Tournament details | |
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Host country | Bulgaria |
Dates | September 3–12 |
Teams | 16 (from 4 confederations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Russia (1st title) |
Runner-up | Bulgaria |
Third place | South Korea |
Fourth place | Denmark |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 54 |
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]