The 2016 Women's Youth World Handball Championship was the sixth edition of the tournament and took place in Slovakia from 19 to 31 July 2016.
Russia won their second title after defeating Denmark 30–22 in the final.
Teams Africa
Asia
Europe
(Host)
Pan-America
Venues Matches will be played in Bratislava.
Ondrej Nepela Arena (10,055) Aegon Arena (4,000)
Referees 16 referee pairs were selected.
Referees María PaolantoniMaría Zanikian Siarhei KulikDzmitry Nabokau Li ZhaomendLiu Jianpeng Davor LončarZoran Lončar Maike MerzTanja Schilha Andreas BethmannMichail Tzaferopoulos Khalid HusseinFadhil Imran Tomoko OtaMariko Shimajiri
Referees Miloš RažnatovićIvan Pavićević Bartosz LeszczyńskiMarcin Piechota Cristina NăstaseSimona Stancu Viktoria AlpaizdeTatiana Berezkina Cheikh DiopAbdoulaye Faye Vanja AntićJelena Jakovljević Michal BaďuraJaroslav Ondogrecula Soumaya AbidIkram Chaouch
Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
President's Cup 21st place bracket
21–24th place semifinals
23rd place game
21st place game
17th place bracket
17–20th place semifinals
19th place game
17th place game
9–16th placement games The eight losers of the round of 16 were seeded according to their results in the preliminary round against teams ranked 1–4.
Ranking
15th place game
13th place game
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Knockout stage Bracket
5th place bracket
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking
Rank Team456789101112131415161718192021222324 Team qualified for the 2018 Women's Junior World Handball Championship
2016 Women's Youth World Champions RussiaFirst title
Team roster: Alexandra Davidenko, Kristina Alirzaeva, Svetlana Ivanova, Ekaterina Zelenkova, Ekaterina Kudriavtseva, Karina Sabirova, Margarita Orlova, Milana Tazhenova, Svetlana Kremneva, Mariia Duvakina, Serafima Tikhanova, Sofiia Sinitsyna, Antonina Skorobogatchenko, Mariia Dudina, Anastasia Illarionova, Sofia Ignatovich. Head coach: Viacheslav Kirilenko.
Awards MVP : Karina Sabirova Top Goalscorer : Bernadett Hornyák (78 goals) Best defender : Guro Nestaker
All-Star Team Goalkeeper : Lærke Sørensen Right wing : Mariia Dudina Right back : Antonina Skorobogatchenko Centre back : Gim A-yeong Left back : Song Jin-mi Left wing : Emma Friis Pivot : Ida-Marie Dahl
References
External links Official website IHF website