2019 Men's Junior World Handball Championship

International handball competition

2019 Men's Junior World Handball Championship
Tournament details

Host country	Spain
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	16–28 July
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	France (2nd title)
Runner-up	Croatia
Third place	Egypt
Fourth place	Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	92
Goals scored	5,262 (57.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Diogo Silva (76 goals)
Best player	Ivan Martinović
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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.

Qualified teams

Competition	Dates	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation		1	Spain
2017 Men's Youth World Handball Championship	8–20 August 2017	1	France
IHF Trophy – Oceania	10–15 June 2018	1	Australia
2018 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship	16–26 July 2018	3	South Korea Japan Bahrain
2018 European Men's Under-20 Handball Championship	19–29 July 2018	9+1	Slovenia Germany Portugal Croatia Iceland Serbia Norway Sweden Hungary Denmark
2018 African Men's Junior Handball Championship	7–14 September 2018	3	Egypt Tunisia Nigeria
IHF Trophy – North America & the Caribbean	17–20 November 2018	1	United States
2019 South and Central American Men's Junior Handball Championship	3–7 April 2019	3	Argentina Brazil Chile
2019 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy	10–14 April 2019	1	Kosovo

Draw

The draw was held on 21 May 2019 in Pontevedra, Spain.

Seedings

The seedings were announced on 18 April 2019.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Slovenia France Germany Portugal	Spain Egypt Croatia Iceland	Serbia Norway Sweden Hungary	Argentina Tunisia Nigeria Brazil	South Korea Japan Bahrain Denmark	Chile Australia United States Kosovo

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia	5	5	0	156	112	+44	10	Round of 16
2	Spain (H)	5	4	1	138	103	+35	8
3	Tunisia	5	3	2	130	129	+1	6
4	Serbia	5	2	3	134	126	+8	4
5	Japan	5	1	4	109	124	−15	2
6	United States	5	0	5	91	164	−73	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

16 July 2019 16:30	Slovenia	32–25	Tunisia	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 150 Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
	Ocvirk 7	(17–14)	Darmoul, Mustapha 6
	2× 8×	Report	4× 1×

16 July 2019 18:30	Serbia	21–19	Japan	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 80 Referees: Marhoon, Al-Mawt (BHR)
	Tomić 5	(9–9)	Tokuda 5
	2× 5×	Report	1× 3×

16 July 2019 21:00	Spain	34–13	United States	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Diocou, Pérez Arce 6	(21–5)	Seifert 5
	3× 7×	Report	1× 5×

18 July 2019 17:00	Japan	22–29	Slovenia	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 250 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Tokuda 5	(12–16)	Horžen 6
	1× 2×	Report	3× 3×

18 July 2019 19:00	United States	19–36	Serbia	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 255 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Klerud 5	(9–13)	Ivanović 10
	1× 6×	Report	2× 8×

18 July 2019 21:00	Tunisia	20–26	Spain	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 450 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Darmoul 8	(8–15)	Pérez 10
	3× 2×	Report	2× 2×

19 July 2019 16:30	Tunisia	26–25	Japan	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 120 Referees: Kulik, Nabokau (BLR)
	Mustapha 6	(14–8)	Tokuda 7
	1× 4×	Report	2× 6×

19 July 2019 18:30	Slovenia	43–16	United States	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 140 Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
	Horvat 7	(22–6)	Amitovic 4
	2× 1×	Report	1× 3×

19 July 2019 21:00	Spain	29–26	Serbia	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 400 Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
	Valera 8	(13–12)	Milić 5
	4× 3×	Report	3× 8× 1×

21 July 2019 16:30	United States	23–30	Tunisia	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 80 Referees: Al-Mawt, Marhoon (BHR)
	Bengozi 6	(12–13)	Darmoul 7
	1× 7× 1×	Report	1× 5×

21 July 2019 18:30	Serbia	28–30	Slovenia	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 300 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	S. Milić, Vignjević 5	(15–16)	Ocvirk 10
	2× 4×	Report	3× 4×

21 July 2019 21:00	Spain	28–22	Japan	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 900 Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
	Suárez 7	(13–11)	Tokuda 7
	2× 3×	Report	1× 2×

22 July 2019 16:30	Japan	21–20	United States	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 60 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Fujita, Kawasaki 5	(5–11)	Bengozi, Seifert 4
	6× 1×	Report	1× 3×

22 July 2019 18:30	Serbia	23–29	Tunisia	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 250 Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	Milić 5	(14–17)	Aidi 8
	2× 4× 1×	Report	1× 5×

22 July 2019 21:00	Slovenia	22–21	Spain	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Alpaidze, Berzkina (RUS)
	Ocvirk 10	(11–11)	Pérez Arce 8
	3× 4×	Report	2× 4×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	5	5	0	198	137	+61	10	Round of 16
2	Sweden	5	4	1	168	124	+44	8
3	France	5	3	2	199	126	+73	6
4	South Korea	5	2	3	176	168	+8	4
5	Nigeria	5	1	4	139	199	−60	2
6	Australia	5	0	5	85	211	−126	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

16 July 2019 10:00	Egypt	44–17	Australia	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 100 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Khaled, Mamdouh 5	(21–6)	McCourt 6
	2× 1×	Report	2× 1×

16 July 2019 12:00	France	48–19	Nigeria	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 100 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Kempf 9	(26–9)	Hassan 7
	2× 5×	Report	6×

16 July 2019 14:00	Sweden	34–28	South Korea	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 80 Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
	Wallinius 6	(16–16)	Shin 11
	2× 6×	Report	1× 3×

17 July 2019 17:00	Nigeria	30–47	Egypt	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 100 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Mohammed 6	(13–18)	Khorshid 9
	4× 1×	Report	2× 4×

17 July 2019 19:00	Australia	16–44	Sweden	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 200 Referees: Kulik, Nabokau (BLR)
	Ljungberg, Prokic 5	(6–20)	Lindberg 7
	1× 1×	Report	2× 3×

17 July 2019 21:00	South Korea	32–46	France	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 150 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Kim Ji. 10	(15–26)	Kempf 12
	1× 4×	Report	1× 8×

19 July 2019 10:00	Nigeria	30–42	South Korea	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 80 Referees: Al-Mawt, Marhoon (BHR)
	Anas 8	(19–21)	Kim R. 12
	3× 1× 2×	Report	2× 6×

19 July 2019 12:00	Egypt	32–22	Sweden	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 110 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Dahroug 7	(14–11)	Jurmala 6
	1× 3×	Report	1× 2×

19 July 2019 14:00	France	50–11	Australia	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 100 Referees: Zhou, Cheng (CHN)
	Gaudin 8	(26–7)	Burgonye, McCourt 3
	3×	Report	1× 2×

20 July 2019 17:00	Australia	21–35	Nigeria	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 100 Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
	Ljungberg, McCourt 6	(11–16)	Mohammed 8
	2× 2×	Report	4×

20 July 2019 19:00	Egypt	38–36	South Korea	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 100 Referees: Alpaidze, Berzkina (RUS)
	Kaddah 9	(19–18)	Shin 11
	2× 7×	Report	1× 6×

20 July 2019 21:00	Sweden	27–23	France	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 100 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Thurin, Sandberg 4	(15–11)	Gaudin 8
	2× 5×	Report	2× 2×

22 July 2019 10:00	South Korea	38–20	Australia	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 75 Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
	Lee Y. 6	(20–15)	Ljungberg 6
	2× 3×	Report	2× 2×

22 July 2019 12:00	Sweden	41–25	Nigeria	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 100 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Wedberg 13	(21–14)	Rotibi 6
	1× 3×	Report	3× 3×

22 July 2019 14:00	France	32–37	Egypt	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 60 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Gaudin 8	(16–20)	Ramadan 8
	5× 1×	Report	2× 3×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	5	5	0	0	157	131	+26	10	Round of 16
2	Brazil	5	4	0	1	158	137	+21	8
3	Portugal	5	3	0	2	157	143	+14	6
4	Hungary	5	2	0	3	155	155	0	4
5	Bahrain	5	0	1	4	135	151	−16	1
6	Kosovo	5	0	1	4	111	156	−45	1

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:

^ Bahrain 29–29 Kosovo

16 July 2019 17:00	Croatia	23–17	Kosovo	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Vistorop 7	(14–11)	Muqolli 7
	2× 5×	Report	3×

16 July 2019 19:00	Portugal	30–35	Brazil	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	D. Silva 13	(11–21)	G. Silva 7
	4×	Report	8×

16 July 2019 20:30	Hungary	34–30	Bahrain	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 90 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Máthé 9	(17–11)	Fadhul 10
	3×	Report	2× 4×

18 July 2019 16:00	Bahrain	27–29	Portugal	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Mohamed 7	(12–15)	D. Silva 11
	1× 4×	Report	2× 7× 1×

18 July 2019 18:00	Brazil	29–33	Croatia	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 450 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
	Santos 8	(17–16)	Vistorop 8
	1× 4×	Report	2× 9×

18 July 2019 20:00	Kosovo	21–36	Hungary	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	Basholli 5	(9–20)	Schäffer 8
	1× 3× 1×	Report	1×

19 July 2019 16:30	Portugal	32–21	Kosovo	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 100 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
	D. Silva 8	(16–10)	Muqolli 7
	1× 2×	Report	1× 1× 1×

19 July 2019 18:30	Croatia	37–32	Hungary	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 250 Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
	Martinović 12	(22–15)	Borzas 9
	3× 5×	Report	2× 4×

19 July 2019 20:30	Brazil	27–26	Bahrain	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 100 Referees: Alpaidze, Berzkina (RUS)
	Pacheco 6	(7–11)	Fadhul 7
	3× 3×	Report	2× 5×

21 July 2019 16:00	Croatia	32–23	Bahrain	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 100 Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	Jaganjac 8	(13–12)	Mohamed 4
	2× 8×	Report	3× 4×

21 July 2019 18:00	Kosovo	22–36	Brazil	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 150 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Tahirukaj 8	(10–18)	Torriani 8
	4× 1×	Report	4×

21 July 2019 20:00	Hungary	28–36	Portugal	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 100 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Schäffer 5	(13–18)	D. Silva 8
	1× 4× 1×	Report	1× 3×

22 July 2019 16:30	Bahrain	29–29	Kosovo	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Referees: Kulik, Nabokau (BLR)
	Ali, Fadhul 7	(15–14)	Tahirukaj 6
	2× 6× 1×	Report	1× 3× 1×

22 July 2019 18:30	Portugal	30–32	Croatia	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 285 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	D. Silva 8	(14–16)	Šarac 9
	3×	Report	5×

22 July 2019 20:30	Hungary	25–31	Brazil	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 85 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Máthé 7	(9–14)	Pacheco, G. Silva 6
	3× 2× 1×	Report	1× 4×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	5	4	1	163	128	+35	8	Round of 16
2	Germany	5	4	1	162	114	+48	8
3	Norway	5	3	2	147	126	+21	6
4	Iceland	5	3	2	113	118	−5	6
5	Chile	5	1	4	115	171	−56	2
6	Argentina	5	0	5	113	156	−43	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:

^ Denmark 30–25 Germany
^ Iceland 19–29 Norway

16 July 2019 10:00	Iceland	26–19	Chile	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	Ásgeirsson 5	(10–10)	Baumann 4
	1× 4×	Report	1× 2×

16 July 2019 12:00	Norway	31–32	Denmark	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 300 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
	Lode 6	(14–20)	Vinther 11
	2× 7×	Report	2× 5× 1×

16 July 2019 14:00	Germany	43–25	Argentina	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 120 Referees: Berezkina, Alpaidze (RUS)
	Morante 9	(17–16)	López 10
	1× 4×	Report	2× 5×

17 July 2019 16:00	Argentina	22–26	Iceland	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 200 Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
	Martínez, Saud Sulak 4	(10–14)	Valdimarsson 8
	2× 2×	Report	3× 6×

17 July 2019 18:00	Denmark	30–25	Germany	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Referees: Hamidi, Belkhiri (ALG)
	Lærke 11	(15–15)	Heymann 8
	5× 4× 1×	Report	2× 5×

17 July 2019 20:00	Chile	25–36	Norway	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 300 Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
	López 4	(14–19)	three players 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

19 July 2019 10:00	Iceland	19–29	Norway	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 300 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Þorkelsson 4	(11–17)	Nærland 6
	2× 3×	Report	3× 5×

19 July 2019 12:00	Argentina	23–31	Denmark	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 300 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	López 6	(11–13)	Lærke 6
	2× 2×	Report	2× 3×

19 July 2019 14:00	Germany	39–22	Chile	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 100 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Heymann 6	(19–12)	Gutiérrez 4
	1× 3×	Report	3×

20 July 2019 16:00	Chile	25–22	Argentina	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 90 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Baumann 9	(14–10)	Flores, Martínez 4
	2× 6×	Report	2× 3×

20 July 2019 18:00	Iceland	25–22	Denmark	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 350 Referees: Kulik, Nabokau (BLR)
	Valdimarsson 9	(13–9)	Vinther 6
	1× 8× 1×	Report	2× 2×

20 July 2019 20:00	Norway	20–29	Germany	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 500 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Boilesen 4	(12–16)	Ignatov 10
	2× 2×	Report	1× 3×

22 July 2019 10:00	Norway	31–21	Argentina	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 300 Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
	three players 4	(15–11)	Martínez 4
	2× 7×	Report	3× 3×

22 July 2019 12:00	Denmark	48–24	Chile	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Referees: Hamidi, Belkhiri (ALG)
	Jørgensen 8	(23–9)	Codina 5
	2× 3×	Report	1×

22 July 2019 14:00	Germany	26–17	Iceland	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 150 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
	Neuhaus 8	(14–8)	Aronsson 4
	1× 3×	Report	4× 5×

President's Cup

17th place bracket

17th–20th place semifinals		17th place

24 July

Japan	26
		25 July
Nigeria	16
		Japan	22
24 July
		Bahrain	23
Bahrain	30

Chile	29
		19th place

		25 July

		Nigeria	34

		Chile	26

21st place bracket

21st–24th place semifinals		21st place

24 July

United States	31
		25 July
Australia	18
		United States	20
24 July
		Argentina	23
Kosovo	29

Argentina	36
		23rd place

		25 July

		Australia	20

		Kosovo	38

21st–24th place semifinals

24 July 2019 09:45	United States	31–18	Australia	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 200 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Skorupa 7	(15–10)	McCourt 6
	1× 5×	Report	3× 3×

24 July 2019 09:45	Kosovo	29–36	Argentina	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 70 Referees: Marhoon, Al-Mawt (BHR)
	Tahirukaj 7	(13–18)	López 9
	1× 2×	Report	2× 1×

17th–20th place semifinals

24 July 2019 12:00	Japan	26–16	Nigeria	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 100 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Hattori, Sakurai 5	(14–6)	Anas 5
	1× 3×	Report	1× 4×

24 July 2019 12:00	Bahrain	30–29	Chile	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 65 Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	Fadhul, Mohamed 5	(14–13)	Codina 11
	3× 5×	Report	3× 4×

23rd place game

25 July 2019 09:45	Australia	20–38	Kosovo	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 50 Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	Prokić 4	(9–21)	Xhafolli 8
	1× 1×	Report	1×

21st place game

25 July 2019 09:45	United States	20–23	Argentina	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 80 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Seifert 9	(8–11)	López 4
	7× 1×	Report	1× 5×

19th place game

25 July 2019 12:00	Nigeria	34–26	Chile	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 85 Referees: Al-Mawt, Marhoon (BHR)
	Owolabi 8	(14–10)	Salgado 8
	1× 6× 1×	Report	2× 2×

17th place game

25 July 2019 12:00	Japan	22–23	Bahrain	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 85 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Hattori, Sueoka 6	(12–12)	Fadhul 8
	1× 3×	Report	3× 1×

9–16th placement games

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.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Germany	3	2	0	1	80	67	+13	4
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	76	68	+8	4

3	Brazil	3	2	0	1	95	88	+7	4
4	Sweden	3	2	0	1	83	83	0	4

5	Iceland	3	1	0	2	61	77	−16	2
6	Serbia	3	0	0	3	77	88	−11	0

7	Hungary	3	0	0	3	85	104	−19	0
8	South Korea	3	0	0	3	96	118	−22	0

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

15th place game

25 July 2019 14:15	Hungary	40–36	South Korea	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 80 Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
	Rosta 9	(21–19)	Kim B. 9
	2× 3× 1×	Report	1×

13th place game

25 July 2019 16:30	Iceland	22–24	Serbia	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 65 Referees: Kulik, Nabokau (BLR)
	Valdimarsson 6	(9–16)	Radivojević 6
	3×	Report	2× 1×

Eleventh place game

25 July 2019 14:15	Brazil	30–36	Sweden	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 125 Referees: Alpaidze, Berzkina (RUS)
	Catarino, Torriani 6	(18–20)	Astrom 7
	1× 2×	Report	2× 5× 1×

Ninth place game

25 July 2019 16:30	Germany	29–28	Spain	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 750 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Timm 5	(13–15)	Suárez 10
	1× 3×	Report	3× 1×
	FT: 23–23 Pen: 6–5

Bracket

Championship bracket

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

24 July

Egypt

25 July

Serbia

Egypt

24 July

Norway

Norway

27 July

Brazil

Egypt

24 July

France

25 July

Spain

France

24 July

Denmark

Denmark

28 July

Hungary

France

24 July

Croatia

Slovenia

25 July

South Korea

Slovenia

24 July

Portugal

Portugal (ET)

27 July

Germany

Portugal

24 July

Croatia

Third place

Tunisia

25 July

28 July

Sweden

Tunisia

Egypt

24 July

Croatia

Portugal

Croatia

Iceland

5–8th place bracket

5th–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

27 July

Norway	34
		28 July
Denmark	40
		Denmark	34
27 July
		Slovenia	26
Slovenia	31

Tunisia	27
		Seventh place

		28 July

		Norway	36

		Tunisia	37

Round of 16

24 July 2019 14:15	Egypt	30–29	Serbia	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 80 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Ramadan 7	(15–14)	Milosavljević 6
	2× 3×	Report	2× 7× 1×

24 July 2019 14:15	Denmark	30–29	Hungary	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 145 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Lærke 11	(16–14)	Máthé 10
	2× 3×	Report	1× 4× 2×

24 July 2019 16:30	Slovenia	32–28	South Korea	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 75 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Ocvirk 11	(17–17)	Kim R. 8
	1× 5×	Report	2× 3×

24 July 2019 16:30	Norway	29–28	Brazil	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 310 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Lode 7	(12–13)	Torriani 7
	1× 7× 1×	Report	1× 2×

24 July 2019 18:45	Croatia	29–16	Iceland	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 75 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Vistorop 6	(13–7)	Þorkelsson 5
	1× 5×	Report	5×

24 July 2019 18:45	Portugal	37–36 (ET)	Germany	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
	Gomes, D. Silva 8	(14–14)	Ignatov 10
	1× 4× 1×	Report	2× 3×
	FT: 30–30 ET: 7–6

24 July 2019 21:00	Tunisia	29–26	Sweden	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 152 Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
	Darmoul 12	(14–13)	Salihi 7
	2×	Report	3× 1×

24 July 2019 21:00	France	24–23	Spain	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Gaudin 9	(13–10)	Pérez, Tarrafeta 7
	2× 5×	Report	2× 1×

Quarterfinals

25 July 2019 18:45	Egypt	29–27	Norway	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 105 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
	three players 5	(12–14)	Boilesen 6
	1× 3×	Report	1× 4×

25 July 2019 18:45	France	35–32	Denmark	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 600 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Prandi 7	(14–16)	Lærke 7
	1× 2× 1×	Report	1× 2×

25 July 2019 21:00	Portugal	26–25	Slovenia	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 205 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Vieira 7	(13–14)	Ocvirk 13
	2× 4× 1×	Report	2× 6×

25 July 2019 21:00	Tunisia	24–27	Croatia	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 200 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Bannour 7	(9–13)	Martinović 9
	1× 2×	Report	2× 4×

5th–8th place semifinals

27 July 2019 13:00	Norway	34–40	Denmark	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 200 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Boilesen 8	(22–18)	Gidsel 9
	2× 2×	Report	1× 4× 1×

27 July 2019 15:30	Slovenia	31–27	Tunisia	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 305 Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
	Ocvirk 11	(17–13)	Aidi 8
	4× 5×	Report	2× 4×

Semifinals

27 July 2019 18:00	Egypt	33–35	France	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	three players 5	(16–19)	Gaudin 7
	2×	Report	3× 4×

27 July 2019 20:30	Portugal	28–31	Croatia	Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	D. Silva 9	(9–12)	Martinović 8
	1× 4×	Report	2× 4× 1×

Seventh place game

28 July 2019 09:00	Norway	36–37	Tunisia	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 150 Referees: Alpaidze, Berzkina (RUS)
	Pettersen 10	(15–16)	Bannour 11
	3× 8× 1×	Report	1× 1×

Fifth place game

28 July 2019 11:30	Denmark	34–26	Slovenia	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 200 Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
	Jakobsen 8	(21–14)	Horvat, Horžen 6
	1× 3×	Report	2×

Third place game

28 July 2019 14:00	Egypt	37–27	Portugal	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 720 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Dahroug 6	(17–15)	D. Silva, Vieira 6
	1×	Report	2× 1×

Final

28 July 2019 16:30	France	28–23	Croatia	Complejo Deportivo de As Travesas, Vigo Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
	Richert 6	(15–10)	Šarac 7
	2× 4×	Report	2× 5× 1×

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	France
	Croatia
	Egypt
4	Portugal
5	Denmark
6	Slovenia
7	Tunisia
8	Norway
9	Germany
10	Spain
11	Brazil
12	Sweden
13	Iceland
14	Serbia
15	Hungary
16	South Korea
17	Bahrain
18	Japan
19	Nigeria
20	Chile
21	Argentina
22	United States
23	Kosovo
24	Australia

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Shots	%
1	Diogo Silva	Portugal	76	111	68
2	Gregor Ocvirk	Slovenia	72	105	69
3	Emil Lærke	Denmark	54	99	55
3	Mohamed Darmoul	Tunisia	54	89	61
5	Ivan Martinović	Croatia	53	86	62
6	Filip Vistorop	Croatia	48	82	59
7	Noah Gaudin	France	47	75	63
8	Gonzalo Pérez	Spain	43	59	73
9	Fran Mileta	Croatia	42	59	73
	Josip Šarac	Croatia		60	70
	Mathias Gidsel	Denmark		57	74

Source: IHF

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	Team	%	Saves	Shots
1	Andrej Trnavac	Serbia	39	15	38
2	Marc Hvidkjær	United States	39	7	18
3	Daniel Broto	Spain	38	24	64
4	Till Klimpke	Germany	36	70	194
5	Christoffer Bonde	Denmark	36	57	158
6	Hikaru Nakamura	Japan	36	54	152
7	Gauthier Ivah	France	35	45	128
8	Emil Imsgard	Norway	35	49	142
9	Viktor Hallgrímsson	Iceland	34	43	125
10	Ivan Ereš	Croatia	33	76	229

Source: IHF

Awards

The MVP and all-star team were announced on 28 July 2019.

MVP

Ivan Martinović

All-star team

Goalkeeper: Valentin Kieffer
Right wing: Fran Mileta
Right back: Diogo Silva
Centre back: Kyllian Villeminot
Left back: Emil Lærke
Left wing: Dylan Nahi
Pivot: Luís Frade

References

Top scorers
"France win second Junior world title". ihf.info. 28 July 2019.
"Substitute nations for 2019 Men's Junior and Youth World Championships confirmed". ihf.info. 28 March 2019.
"Canada and USA claim IHF Trophy – North America & the Caribbean titles". IHF. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
"Celebrado el sorteo del Mundial Junior de España 2019". spainhandball19.com. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
"24 teams ready for Spain 2019". IHF. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
"Confirmed the calendar of World Championship Spain 2019". spainhandball19.com. 5 June 2019.
"Spain 2019 All-star Team". ihf.info. 28 July 2019.

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