1985 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

1985 Junior World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
Dates	October 19–30
Teams	15 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (4th title)
Runner-up	South Korea
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	East Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches	48
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The 1985 Women's Junior World Handball Championship was the fifth edition of the tournament which took place in South Korea from 19 to 30 October 1985.

Fifteen teams competed in the competition from three continents with only Spain debuting in the competition. Ivory Coast was meant to compete in the competition but had to withdraw. The gold medal went to the defending champions in the Soviet Union who claimed their fourth title after defeating South Korea by three goals in the final. Poland finished in third after defeating East Germany in second overtime. ^[1]

First round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	2	2	0	0	45	37	+8	4
Yugoslavia	2	1	0	1	43	39	+4	2
Japan	2	0	0	2	35	47	−12	0
Ivory Coast (W)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(W) Withdrew

October 1985	Poland	23–18	Japan	South Korea
		(8–9)

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October 1985	Yugoslavia	24–17	Japan	South Korea
		(9–6)

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October 1985	Poland	22–19	Yugoslavia	South Korea
		(8–8)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	0	90	39	+51	6
China	3	2	0	1	65	49	+16	4
France	3	1	0	2	40	55	−15	2
Spain	3	0	0	3	30	82	−52	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

October 1985	South Korea	27–18	China	South Korea
		(15–8)

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October 1985	France	15–12	Spain	South Korea
		(6–6)

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October 1985	South Korea	40–11	Spain	South Korea
		(18–5)

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October 1985	China	20–15	France	South Korea
		(8–3)

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October 1985	South Korea	23–10	France	South Korea
		(12–5)

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October 1985	China	27–7	Spain	South Korea
		(12–4)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	93	49	+44	6
Romania	3	2	0	1	58	56	+2	4
Norway	3	1	0	2	58	63	−5	2
Netherlands	3	0	0	3	36	77	−41	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

October 1985	Soviet Union	39–9	Netherlands	South Korea

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October 19	Romania	23–15	Norway	South Korea
		(11–6)

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October 21	Soviet Union	28–19	Romania	South Korea
		(11–9)

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October 1985	Norway	22–14	Netherlands	South Korea
		(10–5)

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October 1985	Soviet Union	26–21	Norway	South Korea
		(13–12)

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October 23	Romania	16–13	Netherlands	South Korea
		(10–6)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
East Germany	3	3	0	0	56	39	+17	6
West Germany	3	2	0	1	53	38	+15	4
Denmark	3	1	0	2	51	45	+6	2
Austria	3	0	0	3	34	72	−38	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

October 1985	East Germany	19–14	West Germany	South Korea
		(9–5)

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October 1985	Denmark	26–15	Austria	South Korea
		(10–6)

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October 1985	East Germany	22–11	Austria	South Korea
		(9–3)

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October 1985	West Germany	15–11	Denmark	South Korea
		(5–2)

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October 1985	East Germany	15–14	Denmark	South Korea
		(9–7)

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October 1985	West Germany	24–8	Austria	South Korea
		(5–3)

Second round

Group I

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	5	5	0	0	139	77	+62	10
Poland	5	4	0	1	111	95	+16	8
China	5	3	0	2	120	118	+2	6
Yugoslavia	5	2	0	3	110	124	−14	4
France	5	1	0	4	71	110	−39	2
Japan	5	0	0	5	94	121	−27	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

October 1985	China	37–26	Yugoslavia	South Korea
		(18–13)

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October 1985	Poland	24–11	France	South Korea
		(11–6)

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October 1985	South Korea	28–17	Japan	South Korea
		(12–4)

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October 1985	France	20–19	Japan	South Korea
		(10–11)

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October 1985	Poland	27–19	China	South Korea
		(16–8)

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October 1985	South Korea	33–17	Yugoslavia	South Korea
		(16–8)

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October 1985	Yugoslavia	24–15	France	South Korea
		(11–7)

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October 1985	China	26–23	Japan	South Korea
		(15–10)

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October 1985	South Korea	28–15	Poland	South Korea
		(12–8)

Group II

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	5	5	0	0	123	84	+39	10
East Germany	5	3	0	2	87	87	0	6
Norway	5	3	0	2	110	104	+6	6
Romania	5	2	1	2	107	105	+2	5
West Germany	5	1	0	4	74	95	−21	2
Denmark	5	0	1	4	88	114	−26	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

October 26	Romania	25–20	West Germany	South Korea
		(11–8)

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October 1985	Soviet Union	28–19	Denmark	South Korea
		(14–6)

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October 1985	Norway	25–19	East Germany	South Korea
		(12–8)

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October 1985	Norway	32–20	Denmark	South Korea
		(18–12)

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October 1985	Soviet Union	23–9	West Germany	South Korea
		(11–6)

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October 27	East Germany	18–16	Romania	South Korea
		(12–6)

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October 29	Romania	24–24	Denmark	South Korea
		(12–14)

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October 1985	Soviet Union	18–16	East Germany	South Korea
		(12–6)

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October 1985	Norway	17–16	West Germany	South Korea
		(8–6)

Thirteenth place

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	2	2	0	0	39	23	+16	4
Austria	2	1	0	1	29	31	−2	2
Spain	2	0	0	2	20	34	−14	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

October 1985	Austria	16–10	Spain	South Korea
		(9–7)

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October 1985	Netherlands	18–10	Spain	South Korea
		(10–4)

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October 1985	Netherlands	21–13	Austria	South Korea
		(8–7)

Placement matches

Eleventh place game

October 1985	Denmark	22–19	Japan	South Korea
		(11–10)

Ninth place game

October 1985	West Germany	25–22 (ET)	France	South Korea
		(11–9)
	FT: 19–19  ET: 6–3

Seventh place game

October 30	Romania	20–15	Yugoslavia	South Korea
		(13–4)

Fifth place game

October 1985	Norway	35–27	China	South Korea
		(19–13)

Third place game

October 1985	Poland	30–29 (ET)	East Germany	South Korea
		(10–15)
	FT: 22–22  ET: 5–5, 3–2

Final

October 30	Soviet Union	27–24	South Korea	South Korea
		(9–16)

Ranking

The final rankings from the 1985 edition: ^[2]

Rank	Team
	Soviet Union
	South Korea
	Poland
4	East Germany
5	Norway
6	China
7	Romania
8	Yugoslavia
9	West Germany
10	France
11	Denmark
12	Japan
13	Netherlands
14	Austria
15	Spain

References

1. "Junior Women Handball World Championships Archive". todor66.com. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
2. "WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS / JUNIOR" (PDF). ihf.info. Retrieved 2018-05-04.