The 2024 IHF Women's U20 Handball World Championship was the 24th edition of the IHF Women's U20 Handball World Championship, held in North Macedonia from 19 to 30 June 2024 under the aegis of International Handball Federation (IHF).
France won their first title by defeating Hungary in the final.
Bidding process Two nations entered bid for hosting the tournament:
Slovenia later withdrew their bid. The tournament was awarded to North Macedonia by IHF Council in its meeting held in Cairo, Egypt on 28 February 2020.
Venues The matches were played in Skopje. The Jane Sandanski Arena had a smaller hall which was used as well.
SkopjeSkopje Boris Trajkovski Sports CenterCapacity: 10,000 Jane Sandanski ArenaCapacity: 6,500
Qualification Qualification Dates Host Vacancies Qualified Host 1 2023 Asian Junior Championship 30 June – 9 July 2023 Tsim Sha Tsui 5 2023 U-19 European Championship 6–16 July 2023 13 2023 African Junior Championship 7–14 September 2023 Monastir 5 IHF Trophy U19 – Oceania 16–20 October 2023 Nouméa 1 unoccupied 2023 South and Central American Junior Championship 14–18 November 2023 Buenos Aires 3 European qualification 21–26 November 2023 Vrnjačka Banja 1 2023 IHF Trophy U19 – North America and the Caribbean 9–13 December 2023 Mexico City 2 2024 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy 28 February – 3 March 2024 Tashkent 1 Replacement 1
Draw The draw was held on 13 April 2024 in Ulm, Germany.
Seeding Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 The spot for Oceania was left unoccupied and a replacement nation was named.
Squads
Referees The referees were announced on 26 April 2024.
Referees Mariana GarcíaMaría Paolantoni Vesna BalvanTatjana Praštalo Bruna CorreaRenata Correa Ante MikelićPetar Parađina Raymel ReyesAlexis Zuñiga Jacob PaghKarl Thygesen Heidy El-SaiedYasmina El-Saied Yann CamauxJulien Mursch Ramesh ThiyagarajahSuresh Thiyagarajah Rita DánéZsófia Marton Marzieh GhofliMozhgan Hassanzadeh Referees Amir GheisarianAhmad Gheisarian Maali Al-EneziDalal Al-Nassem Novica MitrovićMiljan Vešović Danielo BozhinovskiViktor Nachevski Eskil BrasethLeif André Sundet Cristina LovinSimona Stancu Mohammed Al-SaqerAli Al-Suqufi Marko SekulićVladimir Jovandić Andrej BudzákMichal Záhradník Žan PukšičMiha Satler Jesús ÁlvarezMiguel Soria
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+2).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
President's Cup Points obtained in the matches against the team from the group were taken over.
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Main round Points obtained in the matches against the team from the group were taken over.
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Placement matches 29th place bracket
29th–32nd place semifinals
31st place game
29th place game
25th place bracket
25–28th place semifinals
27th place game
25th place game
21st place bracket
21st–24th place semifinals
23rd place game
21st place game
17th place bracket
17–20th place semifinals
19th place game
17th place game
13–16th place bracket
13–16th place semifinals
15th place game
13th place game
9–12th place bracket
9–12th place semifinals
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Knockout stage Bracket Championship bracket
5–8th place bracket
Quarterfinals
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking RankTeam4567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
Statistics and awards
Top goalscorers RankNameGoalsShots%1 Jelena Vukčević74 102 732 Constança Sequeira62 103 60 3 Bernardeth Belo 60 120 50 4 Fatemeh Merikh 56 91 62 5 Sevinch Erkabaeva 55 135 41 6 Matilde Vestergaard 51 66 77 7 Clara Bang 47 62 768 Lilja Ágústsdóttir 45 59 769 Mariam Omar44 62 7110 Alieke van Maurik42 82 51 Sofia Gull42 80 53 Source: IHF
Top goalkeepers RankName%SavesShots1 Yukiha Horiuchi52.3 22 422 Kadija Mårdalen43.4 33 763 Ana Cristea42.6 38 894 Klára Zaj39.3 68 173 5 Mina Savić 38.4 20 52 6 Ida Wall 37.9 22 58 7 Bianca Schanssema 36.8 76 2068 Matilda Rosa36.7 78 2012 Hsin Yun-wu 22 3010 Lilja Ágústsdóttir 36.6 22 60 Source: IHF
All-Star Team
The all-star team was announced on 30 June 2024.
Position Player Goalkeeper Klára Zaj Right wing Manon Errard Right back Alieke van Maurik Centre back Elín Klara Þorkelsdóttir Left back Lea Faragó Left wing Matilde Vestergaard Pivot Lilou Pintat MVP Lylou Borg
2024 Junior Women's World Champions FranceFirst title
Team roster: Alix Tignon, Romane Le Huault-Parc, Zazie Samzun, , Louane Texier, Séphora Genyah, Manon Errard, Emma Tuccella, Clémence Nkindanda, Lilou Pintat, , Assa Sissoko Dabo, Nina Perret, Lina Colinot, Alice Monteillet, Eva Mbata, , Lylou BorgHead coach: Éric Baradat
See also 2024 Women's Youth World Handball Championship
Notes
References
External links IHF website