The 2025 IHF Men's U21 Handball World Championship was the 25th edition of the IHF Men's U21 Handball World Championship, held in Poland under the aegis of International Handball Federation (IHF). It was held from 18 to 29 June 2025 and the first time in history that the championship is organised by Poland Handball Federation.
Denmark won their fourth title after beating Portugal in the final.
Bidding process Three nations entered bid for hosting the tournament:
North Macedonia and Slovenia later withdrew their bid. The tournament was awarded to Poland by the IHF Council in its meeting held in Cairo, Egypt on 28 February 2020.
Qualification Event Dates Host Vacancies Qualified IHF Council Meeting 28 February 2020 Cairo 1 2024 U-20 European Championship 10–21 July 2024 Celje 16 2024 Asian Junior Championship 14–25 July 2024 Amman 4 2024 African Junior Championship 9–16 September 2024 4 2024 South and Central American Junior Championship 29 October – 2 November 2024 Managua 3 2024 North America and Caribbean Junior Championship 4–8 December 2024 Mexico City 2 Wildcard 20 February 2025 — 1 IHF Trophy InterContinental Phase 12–16 March 2025 Pristina 1
Draw The draw was held on 28 January 2025 in Oslo.
Seeding Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Referees The referee pairs were selected on 30 April 2025.
Referees María PaolantoniMariana García Amar KonjičaninDino Konjičanin Vesna BalvanTatjana Praštalo Nichlas NygaardJonas Primdahl Jacob PaghKarl Thygesen Yann CarmauxJulien Mursch Ramesh ThiyagarajahSuresh Thiyagarajah Ioannis FotakidisCharalampos Kinatzidis
Referees Kristóf AltmárMárton Horváth Amir GheisarianAhmad Gheisarian Hideki FurukawaTetsuro Murata Danielo BozhinovskiViktor Nachevski Novica MitrovićMiljan Vešović William WeijmansRick Wolbertus Mads FremstadJørgen Jørstad Michał FabrycznyJakub Rawicki
Referees Cristina LovinSimona Stancu Fadel DiopAbdoulaye Faye Marko SekulićVladimir Jovandić Andrej BudzákMichal Záhradník Žan PukšičMiha Satler Miguel SoriaJesús Álvarez Mathías SosaCristian Lemes
Squads
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
Placement matches 29th place bracket
29th–32nd place semifinals
31st place game
29th place game
25th place bracket
25–28th place semifinals
27th place game
25th place game
21st place bracket
21st–24th place semifinals
23rd place game
21st place game
17th place bracket
17–20th place semifinals
19th place game
17th place game
13–16th place bracket
13–16th place semifinals
15th place game
13th place game
9–12th place bracket
9–12th place 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 RankTeam4567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
Statistics and awards
Top goalscorers RankNameGoalsShots% 1 Óli Mittún 73 105 70 2 Axel Månsson 70 112 63 3 Aljuš Anžič 61 83 73 4 Luca Sigrist 60 99 61 5 Elmar Erlingsson 57 81 706 Kousay Ben Fraj54 76 71 Naël Tighioart 64 84 8 Daniel Stanciuc 53 91 58 9 Haruto Nagamori 51 75 6810 Magnus Pedersen49 63 78 Dimitar Uzunchev 71 69 Source: IHF
Top goalkeepers Rank Name % Saves Shots 1 Leon Theodor Bergmann 39 91 236 2 Henrik Ibsen 36 79 221 3 Mark Šalamon 35 77 2334 Marko Draško33 71 264 Arvid Skoog 70 199 Ivan Galevski 69 234 Tin Herceg 66 234 Gonçalo Morgado 65 219 Salim Mezaza 64 235 Kim Hyeon-min 63 232
Awards The All-star Team was announced on 29 June 2025.
Position Player Goalkeeper Diogo Rêma Marques Right wing Magnus Pedersen Right back Nikolaj Larsson Centre back Axel Månsson Left back João Lourenço Left wing Noah Martinsson Pivot Moaz Azab MVP Óli Mittún
References
External links Official website IHF website