Draw results of 24th IHF Men’s Junior Handball Championship
Kuwait, 17 January 2023
The draw for the 24th IHF Men’s Junior Handball Championship was held in Katowice, Poland, on the fringes of the 28th IHF Men’s Handball World Championship, on Tuesday, 17 January 2023.
30 teams who are already qualified entered the draw, with an additional two sides—the representative of Oceania and the IHF Inter-Continental Trophy Winner—still to be decided.
The event will be the first edition of the IHF Men’s Junior World Championship with 32 teams at the start, the second in history to be co-hosted by two countries, and the first one in four years as the previous edition, scheduled for 2021, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Eight groups of four teams each were announced after the draw, with the host nations—Germany and Greece—having the prerogative to assign one team (including the organiser’s team) per group that had previously been assigned to a city as per the Regulations of IHF Competitions.
Draw results:
Group A: France, Poland, Croatia, United States of America
Group B: Algeria, Germany, Tunisia, Libya
Group C: Portugal, Brazil, Kuwait, Costa Rica
Group D: Spain, Faroe Islands, Japan, Angola
Group E: Hungary, Denmark, Argentina, Oceania-1
Group F: Sweden, Slovenia, Bahrain, IHF Inter-Continental Trophy Winner
Group G: Serbia, Iceland, Chile, Morocco
Group H: Egypt, Greece, Cuba, Saudi Arabia
About the competition
The 24th IHF Men’s Junior Handball World Championship will take place in four venues in Germany and Greece between 20 June and 2 July. Magdeburg and Hannover will host the preliminary round and main round groups in Germany, while Athens will be the venue where matches are played in Greece. The final round and placement matches will take place in Germany’s capital, Berlin, between 28 June and 2 July.
Photo Courtesy: International Handball Federation
