2016 Women's Youth World Handball Championship

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.

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

Teams

 * Africa


 * Asia


 * Europe
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 * Pan-America

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-Marie Dahl