1991 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.

1991 Junior World Championship
Tournament details
Host country France
DatesAugust 23–September 1
Teams17 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (7th title)
Runner-up South Korea
Third place Denmark
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches62
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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.[1]

Ranking

The final rankings from the 1991 edition:[2]

RankTeam
 Soviet Union
 South Korea
 Denmark
4  Sweden
5  Romania
6  Germany
7  Czechoslovakia
8  Bulgaria
9  Yugoslavia
10  China
11  Chinese Taipei
12  France
13  Japan
14  Austria
15  Brazil
 Nigeria
 Canada
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References

  1. "Junior Women Handball World Championships Archive". todor66.com. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  2. "WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS / JUNIOR" (PDF). ihf.info. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-11. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
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