2016 Women's Junior World Handball Championship


The 2016 Women's Junior World Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the tournament and took place in Moscow, Russia from 2 to 15 July 2016. Denmark won their second title after defeating Russia 32–28 in the final.

Teams

;Africa
;Asia
;Europe
;Pan-America

Venues

Matches will be played in Moscow.

Referees

The following 16 referee pairs were selected.

Preliminary round

''All time are local.''

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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President's Cup

21st place bracket

21st–24th place semifinals

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17th place bracket

17–20th place semifinals

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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.

Knockout stage

Bracket

;5th place bracket

Round of 16

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Quarterfinals

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5–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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Final ranking

RankTeam
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2016 Women's Junior World Champions

Denmark
Second title
Team roster: Althea Reinhardt, Pauline Bøgelund, Amalie Grøn Hansen, Julie Pontoppidan, Ronja Johansen, Celine Lundbye Kristiansen, Stine Holm, Ida Vium, Sofie Flader, Mai Kragballe Nielsen, Annika Jakobsen, Maria Lykkegaard, Sara Hald, Line Skak, Mie Højlund, Lærke Nolsøe, Josefine Dragenberg.
Head coach: Flemming Larsen.

Awards

MVP : Yaroslava FrolovaTop Goalscorer : Song Ji-eun

All-Star Team