1989 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

The 1989 Women's Junior World Handball Championship was the seventh edition of the tournament which took place in Nigeria from 22 September to 1 October 1989. Fifteen teams competed in the competition from three continents with Algeria, Switzerland and Turkey making their first appearance in a tournament.

In the final, the Soviet Union took home their sixth gold medal and their fourth in a row after defeating South Korea by three goals. Bulgaria claimed their first junior medal after defeating Yugoslavia for third.

Ranking
The final rankings from the 1989 edition: