1985 Men's Junior World Handball Championship

The 1985 Men's Junior World Handball Championship was the fifth edition of the IHF Men's Junior World Championship, held in Italy from 7 to 15 December 1985.

1985 Men's Junior World Handball Championship

Tournament details
Dates	7–15 December
Teams	16 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (4th title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Yugoslavia
Fourth place	West Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	54
Goals scored	2,529 (46.83 per match)

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	71	56	+15	6	Main round
2	East Germany	3	1	1	1	65	64	+1	3
3	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	66	65	+1	3
4	Poland	3	0	0	3	55	72	−17	0	Classification round

Source: Todor66
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.

1985	Sweden	21–18	Switzerland
		(13–9)

1985	East Germany	21–17	Poland
		(9–4)

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1985	Poland	17–26	Sweden
		(5–13)

1985	Switzerland	23–23	East Germany
		(13–13)

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1985	Sweden	24–21	East Germany
		(13–10)

1985	Switzerland	25–21	Poland
		(14–8)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	3	3	0	0	80	62	+18	6	Main round
2	Iceland	3	1	0	2	44	47	−3	2
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	61	68	−7	2
4	Egypt	3	1	0	2	56	64	−8	2	Classification round

Source: Todor66
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.

1985	Iceland	16–15	Italy
		(10–8)

1985	West Germany	29–23	Egypt
		(14–9)

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1985	Iceland	13–14	Egypt
		(9–8)

1985	Italy	24–33	West Germany
		(8–19)

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1985	Egypt	19–22	Italy
		(6–9)

1985	West Germany	18–15	Iceland
		(9–6)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	99	66	+33	6	Main round
2	Czechoslovakia	3	2	0	1	79	59	+20	4
3	Japan	3	1	0	2	66	93	−27	2
4	Nigeria	3	0	0	3	61	87	−26	0	Classification round

Source: Todor66
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.

1985	Soviet Union	39–28	Japan
		(20–16)

1985	Czechoslovakia	28–20	Nigeria
		(16–13)

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1985	Japan	13–30	Czechoslovakia
		(8–14)

1985	Nigeria	17–34	Soviet Union
		(9–16)

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1985	Japan	25–24	Nigeria
		(14–9)

1985	Soviet Union	26–21	Czechoslovakia
		(14–12)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	3	3	0	0	72	63	+9	6	Main round
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	62	61	+1	4
3	Denmark	3	1	0	2	72	67	+5	2
4	South Korea	3	0	0	3	86	101	−15	0	Classification round

Source: Todor66
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.

1985	Denmark	21–22	Yugoslavia
		(13–12)

1985	Spain	33–28	South Korea
		(20–17)

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1985	South Korea	27–34	Denmark
		(12–13)

1985	Spain	11–16	Yugoslavia
		(6–7)

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1985	Yugoslavia	34–31	South Korea
		(17–15)

1985	Denmark	17–18	Spain
		(7–12)

Classification round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	South Korea	3	3	0	0	103	80	+23	6
14	Poland	3	2	0	1	82	81	+1	4
15	Egypt	3	1	0	2	66	76	−10	2
16	Nigeria	3	0	0	3	72	86	−14	0

Source: Todor66
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.

1985	Poland	27–23	Nigeria
		(12–10)

1985	Egypt	24–28	South Korea
		(10–12)

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1985	South Korea	37–27	Poland
		(18–11)

1985	Nigeria	20–21	Egypt
		(8–12)

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1985	Nigeria	29–38	South Korea
		(8–17)

1985	Poland	28–21	Egypt
		(12–12)

Main round

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

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	5	5	0	0	121	97	+24	10	Final
2	West Germany	5	3	1	1	113	98	+15	7
3	East Germany	5	2	1	2	115	106	+9	5
4	Iceland	5	2	0	3	91	93	−2	4
5	Switzerland	5	1	2	2	97	101	−4	4
6	Italy	5	0	0	5	91	133	−42	0

Source: Todor66
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.

1985	Sweden	30–15	Italy
		(13–9)

1985	East Germany	25–19	Iceland
		(9–12)

1985	Switzerland	16–16	West Germany
		(9–7)

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7 December 1985	West Germany	21–16	East Germany
		(11–8)

7 December 1985	Iceland	18–19	Sweden
		(8–7)

7 December 1985	Italy	18–24	Switzerland
		(8–9)

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1985	Sweden	30–19	Italy
		(15–9)

1985	East Germany	27–25	Iceland
		(15–9)

1985	Switzerland	16–23	West Germany
		(9–10)

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	5	4	1	0	156	130	+26	9	Final
2	Yugoslavia	5	3	1	1	124	113	+11	7
3	Czechoslovakia	5	3	0	2	112	94	+18	6
4	Denmark	5	2	0	3	108	101	+7	4
5	Spain	5	2	0	3	101	104	−3	4
6	Japan	5	0	0	5	102	161	−59	0

Source: Todor66
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.

1985	Soviet Union	30–24	Denmark
		(16–11)

1985	Japan	28–37	Yugoslavia
		(13–18)

1985	Czechoslovakia	21–17	Spain
		(10–7)

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7 December 1985	Yugoslavia	20–24	Czechoslovakia
		(8–12)

7 December 1985	Denmark	28–15	Japan
		(13–7)

7 December 1985	Spain	28–32	Soviet Union
		(12–14)

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1985	Soviet Union	29–29	Yugoslavia
		(15–12)

1985	Czechoslovakia	16–18	Denmark
		(11–11)

1985	Japan	18–27	Spain
		(9–12)

Placement games

Eleventh place game

1985	Italy	17–19	Japan
		(8–7)

Ninth place game

1985	Switzerland	25–21	Spain
		(13–13)

Seventh place game

1985	Iceland	28–33	Denmark
		(12–11)

Fifth place game

1985	East Germany	24–22	Czechoslovakia
		(6–11)

Third place game

1985	West Germany	22–23	Yugoslavia
		(11–13)

Final

15 December 1985	Sweden	27–32	Soviet Union
		(13–16)

Final ranking

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

External links

• IHF report
• Results on todor66.com