The 2023 IHF Men's U19 Handball World Championship was the 10th edition of the IHF Men's U19 Handball World Championship, held from 2 to 13 August 2023 in Croatia under the aegis of International Handball Federation (IHF). It was the first time in history that the championship is organised by the Croatian Handball Federation.
Spain won their first title after defeating Denmark in the final.
Bidding process Two nations entered bid for hosting the tournament:
Slovenia later withdrew their bid. The tournament was awarded to Croatia by IHF Council in its meeting held in Cairo, Egypt on 28 February 2020.
Qualification Event Host Dates Vacancies Qualified IHF Council Meeting Cairo 28 February 20201 M18 EHF EURO 2022 Podgorica 4–14 August 202211 M18 EHF Championship 2022 Tel Aviv 7–13 August 20221 Riga8–14 August 20221 Craiova1 2022 Asian Youth Championship Bahrain 20–31 August 20225 2022 African Youth Championship Kigali 30 August – 6 September 20225 2022 South and Central American Youth Championship Buenos Aires 8–12 November 20223 Mexico City 15–19 November 20222 2022 IHF Trophy Oceania Rarotonga 5–9 December 20221 2023 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy San José 7–11 March 20231
Draw The draw took place on 3 March 2023 in Croatia.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Referees The referee pairs were selected on 21 June 2023.
Referees Santiago CorreaAgustin Conberse / Mariana GarcíaHeidy El-Saied Tatjana PraštaloVesna Balvan Bruna CorreaRenata Correa Zhou YunleiCheng Yufeng Davor LončarZoran Lončar Raymel ReyesAlexis Zuñiga Alaa EmamHossam Hedaia
Referees Yann CarmauxJulien Mursch Ramesh ThiyagarajahSuresh Thiyagarajah Kristóf AltmárMárton Horváth Khalid HusseinFadhil Imran Hideki FurukawaTetsuro Murata Maali Al-EneziDalal Al-Nasem Mohamed ChourakiAchraf El Mouniri
Referees Alexei CovalciucIgor Covalciuc Jelena VujačićAnđelina Kažanegra Nenad NikolovskiIsmailj Metalari Fadel DiopAbdoulaye Faye Lee Ga-eulLee Eun-ha Nicolás PerdomoGerman Araújo Khasan IsmoilovKhusan Ismoilov
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+2).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
President's Cup Points obtained in the matches against the team from the group are taken over.
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Main round Points obtained in the matches against the team from the group are taken over.
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Classification games 29th–32nd places Burundi withdrew their team before the placement round as some players were unable to be found.
Bracket
Semifinals
31st place game
29th place game
25–28th places Bracket
Semifinals
27th place game
25th place game
21st–24th places Bracket
Semifinals
23rd place game
21st place game
17–20th places Bracket
Semifinals
19th place game
17th place game
13–16th places Bracket
Semifinals
15th place game
13th place game
9–12th places Bracket
Semifinals
11th place game
Ninth place game
Knockout stage Bracket Championship bracket
5–8th place bracket
Quarterfinals
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking RankTeam45678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031WD
Statistics and awards
Top goalscorers RankNameGoalsShots% 1 Óli Mittún 87 129 672 Frederik Emil Pedersen56 70 80 Marvin Siemer 75 754 Mbesutunguwe Samuel55 119 46 Kayijama Yves 80 69 6 Sandro Darsania 53 88 607 Ísak Vedelsbøl52 64 81 Hussain Furaij 69 75 9 Marius Olseth 51 63 81 10 Lasse Sunde Lid 50 80 63
Top goalkeepers Rank Name % Saves Shots 1 Arvid Norén 44 38 872 Leon Bergmann42 98 232 Seyedmehrshad Daneshi 16 38 4 Malte Eichhorst 40 56 140 5 Emil Holmberg 39 37 966 Marko Prpić38 53 140 Marc Buchele 50 132 8 Arvid Skoog 37 39 106 9 Attila Radvánszki 36 32 9010 Vojtěch Košťálek35 44 125 Álvaro Pérez Méndez 76 215
Awards The All-star team was announced on 13 August 2023.
Position Player MVP Frederik Emil Pedersen Goalkeeper Right wing Right back Lasse Vilhelmsen Centre back Óli Mittún Left back Left wing Pivot
Notes
References
External links Official website IHF website