Ahead of the first set of matches in the Placement Round 5-8 and semi-finals at the 2019 IHF Men’s Youth World Championship, France and Hungary have made player changes.

French coach Eric Quintin has swapped goalkeepers, with Paris Saint-Germain’s 1,87m Loick Spady coming in for Charles Bolzinger. The change is France’s first of three allowed in the competition.

Hungary have made their second and third player replacements with coach Krisztian Karpati replacing centre back Gergo Kovacs with goalkeeper Pal Merkovszki. The FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria player stands at 2,00m and has played 32 matches for the national team, scoring four times.

The second Hungarian replacement of the day is an exchange of right-backs, with Lev Szuharev coming back in after he was replaced last Monday, making way for him is Telekom Veszprem’s Bence Papp.

North Macedonia 2019: Player Changes

Saturday 17 August

France (FRA): #16 Loick SPADY (Goalkeeper) IN, #12 Charles BOLZINGER (Goalkeeper) OUT
1 of 3 France player replacements allowed at North Macedonia 2019

Hungary (HUN): #12 Pal MERKOVSZKI (Goalkeeper) IN, #97 Gergo KOVACS (Centre Back) OUT
2 of 3

Hungary (HUN): #34 Lev SZUHAREV (Right Back) IN, #13 Bence PAPP (Right Back) OUT
3 of 3

Thursday 15 August

Japan (JPN): #18 Mizuki KAJIYAMA (Right Wing) IN, #12 Hiroto YAMURA (Left Wing) OUT
3 of 3

Argentina (ARG): #15 Fausto VAZQUEZ PALMIERI (Goalkeeper) IN, #1 Enzo Lionel FERRANDO (Goalkeeper) OUT
2 of 3

Wednesday 14 August

Denmark (DEN): #9 Matias R CAMPBELL (Left Back) IN, #6 Simon PYTLICK (Centre Back) OUT
1 of 3

Denmark (DEN): #8 Jon KATBALLE CHRISTENSEN (Right Back) IN, #7 Magnus HAUBRO JENSEN (Centre Back) OUT
2 of 3

Serbia (SRB): #7 Milos BLAGOJEVIC (Right Back) IN, #26 Stefan PETRIC (Left Back) OUT
1 of 3

Canada (CAN): #32 Cazy de Chrusley GASPARD (Left Wing) IN, #2 Kevin EMEU NGALEU (Line Player) OUT
3 of 3

Norway (NOR): #16 Markus NILSEN (Goalkeeper) IN, #25 Thomas Kristoffersen Langerud (Goalkeeper) OUT
1 of 3

Saudi Arabia (KSA): #9 Sajad OSSAMA ALSHUWAIKHAT (Back) IN, #88 Haider MOHAMMED AL HASSAN (Back) OUT
3 of 3

Monday 12 August

Hungary (HUN): #44 Viktor PRAINER (Centre Back) IN, #34 Lev SZUHAREV (Right Back) OUT
1 of 3

Japan (JPN): #1 Rui ISHIHAMA (Goalkeeper) IN, #22 Ryusei SHIRAISHI (Left Back) OUT
2 of 3

Spain (ESP): #14 Daniel FERNANDEZ JIMINEZ (Left Wing) IN, #9 Alex PASCUAL GARCIA (Left Wing) OUT
1 of 3

Canada (CAN): #19 Cazy de Dudley GASPARD (Right Back) IN, #4 Mamadu Guennady BARRI (Left Back) OUT
2 of 3

Sunday 11 August

Argentina (ARG): #1 Enzo Lionel FERRANDO (Goalkeeper) IN, #15 Fausto VAZQUEZ PALMIERI (Goalkeeper) OUT
1 of 3

North Macedonia (MKD): #77 Gligor GAJIKJ (Left Wing) IN, #13 Boban KAKOVSKI (Centre Back) OUT
1 of 3

Saudi Arabia (KSA): #1 Jehad Hussain ABUALWAH (Goalkeeper) IN, #21 Ibrahim Aljudaiee MOHAMMED (Goalkeeper) OUT
1 of 3

Saudi Arabia (KSA): #7 Ali QAESAR ALMOSHEN (Left Wing) IN, #9 Sajad OSSAMA ALSHUWAIKHAT (Back Court) OUT
2 of 3

Japan (JPN): #2 Yota SATO (Centre Back) IN, #18 Mizuki KAJIYAMA (Right Wing) OUT
1 of 3

Friday 9 August

Canada (CAN): #2 Kevin EMEU NGALEU (Line Player) IN, #19 Cazy de Dudley GASPARD (Right Back) OUT
1 of 3

Full squad lists can found on the IHF.info North Macedonia 2019 mini-site by clicking on 'Teams' HERE.