2023 IHF Men's U19 Handball World Championship explained

Tourney Name:2023 IHF Men's U19 Handball World Championship
Country:Croatia
Dates:2–13 August
Num Teams:32
Confederations:6
Venues:4
Cities:4
Count:1
Matches:116
Goals:6674
Top Scorer: Óli Mittún
(87 goals)
Player: Frederik Emil Pedersen
Previous:2021 Men's Youth World Handball Championship
Next:2025 Men's Youth World Handball Championship

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.[1]

Spain won their first title after defeating Denmark in the final.[2]

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

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IHF Council Meeting Cairo28 February 20201
M18 EHF EURO 2022 Podgorica4–14 August 202211[3]









M18 EHF Championship 2022[4] [5] [6] Tel Aviv7–13 August 20221
Riga8–14 August 20221
Craiova1
2022 Asian Youth Championship Bahrain20–31 August 20225



2022 African Youth Championship Kigali30 August – 6 September 20225



2022 South and Central American Youth Championship Buenos Aires8–12 November 20223

Mexico City15–19 November 20222
2022 IHF Trophy Oceania[7] Rarotonga5–9 December 20221
2023 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy San José7–11 March 20231

Draw

The draw took place on 3 March 2023 in Croatia.[8] [9]

Referees

The referee pairs were selected on 21 June 2023.[10]

Referees
Santiago Correa
Agustin Conberse
/ Mariana García
Heidy El-Saied
Tatjana Praštalo
Vesna Balvan
Bruna Correa
Renata Correa
Zhou Yunlei
Cheng Yufeng
Davor Lončar
Zoran Lončar
Raymel Reyes
Alexis Zuñiga
Alaa Emam
Hossam Hedaia
Referees
Yann Carmaux
Julien Mursch
Ramesh Thiyagarajah
Suresh Thiyagarajah
Kristóf Altmár
Márton Horváth
Khalid Hussein
Fadhil Imran
Hideki Furukawa
Tetsuro Murata
Maali Al-Enezi
Dalal Al-Nasem
Mohamed Chouraki
Achraf El Mouniri
Referees
Alexei Covalciuc
Igor Covalciuc
Jelena Vujačić
Anđelina Kažanegra
Nenad Nikolovski
Ismailj Metalari
Fadel Diop
Abdoulaye Faye
Lee Ga-eul
Lee Eun-ha
Nicolás Perdomo
German Araújo
Khasan Ismoilov
Khusan Ismoilov

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).[11]

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Group G

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Group H

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President's Cup

Points obtained in the matches against the team from the group are taken over.

Group I

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Group II

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Group III

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Group IV

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Main round

Points obtained in the matches against the team from the group are taken over.

Group I

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Group II

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Group III

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Group IV

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Classification games

29th–32nd places

Burundi withdrew their team before the placement round as some players were unable to be found.[12]

Semifinals

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29th place game

25–28th places

Semifinals

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25th place game

21st–24th places

Semifinals

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21st place game

17–20th places

Semifinals

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17th place game

13–16th places

Semifinals

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13th place game

9–12th places

Semifinals

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Ninth place game

Knockout stage

Bracket

Championship bracket

5–8th place bracket

Quarterfinals

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5–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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Final

Final ranking

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Statistics and awards

Top goalscorers

RankNameGoalsShots%
1 Óli Mittún87 129 67
2 Frederik Emil Pedersen56 70 80
Marvin Siemer75 75
4 Mbesutunguwe Samuel55 119 46
Kayijama Yves80 69
6 Sandro Darsania53 88 60
7 Ísak Vedelsbøl52 64 81
Hussain Furaij69 75
9 Marius Olseth51 63 81
10 Lasse Sunde Lid50 80 63

Top goalkeepers

RankName%SavesShots
1 Arvid Norén44 38 87
2 Leon Bergmann42 98 232
Seyedmehrshad Daneshi16 38
4 Malte Eichhorst40 56 140
5 Emil Holmberg39 37 96
6 Marko Prpić38 53 140
Marc Buchele50 132
8 Arvid Skoog37 39 106
9 Attila Radvánszki36 32 90
10 Vojtěch Košťálek35 44 125
Álvaro Pérez Méndez76 215

Awards

The All-star team was announced on 13 August 2023.[13]

Position Player
Goalkeeper Álvaro Pérez Méndez
Right wing Xavier González
Right back Lasse Vilhelmsen
Centre back Óli Mittún
Left back Aleksandar Čaprić
Left wing Belal Masoud
Pivot Romero
Frederik Emil Pedersen

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IHF Council awards events up to 2027 . 28 February 2020 . ihf.info . 25 August 2020.
  2. Web site: Sublime Spain seal maiden trophy at the IHF Men’s Youth World Championship. 13 August 2023 . ihf.info . 13 August 2023.
  3. Web site: 16 teams chase European M18 title in Montenegro . 8 August 2022 . EHF.
  4. Web site: ISR – Men’s 18 EHF Championship1 2022. EHF. 7 January 2023.
  5. Web site: LAT – Men’s 18 EHF Championship2 2022. EHF. 7 January 2023.
  6. Web site: ROU – Men’s 18 EHF Championship3 2022. EHF. 7 January 2023.
  7. News: IHF Trophy Oceania finished in Rarotonga. IHF. 12 December 2022. 7 January 2023.
  8. Web site: Teams to learn their fate at draw for the 2023 IHF Men’s Youth World Championship. ihf.info. 3 March 2023. 3 March 2023.
  9. Web site: Draw creates balanced groups for the 2023 IHF Men’s Youth World Championship in Croatia. ihf.info. 3 March 2023. 3 March 2023.
  10. Web site: Referees for the Men's Youth (U19) World Championship announced. 21 June 2023. ihf.info.
  11. Web site: Schedule for the 10th IHF Men’s Youth World Championship released. ihf.info. 4 July 2023. 4 July 2023.
  12. Web site: Ten Burundi NT players }} from WCh 2023]. 11 August 2023 . handball-planet.com. 11 August 2023 .
  13. Web site: Croatia 2023: All-Star team revealed. ihf.info. IHF. 13 August 2023. 13 August 2023.