19–16   Sweden Denmark
October 1987 Sweden   25–21   Japan Denmark
October 1987 East Germany   20–19   China Denmark

Group D edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Soviet Union 3 3 0 0 86 39 +47 6
  Yugoslavia 3 2 0 1 64 62 +2 4
  Spain 3 1 0 2 45 58 −13 2
  Nigeria 3 0 0 3 43 79 −36 0
Source: [citation needed]
October 1987 Yugoslavia   27–16   Nigeria Denmark
October 1987 Soviet Union   23–10   Spain Denmark
October 1987 Soviet Union   35–13   Nigeria Denmark
October 1987 Yugoslavia   21–18   Spain Denmark
October 1987 Spain   17–14   Nigeria Denmark
October 1987 Soviet Union   28–16   Yugoslavia Denmark

Second round edit

Group I edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Denmark 5 4 0 1 97 82 +15 8
  South Korea 5 3 0 2 118 92 +26 6
  Czechoslovakia 5 3 0 2 93 91 +2 6
  Norway 5 3 0 2 81 86 −5 6
  France 5 2 0 3 82 87 −5 4
  West Germany 5 0 0 5 62 95 −33 0
Source: [citation needed]
October 1987 South Korea   25–18   Czechoslovakia Denmark
October 1987 Norway   15–13   West Germany Denmark
October 1987 France   18–17   Denmark Denmark
October 1987 Denmark   23–19   Czechoslovakia Denmark
October 1987 France   15–12   West Germany Denmark
October 1987 Norway   21–20   South Korea Denmark
October 1987 Denmark   22–15   Norway Denmark
October 1987 Czechoslovakia   23–13   West Germany Denmark
October 1987 South Korea   25–18   France Denmark

Group II edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Soviet Union 5 5 0 0 125 67 +58 10
  East Germany 5 4 0 1 99 89 +10 8
  Yugoslavia 5 2 1 2 92 104 −12 5
  China 5 1 1 3 93 114 −21 3
  Sweden 5 1 0 4 93 98 −5 2
  Spain 5 1 0 4 83 113 −30 2
Source: [citation needed]
October 1987 Yugoslavia   20–20   China Denmark
October 1987 Soviet Union   23–16   Sweden Denmark
October 1987 East Germany   21–17   Spain Denmark
October 1987 East Germany   22–18   Yugoslavia Denmark
October 1987 Sweden   27–14   Spain Denmark
October 1987 Soviet Union   34–14   China Denmark
October 1987 Soviet Union   17–11   East Germany Denmark
October 1987 Yugoslavia   17–16   Sweden Denmark
October 1987 Spain   24–21   China Denmark

Thirteenth place edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Poland 2 2 0 0 60 42 +18 4
  Nigeria 2 1 0 1 45 53 −8 2
  Japan 2 0 0 2 46 56 −10 0
Source: [citation needed]
October 1987 Nigeria   26–23   Japan Denmark
October 1987 Poland   30–19   Nigeria Denmark
October 1987 Poland   30–23   Japan Denmark

Placement matches edit

Eleventh place game edit

1987 Spain   16–15   West Germany Denmark

Ninth place game edit

1987 France   22–17   Sweden Denmark

Seventh place game edit

1987 China   20–16   Norway Denmark

Fifth place game edit

1987 Yugoslavia   19–15   Czechoslovakia Denmark

Third place game edit

1 November 1987 East Germany   27–23   South Korea Denmark

Final edit

1 November 1987 Soviet Union   24–15   Denmark Denmark

Ranking edit

The final rankings from the 1987 edition:[2]

Rank Team
    Soviet Union
    Denmark
    East Germany
4   South Korea
5   Yugoslavia
6   Czechoslovakia
7   China
8   Norway
9   France
10   Spain
11   Sweden
12   West Germany
13   Poland
14   Nigeria
15   Japan

References edit

  1. ^ "Junior Women Handball World Championships Archive". todor66.com. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  2. ^ "WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS / JUNIOR" (PDF). ihf.info. Retrieved 2018-05-04.

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