2019 Men's Youth World Handball Championship Explained

The 2019 IHF Men's Youth World Championship (under-19) was the eighth edition of the tournament, held from 6 to 18 August 2019 in Skopje, North Macedonia.

Egypt won their first title by defeating Germany in the final.^[1]

Qualified teams

width=350	Competition	Dates	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation		1
2018 European Men's U-18 Handball Championship	9–19 August 2018	11+1	(substitute for Oceania)[2]
2018 African Men's Youth Handball Championship	15–22 September 2018	3
2018 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship	16–26 September 2018	4
IHF Trophy – North American & the Caribbean[3]	17–21 November 2018	1
2019 South and Central American Men's Youth Handball Championship	8–12 May 2019	3

Draw

The draw was held on 29 May 2019 in Basel, Switzerland.^[4]

Seedings

The seedings were announced on 17 May 2019.^[5]

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Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).^[6]

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 were 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	Hassan Walid		51	81	63
2	Mohamed Mohamed		49	73	67
	Martin Serafimov			92	57
4	Ahmed Hesham		48	76	63
5	Nenad Kosteski		46	63	73
6	Jeppe Cieslak		45	59	76
	Salvador Salvador			75	60
8	Dagur Gautason		44	60	73
9	Drevy Paschal		43	62	61
	Sadou Ntanzi			70	69

Source: IHF

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	Team	%	Saves	Shots
1	Benedek Nagy		40	42	106
2	Lukas Diedrich		38	50	130
3	Stipe Purić		36	60	165
4	Charles Bolzinger		36	46	129
5	Svend Rughave		36	74	208
6	Roberto Rodríguez		34	81	236
7	Kristóf Győri		34	71	207
8	Nikola Ćirović		34	58	170
9	Darko Stošić		34	22	65
10	Abdelrahman Mohamed		33	87	260

Source: IHF

Awards

The MVP and all-star team were announced on 18 August 2019.^[7]

MVP

• Ahmed Hesham

Best defender

• Julian Köster

All-star team

• Goalkeeper: Abdelrahman Mohamed
• Right wing: Dániel Kecskés
• Right back: Martim Costa
• Centre back: Lauritz Reinholdt
• Left back: Hassan Walid
• Left wing: Alexander Reimann
• Pivot: Tom Bergner

External links

• Official website
• IHF website

Notes and References

1. News: Egypt first non-European team to win U19 world title. IHF. 18 August 2019. 18 August 2019.
2. News: Substitute nations for 2019 Men’s Junior and Youth World Championships confirmed. IHF. 28 March 2019. 20 April 2019.
3. News: Canada and USA claim IHF Trophy – North America & the Caribbean titles. IHF. 22 November 2018. 22 May 2019.
4. News: Youth World Championship draw completed. IHF. 29 May 2019. 30 May 2019.
5. News: 24 nations set for Youth World Championship draw. IHF. 17 May 2019. 17 May 2019.
6. News: Schedule. 19 June 2019. wch2019championship.com.mk. 5 August 2019. 10 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190710162236/https://wch2019championship.com.mk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Schedule.pdf. dead.
7. Web site: 2019 Youth World Championship All-star Team. 18 August 2019. ihf.info.