1981 Men's Junior World Handball Championship

1981 Men's Junior World Handball Championship
Tournament details
Dates4–13 December
Teams16 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Yugoslavia (1st title)
Runners-up Soviet Union
Third place Czechoslovakia
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored2,127 (44.31 per match)

The 1981 Men's Junior World Handball Championship was the third edition of the IHF Men's Junior World Championship, held in Portugal from 4 to 13 December 1981.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Yugoslavia 3 3 0 0 78 51 +27 6 1st–8th place classification
2  East Germany 3 2 0 1 81 72 +9 4
3   Switzerland 3 1 0 2 72 65 +7 2 9–16th place classification
4  Japan 3 0 0 3 58 101 −43 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.
1981 Yugoslavia  23–16   Switzerland
1981 East Germany  38–24  Japan
1981 Yugoslavia  30–16  Japan
1981 East Germany  24–23   Switzerland
1981 Yugoslavia  25–19  East Germany
1981 Switzerland  33–18  Japan

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czechoslovakia 3 2 0 1 79 60 +19 4 1st–8th place classification
2  Denmark 3 2 0 1 66 52 +14 4
3  Spain 3 2 0 1 70 66 +4 4 9–16th place classification
4  Nigeria 3 0 0 3 60 97 −37 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.
1981 Czechoslovakia  35–25  Nigeria
1981 Spain  20–19  Denmark
1981 Denmark  29–17  Nigeria
1981 Czechoslovakia  29–17  Spain
1981 Denmark  18–15  Czechoslovakia
1981 Spain  33–18  Nigeria

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Soviet Union 3 3 0 0 85 44 +41 6 1st–8th place classification
2  Iceland 3 2 0 1 61 65 −4 4
3  Netherlands 3 1 0 2 58 55 +3 2 9–16th place classification
4  Portugal (H) 3 0 0 3 51 91 −40 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
1981 Netherlands  20–15  Portugal
1981 Soviet Union  23–12  Iceland
1981 Soviet Union  22–21  Netherlands
1981 Iceland  31–25  Portugal
1981 Soviet Union  40–11  Portugal
1981 Iceland  18–17  Netherlands

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 3 2 0 1 50 44 +6 4 1st–8th place classification
2  France 3 1 1 1 50 51 −1 3
3  West Germany 3 1 1 1 39 42 −3 3 9–16th place classification
4  Italy 3 1 0 2 51 53 −2 2
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.
1981 Sweden  15–10  West Germany
1981 Italy  21–19  France
1981 Sweden  20–18  Italy
1981 France  15–15  West Germany
1981 West Germany  14–12  Italy
1981 France  16–15  Sweden

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 2 1 0 76 57 +19 5 Ninth place game
2   Switzerland 3 2 0 1 87 73 +14 4 Eleventh place game
3  Nigeria 3 1 0 2 70 87 −17 2 13th place game
4  Japan 3 0 1 2 57 73 −16 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.
1981 Switzerland  32–29  Nigeria
1981 Spain  17–17  Japan
1981 Spain  26–22   Switzerland
1981 Nigeria  23–22  Japan

Group IV

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  West Germany 3 3 0 0 62 52 +10 6 Ninth place game
2  Italy 3 2 0 1 61 56 +5 4 Eleventh place game
3  Netherlands 3 1 0 2 57 55 +2 2 13th place game
4  Portugal (H) 3 0 0 3 60 77 −17 0 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.
(H) Hosts
1981 Italy  21–19  Netherlands
1981 West Germany  29–22  Portugal
1981 West Germany  19–18  Netherlands
1981 Italy  28–23  Portugal

1st–8th place classification

Group I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Yugoslavia 3 2 1 0 60 53 +7 5 Final
2  Czechoslovakia 3 1 1 1 54 56 −2 3 Third place game
3  East Germany 3 1 0 2 64 66 −2 2 Fifth place game
4  Denmark 3 1 0 2 54 57 −3 2 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.
1981 Yugoslavia  19–18  Denmark
1981 Czechoslovakia  23–22  East Germany
1981 Yugoslavia  16–16  Czechoslovakia
1981 East Germany  23–18  Denmark

Group II

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Soviet Union 3 3 0 0 84 49 +35 6 Final
2  Sweden 3 1 0 2 60 64 −4 2 Third place game
3  Iceland 3 1 0 2 63 68 −5 2 Fifth place game
4  France 3 1 0 2 53 79 −26 2 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.
1981 Soviet Union  35–16  France
1981 Sweden  24–22  Iceland
1981 Soviet Union  26–21  Sweden
1981 Iceland  29–21  France

Placement games

15th place game

1981 Portugal  37–34 (ET)  Japan

13th place game

1981 Netherlands  32–24  Nigeria

Eleventh place game

1981 Switzerland  29–22  Italy

Ninth place game

1981 West Germany  20–15  Spain

Seventh place game

1981 Denmark  21–20  France

Fifth place game

1981 East Germany  23–18  Iceland

Third place game

1981 Czechoslovakia  32–26  Sweden

Final

1981 Yugoslavia  28–21  Soviet Union

Final ranking

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