Today, the draw for the 2018 Women’s Youth (U18) World Championship in Poland was held at the IHF Head Office in Basle, Switzerland – right after the 2018 Women’s Junior World Championship groups were drawn.

 

First, the teams in pot 4 were drawn to groups A-D by Per Bertelsen, Chairman of the IHF Commission of Organising and Competitions, who was assisted by Monika Listkiewicz, Marketing Manager of the Polish Handball Federation (PHF), and according to the results of the draw the teams in pots 5 and 6 were assigned to the corresponding groups in rows 5 and 6.

 

Afterwards the teams in pot 2 were drawn to Groups A-D in row 2, and the teams in pot 1 to groups A-D in row 1.

 

As hosts, Poland had the prerogative to assign themselves a group of their choice in row 3. PHF External Relations Director Damian Drobik announced their decision to play in Group A, where they will face Germany, Romania, Brazil, Angola and Slovakia.

 

At the end, the remaining teams in pot 3 were drawn to groups A-D in row 3, leading to the following result:

 

Group A: GER, ROU, POL, BRA, ANG, SVK

 

Group B: HUN, DEN, EGY, SWE, CHI, CRO

 

Group C: NOR, RUS, JPN, CHN, NED, ARG

 

Group D: KOR, FRA, ESP, TUN, KAZ, MNE

 

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