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.
Brazil was unable to participate and therefore Austria was being named to replace them.
The championship will be played at two venues in Kielce. All the venue capacities are the capacity for handball events.
The draw was held on 26 April 2018 in Basel, Switzerland.
All time are local (UTC+2).
The eight losers of the round of 16 will be seeded according to their results in the preliminary round against teams ranked 1âÂÂ4.