| Tourney Name: | Men's Junior World Handball Championship |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Country: | Spain |
| Dates: | 16–28 July |
| Num Teams: | 24 |
| Confederations: | 6 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Count: | 2 |
| Matches: | 92 |
| Goals: | 5262 |
| Top Scorer: | Diogo Silva (76 goals)[1] |
| Player: | Ivan Martinović |
| Previous: | 2017 Men's Junior World Handball Championship |
| Next: | 2021 Men's Junior World Handball Championship |
The 2019 IHF Men's Junior World Championship (under-21) was the 22nd edition of the tournament, held from 16 to 28 July 2019 in Vigo and Pontevedra, Spain. It was the second time that Spain stage the competition, and the fifteenth time that it was held in Europe.
France secured their second title after defeating Croatia in the final.[2]
| width=350 | Competition | Dates | Vacancies | Qualified |
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| Host nation | 1 | |||
| 2017 Men's Youth World Handball Championship | 8–20 August 2017 | 1 | ||
| IHF Trophy – Oceania | 10–15 June 2018 | 1 | ||
| 2018 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship | 16–26 July 2018 | 3 | ||
| 2018 European Men's Under-20 Handball Championship | 19–29 July 2018 | 9+1 | [3] | |
| 2018 African Men's Junior Handball Championship | 7–14 September 2018 | 3 | ||
| IHF Trophy – North America & the Caribbean[4] | 17–20 November 2018 | 1 | ||
| 2019 South and Central American Men's Junior Handball Championship | 3–7 April 2019 | 3 | ||
| 2019 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy | 10–14 April 2019 | 1 |
The draw was held on 21 May 2019 in Pontevedra, Spain.[5]
The seedings were announced on 18 April 2019.[6]
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All times are local (UTC+2).[7]
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The eight losers of the round of 16 are seeded according to their results in the preliminary round against teams ranked 1–4 and play an elimination game to determine their final position.
Championship bracket
5–8th place bracket
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| Rank | Name | Team | Goals | Shots | % |
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| 1 | Diogo Silva | 76 | 111 | 68 | |
| 2 | Gregor Ocvirk | 72 | 105 | 69 | |
| 3 | Emil Lærke | 54 | 99 | 55 | |
| Mohamed Darmoul | 89 | 61 | |||
| 5 | Ivan Martinović | 53 | 86 | 62 | |
| 6 | Filip Vistorop | 48 | 82 | 59 | |
| 7 | Noah Gaudin | 47 | 75 | 63 | |
| 8 | Gonzalo Pérez | 43 | 59 | 73 | |
| 9 | Fran Mileta | 42 | 59 | 73 | |
| Josip Šarac | 60 | 70 | |||
| Mathias Gidsel | 57 | 74 |
| Rank | Name | Team | % | Saves | Shots | |
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| 1 | Andrej Trnavac | 39 | 15 | 38 | ||
| 2 | Marc Hvidkjær | 39 | 7 | 18 | ||
| 3 | Daniel Broto | 38 | 24 | 64 | ||
| 4 | Till Klimpke | 36 | 70 | 194 | ||
| 5 | Christoffer Bonde | 36 | 57 | 158 | ||
| 6 | Hikaru Nakamura | 36 | 54 | 152 | ||
| 7 | Gauthier Ivah | 35 | 45 | 128 | ||
| 8 | Emil Imsgard | 35 | 49 | 142 | ||
| 9 | Viktor Hallgrímsson | 34 | 43 | 125 | ||
| 10 | Ivan Ereš | 33 | 76 | 229 |
The MVP and all-star team were announced on 28 July 2019.[8]
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