The IHF Men's U21 Handball World Championship (or the IHF Men's Junior World Championship) is the official competition for men's national handball teams of under-21 years category. It is being organized by the International Handball Federation since 1977. It takes place every two years in odd years.
Tournaments YearHost countryGold medal gameBronze medal gameGoldScoreSilverBronzeScoreFourth place1977 DetailsSweden24–1024–211979 DetailsDenmark/Sweden30–2525–201981 DetailsPortugal28–2132–261983 DetailsFinland32–1731–281985 DetailsItaly32–2723–221987 DetailsYugoslavia28–2634–181989 DetailsSpain23–1723–221991 DetailsGreece27–1627–251993 DetailsEgypt22–1921–201995 DetailsArgentina29–28OT24–231997 DetailsTurkey29–2328–241999 DetailsQatar26–22OT32–31OT2001 DetailsSwitzerland31–2737–262003 DetailsBrazil36–34OT35–332005 DetailsHungary40–3528–272007 DetailsMacedonia31–2927–262009 DetailsEgypt32–2435–242011 DetailsGreece27–1824–182013 DetailsBosnia and Herzegovina28–2332–272015 DetailsBrazil26–2435–34OT2017 DetailsAlgeria39–38OT23–222019 DetailsSpain28–2337–272021 DetailsHungaryCancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemicCancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic2023 DetailsGermany/Greece30–2327–232025 DetailsPoland29–2627–262027 DetailsNorth Macedonia––
Medal table
Participating nations Nation 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2023 2025 2027 Years 12th 14th 13th 12th 18th 19th 14th 24th 20th 14th 22nd 20th 12 19th 21st 21st 26th Q 5 11th 17th 20th 16th 11th 13th 6th 20th 16th 13th 13th 21st 25th 23rd 14 24th WD 1 14th 15th 11th 14th 19th 11th Q 7 17th 17th 13th 28th Q 5 14th 13th 15th 6th 4 20th 1 23rd 1 14th 1 15th 17th 16th 13th 11th 8th 16th 16th 9th 11th 6th 10th 18th 12th 16th 28th 16 18th 1 24th 1 22nd 32nd 1 20th 20th 21st 23rd 23rd 23rd 20th 29th 8 16th 1 21st 1 19th 22nd 2 31st 1 10th 11th 9th 5th 4th 4th 10th 2nd 8th 12th 10 28th 1 8th 13th 10th 3 10th 5th 3rd 7th 6th 11th 13th 7 8th 4th 7th 3rd 7th 9th 7th 2nd 9th 1st 1st 6th 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 13th 2nd 2nd 5th 5th 1st Q 249th 8th 5th 6th 5th 13th 6 13th 15th 15th 13th 1st 6th 6th 3rd 8th 10th 7th 6th 4th 4th 8th 4th 17th 3rd 10th 6th Q 21 12th 1 16th 7th 3rd Q 4 16th 8th 2 12th 9th 8th 14th 8th 6th 11th 7th 3rd 4th 14th 7th 11th 6th 3rd 1st 3rd 1st 11th 10th Q 21 9th 11th 7th 5th 13th 4th 2nd 1st 1st 11th 3rd 4th 9th 1st 5th Q 16 14th 16th 13th 18th 8th 16th 15th 7 18th 32nd 2 WD Q 12nd 6th 7th 10th 10th 6th 16th 4th 15th 3rd 17th 12th 5th 15th 2nd 14th Q 17 7th 6th 8th 16th 5th 5th 3rd 9th 13th 12th 14th 3rd 18th Q 14 17th 12th 2 17th 15th 14th 10th Q 5 17th 12th 16th 12th 4 19th 16th 11th 18th 18th 19th 16th 7 23rd 1 16th 12th 15th 17th 19th 18th 12th 23rd 20th 24th 10 24th 30th 2 23rd 120th 1 31st 1 19th 22nd 22nd 23rd 22nd 5 15th 14th 13th 14th 5th 19th 6 17th 1 14th 16th 19th Q 4 15th 10th 6th 25th Q 4 18th 13th 10th 7th 4th 15th 14th 16th 10th 15th 11th 8th 18th 8th Q 15 24th 1 7th 10th 10th 14th 12th 12th 13th 4th 10th 7th 17th 19th 12 18th 15th 10th 3rd 10th 15th 7th 9th 14th 4th 6th 2nd Q 13 20th 1 13th 12th 19th 12th 20th 15th 19th 9th 21st 9 11th 5th 8th 6th 8th 17th 6th 8th 15th Q 10 4th 1st 12th 7th 1st 9th 13th 17th 16th 8th 10 22nd 11th 20th 21st 29th Q 6 18th 10th 17th 13th 4th 17th 6 11th 2nd 2 13th 14th 14th 3 10th 20th 16th 3rd 8th 8th 3rd 8th 9th 9th 6th 20th 7th Q 14 13th 14th 9th 12th 15th 12th 11th 19th 18th 11th 19th 16th 24th Q 141st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 1st 3rd 8 4th 10th 9th 10th 2nd 2nd 4th 9th 2nd 5th 6th 2nd 4th 5th 5th 8th 5th 2nd 7th 1st 10th 9th 9th Q 24 6th 3rd 4th 4th 2nd 4th 7th 2nd 5th 12th 2nd 3rd 1st 15th 1st 5th 7th 1st 5th 15th 11th 12th 4th Q 24 13th 12th 11th 11th 9th 15th 6th 7th 13th Q 10 DQ 8th 9th 18th 9th 17th 17th 21st 3rd 15th 12th 7th 7th 14th 21st Q 16 8th 13th 2 2nd 17th 2 17th Q 2 WD 16th 22nd 27th 26th 4 22nd 30th 2 24th 1 5th 11th 9th 2nd 4th 6th 4th 73rd 2nd 1st 5th 3rd 1st 3rd 1st 5th 9th 5th 7th 12Total 21 23 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 20 20 17 20 20 20 20 24 24 24 24 24 24 32 32 32
References
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