Women's handball world championship 1990

10th Women's Handball World Championship 1990
10th Women's Handball World Championship
Number of nations	16
World Champion	Soviet Union (3rd title)
venue	South Korea
Opening game	November 24, 1990
Endgame	04th December 1990
Top scorer	Bożena Karkut (50 goals)
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The 10th women's handball world championship was held from November 24th to December 4th, 1990 in South Korea . A total of 16 teams initially competed against each other in a preliminary round in four groups. This was followed by the main round with six teams in two groups as well as the placement round for the bottom of the group for places 13 to 16. Finally, the placement games for places 3 to 12 and the final were played. The Soviet Union became world champions for the third time in a row by beating Yugoslavia 24:22. Although the German reunification had already taken place, two German teams competed. On December 4th they met in the game for 3rd place.

Preliminary round

In a preliminary round, the participants competed in four groups with four teams each. The best three teams in each group qualified for the final round.

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Yugoslavia	03	03	00	00	0063:5400	+9	06th
02.	Germany	03	02	00	01	0056:5100	+5	04th
03.	Poland	03	01	00	02	0065:5900	+6	02
04th	France	03	00	00	03	0049:6900	−20	00

date	Team 1		Team 2	result
Nov 24, 1990	Yugoslavia	-	Poland	19:18 (9: 9)
Nov 24, 1990	Germany (DHB)	-	France	17:12 (6: 5)
Nov 25, 1990	Yugoslavia	-	France	23:18 (11: 7)
Nov 25, 1990	Germany (DHB)	-	Poland	21:18 (11: 7)
Nov. 27, 1990	Yugoslavia	-	Germany (DHB)	21:18 (10: 9)
Nov. 27, 1990	Poland	-	France	29:19 (17:10)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	People's Republic of China	03	03	00	00	0067:5800	+9	06th
02.	Austria	03	01	01	01	0061:6100	± 0	03
03.	South Korea	03	01	00	02	0074:7200	+2	02
04th	Sweden	03	00	01	02	0061:7200	−11	01

date	Team 1		Team 2	result
Nov 24, 1990	China	-	Sweden	17:15 (9: 7)
Nov 24, 1990	Austria	-	South Korea	19:18 (9: 9)
Nov 25, 1990	China	-	South Korea	28:22 (13:14)
Nov 25, 1990	Austria	-	Sweden	21:21 (12:12)
Nov. 27, 1990	China	-	Austria	22:21 (14:12)
Nov. 27, 1990	South Korea	-	Sweden	34:25 (15:11)

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Soviet Union	03	03	00	00	0070:5200	+18	06th
02.	Germany	03	02	00	01	0071:5600	+15	04th
03.	Denmark	03	01	00	02	0058:5100	+7	02
04th	Angola	03	00	00	03	0038:7800	−40	00

date	Team 1		Team 2	result
Nov 24, 1990	Soviet Union	-	Denmark	21:17 (12: 9)
Nov 24, 1990	Germany (DHV)	-	Angola	28:16 (14: 9)
Nov 25, 1990	Soviet Union	-	Angola	28:15 (13: 6)
Nov 25, 1990	Germany (DHV)	-	Denmark	23:19 (12: 8)
Nov. 27, 1990	Denmark	-	Angola	22: 7 (7: 2)
Nov. 27, 1990	Soviet Union	-	Germany (DHV)	21:20 (12: 9)

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Norway	03	03	00	00	0062:5200	+10	06th
02.	Romania	03	02	00	01	0064:4900	+15	04th
03.	Bulgaria	03	01	00	02	0068:6000	+8	02
04th	Canada	03	00	00	03	0061:9400	−33	00

date	Team 1		Team 2	result
Nov 24, 1990	Norway	-	Bulgaria	22:18 (13: 8)
Nov 24, 1990	Romania	-	Canada	34:19 (18: 7)
Nov 25, 1990	Romania	-	Bulgaria	28:14 (13: 7)
Nov 25, 1990	Norway	-	Canada	27:22 (15:11)
Nov. 27, 1990	Norway	-	Romania	13:12 (7: 8)
Nov. 27, 1990	Bulgaria	-	Canada	33:20 (14: 8)

Consolation round (places 13-16)

The bottom of the group from the preliminary round competed against each other in a placement round for places 13 to 16.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
13.	Sweden	03	03	00	00	0076:4700	+29	06th
14th	France	03	02	00	01	0065:6800	−3	04th
15th	Canada	03	01	00	02	0062:6600	−4	02
16.	Angola	03	00	00	03	0055:7700	−22	00

date	Team 1		Team 2	result
Nov 29, 1990	Sweden	-	Canada	21:16 (10: 8)
Nov 29, 1990	France	-	Angola	24:20 (12:10)
0Dec. 1, 1990	Sweden	-	Angola	28:14 (13: 7)
0Dec. 1, 1990	France	-	Canada	24:21 (10: 9)
0Dec 2, 1990	Canada	-	Angola	25:21 (13:10)
0Dec 2, 1990	Sweden	-	France	27:17 (14: 9)

Final round

Game for 11th place

date	Team 1		Team 2	result
0Dec. 4, 1990	South Korea	-	Bulgaria	36:23 (20: 9)

Play for 9th place

date	Team 1		Team 2	result
0Dec. 4, 1990	Poland	-	Denmark	27:26 (11: 7)

Game for 7th place

date	Team 1		Team 2	result
0Dec. 4, 1990	Romania	-	China	25:19 (13:10)

Play for 5th place

date	Team 1		Team 2	result
0Dec. 4, 1990	Austria	-	Norway	23:19 (16: 9)

3rd place match

date	Team 1		Team 2	result
0Dec. 4, 1990	Germany (DHV)	-	Germany (DHB)	25:19 (12: 7)

final

In the final, the team from defeating the Soviet Union 's team of Yugoslavia before 2000 spectators in Seoul with 24:22 (14: 9).

date	Team 1		Team 2	result
0Dec. 4, 1990	Soviet Union	-	Yugoslavia	24:22 (14: 9)

Final placements

rank	team
	Soviet Union
	Yugoslavia
	Germany (DHV)
04th	Germany (DHB)
05	Austria
06th	Norway
07th	Romania
08th	People's Republic of China
09	Poland
10	Denmark
11	South Korea
12	Bulgaria
13	Sweden
14th	France
15th	Canada
16	Angola

Web links

• Previous Women's World Champions - Indoor: 1990 - Korea. (PDF) International Handball Federation (IHF)(English, French, German). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World champion women (Kleinfeld / Halle). Section All World Cup top scorer inside . In: bundesligainfo.de. Retrieved July 27, 2018 . 
2. ↑ WM 1990. Accessed December 12, 2019 (German).