# 1985 Men's Junior World Handball Championship

The 1985 Men's Junior World Handball Championship was the fifth edition of the IHF Men's Junior World Championship, held in Italy from 7 to 15 December 1985.

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 56 | +15 | 6 | Main round |
| 2 | East Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 64 | +1 | 3 | Main round |
| 3 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 66 | 65 | +1 | 3 | Main round |
| 4 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 72 | −17 | 0 | Classification round |
| 1985 | Sweden | 21–18 | Switzerland |
| 1985 | | (13–9) | |
| 1985 | East Germany | 21–17 | Poland |
| 1985 | | (9–4) | |
| 1985 | Poland | 17–26 | Sweden |
| 1985 | | (5–13) | |
| 1985 | Switzerland | 23–23 | East Germany |
| 1985 | | (13–13) | |
| 1985 | Sweden | 24–21 | East Germany |
| 1985 | | (13–10) | |
| 1985 | Switzerland | 25–21 | Poland |
| 1985 | | (14–8) | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | West Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 62 | +18 | 6 | Main round |
| 2 | Iceland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 2 | Main round |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 68 | −7 | 2 | Main round |
| 4 | Egypt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 64 | −8 | 2 | Classification round |
| 1985 | Iceland | 16–15 | Italy |
| 1985 | | (10–8) | |
| 1985 | West Germany | 29–23 | Egypt |
| 1985 | | (14–9) | |
| 1985 | Iceland | 13–14 | Egypt |
| 1985 | | (9–8) | |
| 1985 | Italy | 24–33 | West Germany |
| 1985 | | (8–19) | |
| 1985 | Egypt | 19–22 | Italy |
| 1985 | | (6–9) | |
| 1985 | West Germany | 18–15 | Iceland |
| 1985 | | (9–6) | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 66 | +33 | 6 | Main round |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 59 | +20 | 4 | Main round |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 93 | −27 | 2 | Main round |
| 4 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 87 | −26 | 0 | Classification round |
| 1985 | Soviet Union | 39–28 | Japan |
| 1985 | | (20–16) | |
| 1985 | Czechoslovakia | 28–20 | Nigeria |
| 1985 | | (16–13) | |
| 1985 | Japan | 13–30 | Czechoslovakia |
| 1985 | | (8–14) | |
| 1985 | Nigeria | 17–34 | Soviet Union |
| 1985 | | (9–16) | |
| 1985 | Japan | 25–24 | Nigeria |
| 1985 | | (14–9) | |
| 1985 | Soviet Union | 26–21 | Czechoslovakia |
| 1985 | | (14–12) | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 63 | +9 | 6 | Main round |
| 2 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 61 | +1 | 4 | Main round |
| 3 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 72 | 67 | +5 | 2 | Main round |
| 4 | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 86 | 101 | −15 | 0 | Classification round |
| 1985 | Denmark | 21–22 | Yugoslavia |
| 1985 | | (13–12) | |
| 1985 | Spain | 33–28 | South Korea |
| 1985 | | (20–17) | |
| 1985 | South Korea | 27–34 | Denmark |
| 1985 | | (12–13) | |
| 1985 | Spain | 11–16 | Yugoslavia |
| 1985 | | (6–7) | |
| 1985 | Yugoslavia | 34–31 | South Korea |
| 1985 | | (17–15) | |
| 1985 | Denmark | 17–18 | Spain |
| 1985 | | (7–12) | |

## Classification round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 13 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 80 | +23 | 6 |
| 14 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 81 | +1 | 4 |
| 15 | Egypt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 76 | −10 | 2 |
| 16 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 86 | −14 | 0 |
| 1985 | Poland | 27–23 | Nigeria |
| 1985 | | (12–10) | |
| 1985 | Egypt | 24–28 | South Korea |
| 1985 | | (10–12) | |
| 1985 | South Korea | 37–27 | Poland |
| 1985 | | (18–11) | |
| 1985 | Nigeria | 20–21 | Egypt |
| 1985 | | (8–12) | |
| 1985 | Nigeria | 29–38 | South Korea |
| 1985 | | (8–17) | |
| 1985 | Poland | 28–21 | Egypt |
| 1985 | | (12–12) | |

## Main round

All points and goals against the team from the same preliminary round were carried over.

### Group I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sweden | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 97 | +24 | 10 | Final |
| 2 | West Germany | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 113 | 98 | +15 | 7 | |
| 3 | East Germany | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 115 | 106 | +9 | 5 | |
| 4 | Iceland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 91 | 93 | −2 | 4 | |
| 5 | Switzerland | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 97 | 101 | −4 | 4 | |
| 6 | Italy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 91 | 133 | −42 | 0 | |
| 1985 | Sweden | 30–15 | Italy |
| 1985 | | (13–9) | |
| 1985 | East Germany | 25–19 | Iceland |
| 1985 | | (9–12) | |
| 1985 | Switzerland | 16–16 | West Germany |
| 1985 | | (9–7) | |
| 7 December 1985 | West Germany | 21–16 | East Germany |
| 7 December 1985 | | (11–8) | |
| 7 December 1985 | Iceland | 18–19 | Sweden |
| 7 December 1985 | | (8–7) | |
| 7 December 1985 | Italy | 18–24 | Switzerland |
| 7 December 1985 | | (8–9) | |
| 1985 | Sweden | 30–19 | Italy |
| 1985 | | (15–9) | |
| 1985 | East Germany | 27–25 | Iceland |
| 1985 | | (15–9) | |
| 1985 | Switzerland | 16–23 | West Germany |
| 1985 | | (9–10) | |

### Group II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 156 | 130 | +26 | 9 | Final |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 124 | 113 | +11 | 7 | |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 112 | 94 | +18 | 6 | |
| 4 | Denmark | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 108 | 101 | +7 | 4 | |
| 5 | Spain | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 101 | 104 | −3 | 4 | |
| 6 | Japan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 102 | 161 | −59 | 0 | |
| 1985 | Soviet Union | 30–24 | Denmark |
| 1985 | | (16–11) | |
| 1985 | Japan | 28–37 | Yugoslavia |
| 1985 | | (13–18) | |
| 1985 | Czechoslovakia | 21–17 | Spain |
| 1985 | | (10–7) | |
| 7 December 1985 | Yugoslavia | 20–24 | Czechoslovakia |
| 7 December 1985 | | (8–12) | |
| 7 December 1985 | Denmark | 28–15 | Japan |
| 7 December 1985 | | (13–7) | |
| 7 December 1985 | Spain | 28–32 | Soviet Union |
| 7 December 1985 | | (12–14) | |
| 1985 | Soviet Union | 29–29 | Yugoslavia |
| 1985 | | (15–12) | |
| 1985 | Czechoslovakia | 16–18 | Denmark |
| 1985 | | (11–11) | |
| 1985 | Japan | 18–27 | Spain |
| 1985 | | (9–12) | |

## Placement games
### Eleventh place game

| 1985 | Italy | 17–19 | Japan |
| 1985 | | (8–7) | |

### Ninth place game

| 1985 | Switzerland | 25–21 | Spain |
| 1985 | | (13–13) | |

### Seventh place game

| 1985 | Iceland | 28–33 | Denmark |
| 1985 | | (12–11) | |

### Fifth place game

| 1985 | East Germany | 24–22 | Czechoslovakia |
| 1985 | | (6–11) | |

### Third place game

| 1985 | West Germany | 22–23 | Yugoslavia |
| 1985 | | (11–13) | |

### Final

| 15 December 1985 | Sweden | 27–32 | Soviet Union |
| 15 December 1985 | | (13–16) | |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Soviet Union |
| | Sweden |
| | Yugoslavia |
| 4 | West Germany |
| 5 | East Germany |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia |
| 7 | Denmark |
| 8 | Iceland |
| 9 | Switzerland |
| 10 | Spain |
| 11 | Japan |
| 12 | Italy |
| 13 | South Korea |
| 14 | Poland |
| 15 | Egypt |
| 16 | Nigeria |