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.

Preliminary round
All time are local (UTC+2).

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.

Bracket

 * 5th place bracket

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