2018 Women's Junior World Handball Championship Explained

Tourney Name:	Women's Junior World Handball Championship
Year:	2018
Country:	Hungary
Dates:	1–14 July
Num Teams:	23
Confederations:	4
Venues:	2
Cities:	1
Count:	1
Matches:	85
Goals:	4435
Top Scorer:	Helena Paulo (73 goals)
Player:	Song Hye-soo
Previous:	2016 Women's Junior World Handball Championship
Next:	2020 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

The 2018 IHF Women's Junior World Championship was the 21st edition of the IHF Women's Junior World Championship that took place in Debrecen, Hungary from 1 to 14 July 2018.^[1]

Hungary won their first ever title by defeating Norway 28–22 in the final.^[2]

Qualification

Qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	1
2016 Women's Youth World Handball Championship	1
2017 Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship	3
2017 Women's Under-19 European Handball Championship^[3]	2
2017 African Women's Junior Handball Championship	3
2018 Pan American Women's Junior Handball Championship	3
European qualification^[4]	11

Venues

Matches will be played in Debrecen.

• Főnix Hall (6,500)
• Hódos Imre Sports Hall (2,000)

Draw

The draw was held on 26 April 2018 at Basel, Switzerland.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Seeding

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Preliminary round

All time are local (UTC+2).^[8]

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 place game

17th place bracket

17th–20th place semifinals

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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.

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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Awards

• MVP : Song Hye-soo^[10]
• Top Goalscorer : Helena Paulo (73 goals)

All-Star Team

• Goalkeeper : Polina Kaplina
• Right wing : Dorottya Faluvégi
• Right back : Line Ellertsen
• Centre back : Henny Reistad
• Left back : Noémi Háfra
• Left wing : Emma Friis
• Pivot : Noémi Pásztor

External links

• Official website
• IHF website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Countdown to the 21st Women's Junior World Championship. 17 February 2018. ihf.info.
2. Web site: Hungary take first Junior world title on home ground. 14 July 2018. ihf.info.
3. Web site: 2017 W19 Euro Final Tournament. 5 July 2018. EHF. 21 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180521033139/http://www.eurohandball.com/ech/19/women/2017/round/1/Final+Tournament. dead.
4. Web site: 2018 Women's World Championship U20 Qualification Tournaments Europe. 5 July 2018. EHF.
5. Web site: Draws for 2018 Women's Junior and Youth World Championships to be held in Basle. 18 April 2018. ihf.info.
6. Web site: 2018 Women's Junior and Youth World Championships – Draws streamed live. 25 April 2018. ihf.info.
7. Web site: Hungary open 2018 Women's Junior World Championship campaign against Brazil. 26 April 2018. ihf.info.
8. Web site: Hungary 2018 – Match schedule released. 7 May 2018. ihf.info.
9. https://archive.ihf.info/en-us/mediacentre/news/newsdetails.aspx?ID=5823 Final ranking
10. Web site: Hungary 2018 All-star Team and MVP. 14 July 2018. ihf.info.