The 2023 Women's U-17 European Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the European Women's U-17 Handball Championship, which was held in Podgorica, Montenegro from 3 to 13 August 2023.
Montenegro won the hosting rights for the second successive time at an EHF meeting in Luxembourg on 23 September 2022.
After the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine, the Russians were disqualified and Iceland, who placed second in the qualification tournament, took their place.
Both venues were in the capital, Podgorica.
The draw was held on 28 February 2023 in Vienna.
All times are local (UTC+2).
The intermediate groups were numbered III and IV. The teams that qualified for this phase retained their points and goal difference obtained in games played against the teams from the same preliminary group.
The main groups were numbered I and II. The teams that qualified for this phase retained their points and goal difference in the games played against teams from the same preliminary group.
There was no relegation as the event will be expanded from 2025 onwards to 24 teams.
The all-star team and awards were announced on 14 August 2023.
Top scorers are