Argentina will participate in a third consecutive U18 World Championship. They returned to the competition in 2011, a break of six years from their previous appearance in 2005, a team from which a number of their players graduated to the senior national team. In 2011 in Turkey the team finished eighth and two years later in Thailand they finished 17th. Their current participation is their ninth appearance in the competition, with their seventh place in Portugal 1991 their best result.