1977 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

1977 Junior World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Romania
DatesSeptember 30–October 7
Teams14 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia (1st title)
Runner-up Soviet Union
Third place Romania
Fourth place East Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played37
Goals scored973 (26.3 per match)
Next →

The 1977 Women's Junior World Handball Championship was the first edition of the Women's Junior World Handball Championship with the tournament taking place in Romania from 30 September to 7 October 1977.

Fourteen teams competed in the competition with almost all of the teams bar Congo coming from the European continent. After finishing top of the second round groups, Yugoslavia became the first nation to win the title as they defeated the Soviet Union 16-13 in the final. Romania came in third place after they defeated East Germany by a single goal in the third-place playoff.

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Soviet Union 3 3 0 0 57 32 +25 6 Placement Round
2  Czechoslovakia 3 2 0 1 40 41 −1 4
3  Netherlands 3 1 0 2 37 44 −7 2
4  Congo 3 0 0 3 37 54 −17 0
Source: Todor66
1977 Soviet Union  23–14  Congo Romania
1977 Netherlands  12–16  Czechoslovakia Romania
1977 Netherlands  16–11  Congo Romania
1977 Soviet Union  17–9  Czechoslovakia Romania
1977 Czechoslovakia  15–12  Congo Romania
1977 Netherlands  9–17  Soviet Union Romania

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Romania 3 3 0 0 56 36 +20 6
 Poland 3 1 1 1 52 49 +3 3
 West Germany 3 1 1 1 36 38 −2 3
 France 3 0 0 3 26 47 −21 0
Source: [citation needed]
1977 France  6–21  Romania Romania
1977 Poland  16–16  West Germany Romania
1977 France  7–8  West Germany Romania
1977 Poland  18–20  Romania Romania
1977 Poland  18–13  France Romania
1977 West Germany  12–15  Romania Romania

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Hungary 2 2 0 0 31 9 +22 4
 Norway 2 1 0 1 28 22 +6 2
 Austria 2 0 0 2 16 44 −28 0
Source: [citation needed]
1977 Austria  5–20  Hungary Romania
1977 Norway  4–11  Hungary Romania
1977 Austria  11–24  Norway Romania

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Yugoslavia 2 2 0 0 28 25 +3 4
 East Germany 2 1 0 1 27 25 +2 2
 Denmark 2 0 0 2 27 32 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]
1977 East Germany  16–13  Denmark Romania
1977 Yugoslavia  16–14  Denmark Romania
1977 East Germany  11–12  Yugoslavia Romania

Placement round

Group I

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Soviet Union 3 3 0 0 46 31 +15 6
 Romania 3 2 0 1 41 41 0 4
 Poland 3 1 0 2 45 45 0 2
 Czechoslovakia 3 0 0 3 28 43 −15 0
Source: [citation needed]
1977 Soviet Union  15–11  Poland Romania
1977 Czechoslovakia  9–10  Romania Romania
1977 Czechoslovakia  10–16  Poland Romania
1977 Soviet Union  14–11  Romania Romania

Group II

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Yugoslavia 3 3 0 0 50 35 +15 6
 East Germany 3 2 0 1 36 28 +8 4
 Hungary 3 1 0 2 30 35 −5 2
 Norway 3 0 0 3 25 43 −18 0
Source: [citation needed]
1977 East Germany  13–8  Hungary Romania
1977 Yugoslavia  20–13  Norway Romania
1977 Norway  8–12  East Germany Romania
1977 Hungary  11–18  Yugoslavia Romania

Group III

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Netherlands 2 2 0 0 24 17 +7 4
 Congo 2 1 0 1 34 26 +8 2
 Austria 2 0 0 2 16 31 −15 0
Source: [citation needed]
1977 Congo  23–10  Austria Romania
1977 Netherlands  8–6  Austria Romania

Group IV

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 2 1 1 0 19 16 +3 3
 West Germany 2 1 1 0 17 16 +1 3
 France 2 0 0 2 14 18 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]
1977 France  7–10  Denmark Romania
1977 West Germany  9–9  Denmark Romania

Placement matches

Thirteenth place game

1977 France  10–6  Austria Romania

Eleventh place game

1977 West Germany  20–16  Congo Romania

Ninth place game

1977 Netherlands  17–15  Denmark Romania

Seventh place game

1977 Norway  16–15  Czechoslovakia Romania

Fifth place game

1977 Poland  10–9  Hungary Romania

Third place game

1977 Romania  16–15  East Germany Romania

Final

1977 Yugoslavia  16–13  Soviet Union Romania

Ranking

Rank Team
 Yugoslavia
 Soviet Union
 Romania
4  East Germany
5  Poland
6  Hungary
7  Norway
8  Czechoslovakia
9  Netherlands
10  Denmark
11  West Germany
12  Congo
13  France
14  Austria

References

  • "Junior Women Handball World Championships Archive". todor66.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-16. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  • "WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS / JUNIOR" (PDF). ihf.info. Retrieved 2018-05-04.