# 1987 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

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.

## 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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:
| 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 |