# 1977 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

The 1977 Women's Junior World Handball Championship was the first edition of the Women's Junior World Handball Championship with the tournament taking place in Romania from 30 September to 7 October 1977.
Fourteen teams competed in the competition with almost all of the teams bar Congo coming from the European continent. After finishing top of the second round groups, Yugoslavia became the first nation to win the title as they defeated the Soviet Union 16-13 in the final. Romania came in third place after they defeated East Germany by a single goal in the third-place playoff.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 32 | +25 | 6 | Placement Round |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 4 | Placement Round |
| 3 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 2 | |
| 4 | Congo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 0 | |
| 1977 | Soviet Union | 23–14 | Congo | Romania |
| 1977 | Netherlands | 12–16 | Czechoslovakia | Romania |
| 1977 | Netherlands | 16–11 | Congo | Romania |
| 1977 | Soviet Union | 17–9 | Czechoslovakia | Romania |
| 1977 | Czechoslovakia | 15–12 | Congo | Romania |
| 1977 | Netherlands | 9–17 | Soviet Union | Romania |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Romania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 36 | +20 | 6 |
| Poland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 3 |
| West Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 3 |
| France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 47 | −21 | 0 |
| 1977 | France | 6–21 | Romania | Romania |
| 1977 | Poland | 16–16 | West Germany | Romania |
| 1977 | France | 7–8 | West Germany | Romania |
| 1977 | Poland | 18–20 | Romania | Romania |
| 1977 | Poland | 18–13 | France | Romania |
| 1977 | West Germany | 12–15 | Romania | Romania |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Hungary | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 9 | +22 | 4 |
| Norway | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 2 |
| Austria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 44 | −28 | 0 |
| 1977 | Austria | 5–20 | Hungary | Romania |
| 1977 | Norway | 4–11 | Hungary | Romania |
| 1977 | Austria | 11–24 | Norway | Romania |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Yugoslavia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 4 |
| East Germany | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 2 |
| Denmark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 0 |
| 1977 | East Germany | 16–13 | Denmark | Romania |
| 1977 | Yugoslavia | 16–14 | Denmark | Romania |
| 1977 | East Germany | 11–12 | Yugoslavia | Romania |

## Placement round
### Group I

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 6 |
| Romania | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 4 |
| Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 2 |
| Czechoslovakia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 43 | −15 | 0 |
| 1977 | Soviet Union | 15–11 | Poland | Romania |
| 1977 | Czechoslovakia | 9–10 | Romania | Romania |
| 1977 | Czechoslovakia | 10–16 | Poland | Romania |
| 1977 | Soviet Union | 14–11 | Romania | Romania |

### Group II

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Yugoslavia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 6 |
| East Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 4 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 2 |
| Norway | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 43 | −18 | 0 |
| 1977 | East Germany | 13–8 | Hungary | Romania |
| 1977 | Yugoslavia | 20–13 | Norway | Romania |
| 1977 | Norway | 8–12 | East Germany | Romania |
| 1977 | Hungary | 11–18 | Yugoslavia | Romania |

### Group III

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 4 |
| Congo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 2 |
| Austria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 31 | −15 | 0 |
| 1977 | Congo | 23–10 | Austria | Romania |
| 1977 | Netherlands | 8–6 | Austria | Romania |

### Group IV

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Denmark | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 3 |
| West Germany | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 3 |
| France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 0 |
| 1977 | France | 7–10 | Denmark | Romania |
| 1977 | West Germany | 9–9 | Denmark | Romania |

## Placement matches
### Thirteenth place game

| 1977 | France | 10–6 | Austria | Romania |

### Eleventh place game

| 1977 | West Germany | 20–16 | Congo | Romania |

### Ninth place game

| 1977 | Netherlands | 17–15 | Denmark | Romania |

### Seventh place game

| 1977 | Norway | 16–15 | Czechoslovakia | Romania |

### Fifth place game

| 1977 | Poland | 10–9 | Hungary | Romania |

### Third place game

| 1977 | Romania | 16–15 | East Germany | Romania |

### Final

| 1977 | Yugoslavia | 16–13 | Soviet Union | Romania |

## Ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Yugoslavia |
| | Soviet Union |
| | Romania |
| 4 | East Germany |
| 5 | Poland |
| 6 | Hungary |
| 7 | Norway |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia |
| 9 | Netherlands |
| 10 | Denmark |
| 11 | West Germany |
| 12 | Congo |
| 13 | France |
| 14 | Austria |