# 1993 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

The 1993 Women's Junior World Handball Championship was the ninth edition of the tournament which took place in Gabrovo and Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria from 3 to 12 September 1993. Sixteen teams competed in the competition from four continents with Belarus, North Korea, Russia and Ukraine making there first appearance in a tournament.
After 54 matches, Russia took home their first gold medal defeating Bulgaria by seven goals in the gold medal match. South Korea finished in third place overall after they defeated Denmark in the bronze medal playoff.

## Second Round
### Group I

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Russia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 121 | 105 | +16 | 8 |
| South Korea | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 138 | 112 | +26 | 7 |
| Romania | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 126 | 100 | +26 | 6 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 120 | 114 | +6 | 5 |
| Germany | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 103 | 128 | −25 | 2 |
| Japan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 114 | 163 | −49 | 2 |
| September 1993 | Russia | 22–18 | Germany | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | | (11–6) | | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | Romania | 19–19 | Ukraine | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | | (9–8) | | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | South Korea | 36–21 | Japan | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | | (20–9) | | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | Russia | 21–18 | Ukraine | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | | (10–9) | | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | South Korea | 23–23 | Romania | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | | (12–12) | | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | Japan | 26–25 | Germany | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | | (15–14) | | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | Ukraine | 32–22 | Japan | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | | (15–9) | | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | Romania | 28–14 | Germany | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | | (12–6) | | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | South Korea | 25–21 | Russia | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | | (11–10) | | Bulgaria |

### Group II

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 108 | +27 | 10 |
| Denmark | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 120 | 107 | +13 | 6 |
| Belarus | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 120 | 114 | +6 | 4 |
| Poland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 102 | 115 | −13 | 4 |
| Sweden | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 98 | 121 | −23 | 4 |
| Austria | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 114 | 124 | −10 | 2 |
| September 1993 | Bulgaria | 33–28 | Austria | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | | (17–13) | | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | Poland | 26–20 | Belarus | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | | (11–10) | | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | Denmark | 22–17 | Sweden | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | | (12–6) | | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | Bulgaria | 25–16 | Poland | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | | (15–8) | | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | Belarus | 29–23 | Denmark | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | | (17–10) | | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | Sweden | 21–20 | Austria | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | | (13–11) | | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | Sweden | 23–22 | Poland | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | | (12–11) | | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | Austria | 22–19 | Belarus | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | | (11–10) | | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | Bulgaria | 24–22 | Denmark | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | | (13–10) | | Bulgaria |

### Thirteenth place

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 58 | +12 | 6 |
| North Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 70 | −2 | 4 |
| China | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 76 | 66 | +10 | 2 |
| Algeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 71 | −20 | 0 |
| September 1993 | China | 32–19 | Algeria | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | | (17–8) | | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | Brazil | 30–22 | North Korea | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | | (17–11) | | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | Brazil | 20–19 | China | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | | (13–9) | | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | North Korea | 19–15 | Algeria | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | | (9–8) | | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | North Korea | 27–25 | China | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | | (15–14) | | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | Brazil | 20–17 | Algeria | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | | (12–4) | | Bulgaria |

## Placement matches
### Eleventh-place game

| September 1993 | Austria | 34–33 | Japan | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | | (13–17) | | Bulgaria |

### Ninth-place game

| September 1993 | Sweden | 26–24 | Germany | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | | (10–11) | | Bulgaria |

### Seventh-place game

| September 1993 | Ukraine | 32–14 | Poland | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | | (15–6) | | Bulgaria |

### Fifth-place game

| September 1993 | Romania | 33–29 | Belarus | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | | (18–12) | | Bulgaria |

### Third-place game

| September 1993 | South Korea | 28–27 | Denmark | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | | (13–12) | | Bulgaria |

### Final

| September 1993 | Russia | 24–17 | Bulgaria | Bulgaria |
| September 1993 | | (12–6) | | Bulgaria |

## Ranking

The final rankings from the 1993 edition:
| Rank | Team |
| | Russia |
| | Bulgaria |
| | South Korea |
| 4 | Denmark |
| 5 | Romania |
| 6 | Belarus |
| 7 | Ukraine |
| 8 | Poland |
| 9 | Sweden |
| 10 | Germany |
| 11 | Austria |
| 12 | Japan |
| 13 | Brazil |
| 14 | North Korea |
| 15 | China |
| 16 | Algeria |