The Yugoslavia women's national junior handball team was the national under-20
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...
team of
Yugoslavia
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.
They were the junior branch of the
Yugoslavia women's national handball team
The Yugoslavia women's national handball team was the national handball team of Yugoslavia.
History
The 1st World Women's Handball Championship was held in Yugoslavia from July 13 to 20, 1957. The games were held in Belgrade and ...
. They won the
1977 Women's Junior World Handball Championship, a bronze in
1979 in Yugoslavia
Events
January
* January 1
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, and a silver in
1981 in Canada
Events from the year 1981 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown
* Monarch – Elizabeth II
Federal government
* Governor General – Edward Schreyer
* Prime Minister – Pierre Trudeau
* Chief Justice – Bora Laskin (Ontario)
* Parliament – ...
. At the
1983 Women's Junior World Handball Championship in
France
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they lost the bronze medal game to
South Korea
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. They finished fourth at the
1989 Women's Junior World Handball Championship in
Nigeria
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, losing the bronze medal game to Bulgaria.
References
{{EHF women's junior teams
Women's national junior handball teams
Handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...