The draw for the 10th IHF Men’s Youth (U19) Handball World Championship was held in Zagreb, Croatia, on Friday, March 3, 2023.
31 teams who are already qualified entered the draw, with an additional side—the IHF Intercontinental Trophy Winner—still to be decided.
The event will be the first edition of the IHF Men’s Youth World Championship, with 32 teams at the start, and also the first to be hosted by Croatia. This will also be the first edition of the competition since 2019, as the one scheduled for 2021 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Eight groups of four teams each were announced after the draw. The host nation, Croatia, had the prerogative to assign one team (including the organizer’s team) per group, which had previously been assigned to a city, as per the Regulations of IHF Competitions.
Draw results:
Group A: Portugal, Croatia, Rwanda, Algeria
Group B: Hungary, Slovenia, Morocco, New Zealand
Group C: Egypt, Iceland, Japan, Czech Republic
Group D: Spain, Republic of Korea, Brazil, Bahrain
Group E: Denmark, Austria, Chile, Mexico
Group F: Norway, Montenegro, North Macedonia, IHF Inter Continental Trophy Winner
Group G: Germany, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, United States of America
Group H: Sweden, Faroe Islands, Islamic Republic of Iran, Burundi
About the competition
The 10th IHF Men’s Youth (U19) Handball World Championship will take place in Croatia between August 2 and 13, 2023.
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