The 1981 Men's Junior World Handball Championship was the third edition of the IHF Men's Junior World Championship, held in Portugal from 4 to 13 December 1981.

Preliminary round Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Main round All points and goals against the team from the same preliminary round were carried over.

9–16th place classification Group III

Group IV

1st–8th place classification Group I

Group II

Placement games 15th place game

13th place game

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking Rank Team45678910111213141516

External links IHF report Results on todor66.com