The International Handball Federation (IHF) has announced the list of referees for the 2026 IHF Women’s Youth (U18) World Championship, which will be staged from 29 July to 9 August in Romania.

According to the updated Regulations for International and Continental Referees and Regulations for Official IHF Referee Courses, the IHF Playing Rules and Referees Commission has nominated four continental referee couples to officiate in the event. 

The 2026 IHF Women’s Youth (U18) World Championship in Romania will serve as official IHF Referee assessment for these continental couples.
 
The 22 referee couples nominated for the event are as follows:

IHF Referees

ARG – CONBERSE Agustin / CORREA Santiago

BIH – BALVAN Vesna / PRASTALO Tatjana (pictured)

BRA – GODOY Henrique / MAGALHAES Daniel

CUB – REYES Raymel / ZUÑIGA Alexys

DEN – PAGH Jacob / THYGESEN Karl

EGY – ESMAIL Mohamed / SALEH Mohamed

FRA – PICARD Titouan / VAUCHEZ Pierre

GRE – FOTAKIDIS Ioannis / KINATZIDIS Charalampos

HUN – DANE Rita / MARTON Zsofia

JPN – FURUKAWA Hideki / MURATA Tetsuro

MKD – BOZHINOVSKI Danielo / NACHEVSKI Viktor

NED – WEIJMANS William / WOLBERTUS Rick

NOR – BORGE Andreas / NYGREN Magnus

OMA – AL-SHAHI Omer / AL WAHIBI Khamis

ROU – PIRVU Mihai / POTIRNICHE Radu-Mihai

SLO – PUKSIC Zan / SATLER Miha

SWE – WATSON Alice / WELIN Line

TUN – HAGGUI Roua / HAGGUI Sahar

Continental Referees (IHF Candidates)

CRO – HODZIC Matija / BRODIC Matija

GER – HELLBUSCH Lucas / JANSEN Darnel

ROU – CHIRUTA Mihaela / MURARIU Georgiana

USA – BOHOIAVLENSKA Anastasiia / MOLINA-HIDALGO Cristina