2018 Women's Youth World Handball Championship
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
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 Hall Capacity: 3,030 | Politechnika Hall Capacity: 1,000 | |
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Draw
The draw was held on 26 April 2018 in Basel, Switzerland.Seeding
Preliminary round
All time are local.Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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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 bracketRound of 16
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Quarterfinals
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5–8th place semifinals
----Semifinals
----Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking
Awards
- MVP : Elena Mikhaylichenko
- Top Goalscorer : Nikita van der Vliet
All-Star Team
- Goalkeeper : Anna Vereshchak
- Right wing : Kíra Bánfai
- Right back : Park So-youn
- Centre back : Valeria Kirdiasheva
- Left back : Isabelle Andersson
- Left wing : Yun Ye-jin
- Pivot : Nikita van der Vliet