# 1991 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

The 1991 Women's Junior World Handball Championship was the eighth edition of the tournament which took place in France from 23 August to 1 September 1991. Seventeen teams competed in the competition from four continents with Brazil and Chinese Taipei making there first appearance in a tournament.
After 62 matches, the Soviet Union took home their seventh gold medal and their fifth in a row after defeating South Korea by a single goal in the gold-medal match. Denmark finished in third place overall after they defeated Sweden in the bronze medal playoff.

## First round
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 52 | +27 | 6 |
| Denmark | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 66 | +3 | 4 |
| Romania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 52 | +11 | 2 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 97 | −41 | 0 |
| August | South Korea | 20–16 | Romania | France |
| August | Denmark | 32–25 | Japan | France |
| August | South Korea | 36–18 | Japan | France |
| August | Denmark | 19–18 | Romania | France |
| August | South Korea | 23–18 | Denmark | France |
| August | Romania | 29–13 | Japan | France |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| France (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 66 | +13 | 4 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 73 | +8 | 4 |
| China | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 71 | +6 | 4 |
| Austria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 90 | −27 | 0 |
| August | France | 25–21 | China | France |
| August | Bulgaria | 32–21 | Austria | France |
| August | China | 27–21 | Austria | France |
| August | Bulgaria | 24–23 | France | France |
| August | France | 31–21 | Austria | France |
| August | China | 29–25 | Bulgaria | France |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Czechoslovakia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 59 | +12 | 6 |
| Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 53 | +15 | 4 |
| Yugoslavia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 65 | −3 | 2 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 73 | −24 | 0 |
| August | Yugoslavia | 23–20 | Chinese Taipei | France |
| August | Czechoslovakia | 24–20 | Canada | France |
| August | Canada | 23–19 | Yugoslavia | France |
| August | Czechoslovakia | 25–19 | Chinese Taipei | France |
| August | Czechoslovakia | 22–20 | Yugoslavia | France |
| August | Canada | 25–10 | Chinese Taipei | France |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 32 | +43 | 6 |
| Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 4 |
| Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 63 | +2 | 2 |
| Brazil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 86 | −53 | 0 |
| August | Soviet Union | 25–15 | Germany | France |
| August | Sweden | 25–11 | Brazil | France |
| August | Soviet Union | 26–6 | Brazil | France |
| August | Sweden | 22–15 | Germany | France |
| August | Soviet Union | 24–11 | Sweden | France |
| August | Germany | 35–16 | Brazil | France |

## Second round
### Group I

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| South Korea | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 135 | 91 | +44 | 9 |
| Denmark | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 118 | 96 | +22 | 8 |
| Romania | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 111 | 97 | +14 | 5 |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 119 | 137 | −18 | 3 |
| China | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 103 | 133 | −30 | 3 |
| France | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 95 | 127 | −32 | 2 |
| August 1991 | South Korea | 29–29 | Bulgaria | France |
| August 1991 | Denmark | 30–18 | China | France |
| August 1991 | Romania | 26–16 | France | France |
| August 1991 | South Korea | 31–13 | China | France |
| August 1991 | Denmark | 24–16 | France | France |
| August 1991 | Romania | 29–20 | Bulgaria | France |
| August 1991 | Romania | 22–22 | China | France |
| August 1991 | Denmark | 27–21 | Bulgaria | France |
| August 1991 | South Korea | 32–15 | France | France |

### Group II

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 84 | +44 | 10 |
| Sweden | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 100 | 96 | +4 | 6 |
| Germany | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 94 | 104 | −10 | 6 |
| Czechoslovakia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 102 | 99 | +3 | 4 |
| Yugoslavia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 107 | 114 | −7 | 4 |
| Chinese Taipei | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 92 | 126 | −34 | 0 |
| August 1991 | Germany | 20–19 | Czechoslovakia | France |
| August 1991 | Yugoslavia | 25–23 | Sweden | France |
| August 1991 | Soviet Union | 24–14 | Chinese Taipei | France |
| August 1991 | Sweden | 14–12 | Czechoslovakia | France |
| August 1991 | Soviet Union | 29–20 | Czechoslovakia | France |
| August 1991 | Germany | 24–19 | Sweden | France |
| August 1991 | Sweden | 30–20 | Chinese Taipei | France |
| August 1991 | Germany | 20–19 | Yugoslavia | France |
| August 1991 | Soviet Union | 26–24 | Czechoslovakia | France |

### Thirteenth place

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 68 | +5 | 3 |
| Austria | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 83 | 76 | +7 | 5 |
| Brazil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 83 | −38 | 0 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 68 | −3 | 2 |
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 47 | +29 | 6 |
* Canada and Nigeria both withdrew from the competition
| August 1991 | Canada | 25–19 | Nigeria | France |
| August 1991 | Japan | 34–22 | Brazil | France |
| August 1991 | Austria | 24–21 | Nigeria | France |
| August 1991 | Nigeria | 26–19 | Japan | France |
| August 1991 | Canada | 22–19 | Austria | France |
| August 1991 | Austria | 20–13 | Brazil | France |
| August 1991 | Canada | 29–10 | Brazil | France |
| August 1991 | Japan | 20–20 | Austria | France |

## Placement matches
### Eleventh-place game

| 1 September 1991 | Chinese Taipei | 25–21 | France | France |

### Ninth-place game

| 1 September 1991 | Yugoslavia | 25–22 | China | France |

### Seventh-place game

| 1 September 1991 | Czechoslovakia | 23–21 | Bulgaria | France |

### Fifth-place game

| 1 September 1991 | Romania | 21–16 | Germany | France |

### Third-place game

| 1 September 1991 | Denmark | 25–18 | Sweden | France |

### Final

| 1 September 1991 | Soviet Union | 26–25 | South Korea | France |

## Ranking

The final rankings from the 1991 edition:
| Rank | Team |
| | Soviet Union |
| | South Korea |
| | Denmark |
| 4 | Sweden |
| 5 | Romania |
| 6 | Germany |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia |
| 8 | Bulgaria |
| 9 | Yugoslavia |
| 10 | China |
| 11 | Chinese Taipei |
| 12 | France |
| 13 | Japan |
| 14 | Austria |
| 15 | Brazil |
| – | Nigeria |
| – | Canada |