2016 Women's Youth World Handball Championship

2016 Women's Youth World Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Slovakia
Dates	19–31 July
Teams	24 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Russia (2nd title)
Runner-up	Denmark
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches	92
Goals scored	5,094 (55 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Bernadett Hornyák (78 goals)
Best player	Karina Sabirova
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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

•   Angola
•   DR Congo
•   Egypt

Asia

•   China
•   Japan
•   Kazakhstan
•   South Korea
•   Uzbekistan

Europe

•   Croatia
•   Denmark
•   France
•   Germany
•   Hungary
•   Norway
•   Romania
•   Russia
•   Slovenia
•   Slovakia (Host)
•   Spain
•   Sweden

Pan-America

•   Argentina
•   Brazil
•   Chile
•   Paraguay

Venues

Matches will be played in Bratislava.

• Ondrej Nepela Arena (10,055)
• Aegon Arena (4,000)

Referees

16 referee pairs were selected. ^[3]

Referees   Argentina María Paolantoni María Zanikian   Belarus Siarhei Kulik Dzmitry Nabokau   China Li Zhaomend Liu Jianpeng   Croatia Davor Lončar Zoran Lončar   Germany Maike Merz Tanja Schilha   Greece Andreas Bethmann Michail Tzaferopoulos   Iraq Khalid Hussein Fadhil Imran   Japan Tomoko Ota Mariko Shimajiri

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

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	0	171	113	+58	10	Quarterfinals
2	Croatia	5	3	0	2	135	123	+12	6 [lower-alpha 1]
3	Germany	5	3	0	2	138	116	+22	6 [lower-alpha 1]
4	Angola	5	2	1	2	138	126	+12	5
5	Japan	5	1	1	3	139	138	+1	3
6	Chile	5	0	0	5	91	197	−106	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
Notes:

1. Germany 21–23 Croatia

19 July 2016 10:00	Russia	29–21	Germany	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	Sabirova 8	(14–9)	Peter 7
	3× 5×	Report	2× 6×

19 July 2016 12:00	Croatia	41–14	Chile	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 100 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Japundža 7	(18–8)	Alarcon 4
	3× 6×	Report	2× 4×

19 July 2016 14:00	Japan	25–25	Angola	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 100 Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
	Nakayama 8	(9–13)	Gilda 9
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

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21 July 2016 16:00	Germany	21–23	Croatia	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 150 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Peter 8	(11–8)	Japundža 7
	3× 2×	Report	2× 6×

21 July 2016 18:00	Angola	25–32	Russia	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 20 Referees: Emam, Hedeia (EGY)
	Irinela 10	(14–15)	Sabirova 8
	4× 5×	Report	1× 4×

21 July 2016 20:00	Chile	19–39	Japan	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 150 Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG)
	Gómez, Moreno 5	(11–18)	Nakayama 11
	3× 4×	Report	3× 6×

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22 July 2016 16:00	Russia	43–23	Chile	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 50 Referees: Abid, Chaouch (TUN)
	Skorobogatchenko 9	(21–7)	Gómez 6
	3× 6×	Report	4× 3×

22 July 2016 18:00	Croatia	30–26	Japan	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 100 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Karlovčan 8	(15–17)	Yoshioka 8
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4×

22 July 2016 20:00	Germany	27–25	Angola	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 150 Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG)
	Peter 8	(16–13)	Gilda 8
	3× 1×	Report	2× 4×

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24 July 2016 16:00	Croatia	22–30	Angola	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 100 Referees: Schilha, Schilha (GER)
	Japundža 8	(12–12)	Gilda 10
	1× 3×	Report	2× 8× 1×

24 July 2016 18:00	Japan	25–36	Russia	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 100 Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG)
	Namiki 7	(14–20)	Skorobogatchenko 9
	3× 2×	Report	2×

24 July 2016 20:00	Chile	15–41	Germany	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 100 Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Castro 5	(8–18)	Franz, Maidhof 8
	2× 7×	Report	1× 6×

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25 July 2016 16:00	Angola	33–20	Chile	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 100 Referees: Li, Liu (CHN)
	Gilda 12	(18–6)	Gómez 7
	3× 6×	Report	2× 2×

25 July 2016 18:00	Japan	24–28	Germany	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 100 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Nakayama 7	(10–15)	Hurst 9
	3× 3×	Report	3×

25 July 2016 20:00	Russia	32–19	Croatia	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 250 Referees: Bethmann, Tzaferopoulos (GRE)
	Sabirova 8	(18–11)	Japundža, Nikolić 4
	3× 5×	Report	3× 3×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	5	5	0	0	173	96	+77	10	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	5	4	0	1	143	124	+19	8
3	Brazil	5	3	0	2	139	111	+28	6
4	Spain	5	2	0	3	140	130	+10	4
5	China	5	1	0	4	114	167	−53	2
6	DR Congo	5	0	0	5	96	177	−81	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.

19 July 2016 09:30	Hungary	44–17	China	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 100 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Hornyák 14	(24–10)	Huang 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5× 1×

19 July 2016 13:30	Sweden	30–25	Spain	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 150 Referees: Bethmann, Tzaferopoulos (GRE)
	Olsson 6	(14–13)	Cesareo 7
	4× 8×	Report	2× 4×

19 July 2016 21:45	Brazil	41–14	DR Congo	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 50 Referees: Abid, Chaouch (TUN)
	Felix 9	(19–9)	Bambi, Mwekesha 4
	3× 1×	Report	2× 6×

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21 July 2016 16:00	China	21–29	Brazil	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 120 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Yang Yi. 5	(13–16)	Nogueira, A. Santos 6
	2× 8×	Report	7× 3×

21 July 2016 18:00	Spain	21–30	Hungary	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Cesareo 6	(9–17)	Hornyák 14
	3× 6×	Report	2× 5×

21 July 2016 20:00	DR Congo	21–33	Sweden	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 50 Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Bambi 7	(10–18)	Scheuer 9
	2× 1×	Report	3× 2×

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22 July 2016 14:00	Hungary	38–16	DR Congo	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 100 Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN)
	Kuti 9	(19–8)	Bambi 10
	2× 3×	Report	1× 5×

22 July 2016 16:00	Brazil	19–22	Sweden	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 300 Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	Oliveira 8	(11–10)	Scheuer, Stankiewicz 5
	2× 1×	Report	3× 4×

22 July 2016 20:00	China	19–34	Spain	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 50 Referees: Emam, Hedeia (EGY)
	Zhou 6	(6–18)	Vegue 8
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

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24 July 2016 16:00	Brazil	29–26	Spain	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 150 Referees: Bethmann, Tzaferopoulos (GRE)
	M. Santos 7	(13–12)	Cesareo, Cuadrado 6
	3× 5×	Report	4× 1×

24 July 2016 18:00	Sweden	21–33	Hungary	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 500 Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
	Flodman 5	(10–18)	Hornyák 13
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

24 July 2016 20:00	DR Congo	23–31	China	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 50 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Bambi 9	(10–14)	three players 5
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4×

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25 July 2016 14:00	Hungary	28–21	Brazil	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Háfra 5	(16–13)	Oliveira, M. Santos 4
	2× 4×	Report	4× 9×

25 July 2016 16:00	Sweden	37–26	China	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 200 Referees: Schilha, Schilha (GER)
	Ingesson 7	(19–17)	Yang Yi., Zhou 7
	2× 4×	Report	2×

25 July 2016 20:00	Spain	34–22	DR Congo	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 50 Referees: Abid, Chaouch (TUN)
	González 8	(17–7)	Bambi 9
	2× 4×	Report	3× 6×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	5	5	0	0	184	132	+52	10	Quarterfinals
2	Norway	5	4	0	1	152	117	+35	8
3	France	5	3	0	2	173	138	+35	6
4	Romania	5	2	0	3	154	139	+15	4
5	Kazakhstan	5	1	0	4	116	186	−70	2
6	Paraguay	5	0	0	5	120	187	−67	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.

19 July 2016 16:00	Romania	31–28	Paraguay	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 100 Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN)
	Tîrcă 9	(15–17)	Acuña 8
	2× 5×	Report	3× 9×

19 July 2016 18:00	South Korea	30–25	Norway	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 80 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Song H. 11	(15–10)	Reistad 7
	4× 3×	Report	3× 5×

19 July 2016 20:00	France	46–20	Kazakhstan	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 80 Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG)
	Deba 8	(22–5)	Usmanova 8
	3× 3×	Report	2× 6×

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20 July 2016 16:00	Paraguay	22–39	South Korea	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 50 Referees: Kulik, Nabokau (BLR)
	Feschenko, Insfrán 6	(10–20)	Choi Ji-h. 9
	3× 9×	Report	3× 5×

20 July 2016 18:00	Kazakhstan	17–35	Romania	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 50 Referees: Li, Liu (CHN)
	Serikbayeva 5	(8–19)	Tecar, Tîrcă 6
	2× 2× 1×	Report	3× 5×

20 July 2016 20:00	Norway	31–22	France	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 300 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Nestaker 8	(15–11)	Mauny, Sagna 6
	3× 9× 1×	Report	3× 5×

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22 July 2016 10:00	Romania	22–25	Norway	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 100 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Tîrcă 9	(9–13)	Ellertsen 10
	3× 5× 1×	Report	2× 4× 1×

22 July 2016 12:00	South Korea	37–31	France	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 120 Referees: Bethmann, Tzaferopoulos (GRE)
	Gim, Kim So-y. 10	(21–13)	Sagna 6
	4× 2×	Report	4× 1×

22 July 2016 14:00	Paraguay	30–38	Kazakhstan	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 150 Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Acuña 9	(13–17)	Usmanova 8
	2× 6× 1×	Report	3× 5×

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23 July 2016 16:00	South Korea	39–17	Kazakhstan	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 100 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Seo 10	(22–7)	Serikbayeva 4
	1× 3×	Report	1× 5× 1×

23 July 2016 18:00	France	30–29	Romania	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 200 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	four players 5	(14–11)	Tîrcă 11
	3× 8×	Report	3× 7×

23 July 2016 20:00	Norway	35–19	Paraguay	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 100 Referees: Schilha, Schilha (GER)
	Dahl 8	(12–13)	Feschenko 8
	1× 3×	Report	2× 3×

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25 July 2016 10:00	Kazakhstan	24–36	Norway	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 50 Referees: Emam, Hedeia (EGY)
	Bikbova, Sitnikova 4	(11–18)	Ellertsen, Lund 6
	3× 5×	Report	3× 4×

25 July 2016 12:00	France	44–21	Paraguay	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 70 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Plotton 6	(18–9)	Insfrán 6
	2× 6×	Report	3× 6×

25 July 2016 14:00	Romania	37–39	South Korea	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 100 Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	Tîrcă 12	(17–17)	Gim 18
	3× 3×	Report	2× 5×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	5	5	0	0	172	85	+87	10	Quarterfinals
2	Egypt	5	4	0	1	157	155	+2	8
3	Slovakia	5	3	0	2	139	118	+21	6
4	Slovenia	5	2	0	3	159	140	+19	4
5	Argentina	5	1	0	4	131	160	−29	2
6	Uzbekistan	5	0	0	5	105	205	−100	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.

19 July 2016 15:30	Denmark	34–20	Egypt	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 150 Referees: Kulik, Nabokau (BLR)
	Friis 6	(16–10)	Sabry 6
	3× 8×	Report	3× 5×

19 July 2016 18:00	Slovakia	32–19	Argentina	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Kostelná, Nejedlíková 7	(14–10)	Cavo 6
	2× 3×	Report	3× 5×

19 July 2016 20:00	Slovenia	48–25	Uzbekistan	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 100 Referees: Li, Liu (CHN)
	Vončina 10	(26–14)	Abdumannonova 10
	3× 4×	Report	2× 2×

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20 July 2016 16:00	Egypt	32–31	Slovenia	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 150 Referees: Schilha, Schilha (GER)
	Ali Ahmad 11	(16–18)	Strnad 9
	3× 10× 1×	Report	3× 11×

20 July 2016 18:00	Uzbekistan	16–43	Slovakia	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 250 Referees: Abid, Chaouch (TUN)
	Abdumannonova, Vosiljonova 5	(7–22)	Bajčiová 6
	3× 5×	Report	3× 3×

20 July 2016 20:00	Argentina	16–34	Denmark	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 120 Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN)
	Cavo 6	(7–16)	Bruus, Elver 5
	2× 5×	Report	3× 2×

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22 July 2016 10:00	Denmark	45–12	Uzbekistan	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 100 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Lundgreen 7	(18–5)	Abdumannonova 4
	3× 1×	Report	3× 3×

22 July 2016 12:00	Egypt	35–33	Argentina	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Referees: Li, Liu (CHN)
	Sabry 13	(20–15)	Cavo 12
	1× 5×	Report	3× 5×

22 July 2016 18:00	Slovenia	21–22	Slovakia	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
	Copi, Vončina 4	(11–12)	five players 3
	4× 1×	Report	3× 1×

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23 July 2016 16:00	Slovenia	36–30	Argentina	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 250 Referees: Kulik, Nabokau (BLR)
	Kodele 9	(18–14)	Alonso 8
	3× 7×	Report	4× 4× 1×

23 July 2016 18:00	Slovakia	14–28	Denmark	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Trunková 3	(8–17)	Friis 9
	2× 1×	Report	3× 4×

23 July 2016 20:00	Uzbekistan	29–36	Egypt	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 75 Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Abdumannonova 8	(18–18)	Ali Ahmad 12
	2× 3×	Report	2× 1×

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25 July 2016 10:00	Argentina	33–23	Uzbekistan	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 50 Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN)
	Alonso, Pedernera 8	(17–11)	three players 4
	2× 4×	Report	2× 7×

25 July 2016 12:00	Denmark	31–23	Slovenia	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 100 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Dahl 5	(14–13)	Strnad 5
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

25 July 2016 18:00	Slovakia	28–34	Egypt	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 1,050 Referees: Kulik, Nabokau (BLR)
	Bajčiová 9	(11–17)	Ali Ahmad 12
	3× 6×	Report	3× 8×

President's Cup

21st place bracket

	21–24th place semifinals				21st place
	27 July
	Chile	30
					28 July
	DR Congo	21
					Chile	23
	27 July
					Paraguay	27
	Paraguay	48
	Uzbekistan	29
					23rd place
					28 July
					DR Congo	31
					Uzbekistan	23

21–24th place semifinals

27 July 2016 09:30	Chile	30–21	DR Congo	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 30 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Pérez 6	(15–13)	Nsolo 7
	2× 4×	Report	2× 5×

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27 July 2016 09:30	Paraguay	48–29	Uzbekistan	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 50 Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Acuña, Insfrán 11	(28–15)	Razakbergenova 9
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

23rd place game

28 July 2016 09:30	DR Congo	31–23	Uzbekistan	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 20 Referees: Abid, Chaouch (TUN)
	Bambi 10	(13–10)	Abdumannonova, Vosiljonova 6
	1× 2×	Report	3× 5×

21st place game

28 July 2016 11:45	Chile	23–27	Paraguay	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN)
	Gómez, Pérez 6	(9–13)	Feschenko, Acuña 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

17th place bracket

	17–20th place semifinals				17th place
	27 July
	Japan	30
					28 July
	China	21
					Japan	32
	27 July
					Argentina	31
	Kazakhstan	17
	Argentina	29
					19th place
					28 July
					China	28
					Kazakhstan	31

17–20th place semifinals

27 July 2016 11:45	Japan	30–21	China	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 70 Referees: Schilha, Schilha (GER)
	Yoshioka 7	(16–10)	four players 3
	2× 3× 1×	Report	3× 2×

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27 July 2016 11:45	Kazakhstan	17–29	Argentina	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 100 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Pupchenkova 5	(8–13)	Alonso 7
	2× 6×	Report	3× 4×

19th place game

28 July 2016 09:30	China	28–31	Kazakhstan	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 55 Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Huang 9	(11–12)	Ussenova 10
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

17th place game

28 July 2016 11:45	Japan	32–31	Argentina	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 100 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Nakayama 10	(18–14)	Alonso 10
	3× 6×	Report	2× 5×

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.

Ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Egypt	3	2	0	1	86	93	−7	4
2	Angola	3	1	0	2	80	81	−1	2
3	Brazil	3	1	0	2	69	76	−7	2
4	Germany	3	1	0	2	69	77	−8	2
5	Slovakia	3	1	0	2	64	83	−19	2
6	Romania	3	0	0	3	88	94	−6	0
7	Slovenia	3	0	0	3	75	85	−10	0
8	Spain	3	0	0	3	72	89	−17	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Goal difference.

15th place game

28 July 2016 14:00	Slovenia	27–32	Spain	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 100 Referees: Schilha, Schilha (GER)
	Vončina 8	(13–18)	Cuadrado 6
	3× 5×	Report	1× 5×

13th place game

28 July 2016 16:15	Slovakia	25–21	Romania	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 300 Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
	Holejova 8	(11–13)	Tîrcă 11
	3× 5×	Report	3× 4×

Eleventh place game

28 July 2016 14:00	Brazil	17–18	Germany	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 75 Referees: Li, Liu (CHN)
	G. Santos 7	(9–6)	Peter 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 2×

Ninth place game

28 July 2016 16:15	Egypt	33–26	Angola	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 100 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Sabry 9	(14–12)	Santana 7
	1× 3×	Report	3× 9×

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

27 July

Russia

33

28 July

Spain

27

Russia

24

27 July

France

19

Egypt

25

30 July

France

46

Russia

27

27 July

South Korea

23

Sweden

22

28 July

Germany

20

Sweden

24

27 July

South Korea

27

South Korea

33

31 July

Slovenia

30

Russia

30

27 July

Denmark

22

Hungary

32

28 July

Angola

23

Hungary

27

27 July

Norway

28

Norway

30

30 July

Slovakia

19

Norway

18

27 July

Denmark

27

Third place

Croatia

24

28 July

31 July

Brazil

21

Croatia

20

South Korea

32

27 July

Denmark

30

Norway

30

Denmark (OT)

30

Romania

29

5th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	30 July
	France	28
					31 July
	Sweden	26
					France	31
	30 July
					Hungary	34
	Hungary	31
	Croatia	22
					Seventh place
					31 July
					Sweden	23
					Croatia	18

Round of 16

27 July 2016 14:00	Hungary	32–23	Angola	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 150 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	three players 6	(13–15)	Irinela 10
	2× 2×	Report	3× 3×

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27 July 2016 14:00	France	46–25	Egypt	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 50 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Lassource 7	(19–14)	Sabry 7
	2× 4×	Report	3× 2×

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27 July 2016 16:15	Russia	33–27	Spain	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 150 Referees: Li, Liu (CHN)
	Sabirova 10	(19–11)	Mbengue 7
	4× 2×	Report	3× 2×

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27 July 2016 16:15	Denmark	30–29 (ET)	Romania	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Kulik, Nabokau (BLR)
	Friis 8	(11–14)	Bucur 11
	3× 4×	Report	3× 2×
	FT: 26–26  ET: 4–3

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27 July 2016 18:30	Brazil	21–24	Croatia	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 200 Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
	Oliveira 6	(14–12)	Japundža 10
	3× 4×	Report	4× 4×

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27 July 2016 18:30	Slovakia	19–30	Norway	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG)
	Holejova 8	(10–12)	Bergum, Nestaker 5
	1× 2× 1×	Report	1× 5×

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27 July 2016 20:45	Germany	20–22	Sweden	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 150 Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	Bayerl, Hurst 5	(11–13)	five players 4
	3× 3×	Report	3× 6×

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27 July 2016 20:45	South Korea	33–30	Slovenia	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 150 Referees: Emam, Hedeia (EGY)
	Gim 11	(19–14)	three players 5
	3× 5×	Report	2× 3×

Quarterfinals

28 July 2016 18:30	Hungary	27–28	Norway	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 500 Referees: Bethmann, Tzaferopoulos (GRE)
	Hornyák 6	(16–18)	Reistad 9
	2× 2×	Report	3× 3×

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28 July 2016 18:30	France	19–24	Russia	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 100 Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	Mauny 8	(8–13)	Sabirova, Skorobogatchenko 7
	2× 4×	Report	3× 4×

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28 July 2016 20:45	Croatia	20–30	Denmark	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 220 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Japundža, Kalčić 6	(10–14)	Friis 6
	3× 5×	Report	2× 1×

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28 July 2016 20:45	Sweden	24–27	South Korea	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 250 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Ingesson, Scheuer 4	(12–12)	Gim 10
	2× 8×	Report	3× 5×

5–8th place semifinals

30 July 2016 12:30	Hungary	31–22	Croatia	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 100 Referees: Emam, Hedeia (EGY)
	Hornyák 7	(13–10)	Japundža, Mrđen 6
	2× 3×	Report	3× 2×

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30 July 2016 15:00	France	28–26	Sweden	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 100 Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	Tourigny, Vautier 5	(16–15)	Flodman 5
	2× 3×	Report	2× 1×

Semifinals

30 July 2016 17:30	Norway	18–27	Denmark	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 450 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Lund, Nestaker 3	(10–11)	Friis 6
	2× 1×	Report	1× 2×

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30 July 2016 20:00	Russia	27–23	South Korea	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 800 Referees: Bethmann, Tzaferopoulos (GRE)
	Dudina 7	(13–9)	Kim So-y. 7
	3× 4×	Report	1× 1×

Seventh place game

31 July 2016 10:30	Croatia	18–23	Sweden	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 100 Referees: Li, Liu (CHN)
	Mrazović 6	(10–10)	Scheuer 4
	1× 3×	Report	2× 1×

Fifth place game

31 July 2016 13:00	Hungary	34–31	France	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 100 Referees: Paolantoni, Zanikian (ARG)
	Hornyak 11	(18–16)	Sagna 11
	2× 2×	Report	4× 5×

Third place game

31 July 2016 15:30	South Korea	32–30	Norway	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Gim 11	(16–17)	Ellertsen 7
	1× 4×	Report	3× 1×

Final

31 July 2016 18:00	Russia	30–22	Denmark	Aegon Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 600 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Sabirova 10	(15–13)	Dahl, Jensen 6
	1× 7×	Report	3× 5×

Final ranking

Rank Team   Russia   Denmark   South Korea 4   Norway 5   Hungary 6   France 7   Sweden 8   Croatia 9   Egypt 10   Angola 11   Germany 12   Brazil 13   Slovakia 14   Romania 15   Spain 16   Slovenia 17   Japan 18   Argentina 19   Kazakhstan 20   China 21   Paraguay 22   Chile 23   DR Congo 24   Uzbekistan Team qualified for the 2018 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

2016 Women's Youth World Champions Russia First title Team roster: Alexandra Davidenko, Kristina Alirzaeva, Svetlana Ivanova, Ekaterina Zelenkova, Ekaterina Kudriavtseva, Karina Sabirova, Margarita Orlova, Milana Tazhenova, Svetlana Kremneva, Mariia Duvakina, Serafima Tikhanova, Sofiia Sinitsyna, Antonina Skorobogatchenko, Mariia Dudina, Anastasia Illarionova, Sofia Ignatovich. Head coach: Viacheslav Kirilenko.

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

References

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

External links

• Official website
• IHF website