1983 Men's Junior World Handball Championship

The 1983 Men's Junior World Handball Championship was the fourth edition of the IHF Men's Junior World Championship, held in Finland from 3 to 12 December 1983.

1983 Men's Junior World Handball Championship

Tournament details
Dates	3–12 December
Teams	16 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (3rd title)
Runner-up	West Germany
Third place	Denmark
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	2,113 (44.02 per match)

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	97	50	+47	6	1st–8th place classification
2	East Germany	3	2	0	1	90	57	+33	4
3	Egypt	3	1	0	2	54	79	−25	2	9–16th place classification
4	Italy	3	0	0	3	40	95	−55	0

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

1983	Soviet Union	39–13	Italy
		(21–8)

1983	East Germany	32–19	Egypt
		(20–6)

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1983	Soviet Union	33–17	Egypt
		(16–9)

1983	East Germany	38–13	Italy
		(13–6)

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1983	Soviet Union	25–20	East Germany
		(14–12)

1983	Egypt	18–14	Italy
		(8–6)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	0	78	60	+18	6	1st–8th place classification
2	Czechoslovakia	3	1	1	1	75	63	+12	3
3	Spain	3	1	1	1	69	56	+13	3	9–16th place classification
4	Kuwait	3	0	0	3	49	92	−43	0

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

1983	Czechoslovakia	20–20	Spain
		(10–14)

1983	Denmark	32–16	Kuwait
		(14–6)

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1983	Czechoslovakia	30–17	Kuwait
		(14–8)

1983	Denmark	20–19	Spain
		(10–10)

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1983	Spain	30–16	Kuwait
		(12–9)

1983	Denmark	26–25	Czechoslovakia
		(14–13)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	3	3	0	0	68	57	+11	6	1st–8th place classification
2	West Germany	3	1	0	2	59	54	+5	2
3	Poland	3	1	0	2	60	68	−8	2	9–16th place classification
4	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	54	62	−8	2

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

1983	Yugoslavia	25–17	Switzerland
		(11–8)

1983	West Germany	25–17	Poland
		(11–9)

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1983	Yugoslavia	24–23	Poland
		(13–11)

1983	Switzerland	18–17	West Germany
		(10–8)

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1983	Yugoslavia	19–17	West Germany
		(7–8)

1983	Poland	20–19	Switzerland
		(8–9)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	81	62	+19	6	1st–8th place classification
2	Finland (H)	3	2	0	1	72	64	+8	4
3	France	3	1	0	2	62	64	−2	2	9–16th place classification
4	Austria	3	0	0	3	55	80	−25	0

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

1983	Finland	28–23	France
		(11–10)

1983	Sweden	37–22	Austria
		(17–14)

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1983	Sweden	22–20	Finland
		(9–9)

1983	France	19–14	Austria
		(7–6)

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1983	Finland	24–19	Austria
		(12–8)

1983	Sweden	22–20	France
		(10–7)

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	3	0	0	84	48	+36	6	Ninth place game
2	Kuwait	3	1	1	1	57	67	−10	3	Eleventh place game
3	Egypt	3	1	0	2	49	61	−12	2	13th place game
4	Italy	3	0	1	2	52	66	−14	1	15th place game

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

1983	Spain	26–16	Italy
		(11–9)

1983	Kuwait	19–15	Egypt
		(9–7)

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1983	Kuwait	22–22	Italy
		(9–12)

1983	Spain	28–16	Egypt
		(13–4)

Group IV

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	3	3	0	0	64	54	+10	6	Ninth place game
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	65	56	+9	4	Eleventh place game
3	France	3	1	0	2	53	56	−3	2	13th place game
4	Austria	3	0	0	3	51	67	−16	0	15th place game

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

1983	Poland	23–18	Austria
		(14–7)

1983	Switzerland	21–17	France
		(10–9)

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1983	Poland	21–17	France
		(12–8)

1983	Switzerland	25–19	Austria
		(13–10)

1st–8th place classification

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	73	63	+10	6	Final
2	Denmark	3	2	0	1	70	70	0	4	Third place game
3	East Germany	3	1	0	2	66	73	−7	2	Fifth place game
4	Czechoslovakia	3	0	0	3	72	75	−3	0	Seventh place game

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

1983	Soviet Union	24–23	Czechoslovakia
		(14–9)

1983	Denmark	24–21	East Germany
		(9–9)

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1983	Soviet Union	24–20	Denmark
		(9–10)

1983	East Germany	25–24	Czechoslovakia
		(14–10)

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	3	2	0	1	65	58	+7	4	Final
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	76	74	+2	4	Third place game
3	Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	74	65	+9	4	Fifth place game
4	Finland (H)	3	0	0	3	53	71	−18	0	Seventh place game

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

1983	West Germany	29–16	Sweden
		(13–9)

1983	Yugoslavia	30–20	Finland
		(15–8)

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1983	West Germany	19–13	Finland
		(8–9)

1983	Sweden	28–15	Yugoslavia
		(14–13)

Placement games

15th place game

1983	Austria	21–18	Italy
		(10–8)

13th place game

1983	Egypt	20–17	France
		(10–8)

Eleventh place game

1983	Switzerland	26–22	Kuwait
		(12–12)

Ninth place game

1983	Spain	21–20 (ET)	Poland
		(9–13)
	FT: 18–18 ET: 3–2

Seventh place game

1983	Czechoslovakia	23–19	Finland
		(12–9)

Fifth place game

1983	Yugoslavia	18–17	East Germany
		(11–9)

Third place game

1983	Denmark	31–28	Sweden
		(12–14)

Final

12 December 1983	Soviet Union	32–17	West Germany
		(12–9)

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Soviet Union
	West Germany
	Denmark
4	Sweden
5	Yugoslavia
6	East Germany
7	Czechoslovakia
8	Finland
9	Spain
10	Poland
11	Switzerland
12	Kuwait
13	Egypt
14	France
15	Austria
16	Italy

External links

• IHF report
• Results on todor66.com