People’s Republic of China and Hungary completed the quartet of semi-finalists at the 2026 IHF Women’s Under-16 World Championship, with convincing wins over Morocco and Paraguay

GROUP A
People’s Republic of China vs Morocco 53:18 (27:7)

GROUP B
Hungary vs Paraguay 41:30 (21:16)

• People’s Republic of China confirmed their credentials as the best attack in the competition, pushing their total to 157 goals, or an average of 52,3 goals per match
   
• The top goal scorer of the competition, Meishan Du, who had 27 goals after the first two matches, extended her fantastic score run with a 15-goal outing, improving her overall tally to 42 goals
   
• China will now face Hungary in the semi-finals, while Morocco ended third and will feature in the Placement Matches 9/12 against Paraguay
   
• Hungary encountered some problems in a high-scoring match against Paraguay, leading by only five goals at the break, 21:16, but had no issues in the second half
   
• Katinka Kiss (eight goals), Boglárka Tóth (six goals) and Laura Tarjányi (eight goals) were Hungary’s top scorers in the match
   
• China, Hungary, Germany and Russia are the four semi-finalists of the competition, with the knockout phase starting on Thursday