The 2018 Women's Youth World Handball Championship was the seventh edition of the tournament and took place in Kielce, Poland from 7 to 19 August 2018.

Russia defeated Hungary in the final to win their second straight and third overall title.

Qualification Competition Dates Vacancies Qualified Host 7 November 20151 2017 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship 10–20 August 201713 2017 Asian Women's Youth Handball Championship 20–28 August 20174 2017 African Women's Youth Handball Championship 11–17 September 20173 2018 Pan American Women's Youth Handball Championship 10–14 April 20183

Brazil was unable to participate and therefore Austria was being named to replace them.

Venues The championship will be played at two venues in Kielce. All the venue capacities are the capacity for handball events.

Legionów HallCapacity: 3,030 Politechnika HallCapacity: 1,000

Draw The draw was held on 26 April 2018 in Basel, Switzerland.

Seeding Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5Pot 6

Preliminary round All time are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

President's Cup 21st place bracket

21st–24th place semifinals

23rd place game

21st place game

17th place bracket

17th–20th place semifinals

19th place game

17th place game

9–16th placement games The eight losers of the round of 16 will be 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

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2018 Women's Youth World Champions RussiaFirst title

Team roster: Mariia Cherniaeva, Nadezhda Kolesnikova, Elena Mikhaylichenko, Anna Vereshchak, Anna Sheina, Alina Sinelnikova, Sofia Krakhmaleva, Viktoriia Turushina, Ekaterina Skivko, Valeriia Maslova, Elina Sidnina, Valeriia Kirdiasheva, Ekaterina Levchina, Kristina Mukhina, Elena Smirnova, Ekaterina Karabutova. Head coach: Liubov Sidoricheva.

Awards MVP : Elena Mikhaylichenko Top Goalscorer : Nikita van der Vliet (64 goals)

All-Star Team Goalkeeper : Anna Vereshchak Right wing : Kíra Bánfai Right back : Park So-youn Centre back : Valeriia Kirdiasheva Left back : Isabelle Andersson Left wing : Yun Ye-jin Pivot : Nikita van der Vliet

References

External links Official website IHF website