1993 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

1993 Junior World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Bulgaria
DatesSeptember 3–12
Teams16 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Russia (1st title)
Runner-up Bulgaria
Third place South Korea
Fourth place Denmark
Tournament statistics
Matches played54
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The 1993 Women's Junior World Handball Championship was the ninth edition of the tournament which took place in Gabrovo and Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria from 3 to 12 September 1993. Sixteen teams competed in the competition from four continents with Belarus, North Korea, Russia and Ukraine making there first appearance in a tournament.

After 54 matches, Russia took home their first gold medal defeating Bulgaria by seven goals in the gold medal match. South Korea finished in third place overall after they defeated Denmark in the bronze medal playoff.[1]


  1. ^ "Junior Women Handball World Championships Archive". todor66.com. Retrieved 23 August 2023.