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 nation1 2017 Men's Youth World Handball Championship 8–20 August 20171 IHF Trophy – Oceania 10–15 June 20181 2018 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship 16–26 July 20183 2018 European Men's Under-20 Handball Championship 19–29 July 20189+1 2018 African Men's Junior Handball Championship 7–14 September 20183 IHF Trophy – North America & the Caribbean 17–20 November 20181 2019 South and Central American Men's Junior Handball Championship 3–7 April 20193 2019 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy 10–14 April 20191
Draw The draw was held on 21 May 2019 in Pontevedra, Spain.
Seedings The seedings were announced on 18 April 2019.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5Pot 6
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+2).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
President's Cup 17th place bracket
21st place bracket
21st–24th place semifinals
17th–20th place semifinals
23rd place game
21st place game
19th place game
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.
Standings
15th place game
13th place game
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Bracket Championship bracket
5–8th place bracket
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
5th–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking Rank Team456789101112131415161718192021222324
Statistics
Top goalscorers RankNameTeamGoalsShots% 1 Diogo Silva 76 111 68 2 Gregor Ocvirk 72 105 693 Emil Lærke 54 99 55 Mohamed Darmoul 89 61 5 Ivan Martinović 53 86 62 6 Filip Vistorop 48 82 59 7 Noah Gaudin 47 75 63 8 Gonzalo Pérez 43 59 739 Fran Mileta 42 59 73 Josip Šarac 60 70 Mathias Gidsel 57 74 Source: IHF
Top goalkeepers RankNameTeam%SavesShots 1 Andrej Trnavac 39 15 38 2 Marc Hvidkjær 39 7 18 3 Daniel Broto 38 24 64 4 Till Klimpke 36 70 194 5 Christoffer Bonde 36 57 158 6 Hikaru Nakamura 36 54 152 7 Gauthier Ivah 35 45 128 8 Emil Imsgard 35 49 142 9 Viktor Hallgrímsson 34 43 125 10 Ivan Ereš 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
External links Official website IHF website