Two teams from Group A have made their first player replacements ahead of their third matches at the 2019 IHF Men’s Junior World Championship in Spain.

The host nation have swapped centre backs, with Ian Tarrafeta Serrano making way for Eduardo Cadarso Caballero. Caballero plays his club handball for BM Ciudad Logrono and has scored 26 times in nine appearances for his country.

Japan have brought in 1,90m goalkeeper Katsuki Hirao for left back Ryo Tsuyuki. Hirao has played six times for his country and plays his club handball for the University of Tsukuba.

Spain 2019 Player Changes

Friday 19 July

Spain (ESP): #8 Eduardo Cadarso CABALLERO (Centre Back) IN, #10 Ian Tarrafeta SERRANO (Centre Back) OUT
1 of 3 Spain player replacements allowed at Spain 2019

Japan (JPN): #1 Katsuki HIRAO (Goalkeeper) IN, #32 Ryo TSUYUKI (Left Back) OUT
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Wednesday 17 July

Argentina (ARG): #17 Juan Valentin PARES (Left Wing) IN, #6 Tomas PEGURI (Centre Back) OUT
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Full squad lists can found on the IHF.info Spain 2019 mini-site by clicking on 'Teams' HERE.