1981 Men's Junior World Handball Championship

1981 Men's Junior World Handball Championship
Tournament details
Dates	4–13 December
Teams	16 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia (1st title)
Runner-up	Soviet Union
Third place	Czechoslovakia
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	2,127 (44.31 per match)
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Last updated July 05, 2024

The 1981 Men's Junior World Handball Championship was the third edition of the IHF Men's Junior World Championship, held in Portugal from 4 to 13 December 1981.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	3	3	0	78	51	+27	6	1st–8th place classification
2	East Germany	3	2	1	81	72	+9	4	1st–8th place classification
3	Switzerland	3	1	2	72	65	+7	2	9–16th place classification
4	Japan	3	0	3	58	101	−43	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.

1981	Yugoslavia	23–16	Switzerland

1981	East Germany	38–24	Japan

1981	Yugoslavia	30–16	Japan

1981	East Germany	24–23	Switzerland

1981	Yugoslavia	25–19	East Germany

1981	Switzerland	33–18	Japan

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czechoslovakia	3	2	1	79	60	+19	4	1st–8th place classification
2	Denmark	3	2	1	66	52	+14	4	1st–8th place classification
3	Spain	3	2	1	70	66	+4	4	9–16th place classification
4	Nigeria	3	0	3	60	97	−37	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.

1981	Czechoslovakia	35–25	Nigeria

1981	Spain	20–19	Denmark

1981	Denmark	29–17	Nigeria

1981	Czechoslovakia	29–17	Spain

1981	Denmark	18–15	Czechoslovakia

1981	Spain	33–18	Nigeria

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	85	44	+41	6	1st–8th place classification
2	Iceland	3	2	1	61	65	−4	4	1st–8th place classification
3	Netherlands	3	1	2	58	55	+3	2	9–16th place classification
4	Portugal (H)	3	0	3	51	91	−40	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.
(H) Hosts

1981	Netherlands	20–15	Portugal

1981	Soviet Union	23–12	Iceland

1981	Soviet Union	22–21	Netherlands

1981	Iceland	31–25	Portugal

1981	Soviet Union	40–11	Portugal

1981	Iceland	18–17	Netherlands

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	2	0	1	50	44	+6	4	1st–8th place classification
2	France	3	1	1	1	50	51	−1	3	1st–8th place classification
3	West Germany	3	1	1	1	39	42	−3	3	9–16th place classification
4	Italy	3	1	0	2	51	53	−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.

1981	Sweden	15–10	West Germany

1981	Italy	21–19	France

1981	Sweden	20–18	Italy

1981	France	15–15	West Germany

1981	West Germany	14–12	Italy

1981	France	16–15	Sweden

Main round

All points and goals against the team from the same preliminary round were carried over.

9–16th place classification

Group III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	1	0	76	57	+19	5	Ninth place game
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	87	73	+14	4	Eleventh place game
3	Nigeria	3	1	0	2	70	87	−17	2	13th place game
4	Japan	3	0	1	2	57	73	−16	1	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.

1981	Switzerland	32–29	Nigeria

1981	Spain	17–17	Japan

1981	Spain	26–22	Switzerland

1981	Nigeria	23–22	Japan

Group IV

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	3	3	0	62	52	+10	6	Ninth place game
2	Italy	3	2	1	61	56	+5	4	Eleventh place game
3	Netherlands	3	1	2	57	55	+2	2	13th place game
4	Portugal (H)	3	0	3	60	77	−17	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.
(H) Hosts

1981	Italy	21–19	Netherlands

1981	West Germany	29–22	Portugal

1981	West Germany	19–18	Netherlands

1981	Italy	28–23	Portugal

1st–8th place classification

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	3	2	1	0	60	53	+7	5	Final
2	Czechoslovakia	3	1	1	1	54	56	−2	3	Third place game
3	East Germany	3	1	0	2	64	66	−2	2	Fifth place game
4	Denmark	3	1	0	2	54	57	−3	2	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.

1981	Yugoslavia	19–18	Denmark

1981	Czechoslovakia	23–22	East Germany

1981	Yugoslavia	16–16	Czechoslovakia

1981	East Germany	23–18	Denmark

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	84	49	+35	6	Final
2	Sweden	3	1	2	60	64	−4	2	Third place game
3	Iceland	3	1	2	63	68	−5	2	Fifth place game
4	France	3	1	2	53	79	−26	2	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.

1981	Soviet Union	35–16	France

1981	Sweden	24–22	Iceland

1981	Soviet Union	26–21	Sweden

1981	Iceland	29–21	France

Placement games

15th place game

1981	Portugal	37–34 (ET)	Japan

13th place game

1981	Netherlands	32–24	Nigeria

Eleventh place game

1981	Switzerland	29–22	Italy

Ninth place game

1981	West Germany	20–15	Spain

Seventh place game

1981	Denmark	21–20	France

Fifth place game

1981	East Germany	23–18	Iceland

Third place game

1981	Czechoslovakia	32–26	Sweden

Final

1981	Yugoslavia	28–21	Soviet Union

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Yugoslavia
	Soviet Union
	Czechoslovakia
4	Sweden
5	East Germany
6	Iceland
7	Denmark
8	France
9	West Germany
10	Spain
11	Switzerland
12	Italy
13	Netherlands
14	Nigeria
15	Portugal
16	Japan

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1981 Men's Junior World Handball Championship

Contents

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Main round

9–16th place classification

Group III

Group IV

1st–8th place classification

Group I

Group II

Placement games

15th place game

13th place game

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

External links

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