2017 Men's Youth World Handball Championship

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.

2017 Men's Youth World Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Georgia
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates8–20 August
Teams24 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions France (2nd title)
Runner-up Spain
Third place Denmark
Fourth place Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches played92
Goals scored5,231 (56.86 per match)
Attendance11,094 (121 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iceland Teitur Örn Einarsson
(66 goals)
Best playerFrance Kyllian Villeminot
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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 edit

Competition Dates Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1   Georgia
2016 European Men's U-18 Handball Championship[5] 11–21 August 2016 12   Croatia
  Denmark
  France
  Germany
  Iceland
  Norway
  Portugal
  Russia
  Slovenia
  Serbia
  Spain
  Sweden
  Poland
2016 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship[6] 27 August–5 September 2016 3   Bahrain
  Japan
  South Korea
2016 African Men's Youth Handball Championship[7] 2–9 September 2016 3   Algeria
  Egypt
  Tunisia
2017 Pan American Men's Youth Handball Championship[8] 15–22 April 2017 5   Argentina
  Brazil
  Chile
  Mexico
  Venezuela

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

Draw edit

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

Seedings edit

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

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6
  France
  Croatia
  Germany
  Slovenia
  Denmark
  Spain
  Iceland
  Argentina
  Georgia
  Serbia
  Brazil
  Sweden
  Portugal
  Chile
  Bahrain
  Tunisia
  Russia
  Venezuela
  Japan
  Egypt
  Norway
  Mexico
  South Korea
  Algeria

Referees edit

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

Preliminary round edit

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

All times are local (UTC+4).

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   France 5 5 0 0 176 124 +52 10 Round of 16
2   Egypt 5 3 1 1 150 135 +15 7
3   Denmark 5 2 1 2 147 144 +3 5
4   Sweden 5 2 0 3 122 124 −2 4
5   Norway 5 1 0 4 129 143 −14 2[a]
6   Bahrain 5 1 0 4 123 177 −54 2[a]
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:
  1. ^ a b Bahrain 23−39 Norway
8 August 2017
10:00
France   42−20   Bahrain Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Villeminot 8 (20−13) Alzaimoor 6
  3×  Report   3× 
8 August 2017
12:00
Denmark   28−28   Egypt Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
Gidsel 8 (15−12) Hassanein 7
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8 August 2017
21:00
Sweden   23−20   Norway Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 150
Referees: Kiselev, Kiyashko (RUS)
Sunnefeldt 5 (10−11) Hedal 6
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10 August 2017
16:00
Bahrain   35−31   Denmark Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
Fadul 11 (20−16) Lærke 10
  6×  Report   7× 
10 August 2017
18:00
Norway   28−34   France Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Rodríguez, Collantes (CUB)
Heldal 8 (14−19) Villeminot 10
  4×  Report   3× 
10 August 2017
20:00
Egypt   26−24   Sweden Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
Rady 8 (15−10) Svensson, Thorbjörn 7
  2×  Report   4× 

11 August 2017
14:00
Bahrain   23−39   Norway Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
Fadul 7 (13−19) Heldal 8
  0×  Report   4×  1× 
11 August 2017
16:00
France   36−29   Egypt Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Kiselev, Kiyashko (RUS)
Kempf 6 (15−13) Walid Ibrahim 8
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11 August 2017
20:00
Denmark   29−26   Sweden Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
Gidsel 8 (14−14) Thorbjörn 6
  2×  Report   5× 

13 August 2017
16:00
Denmark   33−20   Norway Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 200
Referees: Kulik, Nabokau (BLR)
Jakobsen 8 (14−11) Simonsen 5
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13 August 2017
18:00
Sweden   21−29   France Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 319
Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
Thorbjörn 6 (9−12) Villeminot 6
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13 August 2017
20:00
Egypt   37−25   Bahrain Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 150
Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
Rady 6 (19−10) Ali, Fadul 5
  7×  Report   3× 

14 August 2017
14:00
France   35−26   Denmark Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Villeminot, Gibelin 6 (19−15) Gidsel 6
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14 August 2017
16:00
Norway   22−30   Egypt Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 130
Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
Hoffstad 7 (12−14) Abdalla 6
  5×  Report   5× 
14 August 2017
20:00
Sweden   28−20   Bahrain Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
four players 4 (13−7) Alzaimoor 5
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Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Iceland 5 5 0 0 160 125 +35 10 Round of 16
2   Germany 5 4 0 1 178 112 +66 8
3   Japan 5 3 0 2 136 130 +6 6
4   Chile 5 1 0 4 132 158 −26 2[a]
5   Georgia (H) 5 1 0 4 124 166 −42 2[a]
6   Algeria 5 1 0 4 124 163 −39 2[a]
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
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Chile 2Pts, +4GD; Georgia 2Pts, −1GD; Algeria 2Pts, −3GD
8 August 2017
14:00
Iceland   26−24   Japan Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Kulik, Nabokau (BLR)
Einarsson 10 (14−12) Sueoka 6
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8 August 2017
16:00
Germany   39−22   Chile Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Referees: Alzayyat, Eial Awad (JOR)
Morante 7 (17−12) Gomez 7
  4×  Report   2× 
8 August 2017
19:00
Georgia   28−24   Algeria Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 700
Referees: Christiansen, Hesseldal (DEN)
Arsenashvili 9 (16−9) Chaouche, Fodil 4
  4×  Report   10× 

9 August 2017
16:00
Chile   22−27   Iceland Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 70
Referees: Zuniga, Reyes (CUB)
Gomez 5 (13−15) Einarsson 10
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9 August 2017
18:00
Japan   30−22   Georgia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 250
Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
Sueoka 10 (14−9) Kbilashvili, Bulbulashvili 5
  4×  1×  Report   8× 
9 August 2017
20:00
Algeria   19−37   Germany Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 57
Referees: Al Watani, Qamber (BHR)
Zenadi 7 (4−17) Ignatow 8
  3×  Report   2× 

11 August 2017
10:00
Germany   34−18   Japan Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
Ignatow 12 (22−9) Baig, Tokuda 5
  3×  Report   1× 
11 August 2017
12:00
Chile   32−33   Algeria Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 80
Referees: Diop, Faye (SEN)
Baumann 11 (18−17) Houti 9
  2×  Report   7× 
11 August 2017
18:00
Iceland   42−25   Georgia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
Valdimarsson 9 (24−8) Tkhovrebadze 5
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12 August 2017
16:00
Iceland   37−27   Algeria Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 80
Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
Einarsson 9 (15−13) Fodil, Zenadi 7
  7×  Report   2× 
12 August 2017
18:00
Georgia   25−41   Germany Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 150
Referees: Diop, Faye (SEN)
Rustamov, Bulbulashvili 6 (8-21) Staar 8
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12 August 2017
20:00
Japan   35−27   Chile Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
Baig, Tokuda 8 (17−15) Gomez 5
  3×  Report   3× 

14 August 2017
10:00
Japan   29−21   Algeria Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Al Watani, Qamber (BRN)
Tokuda 8 (17−10) Fodil 7
  4×  Report   1× 
14 August 2017
12:00
Germany   27−28   Iceland Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
Ignatow, Matthes 7 (12−12) Einarsson 10
  6×  Report   7× 
14 August 2017
18:00
Georgia   24−29   Chile Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 300
Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
Tkhovrebadze 7 (10−18) Baumann 10
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Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   South Korea 5 4 0 1 174 152 +22 8 Round of 16
2   Croatia 5 3 1 1 165 134 +31 7[a]
3   Portugal 5 3 1 1 143 131 +12 7[a]
4   Poland 5 2 0 3 133 142 −9 4[b]
5   Brazil 5 2 0 3 131 147 −16 4[b]
6   Argentina 5 0 0 5 113 153 −40 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:
  1. ^ a b Croatia 30−30 Portugal
  2. ^ a b Poland 29−25 Brazil
8 August 2017
10:00
Croatia   30−30   Portugal Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
Špruk 7 (14−16) Monteiro 7
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8 August 2017
12:00
Argentina   22−26   Poland Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Diop, Faye (SEN)
Arakaki 6 (10−13) Jarosiewicz, Mauer 6
  2×  Report   3× 
8 August 2017
21:00
Brazil   33−35   South Korea Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 200
Referees: Al Watani, Qamber (BHR)
Pacheco 7 (18−18) Kim R. 9
  3×  Report   4× 

10 August 2017
16:00
Portugal   30−28   Argentina Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 70
Referees: Kulik, Nabokau (BLR)
Nekrushets 8 (15−13) Canete, Aizen 5
  2×  Report   3× 
10 August 2017
18:00
South Korea   33−31   Croatia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Lee Y. 9 (18−15) Bahtijarević, Vusić 9
  4×  Report   9× 
10 August 2017
20:00
Poland   29−25   Brazil Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
Orpik, Mauer 6 (16−8) Moraes 6
  2×  Report   3× 

11 August 2017
16:00
Croatia   33−28   Poland Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Alzayyat, Eial Awad (JOR)
Martinović 9 (12−20) Zarzycki, Jarosiewicz 6
  6×  Report   3×  1× 
11 August 2017
18:00
Argentina   17−22   Brazil Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Reyes, Zuniga (CUB)
three players 3 (8−7) Moraes 8
  4×  Report   5× 
11 August 2017
20:00
Portugal   33−24   South Korea Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
Frade, Silva 7 (16−11) Shin 7
  7×  Report   2× 

13 August 2017
16:00
Argentina   27−44   South Korea Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
five players 3 (14−21) Lee Y. 7
  5×  Report   3× 
13 August 2017
18:00
Brazil   24−40   Croatia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Andrade, Torriani 5 (13−18) Martinović 11
  3×  Report   4× 
13 August 2017
20:00
Poland   22−24   Portugal Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
three players 4 (12−14) Frade 6
  3×  Report   6× 

14 August 2017
16:00
Poland   28−38   South Korea Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
Krysiak 6 (12−23) Kim J.-y 8
  3×  Report  
14 August 2017
18:00
Brazil   27−26   Portugal Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 80
Referees: Kulik, Nabokau (BLR)
Andrade, Moraes 5 (14−12) Pereira, Silva 5
  2×  Report   2× 
14 August 2017
20:00
Croatia   31−19   Argentina Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Alzayyat, Eial Awad (JOR)
Strbad, Bahtijarević 5 (15−8) three players 3
  4×  Report   1×  1× 

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Spain 5 5 0 0 151 112 +39 10 Round of 16
2   Tunisia 5 4 0 1 158 129 +29 8
3   Slovenia 5 3 0 2 142 122 +20 6
4   Russia 5 2 0 3 132 127 +5 4
5   Serbia 5 1 0 4 131 149 −18 2
6   Mexico 5 0 0 5 88 163 −75 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.
8 August 2017
14:00
Serbia   29−18   Mexico Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
Sunajko 6 (15−5) Ortiz 6
  Report   4× 
8 August 2017
16:00
Slovenia   26−29   Tunisia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 123
Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
Horžen, Horvat 6 (13−15) Darmoul 9
  4×  Report   7×  1× 
8 August 2017
19:00
Spain   32−20   Russia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 300
Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
Tarrafeta 8 (15−7) Kosorotov 5
  1×  Report   6× 

9 August 2017
16:00
Tunisia   24−27   Spain Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
Mustapha 11 (12−14) Tarrafeta, Pérez 5
  9×  Report   6× 
9 August 2017
18:00
Mexico   19−32   Slovenia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
Loya 9 (10−15) Horžen, Novak 5
  7×  Report   8× 
9 August 2017
20:00
Russia   29−24   Serbia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Christianssen, Hanssen (DEN)
Gordeev 7 (13−14) Ivanović, Jovanović 7
  9×  Report   6× 

11 August 2017
10:00
Slovenia   26−21   Russia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc
Novak 5 (14−9) Kosorotov 5
  6×  Report   7× 
11 August 2017
12:00
Spain   29−28   Serbia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 150
Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
Pérez 8 (15−14) Sunajko 9
  2×  Report   3× 
11 August 2017
14:00
Tunisia   37−19   Mexico Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Al Watani, Qamber (BHR)
three players 6 (16−8) Pesqueira 8
  4×  Report   4× 

12 August 2017
16:00
Spain   33−18   Mexico Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
Franco 7 (18−8) loya 4
  1×  Report   4× 
12 August 2017
18:00
Serbia   23−36   Slovenia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 200
Referees: Kulik, Nabokau (BLR)
Milić, Jovanović 6 (10−20) Horžen, Novak 6
  2×  Report   3× 
12 August 2017
20:00
Russia   30−31   Tunisia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 250
Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
Gordeev 8 (16−14) Darmoul 12
  8×  1×  Report   7× 

14 August 2017
10:00
Russia   32−14   Mexico Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Reyes, Zuniga (CUB)
Gumarov 12 (15−7) Martinez 5
  6×  Report   2× 
14 August 2017
12:00
Serbia   27−37   Tunisia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Diop, Faye (SEN)
Sunajko 9 (14−16) Darmoul 10
  4×  Report   3× 
14 August 2017
14:00
Slovenia   22−30   Spain Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 70
Referees: Christianssen, Hanssen (DEN)
Makuc 5 (10−17) Pérez 6
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President's Cup edit

17th place bracket
 
17th–20th place semifinals17th place
 
      
 
16 August
 
 
  Norway39
 
17 August
 
  Georgia21
 
  Norway32
 
16 August
 
  Serbia23
 
  Brazil26
 
 
  Serbia27
 
19th place
 
 
17 August
 
 
  Georgia23
 
 
  Brazil32
21st place bracket
 
21st–24th place semifinals21st place
 
      
 
16 August
 
 
  Bahrain (Pen.)42
 
17 August
 
  Algeria40
 
  Bahrain24
 
16 August
 
  Argentina25
 
  Argentina32
 
 
  Mexico20
 
23rd place
 
 
17 August
 
 
  Algeria27
 
 
  Mexico25

21st–24th place semifinals edit

16 August 2017
09:30
Bahrain   42–40   Algeria Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Reyes, Zuniga (CUB)
Fadul 16 (24–19) Gasmi, Fodil 9
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FT: 37–37 Pen: 5–3


16 August 2017
09:30
Argentina   32–20   Mexico Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
Ceccardi 6 (15–9) Ortiz 5
  2×  Report   2× 

17th–20th place semifinals edit

16 August 2017
11:45
Norway   39–21   Georgia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
Hoffstad 11 (17–12) Tielidze 6
  4×  Report   1× 

16 August 2017
11:45
Brazil   26–27   Serbia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Alzayyat, Eial Awad (JOR)
Monte, Torriani 7 (13–13) Jovanović 9
  5×  Report   2× 

23rd place game edit

17 August 2017
09:30
Algeria   27–25   Mexico Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
Fodil 8 (10–9) Loya 14
  6×  Report   1× 

21st place game edit

17 August 2017
11:45
Bahrain   24–25   Argentina Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
Fadul 11 (14–12) Palacios 8
  2×  Report   6×  1× 

19th place game edit

17 August 2017
09:30
Georgia   23–32   Brazil Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
Lapiashvili 7 (14–16) Freitas 12
  6×  Report   3× 

17th place game edit

17 August 2017
11:45
Norway   30–25   Serbia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Kiselev, Kiyashko (RUS)
Haugseng, Hoffstad 7 (17–12) Jovanovic
  4×  Report   3× 

9–16th placement games edit

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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Iceland 3 3 0 0 81 73 +8 6
2   Germany 3 2 0 1 100 68 +32 4
3   South Korea 3 2 0 1 95 92 +3 4
4   Tunisia 3 2 0 1 84 83 +1 4
5   Egypt 3 1 1 1 83 88 −5 3
6   Slovenia 3 1 0 2 74 80 −6 2
7   Poland 3 0 0 3 78 95 −17 0
8   Chile 3 0 0 3 71 101 −30 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

15th place game edit

17 August 2017
14:00
Poland   34−30   Chile Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
Dudkowski 8 (15−17) Codina 8
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13th place game edit

17 August 2017
16:15
Egypt   30−35   Slovenia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Kulik, Nabokau (BLR)
Khaled Hassanein, Sami Ahmed Ali 7 (15−18) Rozman 9
  3×  Report   2× 

Eleventh place game edit

17 August 2017
14:00
South Korea   34−36   Tunisia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 85
Referees: Alzayyat, Eial Awad (JOR)
three players 6 (17−17) Abid 8
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Ninth place game edit

17 August 2017
16:15
Iceland   26−37   Germany Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 80
Referees: Al Watani, Qamber (BHR)
Einarsson 6 (14−21) Klein, Morante Maldonado 8
  6×  Report   6× 

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

 
Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
              
 
16 August
 
 
  Iceland26
 
17 August
 
  Sweden31
 
  Sweden25
 
16 August
 
  Croatia (OT)27
 
  Slovenia25
 
19 August
 
  Croatia29
 
  Croatia24
 
16 August
 
  Spain26
 
  Japan31
 
17 August
 
  Egypt30
 
  Japan27
 
16 August
 
  Spain32
 
  Spain27
 
20 August
 
  Poland23
 
  Spain25
 
16 August
 
  France28
 
  France43
 
17 August
 
  Chile21
 
  France34
 
16 August
 
  Portugal24
 
  Portugal34
 
19 August
 
  Tunisia25
 
  France35
 
16 August
 
  Denmark27 Third place
 
  Denmark28
 
17 August20 August
 
  Germany24
 
  Denmark37  Croatia29
 
16 August
 
  Russia28   Denmark30
 
  South Korea31
 
 
  Russia32
 
5th place bracket
 
5th–8th place SemifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
19 August
 
 
  Sweden34
 
20 August
 
  Japan28
 
  Sweden26
 
19 August
 
  Russia25
 
  Portugal26
 
 
  Russia33
 
Seventh place
 
 
20 August
 
 
  Japan24
 
 
  Portugal33

Round of 16 edit

16 August 2017
14:00
Iceland   26–31   Sweden Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 200
Referees: Kulik, Nabokau (BLR)
Einarsson 14 (11–14) Sunnefeldt 8
  3×  Report   5× 

16 August 2017
14:00
Portugal   34–25   Tunisia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Kiselev, Kiyashko (RUS)
Frade 8 (17–14) Mustapha 8
  5×  Report   4× 

16 August 2017
16:15
Slovenia   25–29   Croatia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
Horžen, Rozman 5 (14–17) Martinović 11
  3×  Report   4× 

16 August 2017
16:15
France   43–21   Chile Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Diop, Faye (SEN)
Kempf 8 (22–13) Gomez 6
  4×  Report   4× 

16 August 2017
18:30
Japan   31–30   Egypt Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 200
Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
Tokuda 9 (10–14) Khaled Hassanein 7
  4×  Report   7×  1× 

16 August 2017
18:30
Denmark   28–24   Germany Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 200
Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
Lærke 12 (12–11) Ignatow 5
  4×  Report   6× 

16 August 2017
20:45
Spain   27–23   Poland Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
Cabello Palma 5 (15–11) Mauer 5
  2×  Report   3× 

16 August 2017
20:45
South Korea   31–32   Russia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Al Watani, Qamber (BHR)
Park 7 (18–14) Kosorotov 15
  3×  Report   11× 

Quarterfinals edit

17 August 2017
18:30
Sweden   25–27 (ET)   Croatia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 150
Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
Sunnefeldt 6 (12–9) Jaganjac, Martinović 7
  2×  Report   6× 

FT: 23–23 ET: 2–4


17 August 2017
18:30
Portugal   24–34   France Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 300
Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
Frade, Pereira 5 (12–16) Villeminot 6
  4×  Report   4× 

17 August 2017
20:45
Japan   27–32   Spain Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Referees: Christianssen, Hanssen
Tokuda 7 (12–15) Navarro, Valera 5
  4×  Report   2× 

17 August 2017
20:45
Denmark   37–28   Russia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
Jakobsen 9 (21–15) Kamenev 8
  2×  Report   5×  1× 

5th–8th place semifinals edit

19 August 2017
12:30
Sweden   34–28   Japan Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Al-Watani, Qamber (BHR)
Sunnefeldt, Thorbjörn 6 (17–10) three players 3
  5×  Report   2× 

19 August 2017
15:00
Portugal   26–33   Russia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 150
Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
D. Silva 9 (12–14) Nikolaenkov 12
  3×  Report   5× 

Semifinals edit

19 August 2017
17:30
Croatia   24–26   Spain Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 300
Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
Raguž 7 (12–13) Pérez Arce 5
  3×  Report   2× 

19 August 2017
20:00
France   35–27   Denmark Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 300
Referees: Kulik, Nabokau (BLR)
Gibelin, Kempf 5 (17–12) Lærke 8
  3×  Report   3× 

Seventh place game edit

20 August 2017
10:30
Japan   26−34   Portugal Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Kiselev, Kiyashko (RUS)
Sueoka 9 (13−14) D. Silva 11
  3×  Report   4× 

Fifth place game edit

20 August 2017
13:00
Sweden   26−25   Russia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Loncar, Loncar (CRO)
Sunnefeldt 9 (13−9) Nikolaenkov 8
  3×  Report   4× 

Third place game edit

20 August 2017
15:30
Croatia   29−30   Denmark Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 300
Referees: Al Watani, Qamber (BHR)
Lucin, Jaganjac 7 (16−17) Vinther 8
  5×  Report   4× 

Final edit

20 August 2017
18:00
Spain   25−28   France Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 500
Referees: Mitrovic, Vesovic (MNE)
Valera 8 (13−12) Villeminot 13
  4×  Report   3× 

Final ranking edit

Rank Team
    France
    Spain
    Denmark
4   Croatia
5   Sweden
6   Russia
7   Portugal
8   Japan
9   Germany
10   Iceland
11   Tunisia
12   South Korea
13   Slovenia
14   Egypt
15   Poland
16   Chile
17   Norway
18   Serbia
19   Brazil
20   Georgia
21   Argentina
22   Bahrain
23   Algeria
24   Mexico

Statistics edit

Awards edit

MVP edit

All-star team edit

References edit

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  4. ^ "Denmark win bronze with last-second fast break". ihf.info. 20 August 2017.
  5. ^ "France claim gold at Men's 18 EHF EURO 2016". eurohandball.com. 22 August 2016. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Bahrain sport: Handball team's victory praised". gdnonline.com. 7 September 2016.
  7. ^ "CAN cadet 2016 : La Tunisie met fin au règne de l'Egypte". handball.tn. 14 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Argentina crowned Men's Youth Pan Am champions". ihf.info. 24 April 2017.
  9. ^ "2017 Men's Youth World Championship – Withdrawal of Venezuela". ihf.info. 31 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Groups for Georgia 2017 and Algeria 2017 determined". ihf.info. 10 May 2017.
  11. ^ "Draws for Algeria 2017 and Georgia 2017". ihf.info. 8 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Referee Nominations 2017 – Men's Youth World Championship 2017 - Georgia". ihf.info. 18 August 2017.
  13. ^ "Georgia 2017 - match schedule released". ihf.info. 29 May 2017.
  14. ^ "All-star Team and MVP". ihf.info. 20 August 2017. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017.

External links edit