1979 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

1979 Junior World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Yugoslavia
Dates	October 13–23
Teams	13 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (1st title)
Runner-up	East Germany
Third place	Yugoslavia
Fourth place	Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played	46
Goals scored	1,365 (29.67 per match)

The 1979 Women's Junior World Handball Championship was the 2nd edition of the tournament and took place from 13 to 23 October in the Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo in Yugoslavia.

The title was won by the Soviet Union who finished on top after winning four of their five games with East Germany finishing in second place.^[1]

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	62	34	+28	6
Hungary	3	2	0	1	50	42	+8	4
West Germany	3	1	0	2	35	46	−11	2
Japan	3	0	0	3	34	59	−25	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1979	Hungary	20–13	Japan	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

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1979	Soviet Union	19–10	West Germany	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

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1979	Soviet Union	25–13	Japan	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

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1979	Hungary	19–11	West Germany	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

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1979	West Germany	14–8	Japan	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

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1979	Soviet Union	18–11	Hungary	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia	4	4	0	0	102	35	+67	8
France	4	3	0	1	55	54	+1	6
Norway	4	2	0	2	61	42	+19	4
Austria	4	1	0	3	31	56	−25	2
Italy	4	0	0	4	34	96	−62	0

Source: FFHB

13-10-1979	Yugoslavia	18–5	Austria	Gjilan

13-10-1979	France	21–12	Italy	Gjilan
		(9-6)

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14-10-1979	Norway	17–3	Austria	Gjakova

14-10-1979	Yugoslavia	41–7	Italy	Gjakova

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15-10-1979	Austria	14–8	Italy	Mitrovica

15-10-1979	France	12–10	Norway	Mitrovica
		(4-5)

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16-10-1979	Norway	20–7	Italy	Prizren

16-10-1979	Yugoslavia	23–9	France	Prizren
		(12-3)

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17-10-1979	Yugoslavia	20–14	Norway	Uroševac

17-10-1979	France	13–9 (5-5)	Austria	Uroševac

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
East Germany	3	3	0	0	68	29	+39	6
Denmark	3	2	0	1	60	34	+26	4
Netherlands	3	1	0	2	46	44	+2	2
United States	3	0	0	3	23	90	−67	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1979	Netherlands	26–6	United States	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

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1979	East Germany	18–8	Denmark	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

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1979	Denmark	18–9	Netherlands	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

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1979	East Germany	30–10	United States	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

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1979	East Germany	20–11	Netherlands	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

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1979	Denmark	34–7	United States	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

Final round

Group 7-12

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	5	4	0	1	73	48	+25	8
Norway	5	4	0	1	83	53	+30	8
West Germany	5	3	0	2	72	42	+30	6
Japan	5	3	0	2	96	77	+19	6
Austria	5	1	0	4	36	76	−40	2
United States	5	0	0	5	55	119	−64	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1979	Japan	21–15	Netherlands	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

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1979	West Germany	19–4	Austria	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

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1979	Norway	24–14	United States	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

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1979	Netherlands	11–6	Norway	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

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1979	Japan	17–9	Austria	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

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1979	West Germany	23–7	United States	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

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1979	Norway	11–6	West Germany	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

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1979	Japan	31–14	United States	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

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1979	Netherlands	9–5	Austria	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

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1979	Netherlands	12–10	West Germany	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

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1979	Austria	15–14	United States	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

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1979	Norway	25–19	Japan	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

Group 1-6

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	5	4	0	1	91	61	+30	8
East Germany	5	3	1	1	87	59	+28	7
Yugoslavia	5	3	1	1	84	65	+19	7
Hungary	5	3	0	2	78	71	+7	6
Denmark	5	1	0	4	65	81	−16	2
France	5	0	0	5	45	113	−68	0

Source: IHF, FFHB

1979	Soviet Union	24–9	France	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia
		(14-3)

1979	Hungary	17–13	East Germany	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

1979	Yugoslavia	17–12	Denmark	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

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1979	Hungary	17–16	Denmark	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

1979	East Germany	29–9 or 28–9	France	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia
		(12-2)

1979	Soviet Union	18–15	Yugoslavia	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

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1979	Hungary	20−8 or 28–9	France	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia
		(12-2)

1979	Soviet Union	19–12	Denmark	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

1979	East Germany	13–13	Yugoslavia	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

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23-10-1979	Denmark	17–10	France	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia
		(7-4)

23-10-1979	East Germany	14–12	Soviet Union	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

23-10-1979	Yugoslavia	16–13	Hungary	SAP Kosovo, Yugoslavia

Ranking

The final rankings from the 1979 edition:^[2][3]

Rank	Team
	Soviet Union
	East Germany
	Yugoslavia
4	Hungary
5	Denmark
6	France
7	Netherlands
8	Norway
9	West Germany
10	Japan
11	Austria
12	United States
13	Italy

References

1. "Junior Women Handball World Championships Archive". todor66.com. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
2. "WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS / JUNIOR" (PDF). ihf.info. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
3. "Championnats du monde Juniors féminins 1979". Hand-ball: Bulletin fédéral (in French) (155). Fédération française de handball: 12 à 14. January 1980. Retrieved 26 August 2024.

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