1985 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

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.

1985 Junior World Championship
Tournament details
Host country South Korea
DatesOctober 19–30
Teams15 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (4th title)
Runner-up South Korea
Third place Poland
Fourth place East Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
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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 edit

Group A edit

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)

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

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

Group B edit

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)

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

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

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

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

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

Group C edit

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

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

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

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

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

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

Group D edit

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)

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

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

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

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

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

Second round edit

Group I edit

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Group II edit

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thirteenth place edit

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)

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

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

Placement matches edit

Eleventh place game edit

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

Ninth place game edit

October 1985 West Germany   25–22 (ET)   France South Korea
(11–9)

FT: 19–19 ET: 6–3

Seventh place game edit

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

Fifth place game edit

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

Third place game edit

October 1985 Poland   30–29 (ET)   East Germany South Korea
(10–15)

FT: 22–22 ET: 5–5, 3–2

Final edit

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

Ranking edit

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 edit

  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.

External links edit