1977 Men's Junior World Handball Championship

1977 Men's Junior World Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Dates	11–19 April
Teams	21 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (1st title)
Runner-up	Hungary
Third place	Yugoslavia
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	58
Goals scored	2,355 (40.6 per match)
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Last updated July 05, 2024

The 1977 Men's Junior World Handball Championship was the first edition of the IHF Men's Junior World Championship, held in Sweden from 11 to 19 April 1977.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	2	1	0	1	40	38	+2	2	1st–8th place classification
2	East Germany	2	1	0	1	38	40	−2	2	9–16th place classification

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.

11 April 1977	Soviet Union	21–15	East Germany

13 April 1977	East Germany	23–19	Soviet Union

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	2	2	0	43	33	+10	4	1st–8th place classification
2	Romania	2	1	1	44	22	+22	2	9–16th place classification
3	Morocco	2	0	2	24	56	−32	0	17th–21st place classification

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.

11 April 1977	Denmark	27–18	Morocco

12 April 1977	Romania	29–6	Morocco

13 April 1977	Denmark	16–15	Romania

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	2	2	0	0	59	28	+31	4	1st–8th place classification
2	Kuwait	2	0	0	2	28	59	−31	0	9–16th place classification

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.

11 April 1977	Yugoslavia	32–13	Kuwait

13 April 1977	Kuwait	15–27	Yugoslavia

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden (H)	2	2	0	38	36	+2	4	1st–8th place classification
2	Switzerland	2	1	1	44	39	+5	2	9–16th place classification
3	Norway	2	0	2	32	39	−7	0	17th–21st place classification

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.
(H) Hosts

11 April 1977	Sweden	22–21	Switzerland

12 April 1977	Sweden	23–17	Norway

13 April 1977	Switzerland	16–15	Norway

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	2	2	0	38	30	+8	4	1st–8th place classification
2	Czechoslovakia	2	1	1	36	34	+2	2	9–16th place classification
3	Israel	2	0	2	33	43	−10	0	17th–21st place classification

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.

11 April 1977	Czechoslovakia	22–17	Israel

12 April 1977	Hungary	17–16	Israel

13 April 1977	Hungary	17–14	Czechoslovakia

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	2	2	0	61	14	+47	4	1st–8th place classification
2	France	2	1	1	49	32	+17	2	9–16th place classification
3	Madagascar	2	0	2	18	82	−64	0	17th–21st place classification

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.

April 1977	France	38–15	Madagascar

April 1977	Spain	44–3	Madagascar

13 April 1977	Spain	17–11	France

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	2	2	0	0	38	22	+16	4	1st–8th place classification
2	Austria	2	0	0	2	22	38	−16	0	9–16th place classification

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.

11 April 1977	West Germany	24–9	Austria

13 April 1977	West Germany	14–13	Austria

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	2	2	0	61	28	+33	4	1st–8th place classification
2	Netherlands	2	1	1	33	43	−10	2	9–16th place classification
3	Tunisia	2	0	2	29	52	−23	0	17th–21st place classification

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.

12 April 1977	Netherlands	19–15	Tunisia

13 April 1977	Poland	33–14	Tunisia
		(14–6)

14 April 1977	Poland	28–14	Netherlands

Main round

17th–21st place classification

Group V

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	2	2	0	0	45	24	+21	4	17th place game
2	Morocco	2	0	0	2	24	45	−21	0	19th place game

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.

April 1977	Morocco	12–22	Norway

April 1977	Norway	23–12	Morocco

Group VI

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Israel	1	1	0	43	19	+24	2	17th place game
2	Madagascar	1	0	1	19	43	−24	0	19th place game
3	Tunisia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Disqualified

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.

April 1977	Israel	43–19	Madagascar

9–16th place classification

Group III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	East Germany	3	2	1	0	94	48	+46	5	Ninth place game
2	Romania	3	2	1	0	84	53	+31	5	Eleventh place game
3	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	69	70	−1	2	13th place game
4	Kuwait	3	0	0	3	45	121	−76	0	15th place game

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.

April 1977	Switzerland	40–15	Kuwait

April 1977	East Germany	21–21	Romania

April 1977	East Germany	43–14	Kuwait

April 1977	Romania	25–16	Switzerland

April 1977	East Germany	30–13	Switzerland

April 1977	Romania	38–16	Kuwait

Group IV

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czechoslovakia	3	3	0	71	48	+23	6	Ninth place game
2	France	3	2	1	63	57	+6	4	Eleventh place game
3	Austria	3	1	2	43	57	−14	2	13th place game
4	Netherlands	3	0	3	43	58	−15	0	15th place game

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.

April 1977	Austria	13–12	Netherlands

April 1977	Czechoslovakia	24–20	France

16 April 1977	Czechoslovakia	28–15	Austria
		(13–8)

April 1977	France	26–18	Netherlands

April 1977	Czechoslovakia	19–13	Netherlands

April 1977	France	17–15	Austria

1st–8th place classification

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	81	49	+32	6	Final
2	Yugoslavia	3	2	1	61	55	+6	4	Third place game
3	Sweden (H)	3	1	2	64	73	−9	2	Fifth place game
4	Denmark	3	0	3	56	85	−29	0	Seventh place game

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.
(H) Hosts

14 April 1977	Soviet Union	34–18	Denmark

14 April 1977	Yugoslavia	23–20	Sweden

April 1977	Soviet Union	16–12	Yugoslavia

April 1977	Sweden	25–19	Denmark

April 1977	Yugoslavia	26–19	Denmark

April 1977	Soviet Union	31–19	Sweden

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	1	1	1	52	49	+3	3	Final
2	Spain	3	1	1	1	58	56	+2	3	Third place game
3	West Germany	3	1	1	1	50	49	+1	3	Fifth place game
4	Poland	3	1	1	1	59	65	−6	3	Seventh place game

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head number of goals scored.

14 April 1977	Hungary	14–14	Spain

14 April 1977	West Germany	16–16	Poland

April 1977	West Germany	16–12	Hungary

April 1977	Poland	24–23	Spain

April 1977	Spain	21–18	West Germany

April 1977	Hungary	26–19	Poland

Placement games

19th place game

April 1977	Morocco	38–23	Madagascar

17th place game

April 1977	Israel	20–18	Norway

15th place game

April 1977	Netherlands	23–17	Kuwait

13th place game

April 1977	Switzerland	23–15	Austria

Eleventh place game

April 1977	Romania	28–20	France

Ninth place game

April 1977	East Germany	23–21	Czechoslovakia

Seventh place game

April 1977	Poland	18–17 (ET)	Denmark

Fifth place game

April 1977	West Germany	21–19	Sweden

Third place game

April 1977	Yugoslavia	24–21	Spain

Final

April 1977	Soviet Union	24–10	Hungary

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Soviet Union
	Hungary
	Yugoslavia
4	Spain
5	West Germany
6	Sweden
7	Poland
8	Denmark
9	East Germany
10	Czechoslovakia
11	Romania
12	France
13	Switzerland
14	Austria
15	Netherlands
16	Kuwait
17	Israel
18	Norway
19	Morocco
20	Madagascar
DQ	~~Tunisia~~

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1977 Men's Junior World Handball Championship

Contents

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Main round

17th–21st place classification

Group V

Group VI

9–16th place classification

Group III

Group IV

1st–8th place classification

Group I

Group II

Placement games

19th place game

17th place game

15th place game

13th place game

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

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