U-18 Women's Handball World Championship

This article covers the U-18 Women's Handball World Championships . See also U-19 Men's Handball World Championship and other World Handball Championship competitions (disambiguation) .

U-18 Women's Handball World Championship
Full name	IHF Women's Youth World Championship
Association	IHF
First edition	2006
Teams	24
Game mode	Round-robin tournament (8 groups of 4 teams each) / Knockout system (from round of 16)
Title holder	Russia (3)
Record winner	Russia (3)
Website	www.ihf.info

The U-18 Women's Handball World Championship (officially IHF Women's Youth World Championship ) is the handball competition of the best national teams for handball players under the age of 18. It has been organized by the International Handball Federation (IHF) since 2006 and has taken place every two years since then.

The current U-18 handball world champion for women is Russia . The team was able to successfully prevail in the final against the Hungarian selection in Poland in 2018 and thus earned its third world title.

Tournaments at a glance

year	Host country	World Champion	Result	Vice world champion	Third
2006	Canada	Denmark	36:33	South Korea	Romania
2008	Slovakia	Russia	27:22	Serbia	Denmark
2010	Dominican Republic	Sweden	34:29	Norway	Netherlands
2012	Montenegro	Denmark	27:26	Russia	Norway
2014	Macedonia	Romania	32:21	Germany	Denmark
2016	Slovakia	Russia	30:22	Denmark	South Korea
2018	Poland	Russia	29:27	Hungary	South Korea
2020	Croatia		-: -
2022	Georgia		-: -

Ranking list

rank	country	World Champion	Second	Third	Total
1.	Russia	3	1	-	4th
2.	Denmark	2	1	2	5
3.	Romania	1	-	1	2
4th	Sweden	1	-	-	1
5.	South Korea	-	1	2	3
6th	Norway	-	1	1	2
7th	Serbia	-	1	-	1
	Germany	-	1	-	1
	Hungary	-	1	-	1
10.	Netherlands	-	-	1	1
	total	7th	7th	7th	21st

Web links

• Women's handball youth championship on the side of the International Handball Federation (IHF)