| 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]
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.
| width=250 | Event | Host | Dates | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IHF Council Meeting |  Cairo | 28 February 2020 | 1 | ||
| M18 EHF EURO 2022 |  Podgorica | 4–14 August 2022 | 11[3] | ||
| M18 EHF Championship 2022[4] [5] [6] |  Tel Aviv | 7–13 August 2022 | 1 | ||
| Riga | 8–14 August 2022 | 1 | |||
 Craiova | 1 | ||||
| 2022 Asian Youth Championship |  Bahrain | 20–31 August 2022 | 5 | ||
| 2022 African Youth Championship |  Kigali | 30 August – 6 September 2022 | 5 | ||
| 2022 South and Central American Youth Championship |  Buenos Aires | 8–12 November 2022 | 3 | ||
 Mexico City | 15–19 November 2022 | 2 | |||
| 2022 IHF Trophy Oceania[7] | Rarotonga | 5–9 December 2022 | 1 | ||
| 2023 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy | San José | 7–11 March 2023 | 1 |
The draw took place on 3 March 2023 in Croatia.[8] [9]
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 | ||
All times are local (UTC+2).[11]
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Points obtained in the matches against the team from the group are taken over.
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Points obtained in the matches against the team from the group are taken over.
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Burundi withdrew their team before the placement round as some players were unable to be found.[12]
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Championship bracket
5–8th place bracket
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| WD |
| Rank | Name | Goals | Shots | % | |
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| 1 | Óli Mittún | 87 | 129 | 67 | |
| 2 | Frederik Emil Pedersen | 56 | 70 | 80 | |
| Marvin Siemer | 75 | 75 | |||
| 4 | Mbesutunguwe Samuel | 55 | 119 | 46 | |
| Kayijama Yves | 80 | 69 | |||
| 6 |  Sandro Darsania | 53 | 88 | 60 | |
| 7 | Ísak Vedelsbøl | 52 | 64 | 81 | |
| Hussain Furaij | 69 | 75 | |||
| 9 |  Marius Olseth | 51 | 63 | 81 | |
| 10 | Lasse Sunde Lid | 50 | 80 | 63 |
| Rank | Name | % | Saves | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Arvid Norén | 44 | 38 | 87 |
| 2 |  Leon Bergmann | 42 | 98 | 232 |
| Seyedmehrshad Daneshi | 16 | 38 | ||
| 4 | Malte Eichhorst | 40 | 56 | 140 |
| 5 | Emil Holmberg | 39 | 37 | 96 |
| 6 | Marko Prpić | 38 | 53 | 140 |
| Marc Buchele | 50 | 132 | ||
| 8 | Arvid Skoog | 37 | 39 | 106 |
| 9 |  Attila Radvánszki | 36 | 32 | 90 |
| 10 |  Vojtěch Košťálek | 35 | 44 | 125 |
 Álvaro Pérez Méndez | 76 | 215 |
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 |