1979 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

The 1979 Women's Junior World Handball Championship was the 2nd edition of the tournament and took place in Yugoslavia from 13 to 23 October.

1979 Junior World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Yugoslavia
DatesOctober 13–23
Teams13 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (1st title)
Runner-up East Germany
Third place Yugoslavia
Fourth place Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches46
Goals scored1365 (29.67 per match)
Next

The title was won by the Soviet Union who finished on top after winning four of their five games with East Germany finishing in second place.[1]

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Soviet Union 3 3 0 0 62 34 +28 6
 Hungary 3 2 0 1 50 42 +8 4
 West Germany 3 1 0 2 35 46 11 2
 Japan 3 0 0 3 34 59 25 0
Source:
1979 Hungary  20–13  Japan Yugoslavia

1979 Soviet Union  19–10  West Germany Yugoslavia

1979 Soviet Union  25–13  Japan Yugoslavia

1979 Hungary  19–11  West Germany Yugoslavia

1979 West Germany  14–8  Japan Yugoslavia

1979 Soviet Union  18–11  Hungary Yugoslavia

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Yugoslavia 4 4 0 0 102 35 +67 8
 France 4 3 0 1 55 54 +1 6
 Norway 4 2 0 2 61 42 +19 4
 Austria 4 1 0 3 31 56 25 2
 Italy 4 0 0 4 34 96 62 0
Source:
1979 Yugoslavia  18–5  Austria Yugoslavia

1979 Yugoslavia  41–7  Italy Yugoslavia

1979 France  13–9  Austria Yugoslavia

1979 Norway  20–7  Italy Yugoslavia

1979 France  21–12  Italy Yugoslavia

1979 France  12–10  Norway Yugoslavia

1979 Norway  17–3  Austria Yugoslavia

1979 Austria  14–8  Italy Yugoslavia

1979 Yugoslavia  23–9  France Yugoslavia

1979 Yugoslavia  20–14  Norway Yugoslavia

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 East Germany 3 3 0 0 68 29 +39 6
 Denmark 3 2 0 1 60 34 +26 4
 Netherlands 3 1 0 2 46 44 +2 2
 United States 3 0 0 3 23 90 67 0
Source:
1979 Netherlands  26–6  United States Yugoslavia

1979 East Germany  18–8  Denmark Yugoslavia

1979 Denmark  18–9  Netherlands Yugoslavia

1979 East Germany  30–10  United States Yugoslavia

1979 East Germany  20–11  Netherlands Yugoslavia

1979 Denmark  34–7  United States Yugoslavia

Final round

Group 7-12

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Netherlands 5 4 0 1 73 48 +25 8
 Norway 5 4 0 1 83 53 +30 8
 West Germany 5 3 0 2 72 42 +30 6
 Japan 5 3 0 2 96 77 +19 6
 Austria 5 1 0 4 36 76 40 2
 United States 5 0 0 5 55 119 64 0
Source:
1979 Japan  21–15  Netherlands Yugoslavia

1979 West Germany  19–4  Austria Yugoslavia

1979 Norway  24–14  United States Yugoslavia

1979 Netherlands  11–6  Norway Yugoslavia

1979 Japan  17–9  Austria Yugoslavia

1979 West Germany  23–7  United States Yugoslavia

1979 Norway  11–6  West Germany Yugoslavia

1979 Japan  31–14  United States Yugoslavia

1979 Netherlands  9–5  Austria Yugoslavia

1979 Netherlands  12–10  West Germany Yugoslavia

1979 Austria  15–14  United States Yugoslavia

1979 Norway  25–19  Japan Yugoslavia

Group 1-6

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Soviet Union 5 4 0 1 91 61 +30 8
 East Germany 5 3 1 1 87 59 +28 7
 Yugoslavia 5 3 1 1 84 65 +19 7
 Hungary 5 3 0 2 78 71 +7 6
 Denmark 5 1 0 4 65 81 16 2
 France 5 0 0 5 45 113 68 0
Source:
1979 Soviet Union  24–9  France Yugoslavia

1979 Hungary  17–13  East Germany Yugoslavia

1979 Yugoslavia  17–12  Denmark Yugoslavia

1979 Hungary  20–8  France Yugoslavia

1979 Soviet Union  19–12  Denmark Yugoslavia

1979 East Germany  13–13  Yugoslavia Yugoslavia

1979 Hungary  17–16  Denmark Yugoslavia

1979 Denmark  29–9  France Yugoslavia

1979 Soviet Union  18–15  Yugoslavia Yugoslavia

1979 Netherlands  17–10  France Yugoslavia

1979 East Germany  14–12  Soviet Union Yugoslavia

1979 Yugoslavia  16–13  Hungary Yugoslavia

Ranking

The final rankings from the 1979 edition:[2]

RankTeam
 Soviet Union
 East Germany
 Yugoslavia
4  Hungary
5  Denmark
6  France
7  Netherlands
8  Norway
9  West Germany
10  Japan
11  Austria
12  United States
13  Italy

References

  1. "Junior Women Handball World Championships Archive". todor66.com. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  2. "WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS / JUNIOR" (PDF). ihf.info. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
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