1977 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

The 1977 Women's Junior World Handball Championship was the first edition of the Women's Junior World Handball Championship with the tournament taking place in Romania from 30 September to 7 October 1977.

1977 Junior World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Romania
DatesSeptember 30–October 7
Teams14 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia (1st title)
Runner-up Soviet Union
Third place Romania
Fourth place East Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played37
Goals scored973 (26.3 per match)
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Fourteen teams competed in the competition with almost all of the teams bar Congo coming from the European continent. After finishing top of the second round groups, Yugoslavia became the first nation to win the title as they defeated the Soviet Union 16-13 in the final. Romania came in third place after they defeated East Germany by a single goal in the third-place playoff.

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Soviet Union 3 3 0 0 57 32 +25 6 Placement Round
2   Czechoslovakia 3 2 0 1 40 41 −1 4
3   Netherlands 3 1 0 2 37 44 −7 2
4   Congo 3 0 0 3 37 54 −17 0
Source: Todor66
1977 Soviet Union   23–14   Congo Romania

1977 Netherlands   12–16   Czechoslovakia Romania

1977 Netherlands   16–11   Congo Romania

1977 Soviet Union   17–9   Czechoslovakia Romania

1977 Czechoslovakia   15–12   Congo Romania

1977 Netherlands   9–17   Soviet Union Romania

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Romania 3 3 0 0 56 36 +20 6
  Poland 3 1 1 1 52 49 +3 3
  West Germany 3 1 1 1 36 38 −2 3
  France 3 0 0 3 26 47 −21 0
Source: [citation needed]
1977 France   6–21   Romania Romania

1977 Poland   16–16   West Germany Romania

1977 France   7–8   West Germany Romania

1977 Poland   18–20   Romania Romania

1977 Poland   18–13   France Romania

1977 West Germany   12–15   Romania Romania

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Hungary 2 2 0 0 31 9 +22 4
  Norway 2 1 0 1 28 22 +6 2
  Austria 2 0 0 2 16 44 −28 0
Source: [citation needed]
1977 Austria   5–20   Hungary Romania

1977 Norway   4–11   Hungary Romania

1977 Austria   11–24   Norway Romania

Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Yugoslavia 2 2 0 0 28 25 +3 4
  East Germany 2 1 0 1 27 25 +2 2
  Denmark 2 0 0 2 27 32 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]
1977 East Germany   16–13   Denmark Romania

1977 Yugoslavia   16–14   Denmark Romania

1977 East Germany   11–12   Yugoslavia Romania

Placement round

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Group I

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Soviet Union 3 3 0 0 46 31 +15 6
  Romania 3 2 0 1 41 41 0 4
  Poland 3 1 0 2 45 45 0 2
  Czechoslovakia 3 0 0 3 28 43 −15 0
Source: [citation needed]
1977 Soviet Union   15–11   Poland Romania

1977 Czechoslovakia   9–10   Romania Romania

1977 Czechoslovakia   10–16   Poland Romania

1977 Soviet Union   14–11   Romania Romania

Group II

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Yugoslavia 3 3 0 0 50 35 +15 6
  East Germany 3 2 0 1 36 28 +8 4
  Hungary 3 1 0 2 30 35 −5 2
  Norway 3 0 0 3 25 43 −18 0
Source: [citation needed]
1977 East Germany   13–8   Hungary Romania

1977 Yugoslavia   20–13   Norway Romania

1977 Norway   8–12   East Germany Romania

1977 Hungary   11–18   Yugoslavia Romania

Group III

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Netherlands 2 2 0 0 24 17 +7 4
  Congo 2 1 0 1 34 26 +8 2
  Austria 2 0 0 2 16 31 −15 0
Source: [citation needed]
1977 Congo   23–10   Austria Romania

1977 Netherlands   8–6   Austria Romania

Group IV

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Denmark 2 1 1 0 19 16 +3 3
  West Germany 2 1 1 0 17 16 +1 3
  France 2 0 0 2 14 18 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]
1977 France   7–10   Denmark Romania

1977 West Germany   9–9   Denmark Romania

Placement matches

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Thirteenth place game

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1977 France   10–6   Austria Romania

Eleventh place game

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1977 West Germany   20–16   Congo Romania

Ninth place game

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1977 Netherlands   17–15   Denmark Romania

Seventh place game

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1977 Norway   16–15   Czechoslovakia Romania

Fifth place game

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1977 Poland   10–9   Hungary Romania

Third place game

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1977 Romania   16–15   East Germany Romania

Final

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1977 Yugoslavia   16–13   Soviet Union Romania

Ranking

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Rank Team
    Yugoslavia
    Soviet Union
    Romania
4   East Germany
5   Poland
6   Hungary
7   Norway
8   Czechoslovakia
9   Netherlands
10   Denmark
11   West Germany
12   Congo
13   France
14   Austria

References

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  • "Junior Women Handball World Championships Archive". todor66.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-16. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  • "WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS / JUNIOR" (PDF). ihf.info. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
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