2018 Women's Youth World Handball Championship Explained

Tourney Name:	Women's Youth (U-18) World Handball Championship
Year:	2018
Size:	250px
Country:	Poland
Dates:	7–19 August
Num Teams:	24
Confederations:	4
Venues:	2
Cities:	1
Count:	3
Matches:	91
Goals:	4668
Top Scorer:	Nikita van der Vliet (64 goals)
Player:	Elena Mikhaylichenko
Previous:	2016 Women's Youth World Handball Championship
Next:	2020 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.^[1]

Russia defeated Hungary in the final to win their second straight and third overall title.^[2]

Qualification

Competition	Dates	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	7 November 2015	1
2017 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship	10–20 August 2017	13
2017 Asian Women's Youth Handball Championship	20–28 August 2017	4
2017 African Women's Youth Handball Championship	11–17 September 2017	3
2018 Pan American Women's Youth Handball Championship	10–14 April 2018	3

Brazil was unable to participate and therefore Austria was being named to replace them.^[3]

Venues

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

Draw

The draw was held on 26 April 2018 in Basel, Switzerland.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Seeding

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Preliminary round

All time are local (UTC+2).^[7]

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

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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 : Elena Mikhaylichenko
• Top Goalscorer : Nikita van der Vliet (64 goals)^[8]

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

External links

• Official website
• IHF website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kielce sign contract for 2018 IHF Women's Youth World Championship. 10 February 2018. ihf.info.
2. Web site: Russia claim second straight Youth world title. 19 August 2018. ihf.info.
3. Web site: Austria accept place at Youth World Championship. 30 July 2018. ihf.info.
4. Web site: Draws for 2018 Women's Junior and Youth World Championships to be held in Basle. 18 April 2018. ihf.info.
5. Web site: 2018 Women's Junior and Youth World Championships – Draws streamed live. 25 April 2018. ihf.info.
6. Web site: Groups known for Poland 2018. 26 April 2018. ihf.info.
7. Web site: Poland 2018 match schedule released. 22 May 2018. ihf.info.
8. Web site: The Poland 2018 All-star Team. 19 August 2018. ihf.info.