The 2016
Women's Junior World Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the tournament and took place in
Moscow
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Russia
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from 2 to 15 July 2016. Denmark won their second title after defeating Russia 32–28 in the final.
Teams
;Africa
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;Asia
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;Europe
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;Pan-America
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Venues
Matches will be played in
Moscow
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Krylatskoye Sports Palace (5,000)
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Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA (5,500)
Referees
The following 16 referee pairs were selected.
Preliminary round
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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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23rd place game
21st place game
17th place bracket
17–20th place semifinals
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19th place game
17th place game
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.
Ranking
15th place game
13th place game
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
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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Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking
Awards
* MVP :
Yaroslava Frolova
* Top Goalscorer :
Song Ji-eun
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(85 goals)
All-Star Team
* Goalkeeper :
Althea Reinhardt
* Right wing :
Mathilde Rivas Toft
* Right back :
Antonina Skorobogatchenko
* Centre back :
Cristina Laslo
* Left back :
Yulia Golikova
* Left wing :
Lærke Nolsøe
* Pivot :
Annika Ingenpaß
References
External links
Official website
{{Junior World Handball Championship
2016 Women's Junior World Handball Championship
Women's Junior World Handball Championship
2016
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* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
Sports competitions in Moscow
Women's handball in Russia
Junior World Handball Championship
July 2016 sports events in Europe
2016 in Moscow
Women's sport in Moscow