2018 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.
Russia defeated Hungary in the final to win their second straight and third overall title.
== Qualification ==Brazil was unable to participate and therefore Austria was being named to replace them.
== 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.
=== Seeding ===
== Preliminary round ==
All time are local (UTC+2).
=== Group A ===
=== Group B ===
=== Group C ===
=== Group D ===
== President's Cup ==
=== 21st place bracket ===
==== 21st–24th place semifinals ====
==== 23rd place game ====
==== 21st place game ====
=== 17th place bracket ===
==== 17th–20th place semifinals ====
==== 19th place game ====
==== 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.
=== Ranking ===
=== 15th place game ===
=== 13th place game ===
=== Eleventh place game ===
=== Ninth place game ===
== Knockout stage ==
=== Bracket ===5th place bracket
=== Round of 16 ===
=== Quarterfinals ===
=== 5–8th place semifinals ===
=== Semifinals ===
=== Seventh place game ===
=== Fifth place game ===
=== Third place game ===
=== Final ===
== Final ranking ==
== Awards ==
MVP :  Elena Mikhaylichenko
Top Goalscorer :  Nikita van der Vliet (64 goals)
=== 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