Groups defined for the Women’s Youth World Cup 2026. This Friday the draw for the preliminary round was held with the 32 participating teams.
The event was held at the new IHF headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. The 32 teams that will go in search of the title will form eight groups to compete in the World Cup from July 29 to August 9 in Romania.
Competition
The preliminary round will consist of eight groups of four teams each, with the top two from each group advancing to the main round.
Is South American representatives are Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. The local team, Romania, chose to be part of Group F, where it will face the People’s Republic of China, Kazakhstan, and Uruguay.
Argentina is in Group D along with Montenegro and the Netherlands, and the other team to be selected is still to be decided. Meanwhile, Brazil is in Group G with Slovakia, Japan and Angola.
Competition will be held from July 29 to August 9 and will have four venues in Romania: Pitești, Mioveni, Craiova and Râmnicu Vâlcea.
Top two teams from each group will advance to the main round, while the other two will compete in the President’s Cup. The top two from each main round group will qualify for the quarterfinals.
Defined groups
Next to be defined
Following the withdrawal of Paraguay – which had qualified for the 2026 IHF Junior Women’s Handball World Championship as the fourth team in the final standings of the SCA Junior Women’s 2025 Tournament – the International Handball Federation (IHF) initiated consultations with Chile and Venezuela as possible replacement teams, as both teams finished fifth and sixth in the continental competition.
Since both federations have expressed their inability to participate in this phase, the IHF will determine the identity of the thirty-second team participating in the competition in due course, in accordance with the regulations in force.
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