The 2019 IHF Men's Youth World Championship (under-19) was the eighth edition of the tournament, held from 6 to 18 August 2019 in Skopje, North Macedonia.
Egypt won their first title by defeating Germany in the final.
Qualified teams Competition Dates Vacancies Qualified Host nation1 2018 European Men's U-18 Handball Championship 9–19 August 201811+1 (substitute for Oceania) 2018 African Men's Youth Handball Championship 15–22 September 20183 2018 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship 16–26 September 20184 IHF Trophy – North American & the Caribbean 17–21 November 20181 2019 South and Central American Men's Youth Handball Championship 8–12 May 20193
Draw The draw was held on 29 May 2019 in Basel, Switzerland.
Seedings The seedings were announced on 17 May 2019.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5Pot 6
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+2).
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.
Standings
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 Hassan Walid 51 81 632 Mohamed Mohamed 49 73 67 Martin Serafimov 92 57 4 Ahmed Hesham 48 76 63 5 Nenad Kosteski 46 63 736 Jeppe Cieslak 45 59 76 Salvador Salvador 75 60 8 Dagur Gautason 44 60 739 Drevy Paschal 43 62 61 Sadou Ntanzi 70 69 Source: IHF
Top goalkeepers RankNameTeam%SavesShots 1 Benedek Nagy 40 42 106 2 Lukas Diedrich 38 50 130 3 Stipe Purić 36 60 165 4 Charles Bolzinger 36 46 129 5 Svend Rughave 36 74 208 6 Roberto Rodríguez 34 81 236 7 Kristóf Győri 34 71 207 8 Nikola Ćirović 34 58 170 9 Darko Stošić 34 22 65 10 Abdelrahman Mohamed 33 87 260 Source: IHF
Awards The MVP and all-star team were announced on 18 August 2019.
MVP Ahmed Hesham
Best defender Julian Köster
All-star team Goalkeeper: Abdelrahman Mohamed Right wing: Dániel Kecskés Right back: Martim Costa Centre back: Lauritz Reinholdt Left back: Hassan Walid Left wing: Alexander Reimann Pivot: Tom Bergner
References
External links Official website IHF website