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.

The final rankings from the 1991 edition:[2]