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1989 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

Tournament details
Nigeria
September 22–October 1
15 (from 3 confederations)
Soviet Union (6th title)
South Korea
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
48

The 1989 Women's Junior World Handball Championship was the seventh edition of the tournament which took place in Nigeria from 22 September to 1 October 1989. Fifteen teams competed in the competition from three continents with Algeria, Switzerland and Turkey making their first appearance in a tournament.

In the final, the Soviet Union took home their sixth gold medal and their fourth in a row after defeating South Korea by three goals. Bulgaria claimed their first junior medal after defeating Yugoslavia for third.

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1 October 1989Bulgaria27–18YugoslaviaNigeria
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1 October 1989Soviet Union26–23South KoreaNigeria

The final rankings from the 1989 edition:

RankTeam
Soviet Union
South Korea
Bulgaria
4Yugoslavia
5Sweden
6China
7Denmark
8Spain
9Nigeria
10Japan
11West Germany
12Algeria
13Switzerland
14Austria
15Turkey
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