2017 Men's Youth World Handball Championship

2017 Men's Youth World Handball Championship
Tournament details

Host country	Georgia
Dates	8–20 August
Teams	24 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	France (2nd title)
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	Denmark
Fourth place	Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches	92
Goals scored	5231 (56.86 per match)
Attendance	11,094 (121 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Teitur Örn Einarsson (66 goals)
Best player	Kyllian Villeminot
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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[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]

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

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

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:

^ 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× 3×	Report	3× 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
	1× 4×	Report	2× 5×

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
	2× 3×	Report	2× 5×

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
	3× 6×	Report	3× 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
	2× 4×	Report	2× 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
	3× 2×	Report	4× 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
	2× 0×	Report	3× 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
	6× 3×	Report	3× 3×

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× 2×	Report	2× 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
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

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
	3× 2×	Report	3× 5×

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
	2× 7×	Report	2× 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
	2× 4×	Report	2× 3×

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
	3× 5×	Report	3× 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
	3× 7×	Report	2× 6×

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iceland	5	5	0	160	125	+35	10	Round of 16
2	Germany	5	4	1	178	112	+66	8
3	Japan	5	3	2	136	130	+6	6
4	Chile	5	1	4	132	158	−26	2^[a]
5	Georgia (H)	5	1	4	124	166	−42	2^[a]
6	Algeria	5	1	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) Host.
Notes:

^ 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
	2× 6×	Report	3× 5×

8 August 2017 16:00	Germany	39−22	Chile	Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Referees: Alzayyat, Eial Awad (JOR)
	Morante 7	(17−12)	Gomez 7
	2× 4×	Report	1× 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
	3× 4×	Report	2× 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
	1× 6×	Report	2× 5× 1×

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
	2× 4× 1×	Report	1× 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× 3×	Report	3× 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
	1× 3×	Report	1× 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× 2×	Report	2× 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
	2× 3× 1×	Report	3× 6×

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
	1× 7×	Report	2× 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
	1× 4× 1×	Report	1× 4×

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
	2× 3×	Report	1× 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
	2× 4×	Report	2× 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
	3× 6×	Report	4× 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
	4× 6×	Report^{[dead link]}	2× 6×

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:

^ a b Croatia 30−30 Portugal
^ 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
	2× 4×	Report	2× 7×

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× 2×	Report	2× 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× 3×	Report	1× 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× 2×	Report	3× 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
	2× 4×	Report	3× 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
	3× 2×	Report	2× 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
	4× 6×	Report	4× 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
	1× 4×	Report	2× 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
	3× 7×	Report	3× 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
	2× 5×	Report	1× 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
	2× 3×	Report	2× 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
	2× 3×	Report	2× 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
	2× 3×	Report	1×

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× 2×	Report	1× 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
	2× 4×	Report	3× 1× 1×

Group D[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	5	0	151	112	+39	10	Round of 16
2	Tunisia	5	4	1	158	129	+29	8
3	Slovenia	5	3	2	142	122	+20	6
4	Russia	5	2	3	132	127	+5	4
5	Serbia	5	1	4	131	149	−18	2
6	Mexico	5	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
	2×	Report	2× 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
	3× 4×	Report	3× 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
	2× 1×	Report	3× 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
	2× 9×	Report	3× 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
	1× 7×	Report	2× 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
	2× 9×	Report	2× 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
	3× 6×	Report	2× 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
	3× 2×	Report	4× 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
	3× 4×	Report	2× 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
	2× 1×	Report	1× 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
	3× 2×	Report	2× 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
	2× 8× 1×	Report	2× 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
	2× 6×	Report	2× 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
	2× 4×	Report	2× 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
	4× 7×	Report	1× 5×

President's Cup[edit]

17th place bracket

17th–20th place semifinals		17th place

16 August

Norway	39
		17 August
Georgia	21
		Norway	32
16 August
		Serbia	23
Brazil	26

Serbia	27
		19th place

		17 August

		Georgia	23

		Brazil	32

21st place bracket

21st–24th place semifinals		21st place

16 August

Bahrain (Pen.)	42
		17 August
Algeria	40
		Bahrain	24
16 August
		Argentina	25
Argentina	32

Mexico	20
		23rd place

		17 August

		Algeria	27

		Mexico	25

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
	1× 5×	Report	1× 9×
	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
	3× 2×	Report	2× 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
	3× 4×	Report	2× 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
	4× 5×	Report	3× 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
	3× 6×	Report	2× 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
	1× 2×	Report	3× 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
	1× 6×	Report	2× 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
	3× 4×	Report	2× 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
	1× 2×	Report	2× 3×

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
	1× 3×	Report	2× 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
	4× 2×	Report	4× 11×

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
	3× 6×	Report	3× 6×

Knockout stage[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

16 August

Iceland

26

17 August

Sweden

31

Sweden

25

16 August

Croatia (OT)

27

Slovenia

25

19 August

Croatia

29

Croatia

24

16 August

Spain

26

Japan

31

17 August

Egypt

30

Japan

27

16 August

Spain

32

Spain

27

20 August

Poland

23

Spain

25

16 August

France

28

France

43

17 August

Chile

21

France

34

16 August

Portugal

24

Portugal

34

19 August

Tunisia

25

France

35

16 August

Denmark

27

Third place

Denmark

28

17 August

20 August

Germany

24

Denmark

37

Croatia

29

16 August

Russia

28

Denmark

30

South Korea

31

Russia

32

5th place bracket

5th–8th place Semifinals		Fifth place

19 August

Sweden	34
		20 August
Japan	28
		Sweden	26
19 August
		Russia	25
Portugal	26

Russia	33
		Seventh place

		20 August

		Japan	24

		Portugal	33

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
	1× 3×	Report	3× 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
	3× 5×	Report	1× 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
	2× 3×	Report	5× 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
	2× 4×	Report	1× 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
	2× 4×	Report	1× 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
	2× 4×	Report	4× 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× 2×	Report	1× 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
	4× 3×	Report	3× 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
	3× 2×	Report	2× 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
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

17 August 2017 20:45	Japan	27–32	Spain	Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Referees: Christianssen, Hanssen
	Tokuda 7	(12–15)	Navarro, Valera 5
	3× 4×	Report	2× 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× 2×	Report	2× 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
	2× 5×	Report	3× 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
	2× 3×	Report	2× 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
	2× 3×	Report	2× 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
	1× 3×	Report	3× 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
	2× 3×	Report	3× 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
	1× 3×	Report	1× 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
	4× 5×	Report	3× 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
	3× 4×	Report	4× 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]

Top goalscorers[edit]

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

Source: IHF

Top goalkeepers[edit]

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

Source: IHF

Awards[edit]

MVP[edit]

Left-back: Kyllian Villeminot^[14]

All-star team[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ "Russia, Slovakia and Georgia to host big youth handball events". handball-planet.com. 28 October 2013.
^ "2017 Men's Junior and Youth World Championships in Algeria and Georgia". ihf.info. 15 March 2017.
^ "Villeminot leads France to defend Youth world title". ihf.info. 20 August 2017.
^ "Denmark win bronze with last-second fast break". ihf.info. 20 August 2017.
^ "France claim gold at Men's 18 EHF EURO 2016". eurohandball.com. 22 August 2016.
^ "Bahrain sport: Handball team's victory praised". gdnonline.com. 7 September 2016.
^ "CAN cadet 2016 : La Tunisie met fin au règne de l'Egypte". handball.tn. 14 September 2016.
^ "Argentina crowned Men's Youth Pan Am champions". ihf.info. 24 April 2017.
^ "2017 Men's Youth World Championship – Withdrawal of Venezuela". ihf.info. 31 July 2017.
^ "Groups for Georgia 2017 and Algeria 2017 determined". ihf.info. 10 May 2017.
^ "Draws for Algeria 2017 and Georgia 2017". ihf.info. 8 May 2017.
^ "Referee Nominations 2017 – Men's Youth World Championship 2017 - Georgia". ihf.info. 18 August 2017.
^ "Georgia 2017 - match schedule released". ihf.info. 29 May 2017.
^ "All-star Team and MVP". ihf.info. 20 August 2017. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017.

External links[edit]

Official website

[table_hth_NOR0.6945553839647-14] Bahrain 23−39 Norway

[table_hth_CHI0.27167676308736-15] Chile 2Pts, +4GD; Georgia 2Pts, −1GD; Algeria 2Pts, −3GD

[table_hth_CRO0.29050798774255-16] Croatia 30−30 Portugal

[table_hth_POL0.29050798774255-17] Poland 29−25 Brazil

[1] "Russia, Slovakia and Georgia to host big youth handball events". handball-planet.com. 28 October 2013.

[2] "2017 Men's Junior and Youth World Championships in Algeria and Georgia". ihf.info. 15 March 2017.

[3] "Villeminot leads France to defend Youth world title". ihf.info. 20 August 2017.

[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.

[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.

[18] "All-star Team and MVP". ihf.info. 20 August 2017. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017.

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