2016 Women's Youth World Handball Championship Explained

Tourney Name:	Women's Youth World Handball Championship
Year:	2016
Size:	250 px
Country:	Slovakia
Dates:	19–31 July
Num Teams:	24
Confederations:	4
Venues:	2
Cities:	1
Count:	2
Matches:	92
Goals:	5094
Top Scorer:	Bernadett Hornyák (78 goals)
Player:	Karina Sabirova
Previous:	2014 Women's Youth World Handball Championship
Next:	2018 Women's Youth World Handball Championship

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.^[1]

Russia won their second title after defeating Denmark 30–22 in the final.^[2]

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.^[3]

Referees
	María Paolantoni María Zanikian
	Siarhei Kulik Dzmitry Nabokau
	Li Zhaomend Liu Jianpeng
	Davor Lončar Zoran Lončar
	Maike Merz Tanja Schilha
	Andreas Bethmann Michail Tzaferopoulos
	Khalid Hussein Fadhil Imran
	Tomoko Ota Mariko Shimajiri

Referees
	Miloš Ražnatović Ivan Pavićević
	Bartosz Leszczyński Marcin Piechota
	Cristina Năstase Simona Stancu
	Viktoria Alpaizde Tatiana Berezkina
	Cheikh Diop Abdoulaye Faye
	Vanja Antić Jelena Jakovljević
	Michal Baďura Jaroslav Ondogrecula
	Soumaya Abid Ikram Chaouch

Preliminary round

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

21–24th place semifinals

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21st place game

17th place bracket

17–20th place semifinals

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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.

Ninth place game

Knockout stage

Bracket

5th place bracket

Round of 16

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Quarterfinals

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5–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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Final

Final ranking

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width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc		Team qualified for the 2018 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

Awards

MVP : Karina Sabirova^[4]
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

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Draw for the IHF Women's Youth World Championship in Slovakia. 18 May 2016. ihf.info.
Web site: Russia claim their second youth world title. 31 July 2016. ihf.info.
Web site: Referee Nominations 2016 – Women's Youth World Championship 2016 – Slovakia . 19 July 2016. ihf.info.
Web site: All-star Team. 31 July 2016. ihf.info.