1991 Women's Junior World Handball Championship
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  France |
| Dates | August 23–September 1 |
| Teams | 17 (from 4 confederations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Soviet Union (7th title) |
| Runner-up |  South Korea |
| Third place |  Denmark |
| Fourth place |  Sweden |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 62 |
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.
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]
| Rank | Team |
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Soviet Union
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South Korea
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Denmark
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| 4 | Sweden
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| 5 |  Romania
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| 6 |  Germany
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| 7 |  Czechoslovakia
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| 8 |  Bulgaria
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| 9 |  Yugoslavia
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| 10 |  China
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| 11 |  Chinese Taipei
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| 12 | France
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| 13 |  Japan
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| 14 |  Austria
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| 15 |  Brazil
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| – |  Nigeria
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| – |  Canada
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References
- ^ "Junior Women Handball World Championships Archive". todor66.com. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ "WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS / JUNIOR" (PDF). ihf.info. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-11. Retrieved 2018-05-04.