The 2024 IHF Women's U18 Handball World Championship was the tenth edition of the IHF Women's Youth World Championship.

Spain won their first title with a finals win over Denmark.

But at the 2020 IHF Congress in Cairo, the International Handball Federation decided to not award the hosting rights due to Slovenia and North Macedonia already receiving other World Women's Under-Age Handball Competitions.

[3] On 12 August 2023, The IHF decided to award the hosting rights to China, with the goal of sparking the growth of Handball in the non-traditional Handball country.

Championship bracket 5–8th place bracket FT: 26–26 Pen: 4–3 Source: IHF Source: IHF The all-star team was announced on 25 August 2024.