Five talking points after two excellent World Championship editions

This summer has been truly full of high-profile handball, with the 2023 IHF Men’s Junior World Championship taking place in Germany and Greece and the 2023 IHF Men’s Youth World Championship being scheduled in Croatia. With 230 matches played and over 13,400 goals scored, the future of handball has…

Together for Spain: Twin brothers Djordje and Petar Cikusa I Jelicic shine at Croatia 2023

Heading into the IHF Men’s Youth World Championship, Spain were undoubtedly one of the favourites, with this generation sealing the gold medal at the M18 EHF EURO 2022 last summer. But, as Spain proved earlier this summer at the 2023 IHF Men’s Junior World Championship, when they were also the reign…

A left wing turned a top centre back: Pedersen’s challenging rise to the top at Croatia 2023

Denmark have been here before, just 60 minutes away from the title at the IHF Men’s Youth World Championship. In fact, no team has ever won the trophy more times than Denmark – three – with stars like Niklas Landin, Simon Hald or Magnus Landin helping their side win this competition before going on…

A natural born scorer: Furaij completes the IHF World Championship senior-junior-youth triple with Saudi Arabia

With a hard-fought draw against Argentina in the preliminary round and a spectacular win against the Islamic Republic of Iran in the main round, Saudi Arabia became one of the dark horses of the 2023 IHF Men’s Youth World Championship, one of the sides which definitely surprised and delivered a bett…