# 1990 World Women's Handball Championship

The 1990 World Women's Handball Championship was the 10th edition of the tournament. It took place in South Korea between 24 November to 4 December 1990. It was the first World Championship not played in a European country. The championship was held after the German reunification, although East and West Germany participated separately.

## Qualification
### Host nation

* South Korea

### Qualified from the 1988 Summer Olympics

* Norway
* Soviet Union
* Yugoslavia

### Qualified from the 1989 World Championship B

* Austria
* Bulgaria
* Denmark
* East Germany
* France
* Poland
* Romania
* Sweden
* West Germany

### Qualified from the 1989 Asian Women's Handball Championship

* China

### Qualified from the 1989 Pan American Women's Handball Championship

* Canada

### Qualified from the 1989 African Women's Handball Championship

* Angola

## Main round

* Team will compete for Places 1–2
* Team will compete for Places 3–4

### Group 1

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Yugoslavia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 124 | 102 | +22 | 8 |
| West Germany | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 109 | 100 | +9 | 6 |
| Austria | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 101 | 111 | −10 | 6 |
| China | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 108 | 119 | −11 | 6 |
| Poland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 117 | 103 | +14 | 4 |
| South Korea | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 101 | 135 | −34 | 0 |

### Results

| Yugoslavia | 19–18* | Poland |
| Austria | 19–18* | South Korea |
| West Germany | 21–18* | Poland |
| China | 28–22* | South Korea |
| Yugoslavia | 21–18* | West Germany |
| China | 22–21* | Austria |
| Yugoslavia | 28–24 | South Korea |
| Austria | 24–20 | West Germany |
| Poland | 31–17 | China |
| Poland | 29–14 | South Korea |
| West Germany | 19–14 | China |
| Yugoslavia | 30–15 | Austria |
| Austria | 22–21 | Poland |
| West Germany | 31–23 | South Korea |
| China | 27–26 | Yugoslavia |
* * Results carried over from Preliminary Round

### Group 2

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 106 | +20 | 10 |
| East Germany | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 111 | 90 | +21 | 7 |
| Norway | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 90 | −1 | 6 |
| Romania | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 90 | 100 | −10 | 3 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 97 | 103 | −6 | 2 |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 99 | 123 | −24 | 2 |

### Results

| East Germany | 23 : 19* | Denmark |
| Norway | 22 : 18* | Bulgaria |
| Soviet Union | 21 : 17* | Denmark |
| Romania | 18 : 17* | Bulgaria |
| Soviet Union | 21 : 20* | East Germany |
| Norway | 13 : 12* | Romania |
| Soviet Union | 33 : 23 | Bulgaria |
| East Germany | 15 : 15 | Romania |
| Norway | 20 : 16 | Denmark |
| Bulgaria | 20 : 19 | Denmark |
| East Germany | 22 : 14 | Norway |
| Soviet Union | 29 : 26 | Romania |
| East Germany | 31 : 21 | Bulgaria |
| Denmark | 26 : 19 | Romania |
| Soviet Union | 22 : 20 | Norway |
* Results carried over from Preliminary Round

## Finals

| 3/4 | East Germany | 25 : 19 | West Germany |
| 1/2 | Soviet Union | 24 : 22 | Yugoslavia |

## Final standings

| # | Team |
| | Soviet Union |
| | Yugoslavia |
| | East Germany |
| 4. | West Germany |
| 5. | Austria |
| 6. | Norway |
| 7. | Romania |
| 8. | China |
| 9. | Poland |
| 10. | Denmark |
| 11. | South Korea |
| 12. | Bulgaria |
| 13. | Sweden |
| 14. | France |
| 15. | Canada |
| 16. | Angola |