1987 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

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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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.

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

Group A

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

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

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

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

Group I

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

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

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

Eleventh place game

1987 Spain  16–15  West Germany Denmark

Ninth place game

1987 France  22–17  Sweden Denmark

Seventh place game

1987 China  20–16  Norway Denmark

Fifth place game

1987 Yugoslavia  19–15  Czechoslovakia Denmark

Third place game

1 November 1987 East Germany  27–23  South Korea Denmark

Final

1 November 1987 Soviet Union  24–15  Denmark Denmark

Ranking

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

  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.