2023 IHF Men's U21 Handball World Championship explained

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]

Bidding process

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]

Qualification

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IHF Council Meeting Cairo28 February 20202
2022 European U-20 Championship Porto7–17 July 202210








2022 Asian Junior Championship Isa Town15–24 July 20224


2022 African Junior Championship Kigali20–27 August 20226



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2022 South and Central American Junior Championship Buenos Aires8–12 November 20224


2022 IHF Trophy Oceania Rarotonga5–9 December 20221
Mexico City12–17 December 20222
European qualification tournament[6] Chieti6–8 January 20232
Reallocation7 February 20231
2023 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy San José7–11 March 20231
Replacement28 March 20231

Draw

The draw took place on 17 January 2023 in Katowice.[8] [9]

Referees

The referee pairs were selected on 8 May 2023.[10]

Referees
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

Squads

See main article: article and 2023 Men's Junior World Handball Championship squads.

Preliminary round

Times in Germany are UTC+2, in Greece UTC+3.[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

25th–32nd places

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17–24th places

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9–16th places

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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 Elias Ellefsen á Skipagøtu55 91 60
Naoki Fujisaka94 59
3 Miloš Kos50 88 57
4 Kasper Palmar49 77 64
5 Maiko Vazques48 81 59
6 Martin Jung47 75 63
André Sousa74 64
8 Saif Al-Dawani46 81 57
9 Mohamed Rabia44 60 73
Mattéo Fadhuile-Crepy65 68
Source: IHF

Top goalkeepers

RankName%SavesShots
1 Gonzalo Guerra40 35 88
2 Jakub Ałaj40 40 101
3 Quentin Hulot39 7 18
4 Hans Gran38 15 39
5 Alexander Lindén38 63 166
6 Luka Krivokapić36 93 256
7 Aleksandar Lacok36 40 112
8 David Späth35 57 161
9 Marko Mrdović35 12 34
10 Yousef Gharor35 7 20

Awards

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IHF Council awards events up to 2027 . 28 February 2020 . ihf.info . 26 August 2020.
  2. Web site: Flawless Germany celebrate title at Germany/Greece 2023 in sold-out Max-Schmeling-Halle. 2 July 2023. ihf.info. 2 July 2023.
  3. Web site: IHF Council meets and convenes virtually with all National Federations. 20 July 2021 . ihf.info . 16 August 2021.
  4. Web site: Germany and Greece to co-host 2023 IHF Men's Junior World Championship. 8 October 2021 . ihf.info . 8 October 2021.
  5. Web site: U21-WM 2023: 22 Teilnehmer stehen schon fest. dhb.de. 13 September 2022.
  6. Web site: 2023 IHF Men's U21 World Championship. EHF.
  7. News: Grønlands U-20 landshold skal til VM i håndbold. knr.gl. 28 March 2023. 28 March 2023.
  8. Web site: Teams to find out their fate at 2023 IHF Men's Junior World Championship draw. ihf.info. 16 January 2023. 16 January 2023. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20230117013557/https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/teams-find-out-their-fate-2023-ihf-mens-junior-world-championship-draw. 17 January 2023.
  9. Web site: Draw for 2023 IHF Men's Junior World Championship sees the last final played again in preliminary round. ihf.info. 17 January 2023. 17 January 2023.
  10. Web site: Referees for the Men's Junior (U20) World Championship announced. 8 May 2023. ihf.info.
  11. Web site: Schedule for the 2023 IHF Men's Junior World Championship released. ihf.info. 8 March 2023. 8 March 2023.
  12. Web site: Ranking summary . 30 June 2023 . ihf.info.
  13. Web site: All Star team at Germany/Greece 2023 revealed. ihf.info. IHF. 2 July 2023. 2 July 2023.