# 1985 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

The 1985 Women's Junior World Handball Championship was the fifth edition of the tournament which took place in South Korea from 19 to 30 October 1985.
Fifteen teams competed in the competition from three continents with only Spain debuting in the competition. Ivory Coast was meant to compete in the competition but had to withdraw. The gold medal went to the defending champions in the Soviet Union who claimed their fourth title after defeating South Korea by three goals in the final. Poland finished in third after defeating East Germany in second overtime.

## First round
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Poland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 4 |
| Yugoslavia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 2 |
| Japan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 0 |
| Ivory Coast (W) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| October 1985 | Poland | 23–18 | Japan | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (8–9) | | South Korea |
| October 1985 | Yugoslavia | 24–17 | Japan | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (9–6) | | South Korea |
| October 1985 | Poland | 22–19 | Yugoslavia | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (8–8) | | South Korea |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 39 | +51 | 6 |
| China | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 49 | +16 | 4 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 55 | −15 | 2 |
| Spain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 82 | −52 | 0 |
| October 1985 | South Korea | 27–18 | China | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (15–8) | | South Korea |
| October 1985 | France | 15–12 | Spain | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (6–6) | | South Korea |
| October 1985 | South Korea | 40–11 | Spain | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (18–5) | | South Korea |
| October 1985 | China | 20–15 | France | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (8–3) | | South Korea |
| October 1985 | South Korea | 23–10 | France | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (12–5) | | South Korea |
| October 1985 | China | 27–7 | Spain | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (12–4) | | South Korea |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 49 | +44 | 6 |
| Romania | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 56 | +2 | 4 |
| Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 63 | −5 | 2 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 77 | −41 | 0 |
| October 1985 | Soviet Union | 39–9 | Netherlands | South Korea |
| October 19 | Romania | 23–15 | Norway | South Korea |
| October 19 | | (11–6) | | South Korea |
| October 21 | Soviet Union | 28–19 | Romania | South Korea |
| October 21 | | (11–9) | | South Korea |
| October 1985 | Norway | 22–14 | Netherlands | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (10–5) | | South Korea |
| October 1985 | Soviet Union | 26–21 | Norway | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (13–12) | | South Korea |
| October 23 | Romania | 16–13 | Netherlands | South Korea |
| October 23 | | (10–6) | | South Korea |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| East Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 6 |
| West Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 4 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 45 | +6 | 2 |
| Austria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 72 | −38 | 0 |
| October 1985 | East Germany | 19–14 | West Germany | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (9–5) | | South Korea |
| October 1985 | Denmark | 26–15 | Austria | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (10–6) | | South Korea |
| October 1985 | East Germany | 22–11 | Austria | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (9–3) | | South Korea |
| October 1985 | West Germany | 15–11 | Denmark | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (5–2) | | South Korea |
| October 1985 | East Germany | 15–14 | Denmark | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (9–7) | | South Korea |
| October 1985 | West Germany | 24–8 | Austria | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (5–3) | | South Korea |

## Second round
### Group I

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| South Korea | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 77 | +62 | 10 |
| Poland | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 95 | +16 | 8 |
| China | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 120 | 118 | +2 | 6 |
| Yugoslavia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 110 | 124 | −14 | 4 |
| France | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 71 | 110 | −39 | 2 |
| Japan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 94 | 121 | −27 | 0 |
| October 1985 | China | 37–26 | Yugoslavia | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (18–13) | | South Korea |
| October 1985 | Poland | 24–11 | France | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (11–6) | | South Korea |
| October 1985 | South Korea | 28–17 | Japan | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (12–4) | | South Korea |
| October 1985 | France | 20–19 | Japan | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (10–11) | | South Korea |
| October 1985 | Poland | 27–19 | China | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (16–8) | | South Korea |
| October 1985 | South Korea | 33–17 | Yugoslavia | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (16–8) | | South Korea |
| October 1985 | Yugoslavia | 24–15 | France | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (11–7) | | South Korea |
| October 1985 | China | 26–23 | Japan | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (15–10) | | South Korea |
| October 1985 | South Korea | 28–15 | Poland | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (12–8) | | South Korea |

### Group II

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 84 | +39 | 10 |
| East Germany | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 87 | 87 | 0 | 6 |
| Norway | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 110 | 104 | +6 | 6 |
| Romania | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 107 | 105 | +2 | 5 |
| West Germany | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 74 | 95 | −21 | 2 |
| Denmark | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 88 | 114 | −26 | 1 |
| October 26 | Romania | 25–20 | West Germany | South Korea |
| October 26 | | (11–8) | | South Korea |
| October 1985 | Soviet Union | 28–19 | Denmark | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (14–6) | | South Korea |
| October 1985 | Norway | 25–19 | East Germany | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (12–8) | | South Korea |
| October 1985 | Norway | 32–20 | Denmark | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (18–12) | | South Korea |
| October 1985 | Soviet Union | 23–9 | West Germany | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (11–6) | | South Korea |
| October 27 | East Germany | 18–16 | Romania | South Korea |
| October 27 | | (12–6) | | South Korea |
| October 29 | Romania | 24–24 | Denmark | South Korea |
| October 29 | | (12–14) | | South Korea |
| October 1985 | Soviet Union | 18–16 | East Germany | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (12–6) | | South Korea |
| October 1985 | Norway | 17–16 | West Germany | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (8–6) | | South Korea |

### Thirteenth place

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 23 | +16 | 4 |
| Austria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 2 |
| Spain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 34 | −14 | 0 |
| October 1985 | Austria | 16–10 | Spain | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (9–7) | | South Korea |
| October 1985 | Netherlands | 18–10 | Spain | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (10–4) | | South Korea |
| October 1985 | Netherlands | 21–13 | Austria | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (8–7) | | South Korea |

## Placement matches
### Eleventh place game

| October 1985 | Denmark | 22–19 | Japan | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (11–10) | | South Korea |

### Ninth place game

| October 1985 | West Germany | 25–22 (ET) | France | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (11–9) | | South Korea |
| South Korea |||

### Seventh place game

| October 30 | Romania | 20–15 | Yugoslavia | South Korea |
| October 30 | | (13–4) | | South Korea |

### Fifth place game

| October 1985 | Norway | 35–27 | China | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (19–13) | | South Korea |

### Third place game

| October 1985 | Poland | 30–29 (ET) | East Germany | South Korea |
| October 1985 | | (10–15) | | South Korea |
| South Korea |||

### Final

| October 30 | Soviet Union | 27–24 | South Korea | South Korea |
| October 30 | | (9–16) | | South Korea |

## Ranking

The final rankings from the 1985 edition:
| Rank | Team |
| | Soviet Union |
| | South Korea |
| | Poland |
| 4 | East Germany |
| 5 | Norway |
| 6 | China |
| 7 | Romania |
| 8 | Yugoslavia |
| 9 | West Germany |
| 10 | France |
| 11 | Denmark |
| 12 | Japan |
| 13 | Netherlands |
| 14 | Austria |
| 15 | Spain |