| Tourney Name: | 2023 IHF Men's U21 Handball World Championship |
| Country: | Germany |
| Country2: | Greece |
| Dates: | 20 June – 2 July |
| Num Teams: | 32 |
| Confederations: | 5 |
| Venues: | 4 |
| Cities: | 5 |
| Count: | 3 |
| Matches: | 116 |
| Goals: | 6805 |
| Top Scorer: |  Naoki Fujisaka(55 goals) |
| Player: | Nils Lichtlein |
| Previous: | 2021 Men's Junior World Handball Championship |
| Next: | 2025 Men's Junior World Handball Championship |
The 2023 IHF Men's U21 Handball World Championship was the 24th edition of the IHF Men's U21 Handball World Championship, held in Germany and Greece under the aegis of the International Handball Federation (IHF) from 20 June to 2 July 2023. It was the second time in history that the championship will be jointly organised by two countries, the first being in 1979.[1]
Germany won their third title after defeating Hungary in the final.[2]
Two nations entered bid for hosting the tournament:
Croatia later withdrew their bid. The tournament was awarded to Germany by IHF Council in its meeting held in Cairo, Egypt on 28 February 2020.
In May/June 2021, the Hellenic Handball Federation approached to German Handball Association with request to co-host the 2023 Men's Junior World Handball Championship due to the cancellation of the 2021 Men's Youth World Handball Championship, which was supposed to be hosted by Greece. On 15 July 2021, the IHF Council unanimously approved the request from Germany and Greece to co-host the event.[3] [4]
| width=350 | Event | Host | Dates | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IHF Council Meeting |  Cairo | 28 February 2020 | 2 | ||
| 2022 European U-20 Championship | Porto | 7–17 July 2022 | 10 | ||
| 2022 Asian Junior Championship |  Isa Town | 15–24 July 2022 | 4 | ||
| 2022 African Junior Championship |  Kigali | 20–27 August 2022 | 6 | [5] | |
| 2022 South and Central American Junior Championship |  Buenos Aires | 8–12 November 2022 | 4 | ||
| 2022 IHF Trophy Oceania | Rarotonga | 5–9 December 2022 | |||
 Mexico City | 12–17 December 2022 | 2 | |||
| European qualification tournament[6] |  Chieti | 6–8 January 2023 | 2 | ||
| Reallocation | 7 February 2023 | 1 | |||
| 2023 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy | San José | 7–11 March 2023 | 1 | ||
| Replacement | 28 March 2023 | 1 |
The draw took place on 17 January 2023 in Katowice.[8] [9]
The referee pairs were selected on 8 May 2023.[10]
| Referees | ||
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| Youcef Belkhiri Sid Ali Hamidi | ||
| Denis Bolic Christoph Hurich | ||
| Amar Konjičanin Dino Konjičanin | ||
| Daniel Magalhães Henrique Godoy | ||
| Georgi Doychinov Yulian Goretsov | ||
| Xu Xiang Liu Yu | ||
| Ante Mikelić Petar Paradina | ||
| Hamdy Mahmoud | ||
| Referees | ||
|---|---|---|
| Karim Gasmi Raouf Gasmi | ||
| Titouan Picard Pierre Vauchez | ||
| Christian Hannes David Hannes | ||
| Ádám Bíró Olivér Kiss | ||
| Amir Gheisarian Ahmad Gheisarian | ||
| Danielo Bozhinovski Viktor Nachevski | ||
| Novica Mitrović Miljan Vešović | ||
| Referees | ||
|---|---|---|
| Eskil Braseth Leif André Sundet | ||
| Khamis Al-Wahibi Omer Al-Shahi | ||
| Cristina Lovin Simona Stancu | ||
| Mihai Pirvu Radu Potirniche | ||
| Marko Sekulić Vladimir Jovandić | ||
| Andrej Budzák Michal Záhradník | ||
| Mathías Sosa Cristian Lemes | ||
See main article: article and 2023 Men's Junior World Handball Championship squads.
Times in Germany are UTC+2, in Greece UTC+3.[11]
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Championship bracket
5–8th place bracket
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| Rank | Name | Goals | Shots | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Elias Ellefsen á Skipagøtu | 55 | 91 | 60 |
| Naoki Fujisaka | 94 | 59 | ||
| 3 |  Miloš Kos | 50 | 88 | 57 |
| 4 |  Kasper Palmar | 49 | 77 | 64 |
| 5 |  Maiko Vazques | 48 | 81 | 59 |
| 6 | Martin Jung | 47 | 75 | 63 |
| André Sousa | 74 | 64 | ||
| 8 | Saif Al-Dawani | 46 | 81 | 57 |
| 9 | Mohamed Rabia | 44 | 60 | 73 |
 Mattéo Fadhuile-Crepy | 65 | 68 |
| Rank | Name | % | Saves | Shots | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gonzalo Guerra | 40 | 35 | 88 | |
| 2 |  Jakub Ałaj | 40 | 40 | 101 | |
| 3 | Quentin Hulot | 39 | 7 | 18 | |
| 4 |  Hans Gran | 38 | 15 | 39 | |
| 5 | Alexander Lindén | 38 | 63 | 166 | |
| 6 | Luka Krivokapić | 36 | 93 | 256 | |
| 7 | Aleksandar Lacok | 36 | 40 | 112 | |
| 8 | David Späth | 35 | 57 | 161 | |
| 9 | Marko Mrdović | 35 | 12 | 34 | |
| 10 | Yousef Gharor | 35 | 7 | 20 |
The All-star Team was announced on 2 July 2023.[13]
| Position | Player | |
|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | David Späth | |
| Right wing |  Kristófer Máni Jónasson | |
| Right back |  Zoran Ilić | |
| Centre back | Elias Ellefsen á Skipagøtu | |
| Left back | Miloš Kos | |
| Left wing | Pedro Oliveira | |
| Pivot | Justus Fischer | |
| Nils Lichtlein |