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2016 Women's Youth World Handball Championship

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Host country
  
Slovakia

Venue(s)
  
2 (in 1 host city)

Runner-up
  
Denmark

Dates
  
19–31 July

Champions
  
Russia (2nd title)

Teams
  
24 (from 4 confederations)

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.

Contents

Russia won their second title after defeating Denmark 30–22 in the final.

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.

    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.

    Bracket

    5th place bracket

    Awards

  • MVP : Karina Sabirova
  • 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 Dahl

    • References

    2016 Women's Youth World Handball Championship Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA