2017 Men's Youth World Handball Championship Explained

The 2017 IHF Men's Youth World Championship was the seventh edition of the U-19 tournament and held in Tbilisi, Georgia from 8 to 20 August 2017.^{[1] [2]} All matches were played in two halls at the Olympic Palace.

France won their second straight title by defeating Spain 28–25 in the final.^[3] Denmark captured the bronze medal after defeating Croatia 30–29.^[4]

Qualified teams

Competition	Dates	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	1
2016 European Men's U-18 Handball Championship[5]	11–21 August 2016	12
2016 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship[6]	27 August–5 September 2016	3
2016 African Men's Youth Handball Championship[7]	2–9 September 2016	3
2017 Pan American Men's Youth Handball Championship[8]	15–22 April 2017	5

On 31 July 2017, Venezuela withdrew from the tournament and Poland was named as the substitute.^[9]

Draw

The draw was held on 10 May 2017.^[10]

Seedings

The seedings were announced on 8 May 2017.^[11]

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Referees

The IHF selected 16 referee pairs for the championship.^[12]

Referees
	Darío Rubén Burgos / Javier Gonzalo Delgado
	Siarhei Kulik / Dzmitry Nabokau
	Muammar Al-Watani / Mohammed Qamber
	Cheng Yufeng / Zhou Yunlei
	Davor Lončar / Zoran Lončar
	Raymel A. Reyes Collantes / Alexys Zúñiga Rodríguez
	Karina Christiansen / Line Hansen Hesseldal
	Kiyoshi Hizaki / Tomokazu Ikebuchi

Referees
	Akram Al-Zayyat / Yasser Eial Awad
	Alexei Covalciuc / Igor Covalciuc
	Novica Mitrović / Miljan Vešović
	Bartosz Leszczyński / Marcin Piechota
	Dmitry Kiselev / Alexey Kiyashko
	Cheickh Mohamed Fadel Diop / Abdoulaye Faye
	Lee Eun-ha / Lee Ga-eul
	Cristian Lemes Martines / Mathias Fabián Sosa Gordalina

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 29 May 2017.^[13]

All times are local (UTC+4).

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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President's Cup

17th place bracket

21st place bracket

21st–24th place semifinals

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17th–20th place semifinals

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17th place game

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.

Ninth place game

Knockout stage

Bracket

5th place bracket

Round of 16

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Quarterfinals

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5th–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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Final

Final ranking

Rank		Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Shots	%
1	Teitur Örn Einarsson		66	108	61.1
2	Kyllian Villeminot		60	87	69.0
3	Emil Lærke		58	109	53.2
4	Ahmed Fadul		55	81	67.9
5	Rennosuke Tokuda		53	95	55.8
6	Ivan Martinović		52	80	65.0
7	Diogo Silva		52	88	59.1
8	Sergei Kosorotov		49	72	68.1
9	Oskar Sunnefeldt		48	80	60.0
10	Emil Jakobsen		46	61	75.4

Source: IHF

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	Team	%	Saves	Shots
1	Diogo Valerio		30.9	93	301
2	Maksim Popov		35.0	91	260
3	Ivan Panjan		32.2	87	270
4	Todor Jandrić		36.7	76	207
5	Valentin Kieffer		34.3	74	216
6	Hikaru Nakamura		35.1	71	202
7	Marek Bartosik		31.0	70	226
8	Abdelrhman Taha		34.7	69	199
9	Gašper Dobaj		31.2	68	218
10	Vicente González		26.6	68	256

Source: IHF

Awards

MVP

• Left-back: Kyllian Villeminot^[14]

All-star team

• Goalkeeper: Maksim Popov
• Right wing: Edouard Kempf
• Right back: Ivan Martinović
• Centre back: Ian Tarrafeta
• Left back: Emil Lærke
• Left wing: Emil Jakobsen
• Pivot: Luis Frade

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Russia, Slovakia and Georgia to host big youth handball events. 28 October 2013. handball-planet.com.
2. Web site: 2017 Men’s Junior and Youth World Championships in Algeria and Georgia. 15 March 2017. ihf.info.
3. Web site: Villeminot leads France to defend Youth world title. 20 August 2017. ihf.info.
4. Web site: Denmark win bronze with last-second fast break. 20 August 2017. ihf.info.
5. Web site: France claim gold at Men's 18 EHF EURO 2016. 22 August 2016. eurohandball.com. 24 April 2017. 25 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170425024144/http://eurohandball.com/article/026388/France+claim+gold+at+Men%27s+18+EHF+EURO+2016. dead.
6. Web site: Bahrain sport: Handball team’s victory praised. 7 September 2016. gdnonline.com.
7. Web site: CAN cadet 2016 : La Tunisie met fin au règne de l’Egypte. 14 September 2016. handball.tn.
8. Web site: Argentina crowned Men’s Youth Pan Am champions. 24 April 2017. ihf.info.
9. Web site: 2017 Men’s Youth World Championship – Withdrawal of Venezuela. 31 July 2017. ihf.info.
10. Web site: Groups for Georgia 2017 and Algeria 2017 determined. 10 May 2017. ihf.info.
11. Web site: Draws for Algeria 2017 and Georgia 2017. 8 May 2017. ihf.info.
12. Web site: Referee Nominations 2017 – Men's Youth World Championship 2017 - Georgia. 18 August 2017. ihf.info.
13. Web site: Georgia 2017 - match schedule released. 29 May 2017. ihf.info.
14. Web site: All-star Team and MVP. https://web.archive.org/web/20170821052547/http://www.ihf.info/en-us/ihfcompetitions/worldchampionships/men%E2%80%99syouthworldchampionships/mensyouthworldchampionship,geo2017/news/newsdetails.aspx?ID=5255. dead. 21 August 2017. 20 August 2017. ihf.info.