The 2020 Women's Youth (U-18) World Handball Championship would have been the eighth edition of the championship to be held from 29 September to 11 October 2020 in Croatia under the aegis of International Handball Federation (IHF).[1] It would have been the first time in history that the championship would have been organised by Croatian Handball Federation.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Croatia |
| Dates | Cancelled |
| Teams | 24 (from 4 confederations) |
The championship was originally scheduled to be held in China from 18 to 30 August 2020. But on 7 February 2020, the IHF decided to move the tournament to another country due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Originally scheduled for 18 to 30 August 2020, the tournament was rescheduled to 29 September to 11 October 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic.[3] On 17 July 2020, the event was postponed.[4]
On 22 February 2021, the tournament was cancelled.[5]
Qualification edit
| Competition | Dates | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 China[2] | ||||
| IHF Council Meeting (host nation) | 27 February 2020 |  Cairo
|
1 | Croatia
|
| 2019 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship | 1–11 August 2019 |  Celje
|
9 |  Hungary Sweden France Denmark Russia Norway Germany Austria Montenegro
|
| 2019 Women's U-17 EHF Championship | 3–11 August 2019 |  Lignano Sabbiadoro
|
1 |  Czech Republic
|
 Tbilisi
|
1 |  Switzerland
| ||
| 2019 Oceania Women's Youth Handball Championship | 11–16 August 2019 |  Païta
|
1 |  New Zealand
|
| 2019 Asian Women's Youth Handball Championship | 21–30 August 2019 |  Jaipur
|
4 |  South Korea Japan Kazakhstan Uzbekistan
|
| 2019 African Women's Youth Handball Championship | 16–24 September 2019 |  Niamey
|
3 | Egypt Angola Tunisia
|
| IHF Trophy – North America and Caribbean[6] | 15–20 October 2019 |  Montreal
|
1 | Canada
|
| 2020 South and Central American Women's Youth Handball Championship[7] | Cancelled | 3 |  Brazil Chile Argentina
| |
New Zealand would have made their debut.
Venues edit
References edit
- ^ "2020 IHF Women's Youth (U18) World Championship". ihf.info. 18 November 2019.
- ^ a b "2020 Women's Youth World Championship to be moved". ihf.info. 7 February 2020.
- ^ "IHF events to be re-scheduled". ihf.info. 24 April 2020.
- ^ "2020 Men's Super Globe and Women's Youth World Championship postponed". International Handball Federation. 18 July 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ "Key decisions made on IHF events at IHF Council meeting". ihf.info. 22 February 2021.
- ^ "Martinique and Mexico qualify for IHF Trophy – Intercontinental Phase". IHF. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "South and Central American teams for 2020 Women's Youth and Junior World Championships determined". IHF. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.