The 2011 Men's Junior World Handball Championship was the 18th edition of the tournament and was held at Thessaloniki, Greece from July 17–31, 2011.

In a rematch of the 2009 final Germany defeated Denmark 27–18 in the final.

Format The 24 teams were allocated into six groups with the first four advancing to the eighthfinals in a knock-out system until the final.

Oceania withdrew their participation at the tournament, Norway replaced the Oceanian team.

Uruguay withdrew and has been replacer by Venezuela as the first substitute of the Pan-American continent.

The draw took place at April 16, 2011 at 12:00 local time in Thessaloniki, Greece. The schedule was announced on June 21.

Preliminary round Group A

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group B

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group C

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group D

All times are local (UTC+3).

Knockout stage

Championship

Eightfinals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

5–8th place play-offs

Semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

9th–16th place playoffs

13–16th place bracket

Quarterfinals

13th–16th place Semifinals

9th–12th place Semifinals

Fifteenth place game

Thirteenth place game

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

17–20th place play-offs

Semifinals

Nineteenth place game

Seventeenth place game

21–24th place play-offs

Semifinals

21st place game

23rd place game

Final standings Rank Team456789101112131415161718192021222324

All-star team Goalkeeper: Left wing: Left back: Pivot: Centre back: Right back: Right wing:

Top scorers + Top scorers. Rank Player Team Goals Shots % Games Mean1 Sajjad Esteki 91 181 50.3 % 9 10,12 Iman Jamali 80 144 55.6 % 9 8,93 Sergey Zhedik 58 78 74.4 % 9 6,44 Patrick Wiesmach 53 62 85.5 % 9 5,95 Kent Robin Tønnesen 53 94 56.4 % 9 5,96 Raul Campos 52 101 51.5 % 9 5,87 Kentin Mahé 50 85 58.8 % 9 5,68 João Ferraz 50 95 52.6 % 9 5,69 Erwin Feuchtmann 50 101 49.5 % 7 7,110 Gašper Marguč 48 65 73.8 % 9 5,3

References

Daily reports Match day 1 - Serbia, Slovenia, Germany and Russia take their first victories at the Men's Junior WCh

External links IHF Site