2018 Women's Youth World Handball Championship

2018 Women's Youth (U-18) World Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Poland
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	7–19 August
Teams	24 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Russia (3rd title)
Runner-up	Hungary
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	91
Goals scored	4,668 (51.3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nikita van der Vliet (64 goals)
Best player	Elena Mikhaylichenko
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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	Poland
2017 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship	10–20 August 2017	13	Germany   Norway   Hungary   France   Russia   Denmark   Romania   Spain   Sweden   Netherlands   Montenegro   Slovakia   Croatia
2017 Asian Women's Youth Handball Championship	20–28 August 2017	4	South Korea   Japan   China   Kazakhstan
2017 African Women's Youth Handball Championship	11–17 September 2017	3	Egypt   Tunisia   Angola
2018 Pan American Women's Youth Handball Championship	10–14 April 2018	3	Brazil   Chile   Argentina

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.

Kielce
	Legionów Hall Capacity: 3,030	Politechnika Hall Capacity: 1,000

Draw

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

Seeding

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Germany   Norway   South Korea   Hungary	France   Russia   Denmark   Romania	Poland   Spain   Japan   Egypt	Tunisia   Sweden   Brazil [3]   China	Angola   Netherlands   Chile   Kazakhstan	Croatia   Montenegro   Argentina   Slovakia

Preliminary round

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

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	5	4	1	0	126	95	+31	9	Eightfinals
2	Germany	5	4	0	1	128	100	+28	8
3	Poland (H)	5	3	0	2	126	127	−1	6
4	Austria	5	2	0	3	110	133	−23	4
5	Slovakia	5	1	0	4	113	128	−15	2
6	Angola	5	0	1	4	100	120	−20	1

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.
(H) Hosts

7 August 2018 10:00	Germany	26–17	Austria	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 100 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Michalczik 6	(14–8)	Neidhart 6
	3× 5×	Report	2×

7 August 2018 12:00	Romania	22–21	Slovakia	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 150 Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
	Balaceanu, Vîlcan 4	(10–11)	Trepáčová 6
	1× 5×	Report	3× 2×

7 August 2018 18:30	Poland	26–19	Angola	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Szczepanik 6	(13–10)	Kiala 7
	1× 5×	Report	1× 6×

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9 August 2018 16:00	Austria	19–37	Romania	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 200 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Neidhart 7	(8–21)	Balaceanu, Ilie 6
	1× 5×	Report	2× 7× 1×

9 August 2018 18:00	Slovakia	26–29	Poland	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Covalciuc, Covaliuc (MDA)
	Trepáčová 8	(13–13)	Więckowska 10
	3× 6×	Report	2× 4× 1×

9 August 2018 20:00	Angola	19–28	Germany	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 150 Referees: Doychinov, Goretsov (BUL)
	Kiala 5	(12–13)	Von Pereira 7
	1× 5×	Report	2× 4×

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10 August 2018 16:00	Germany	27–19	Slovakia	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 120 Referees: Burgos, Delgardo (ARG)
	three players 4	(12–7)	Mészáros 7
	1× 2×	Report	1× 2×

10 August 2018 18:00	Romania	28–19	Poland	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Cace 7	(13–10)	Haric 9
	1× 5×	Report	2× 5×

10 August 2018 20:00	Austria	23–20	Angola	Legionów Hall, Kielce Referees: Al-Zayyat, Eial (JOR)
	Fehringer 7	(12–11)	Masseu 11
	1× 7×	Report	2× 5×

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12 August 2018 16:00	Romania	19–19	Angola	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 250 Referees: Doychinov, Goretsov (BUL)
	Ilie, Valcan 4	(12–8)	Masseu 11
	1× 3×	Report	7× 1×

12 August 2018 18:00	Poland	25–30	Germany	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
	Sobecka 7	(13–14)	Von Pereira 9
	2× 1× 1×	Report	2× 2×

12 August 2018 20:00	Slovakia	23–27	Austria	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 89 Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	Mészáros, Trepáčová 6	(12–14)	Neidhart 12
	3× 9×	Report	1× 3×

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13 August 2018 16:00	Angola	23–24	Slovakia	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 95 Referees: Reyes, Zúñiga (CUB)
	Masseu 7	(13–10)	Trepáčová 7
	2× 4×	Report	1× 1×

13 August 2018 18:00	Poland	27–24	Austria	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 1,450 Referees: Bennani, Bennani (SWE)
	Więckowska 8	(13–15)	Neidhart 9
	3× 6×	Report	2× 4×

13 August 2018 20:00	Germany	17–20	Romania	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 400 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Mühlner 5	(8–11)	Târșoagă 6
	3× 1×	Report	2× 1×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	5	5	0	0	162	107	+55	10	Eightfinals
2	Denmark	5	4	0	1	137	103	+34	8
3	Croatia	5	3	0	2	118	117	+1	6
4	Sweden	5	2	0	3	124	127	−3	4
5	Chile	5	1	0	4	91	134	−43	2
6	Egypt	5	0	0	5	98	142	−44	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.

7 August 2018 14:00	Denmark	28–21	Croatia	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 250 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Faartoft 7	(18–13)	Kaselj 4
	2× 2×	Report	2× 8× 1×

7 August 2018 16:00	Hungary	29–24	Sweden	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 500 Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
	Pál 8	(15–12)	Dano 4
	2× 3×	Report	4× 4×

7 August 2018 20:30	Egypt	12–23	Chile	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 180 Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
	Hany 4	(6–10)	Sepúlveda 6
	2× 7×	Report	1× 2×

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8 August 2018 16:00	Sweden	23–32	Denmark	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 220 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Dano 8	(12–16)	Møller 7
	1× 3×	Report	3× 1×

8 August 2018 18:00	Chile	13–42	Hungary	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 150 Referees: Al-Zayyat, Eial (JOR)
	Araya, Rebolledo 4	(6–20)	Pál 7
	1× 2×	Report	1× 4×

8 August 2018 20:00	Croatia	31–24	Egypt	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 100 Referees: Al-Wattani, Qamber (BHR)
	Malec 6	(15–11)	Mamdou 7
	4× 6×	Report	2× 2×

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10 August 2018 10:00	Hungary	27–21	Croatia	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 105 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Schatzl 7	(13–9)	Barišić 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

10 August 2018 12:00	Denmark	24–15	Egypt	Legionów Hall, Kielce Referees: Diop, Faye (SEN)
	Hansen, Møller 4	(11–10)	Mohamed 6
	1× 5×	Report	1× 7×

10 August 2018 14:00	Sweden	31–19	Chile	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 100 Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
	Andersson 9	(17–13)	Pacheco 5
	2× 2×	Report	1× 3×

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11 August 2018 16:00	Denmark	28–16	Chile	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 110 Referees: Doychinov, Goretsov (BUL)
	Wierzba 5	(12–8)	Araya 4
	2× 7× 1×	Report	4×

11 August 2018 18:00	Egypt	24–36	Hungary	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 76 Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN)
	Haitham, Mamdou 4	(8–21)	Bánfai 8
	2× 3×	Report	1×

11 August 2018 20:00	Croatia	24–18	Sweden	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 151 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Malec 7	(9–10)	Andersson 5
	2× 4×	Report	1× 6× 1×

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13 August 2018 10:00	Chile	20–21	Croatia	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 100 Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
	Álvarez 7	(11–11)	Miholić 5
	2× 3×	Report	1× 5×

13 August 2018 12:00	Egypt	23–28	Sweden	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 100 Referees: Al-Wattani, Qamber (BHR)
	Mohamed 8	(13–14)	Dano 9
	3× 8× 1×	Report	2× 4×

13 August 2018 14:00	Hungary	28–25	Denmark	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 120 Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
	Pál 7	(14–14)	Møller 5
	2× 1×	Report	3× 1×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	0	170	103	+67	10	Eightfinals
2	Norway	5	4	0	1	165	119	+46	8
3	Netherlands	5	3	0	2	150	142	+8	6
4	Japan	5	2	0	3	122	136	−14	4
5	Argentina	5	1	0	4	93	164	−71	2
6	China	5	0	0	5	115	152	−37	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.

7 August 2018 10:00	Norway	36–25	China	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 100 Referees: Diop, Faye (SEN)
	Novak 6	(22–14)	Zhu H. 6
	1× 1×	Report	1× 5×

7 August 2018 12:00	Russia	43–14	Argentina	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 150 Referees: Al_Wattani, Qamber (BHR)
	Levchina 6	(17–8)	Bono 4
	2× 3×	Report	2× 2×

7 August 2018 14:00	Japan	30–33	Netherlands	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 145 Referees: Reyes, Zúñiga (CUB)
	Okada 13	(14–16)	Krullaars 9
	2× 4×	Report	2× 3×

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9 August 2018 16:00	China	17–32	Russia	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 65 Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
	Zhou 6	(11–16)	Sinelnikova 6
	3×	Report	1×

9 August 2018 18:00	Netherlands	25–34	Norway	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 180 Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
	Van der Vliet 10	(13–19)	Figenschau 8
	2× 4×	Report	2× 7×

9 August 2018 20:00	Argentina	23–26	Japan	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 55 Referees: Bennani, Bennani (SWE)
	Bono 10	(10–14)	Ito 8
	3× 8×	Report	1× 3×

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10 August 2018 16:00	Norway	39–12	Argentina	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 87 Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	Høve 8	(20–6)	Cavo 4
	1× 4×	Report	4×

10 August 2018 18:00	Russia	31–27	Japan	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 50 Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
	Skivko 6	(17–8)	Ito 5
	1× 2×	Report	1× 6×

10 August 2018 20:00	China	30–32	Netherlands	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 225 Referees: Al-Wattani, Qamber (BHR)
	Zhou 10	(16–18)	Sprengers 12
	1× 4×	Report	3× 2×

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12 August 2018 16:00	Russia	30–27	Netherlands	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 150 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Maslova 9	(16–12)	Krullaars 8
	2× 4×	Report	3× 1×

12 August 2018 18:00	Japan	23–29	Norway	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 82 Referees: Al-Wattani, Qamber (BHR)
	Ito 5	(13–14)	L. Deila 5
	1×	Report	3× 2×

12 August 2018 20:00	Argentina	26–23	China	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
	Bono 8	(11–11)	Zhou 11
	1× 4×	Report	2× 7×

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13 August 2018 16:00	Netherlands	33–18	Argentina	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 77 Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN)
	Van der Vliet 8	(17–11)	Bono 6
	1× 2×	Report	4×

13 August 2018 18:00	Japan	26–20	China	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 100 Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	Okada 6	(14–9)	Zhou 7
	1× 1×	Report	1× 1×

13 August 2018 20:00	Norway	28–34	Russia	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Novak 6	(13–20)	Maslova, Mikhaylichenko 6
	3× 1×	Report	3×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	5	5	0	0	198	145	+53	10	Eightfinals
2	France	5	4	0	1	157	115	+42	8
3	Spain	5	2	1	2	142	122	+20	5
4	Tunisia	5	2	0	3	128	154	−26	4
5	Montenegro	5	1	1	3	114	130	−16	3
6	Kazakhstan	5	0	0	5	112	185	−73	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.

7 August 2018 16:00	South Korea	45–27	Tunisia	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 85 Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
	Kim S. 12	(27–11)	Aouij 13
	2× 7× 1×	Report	3×

7 August 2018 18:00	France	20–16	Montenegro	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 100 Referees: Doychinov, Goretsov (BUL)
	Peillon 5	(9–6)	Božović 5
	1× 4×	Report	3× 3×

7 August 2018 20:00	Spain	39–21	Kazakhstan	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 150 Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	Loidi 7	(16–10)	Zhaparova 5
	2× 2×	Report	5×

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8 August 2018 16:00	Tunisia	12–27	France	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 75 Referees: Bennani, Bennani (SWE)
	Aouij 9	(6–15)	Peillon 4
	2× 2×	Report	3× 2×

8 August 2018 18:00	Kazakhstan	24–39	South Korea	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 150 Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
	Stepanova 11	(6–20)	Woo, Yun 6
	1× 3×	Report	2× 6×

8 August 2018 20:00	Montenegro	18–18	Spain	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 200 Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
	Vukčević 5	(10–7)	Sobrepera 6
	3× 7× 1×	Report	1× 3×

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10 August 2018 10:00	South Korea	37–24	Montenegro	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 150 Referees: Bennani, Bennani (SWE)
	Woo 8	(20–10)	three players 5
	2× 4×	Report	2× 9×

10 August 2018 12:00	France	29–25	Spain	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 150 Referees: Reyes, Zúñiga (CUB)
	Foppa 7	(15–11)	Sobrepera 7
	1× 5×	Report	1× 2×

10 August 2018 14:00	Tunisia	36–26	Kazakhstan	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 100 Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN)
	Aouij 10	(20–11)	Zhaparova 6
	1× 5×	Report	4×

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11 August 2018 16:00	France	42–17	Kazakhstan	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 100 Referees: Al-Zayyat, Eial (JOR)
	Pora 8	(20–9)	Zhaparova 5
	3× 1×	Report	1× 3×

11 August 2018 18:00	Spain	31–32	South Korea	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 300 Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
	Sobrepera 6	(15–15)	Kim S., Yun 8
	2× 2×	Report	2× 4×

11 August 2018 20:00	Montenegro	27–31	Tunisia	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 200 Referees: Reyes, Zúñiga (CUB)
	Božović, Raičević 6	(12–13)	Aouij 10
	1× 7×	Report	2× 3×

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13 August 2018 10:00	Kazakhstan	24–29	Montenegro	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 67 Referees: Diop, Faye (SEN)
	Stepanova 8	(12–16)	Raičević 8
		Report	2× 2×

13 August 2018 12:00	Spain	29–22	Tunisia	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 84 Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
	three players 4	(17–10)	Zalfani 9
	1× 4×	Report	4×

13 August 2018 14:00	South Korea	45–39	France	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Woo 12	(22–21)	Foppa 9
	1× 5×	Report	2× 2×

President's Cup

21st place bracket

	21st–24th place semifinals				21st place
	15 August
	Angola	26
					16 August
	Egypt	17
					Angola	22
	15 August
					China	18
	China	27
	Kazakhstan	25
					23rd place
					16 August
					Egypt	31
					Kazakhstan	25

21st–24th place semifinals

15 August 2018 09:30	Angola	26–17	Egypt	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 20 Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
	Masseu 10	(12–10)	Abdelrazek, Tarek 3
	4×	Report	1× 3×

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15 August 2018 09:30	China	27–25	Kazakhstan	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 50 Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
	Zhou 12	(15–10)	Syzdykova 7
	2× 3×	Report	1× 3×

23rd place game

16 August 2018 09:30	Egypt	31–25	Kazakhstan	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 50 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Mohamed 9	(15–13)	Stepanova 9
	3× 4×	Report	2× 4×

21st place game

16 August 2018 11:45	Angola	22–18	China	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 50 Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
	Kiala 8	(13–7)	Zhou, Zhu H. 5
	2× 3×	Report	2× 4×

17th place bracket

	17–20th place semifinals				17th place
	15 August
	Slovakia	23
					16 August
	Chile	29
					Chile	16
	15 August
					Montenegro	30
	Argentina	15
	Montenegro	25
					19th place
					16 August
					Slovakia (p)	24 (5)
					Argentina	24 (4)

17th–20th place semifinals

15 August 2018 11:45	Slovakia	23–29	Chile	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 45 Referees: Al-Wattani, Qamber (BHR)
	Mészáros 7	(11–13)	Sepúlveda 11
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

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15 August 2018 11:45	Argentina	15–25	Montenegro	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 130 Referees: Doychinov, Goretsov (BUL)
	Bono 5	(8–10)	three players 5
	1×	Report	2× 6×

19th place game

16 August 2018 09:30	Slovakia	24–24	Argentina	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 100 Referees: Al-Zayyat, Eial (JOR)
	Mészáros, Trepáčová 7	(11–8)	Bono, Cavo 7
	2× 5×	Report	2× 5× 1×
	FT: 24–22  Pen: 5–4

17th place game

16 August 2018 11:45	Chile	16–30	Montenegro	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 100 Referees: Bennani, Bennani (SWE)
	Ramírez, Rebolledo 4	(7–15)	Raičević 6
	1× 2×	Report	2× 1×

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Romania	3	3	0	0	85	55	+30	6
2	France	3	2	0	1	95	82	+13	4
3	Norway	3	1	0	2	85	83	+2	2
4	Croatia	3	1	0	2	66	73	−7	2
5	Poland	3	1	0	2	71	82	−11	2
6	Japan	3	0	0	3	70	93	−23	0
7	Austria	3	0	0	3	60	90	−30	0
8	Tunisia	3	0	0	3	61	101	−40	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored.

15th place game

16 August 2018 14:00	Austria	32–25	Tunisia	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 74 Referees: Diop, Faye (SEN)
	Neidhart 8	(19–12)	Aouij 8
	1× 4×	Report	1× 5×

13th place game

16 August 2018 16:15	Poland	22–19	Japan	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 500 Referees: Doychinov, Goretsov (BUL)
	Sobecka 10	(12–10)	Abe, Okada 6
	1× 6×	Report	2×

Eleventh place game

16 August 2018 14:00	Norway	27–20	Croatia	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 110 Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN)
	Moen 5	(13–8)	Petika 5
	1× 3×	Report	1×

Ninth place game

16 August 2018 16:15	Romania	26–26	France	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 77 Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
	Popa 9	(15–15)	Leblevec 7
	1× 4×	Report	2× 6×
	FT: 26–26  Pen: 4–3

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

15 August

Hungary

36

16 August

Austria

22

Hungary

33

15 August

Spain

20

Spain

20

18 August

Norway

18

Hungary

34

15 August

South Korea

29

Croatia

24

16 August

Germany

25

Germany

29

15 August

South Korea

30

South Korea

36

19 August

Japan

30

Hungary

27

15 August

Russia

29

Netherlands

24

16 August

France

23

Netherlands

17

15 August

Sweden

27

Romania

20

18 August

Sweden

22

Sweden

23

15 August

Russia

29

Third place

Poland

20

16 August

19 August

Denmark

30

Denmark

25

South Korea

34

15 August

Russia

29

Sweden

27

Russia

36

Tunisia

16

5th place bracket

	5th–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	18 August
	Spain	20
					19 August
	Germany	24
					Germany	25 (3)
	18 August
					Denmark	25 (0)
	Netherlands	27 (2)
	Denmark (p)	27 (4)
					Seventh place
					19 August
					Spain	26
					Netherlands	33

Round of 16

15 August 2018 14:00	Hungary	36–22	Austria	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 103 Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	Kellermann 6	(16–11)	Schlegel 6
	1× 3×	Report	1× 3×

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15 August 2018 14:00	Netherlands	24–23	France	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 400 Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
	Van der Vliet 8	(12–16)	Foppa, Peillon 5
	2× 1×	Report	3× 3×

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15 August 2018 16:15	Romania	20–22	Sweden	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 147 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Cace 7	(15–10)	Andersson 8
	2× 3×	Report	1× 3×

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15 August 2018 16:15	Spain	20–18	Norway	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
	Sobrepera 6	(7–9)	three players 3
	2× 4×	Report	2× 5×

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15 August 2018 18:30	Poland	20–30	Denmark	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 2,800 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Cygan 6	(9–12)	Steffensen 8
	3× 4×	Report	2× 3×

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15 August 2018 18:30	South Korea	36–30	Japan	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 100 Referees: Reyes, Zúñiga (CUB)
	Park So-y. 10	(20–15)	Abe 7
	1× 3×	Report	2× 1×

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15 August 2018 20:45	Croatia	24–25	Germany	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 300 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Guskić 7	(14–9)	three players 5
	1× 6×	Report	2× 3×

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15 August 2018 20:45	Russia	36–16	Tunisia	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Referees: Bennani, Bennani (SWE)
	Levchina 6	(18–10)	Zalfani 6
	6×	Report	3× 8× 1×

Quarterfinals

16 August 2018 18:30	Hungary	33–20	Spain	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 250 Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
	Bánfai 7	(14–11)	Sobrepera 6
	3×	Report	2× 2×

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16 August 2018 18:30	Netherlands	17–27	Sweden	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 600 Referees: Reyes, Zúñiga (CUB)
	Krullaars 5	(9–13)	Andersson 7
	3× 2×	Report	2× 5×

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16 August 2018 20:45	Germany	29–30	South Korea	Legionów Hall, Kielce Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Von Pereira 7	(13–15)	Woo 10
	2× 3× 1×	Report	2× 4×

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16 August 2018 20:45	Denmark	25–29	Russia	Kielce University of Technology, Kielce Attendance: 400 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Steffensen 7	(12–14)	Mukhina 6
	4× 5×	Report	4×

5–8th place semifinals

18 August 2018 12:30	Spain	20–24	Germany	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 200 Referees: Reyes, Zúñiga (CUB)
	Sobrepera 7	(9–11)	Weise 7
	2× 2×	Report	3× 2×

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18 August 2018 15:00	Netherlands	27–27	Denmark	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 250 Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
	Van der Vliet 9	(10–10)	Steffensen 9
	1× 1×	Report	2× 3×
	FT: 27–27  Pen: 2–4

Semifinals

18 August 2018 17:30	Hungary	34–29	South Korea	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 500 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	three players 6	(19–12)	Woo, Yun 6
	3× 1×	Report	1× 4×

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18 August 2018 20:00	Sweden	23–29	Russia	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 500 Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
	Andersson 7	(13–17)	Kirdiasheva 14
	3× 4×	Report	2× 4×

Seventh place game

19 August 2018 10:30	Spain	26–33	Netherlands	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 100 Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	Moles 7	(14–14)	Van der Vliet 12
	1× 2×	Report	1× 4×

Fifth place game

19 August 2018 13:00	Germany	25–25	Denmark	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 203 Referees: Bennani, Bennani (SWE)
	Quist 6	(9–13)	Møller 8
	2× 2×	Report	2×
	FT: 25–25  Pen: 3–0

Third place game

19 August 2018 15:30	South Korea	34–27	Sweden	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 250 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Yun 9	(17–14)	Andersson 7
	2× 1×	Report	3× 1×

Final

19 August 2018 18:00	Hungary	27–29	Russia	Legionów Hall, Kielce Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Kuczora 8	(12–15)	Mikhaylichenko 10
	2× 2×	Report	2× 5×

Final ranking

Rank Team   Russia   Hungary   South Korea 4   Sweden 5   Germany 6   Denmark 7   Netherlands 8   Spain 9   Romania 10   France 11   Norway 12   Croatia 13   Poland 14   Japan 15   Austria 16   Tunisia 17   Montenegro 18   Chile 19   Slovakia 20   Argentina 21   Angola 22   China 23   Egypt 24   Kazakhstan

2018 Women's Youth World Champions Russia First title Team roster: Mariia Cherniaeva, Nadezhda Kolesnikova, Elena Mikhaylichenko, Anna Vereshchak, Anna Sheina, Alina Sinelnikova, Sofia Krakhmaleva, Viktoriia Turushina, Ekaterina Skivko, Valeriia Maslova, Elina Sidnina, Valeriia Kirdiasheva, Ekaterina Levchina, Kristina Mukhina, Elena Smirnova, Ekaterina Karabutova. Head coach: Liubov Sidoricheva.

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

References

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

External links

• Official website
• IHF website