1979 Men's Junior World Handball Championship

The 1979 Men's Junior World Handball Championship was the second edition of the IHF Men's Junior World Championship, held in Denmark and Sweden from 23 October to 2 November 1979.

1979 Men's Junior World Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host countries	Denmark Sweden
Dates	23 October – 2 November
Teams	24 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (2nd title)
Runner-up	Yugoslavia
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Denmark
Tournament statistics
Matches played	88
Goals scored	3,766 (42.8 per match)

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	5	5	0	0	141	71	+70	10	1st–8th place classification
2	East Germany	5	4	0	1	144	86	+58	8
3	Poland	5	3	0	2	132	101	+31	6	9–16th place classification
4	Norway	5	2	0	3	111	110	+1	4
5	Italy	5	1	0	4	102	109	−7	2	17th–23rd place classification
6	Chinese Taipei	5	0	0	5	77	230	−153	0

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.

23 October 1979	Yugoslavia	25–13	Norway

23 October 1979	Poland	50–18	Chinese Taipei

1979	East Germany	25–16	Italy

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1979	East Germany	52–13	Chinese Taipei

1979	Poland	20–17	Norway

1979	Yugoslavia	26–11	Italy

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1979	Norway	20–16	Italy

1979	East Germany	21–20	Poland

1979	Yugoslavia	44–14	Chinese Taipei

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1979	Poland	24–20	Italy

1979	Norway	45–18	Chinese Taipei

1979	Yugoslavia	21–15	East Germany

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1979	Italy	39–14	Chinese Taipei

1979	East Germany	31–16	Norway

1979	Yugoslavia	25–18	Poland

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark (H)	5	5	0	0	135	69	+66	10	1st–8th place classification
2	Hungary	5	4	0	1	134	93	+41	8
3	France	5	3	0	2	120	101	+19	6	9–16th place classification
4	Finland	5	2	0	3	107	117	−10	4
5	Japan	5	1	0	4	95	146	−51	2	17th–23rd place classification
6	Luxembourg	5	0	0	5	79	144	−65	0

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

1979	Hungary	27–22	Japan

23 October 1979	Denmark	20–13	Finland

23 October 1979	France	23–11	Luxembourg

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1979	Hungary	37–15	Luxembourg

1979	Denmark	37–13	Japan

1979	France	32–16	Finland

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1979	Hungary	23–17	Finland

1979	Denmark	29–21	France

1979	Japan	22–19	Luxembourg

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1979	Hungary	26–20	France

1979	Luxembourg	30–11	Switzerland

1979	Finland	29–19	Japan

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1979	Denmark	19–11	Hungary

1979	France	24–19	Japan

1979	Finland	32–23	Luxembourg

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	0	145	77	+68	10	1st–8th place classification
2	Iceland	5	4	0	1	121	88	+33	8
3	West Germany	5	3	0	2	102	71	+31	6	9–16th place classification
4	Netherlands	5	2	0	3	73	103	−30	4
5	Portugal	5	1	0	4	76	123	−47	2	17th–23rd place classification
6	Saudi Arabia	5	0	0	5	62	117	−55	0

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.

23 October 1979	West Germany	25–8	Saudi Arabia

1979	Iceland	25–19	Portugal

1979	Soviet Union	29–13	Netherlands

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1979	West Germany	20–9	Netherlands

1979	Portugal	17–16	Saudi Arabia

1979	Soviet Union	25–20	Iceland

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1979	West Germany	25–10	Portugal

1979	Iceland	25–17	Netherlands

1979	Soviet Union	23–9	Saudi Arabia

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1979	Iceland	16–14	West Germany

1979	Netherlands	17–16	Saudi Arabia

1979	Soviet Union	40–17	Portugal

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1979	Iceland	35–13	Saudi Arabia

1979	Netherlands	17–13	Portugal

1979	Soviet Union	28–18	West Germany

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden (H)	4	4	0	0	96	66	+30	8	1st–8th place classification
2	Czechoslovakia	4	3	0	1	104	63	+41	6
3	Switzerland	4	2	0	2	66	76	−10	4	9–16th place classification
4	Israel	4	1	0	3	75	101	−26	2
5	Belgium	4	0	0	4	54	89	−35	0	17th–23rd place classification
6	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn

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

23 October 1979	Czechoslovakia	32–16	Israel

23 October 1979	Switzerland	21–10	Belgium
		(10–4)

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1979	Czechoslovakia	22–13	Belgium

1979	Sweden	29–19	Israel

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1979	Israel	24–19	Belgium

1979	Sweden	21–14	Switzerland

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1979	Czechoslovakia	29–10	Switzerland

1979	Sweden	22–12	Belgium

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1979	Sweden	24–21	Czechoslovakia

1979	Switzerland	21–16	Israel

Main round

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

17th–23rd place classification

Group V

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	2	1	1	0	54	29	+25	3	17th place game
2	Belgium	2	1	1	0	51	34	+17	3	19th place game
3	Chinese Taipei	2	0	0	2	33	75	−42	0	21st 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.

1979	Belgium	36–19	Chinese Taipei

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1979	Italy	15–15	Belgium

Group VI

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	3	3	0	0	66	58	+8	6	17th place game
2	Japan	3	2	0	1	65	64	+1	4	19th place game
3	Saudi Arabia	3	1	0	2	56	56	0	2	21st place game
4	Luxembourg	3	0	0	3	57	66	−9	0

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.

1979	Portugal	22–20	Luxembourg

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1979	Saudi Arabia	22–18	Luxembourg

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1979	Portugal	27–22	Japan

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1979	Japan	21–18	Saudi Arabia

9–16th place classification

Group III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	3	2	1	0	66	59	+7	5	Ninth place game
2	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	58	66	−8	3	Eleventh place game
3	Norway	3	1	0	2	65	56	+9	2	13th place game
4	Israel	3	1	0	2	57	65	−8	2	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.

1979	Poland	25–21	Israel

1979	Norway	29–16	Switzerland

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1979	Israel	20–19	Norway

1979	Poland	21–21	Switzerland

Group IV

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	0	78	54	+24	6	Ninth place game
2	West Germany	3	2	0	1	71	49	+22	4	Eleventh place game
3	Netherlands	3	0	1	2	44	61	−17	1	13th place game
4	Finland	3	0	1	2	51	80	−29	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.

1979	France	22–16	Netherlands

1979	West Germany	29–16	Finland

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1979	Netherlands	19–19	Finland

1979	France	24–22	West Germany

1st–8th place classification

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	3	3	0	0	61	47	+14	6	Final
2	Sweden (H)	3	2	0	1	59	61	−2	4	Third place game
3	Czechoslovakia	3	0	1	2	58	63	−5	1	Fifth place game
4	East Germany	3	0	1	2	54	61	−7	1	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

1979	Yugoslavia	17–15	Czechoslovakia

1979	Sweden	18–17	East Germany

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1979	Yugoslavia	23–17	Sweden

1979	Czechoslovakia	22–22	East Germany

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	78	58	+20	6	Final
2	Denmark (H)	3	2	0	1	62	57	+5	4	Third place game
3	Hungary	3	1	0	2	45	59	−14	2	Fifth place game
4	Iceland	3	0	0	3	53	64	−11	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

1979	Denmark	22–19	Iceland

1979	Soviet Union	26–17	Hungary

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1979	Soviet Union	27–21	Denmark

1979	Hungary	17–14	Iceland

Placement games

21st place game

1979	Chinese Taipei	23–22	Saudi Arabia

19th place game

1979	Japan	20–19	Belgium

17th place game

1979	Italy	26–20	Portugal

15th place game

1979	Israel	30–27	Finland

173th place game

1979	Norway	22–20	Netherlands

Eleventh place game

1979	West Germany	20–18	Switzerland

Ninth place game

1979	France	27–23	Poland

Seventh place game

1979	Iceland	27–24	East Germany

Fifth place game

1979	Czechoslovakia	20–19	Hungary

Third place game

1979	Sweden	25–20	Denmark

Final

1979	Soviet Union	30–25	Yugoslavia

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Soviet Union
	Yugoslavia
	Sweden
4	Denmark
5	Czechoslovakia
6	Hungary
7	Iceland
8	East Germany
9	France
10	Poland
11	West Germany
12	Switzerland
13	Norway
14	Netherlands
15	Israel
16	Finland
17	Italy
18	Portugal
19	Japan
20	Belgium
21	Chinese Taipei
22	Saudi Arabia
23	Luxembourg
WD	United States

External links

• IHF report
• Results on todor66.com