The 2017 IHF Men's Junior World Championship was the 21st edition of the tournament, held in Algiers, Algeria from 18 to 30 July 2017. It was the first time that Algeria staged the competition, and the third time that it was held in Africa.
Spain won their first title by defeating Denmark 39–38 in the final. France captured the bronze medal after they beat Germany 23–22.
Venues The games of the tournament were played in Algiers.
Algiers Hacène Harcha ArenaCapacity: 8,500 La Coupole d’Alger ArenaCapacity: 5,000
Qualified teams Competition Dates Vacancies QualifiedHost nation1 2015 Men's Youth World Handball Championship 7–20 August 20151 2016 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship 22 July–1 August 20163 2016 European Men's U-20 Handball Championship 28 July–7 August 20164 2016 African Men's Junior Handball Championship 11–18 September 20164 European qualification tournament 4–8 January 20178 2017 Pan American Men's Junior Handball Championship 20–25 March 20173
Draw The draw was held on 10 May 2017.
Seedings The seedings were announced on 8 May 2017.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5Pot 6
Referees 15 referee pairs are selected:
Referees Radojko BrkićAndrej Jusufhodžić Nikolaj VolodkovEvgenij Zotin Yousef BelkhiriSi Ali Hamidi Adriano Alves RochaDaniel Magalhães Da Silva Hussain Al-MawtSamer Marhoon Amar KonjičaninDino Konjičanin Javier Álvarez MataYon Bustamente Lopez Erdogan KursadIbrahim Özdeniz
Referees Svavar PéturssonArnar Sigurjónsson Lars JørumHavard Kleven Karim GasmiRaouf Gasmi Miklos AndorkaRobert Hucker Mirza KurtagicMattias Wetterwik Samir KrichenSamir Makhlouf Yao AkpatsaAgbeko Assignon
Preliminary round The schedule was announced on 7 June 2017.
All times are local (UTC+1).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
President's Cup 17th place bracket
21st place bracket
21st–24th place semifinals
17th–20th place semifinals
23rd place game
21st place game
19th place game
17th place game
9–16th placement games The eight losers of the round of 16 were seeded according to their results in the preliminary round against teams ranked 1–4 and play an elimination game to determine their final position.
15th place game
13th place game
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Knockout stage Bracket
5th place bracket
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
5th–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking Rank Team456789101112131415161718192021222324
Statistics
Top goalscorers RankNameTeamGoalsShots%1 Skander Zaïdi 76 118 64.4 Lasse Møller 119 63.9 3 Aleix Gomez 55 76 72.4 4 Mátyás Győri 49 75 65.3 5 Gal Marguč 46 56 82.1 6 Kim Ji-hoon 45 59 76.3 Anouar Ben Abdallah 79 57.0 8 Daniel Dujshebaev 44 76 57.99 Dmitrii Santalov 43 81 53.1 Mustafa Al-Olaiwat 86 50.0 Source: IHF
Top goalkeepers RankNameTeam%SavesShots 1 Julien Meyer 37.3 120 322 2 Xoan Ledo 35.8 103 288 3 Simon Gade 31.3 99 316 4 Urh Kastelic 36.4 94 258 5 Denis Zabolotin 29.0 81 279 6 Khalifa Ghedbane 33.9 80 236 7 Imre Pasztor 36.0 76 211 8 Parada Nicolas 30.5 74 243 9 Martin Tomovski 29.1 69 237 10 Joel Birlehm 34.0 67 197 Source: IHF
Awards MVP Left-back: Lasse Møller
All-star team Goalkeeper: Xoan Ledo Right wing: Aleix Gómez Right back: Dika Mem Centre back: Mátyás Győri Left back: Lasse Møller Left wing: Lukas Mertens Pivot: Magnus Saugstrup
References
External links Official website