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2017 Men's Junior World Handball Championship

The 2017 IHF Men's Junior World Championship was the 21st edition of the tournament, held in Algiers, Algeria from 18 to 30 July 2017.[1] It was the first time that Algeria staged the competition, and the third time that it was held in Africa.

2017 Men's Junior (U-21) World Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Algeria
Dates18–30 July
Teams24 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Spain (1st title)
Runner-up Denmark
Third place France
Fourth place Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches92
Goals scored5,132 (56 per match)
Attendance132,803 (1,444 per match)
Top scorer(s) Lasse Møller
Skander Zaïdi
(76 goals each)
Best player Lasse Møller
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Spain won their first title by defeating Denmark 39–38 in the final.[2] France captured the bronze medal after they beat Germany 23–22.[3]

Venues edit

The games of the tournament were played in Algiers.

Algiers
Hacène Harcha Arena
Capacity: 8,500
La Coupole d’Alger Arena
Capacity: 5,000
   

Qualified teams edit

Competition Dates Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1   Algeria
2015 Men's Youth World Handball Championship[4] 7–20 August 2015 1   France
2016 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship[5] 22 July–1 August 2016 3   Qatar
  Saudi Arabia
  South Korea
2016 European Men's U-20 Handball Championship 28 July–7 August 2016 4   Spain
  Germany
  Croatia
  Norway
2016 African Men's Junior Handball Championship[6] 11–18 September 2016 4   Tunisia
  Egypt
  Burkina Faso
  Morocco
European qualification tournament[4] 4–8 January 2017 8   Denmark
  Faroe Islands
  Hungary
  Iceland
  North Macedonia
  Russia
  Slovenia
  Sweden
2017 Pan American Men's Junior Handball Championship[7] 20–25 March 2017 3   Brazil
  Argentina
  Chile

Draw edit

The draw was held on 10 May 2017.[8]

Seedings edit

The seedings were announced on 8 May 2017.[9]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6
  France
  Spain
  Germany
  Croatia
  Tunisia
  Norway
  Denmark
  Iceland
  North Macedonia
  Algeria
  Faroe Islands
  Qatar
  Hungary
  Egypt
  Saudi Arabia
  Brazil
  Slovenia
  Burkina Faso
  South Korea
  Argentina
  Russia
  Morocco
  Sweden
  Chile

Referees edit

15 referee pairs are selected:

Preliminary round edit

The schedule was announced on 7 June 2017.[10]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Germany 5 5 0 0 185 128 +57 10 Round of 16
2   Norway 5 4 0 1 160 122 +38 8
3   Hungary 5 3 0 2 154 132 +22 6
4   Faroe Islands 5 2 0 3 126 145 −19 4
5   South Korea 5 1 0 4 151 176 −25 2
6   Chile 5 0 0 5 121 194 −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.
18 July 2017
10:00
Germany   25–21   Hungary La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 200
Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
Mertens 8 (11–12) Győri 6
  8×  1×  Report   6× 
18 July 2017
12:00
Norway   31–29   South Korea La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 200
Referees: Volodkov, Zotin (RUS)
Gulliksen 8 (13–13) Kim Y. 8
  3×  Report   3× 
18 July 2017
14:00
Faroe Islands   31–28   Chile La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 200
Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
Johansen 5 (14–12) Gómez 11
  6×  Report   5× 

20 July 2017
16:00
Hungary   22–31   Norway La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 300
Referees: Alves, Magalhães (BRA)
Győri 6 (13–20) Schoenningsen 6
  6×  Report   9× 
20 July 2017
18:00
Chile   25–51   Germany La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 300
Referees: Al-Mawt, Marhoon (BHR)
Hernández 11 (10–26) three players 6
  4×  1×  Report   3× 
20 July 2017
20:00
South Korea   27–28   Faroe Islands La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 400
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
three players 4 (12–16) Jakobsen 6
 3×  Report  3× 

21 July 2017
16:00
Germany   48–33   South Korea La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 500
Referees: Pétursson, Sigurjónsson (ISL)
Mertens, Semper 9 (25–13) Kim T. 5
  8×  Report   4× 
21 July 2017
18:00
Norway   29–23   Faroe Islands La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 300
Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
Gulliksen 6 (15–8) Jakobsen 7
  4×  Report   4× 
21 July 2017
20:00
Hungary   39–23   Chile La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 200
Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
Fekete 6 (18–13) Hernández 6
  3×  Report   3× 

23 July 2017
16:00
Norway   41–16   Chile La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 350
Referees: Akpatsa, Assignon (TOG)
Hauane 9 (17–11) three players 3
  2×  Report   3× 
23 July 2017
18:00
Faroe Islands   21–29   Germany La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 400
Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
four players 3 (12–9) three players 5
  5×  Report   6× 
23 July 2017
20:00
South Korea   30–40   Hungary La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 300
Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
Kim J. 7 (15–20) Ligetvári 9
  2×  Report   12× 

24 July 2017
16:00
South Korea   32–29   Chile La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 400
Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
Kim J. 8 (19–14) López 6
  3×  Report   6× 
24 July 2017
18:00
Faroe Islands   23–32   Hungary La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 400
Referees: Alves, Magalhães (BRA)
Hansen 5 (12–18) Győri 8
  5×  1×  Report   2×  1× 
24 July 2017
20:00
Germany   32–28   Norway La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 800
Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
Golla 7 (14–16) Fredriksen 6
  4×  Report   5×  1× 

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   France 5 4 1 0 154 120 +34 9 Round of 16
2   Slovenia 5 4 1 0 145 126 +19 9
3   Denmark 5 3 0 2 147 134 +13 6
4   Sweden 5 2 0 3 138 143 −5 4
5   Egypt 5 1 0 4 130 154 −24 2
6   Qatar 5 0 0 5 117 154 −37 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.
18 July 2017
16:00
France   36–30   Egypt La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 300
Referees: Alves, Magalhães (BRA)
Richardson 6 (16–15) Abdou 7
  2×  Report   2× 
18 July 2017
18:00
Denmark   30–33   Slovenia La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 400
Referees: Álvarez, Bustamente (ESP)
Augustinussen 8 (11–15) three players 7
  7×  Report   7× 
18 July 2017
20:00
Qatar   21–22   Sweden La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 300
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Dhiab 9 (10–12) Hansson 6
  7×  1×  Report   6× 

19 July 2017
16:00
Egypt   20–26   Denmark La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 300
Referees: Volodkov, Zotin (RUS)
Abdou 7 (11–15) Augustinussen 9
  6×  Report   3× 
19 July 2017
18:00
Sweden   28–31   France La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 500
Referees: Pétursson, Sigurjónsson (ISL)
three players 5 (19–19) Mem 8
  4×  Report   4× 
19 July 2017
20:00
Slovenia   31–23   Qatar La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 300
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Knavs, Vlah 6 (15–12) Heiba 8
  6×  Report   2× 

21 July 2017
10:00
France   22–22   Slovenia La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 400
Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
Lenne 6 (12–12) Cvetko 5
  2×  Report   4× 
21 July 2017
12:00
Denmark   36–26   Qatar La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 300
Referees: Alves, Magalhães (BRA)
three players 5 (19–13) Heiba 7
  3×  Report   1× 
21 July 2017
14:00
Egypt   27–35   Sweden La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 300
Referees: Álvarez, Bustamente (ESP)
Omar 6 (11–15) Jönsson 9
  6×  Report   2× 

22 July 2017
16:00
Denmark   33–25   Sweden La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 500
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Møller 10 (19–11) Dahlin, Hansson 5
  6×  Report   2× 
22 July 2017
18:00
Qatar   18–35   France La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
three players 3 (7–17) Mocquais 7
  1×  Report   1× 
22 July 2017
20:00
Slovenia   28–23   Egypt La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 500
Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
Marguč 11 (18–12) Omar 11
  5×  Report   4×  1× 

24 July 2017
10:00
Slovenia   31–28   Sweden La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 200
Referees: Pétursson, Sigurjónsson (ISL)
Marguč 8 (15–15) Hansson 8
  6×  Report   4× 
24 July 2017
12:00
Qatar   29–30   Egypt La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 350
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Heiba 8 (16–15) El-Baghoury 6
  4×  Report   2× 
24 July 2017
14:00
France   30–22   Denmark La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers
Referees: Álvarez, Bustamente (ESP)
Mem 7 (12–9) Møller 8
  3×  Report   2× 

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Spain 5 5 0 0 159 105 +54 10 Round of 16
2   North Macedonia 5 3 0 2 157 133 +24 6
3   Tunisia 5 2 1 2 161 134 +27 5
4   Russia 5 2 1 2 145 118 +27 5
5   Brazil 5 2 0 3 137 126 +11 4
6   Burkina Faso 5 0 0 5 75 218 −143 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.
18 July 2017
10:00
Spain   29–21   Brazil Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 500
Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
Gómez 7 (15–9) Abrahão 8
  4×  Report   7×  1× 
18 July 2017
12:00
Tunisia   50–17   Burkina Faso Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 500
Referees: Al-Mawt, Marhoon (BHR)
Gouri 13 (23–7) Nadziga 5
  3×  Report   7×  1× 
18 July 2017
14:00
North Macedonia   29–22   Russia Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
Arsenovski 7 (10–11) Maslennikov, Sinitcyn 5
  4×  2×  Report   4× 

20 July 2017
16:00
Brazil   36–29   Tunisia Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 400
Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
Dutra 9 (18–11) Zaïdi 10
  5×  Report   3× 
20 July 2017
18:00
Russia   26–31   Spain Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 300
Referees: Pétursson, Sigurjónsson (ISL)
Dashko 8 (15–17) Odriozola 8
  2×  Report   5× 
20 July 2017
20:00
Burkina Faso   20–48   North Macedonia Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 450
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Tiendrebeogo 7 (8–23) Dimitrioski 8
  2×  Report   3× 

21 July 2017
14:00
Brazil   20–23   Russia Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 200
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Lemos 6 (10–11) Maslennikov, Santalov 4
  2×  Report   4× 
21 July 2017
16:00
Spain   38–12   Burkina Faso Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 500
Referees: Akpatsa, Assignon (TOG)
Odriozola, Gómez 6 (16–7) M. Ouedragogo 3
  3×  Report   3× 
21 July 2017
18:00
Tunisia   32–27   North Macedonia Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
Zaïdi 14 (17–13) Palevski, Taleski 6
  5×  Report   1×  1× 

23 July 2017
16:00
Tunisia   29–29   Russia Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
Zaïdi 12 (15–14) Vinogradov 8
  3×  Report   3× 
23 July 2017
18:00
North Macedonia   25–36   Spain Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Pétursson, Sigurjónsson (ISL)
Kuzmanovski, Taleski 4 (8–18) Dujshebaev 7
  2×  Report   6×  1× 
23 July 2017
20:00
Burkina Faso   17–37   Brazil Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 300
Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
Tiendrebeogo 11 (8–17) Torriani 10
  3×  Report   4× 

24 July 2017
14:00
Spain   25–21   Tunisia Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 600
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Muñoz 5 (14–12) Ben Abdallah 6
  2×  Report  
24 July 2017
16:00
Burkina Faso   9–45   Russia Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Al-Mawt, Marhoon (BHR)
M. Ouedraogo 4 (6–23) Dashko 11
 6×  Report   4× 
24 July 2017
18:00
North Macedonia   28–23   Brazil Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Taleski 7 (14–11) Abrahão, Lemos 4
  5×  Report   2× 

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Croatia 5 4 1 0 140 112 +28 9 Round of 16
2   Iceland 5 4 0 1 170 120 +50 8
3   Algeria (H) 5 2 2 1 118 114 +4 6
4   Argentina 5 2 1 2 130 124 +6 5
5   Saudi Arabia 5 1 0 4 123 146 −23 2
6   Morocco 5 0 0 5 82 147 −65 0
Updated to match(es) played on 24 July 2017. 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
18 July 2017
16:00
Croatia   32–26   Saudi Arabia Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Mandić 10 (17–13) Al-Olaiwat 10
  5×  Report   8×  1× 
18 July 2017
18:00
Iceland   36–27   Argentina Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 1,803
Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
Jónsson 9 (19–12) Fischer 6
  10×  1×  Report   5×  1× 
18 July 2017
20:45
Algeria   24–19   Morocco Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
Hadj Sadok 5 (13–8) Frid 5
 4×  Report   5× 

19 July 2017
16:00
Saudi Arabia   24–48   Iceland Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 400
Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
Al-Mesallem 6 (9–24) Ríkharðsson 8
  2×  Report   8× 
19 July 2017
18:00
Morocco   12–29   Croatia Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 400
Referees: Akpatsa, Assignon (TOG)
three players 3 (4–18) Babić 5
  3×  Report   1× 
19 July 2017
20:45
Argentina   25–25   Algeria Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 6,700
Referees: Álvarez, Bustamente (ESP)
L.Moyano 7 (14–11) Abdi 7
  6×  Report   6× 

21 July 2017
10:00
Croatia   26–24   Argentina Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 400
Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
Hrstić 9 (13–8) L.Moyano 5
  4×  Report   3× 
21 July 2017
12:00
Saudi Arabia   29–19   Morocco Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 400
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Al-Mesallem 10 (15–10) Malki 6
  4×  Report   7× 
21 July 2017
20:45
Iceland   25–22   Algeria Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 8,200
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Arnarsson, Magnússon 5 (10–11) three players 5
  3×  Report   3× 

22 July 2017
16:00
Iceland   35–18   Morocco Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 300
Referees: Al-Mawt, Marhoon (BHR)
Pálsson 6 (11–8) Frid 7
  4×  Report   6×  2× 
22 July 2017
18:00
Argentina   24–23   Saudi Arabia Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Volodkov, Zotin (RUS)
A. Moyano 9 (13–11) Aloatwat 7
  3×  Report   5× 
22 July 2017
20:45
Algeria   24–24   Croatia Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
Djedid 6 (9–11) Hrstić 8
  4×  Report   5× 

24 July 2017
10:00
Argentina   30–14   Morocco Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers
Attendance: 500
Referees: Volodkov, Zotin (RUS)
Corning 6 (13–7) Ezzine 3
  3×  1×  Report   3× 
24 July 2017
12:00
Croatia   29–26