| Tourney Name: | Junior World Championship |
| Year: | 1991 |
| Country: | France |
| Dates: | August 23–September 1 |
| Num Teams: | 17 |
| Confederations: | 4 |
| Count: | 7 |
| Matches: | 62 |
| Previous: | 1989 Women's Junior World Handball Championship |
| Next: | 1993 Women's Junior World Handball Championship |
The 1991 Women's Junior World Handball Championship was the eighth edition of the tournament which took place in France from 23 August to 1 September 1991. Seventeen teams competed in the competition from four continents with Brazil and Chinese Taipei making there first appearance in a tournament.
After 62 matches, the Soviet Union took home their seventh gold medal and their fifth in a row after defeating South Korea by a single goal in the gold-medal match. Denmark finished in third place overall after they defeated Sweden in the bronze medal playoff.[1]
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The final rankings from the 1991 edition:[2]
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