The first month of summer in the Northern Hemisphere will bring plenty of action and drama on the court, but also on the sandy dunes, as the IHF Men’s Junior World Championship and the IHF Men’s and Women’s Youth Beach Handball World Championships are scheduled for June 2025.

However, the buck does not stop only with these World Championship editions, as there are plenty of entertaining competitions ongoing, especially with high-profile matches ready to deliver drama as the biggest European club competitions will have their winners known in June. 

The 25th edition of the IHF Men’s Junior World Championship will take place in four venues in Poland – Katowice, Kielce, Plock and Sosnowiec – between 18 and 29 June, with 32 teams at the start.

One team will make its debut at the IHF Men’s Junior World Championship – Mexico – and several others are returning after long waits, such as Austria, which is here for the first time after 28 years, while Switzerland are returning for the first time since 2013 and Romania and Uruguay are back after 10 years.

Reigning champions Germany will be one of the favourites to secure the title, while the 2023 IHF Men’s Youth World Championship winners, Spain, are also a side to watch, with a stellar line-up announced for the competition.

IHF Men’s and Women’s Youth (U17) Beach Handball World Championships are returning after three years, with 16 teams in the men’s competition and 16 teams in the women’s competition gunning for the title in Hammamet, Tunisia.

Teams from all six of the Continental Confederations line up at the start, as several teams will be making their debut — such as the Cook Islands, Hungary, Kenya, Mexico, Oman, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Tanzania, and Tunisia in the men’s competition; and Bulgaria, Kenya, Mexico, the People’s Republic of China, Senegal, Tanzania, and Tunisia in the women’s competition.

The 2025 IHF Men’s and Women’s Youth (U17) Beach Handball World Championships will take place in Tunisia from 17 to 22 June 2025.

In the club competitions, the two EHF Champions League winners will be decided, with the EHF Champions League Women having the final scheduled for 1 June, with Györi Audi ETO KC, Team Esbjerg, Metz Handball and Odense Handbold fighting for the coveted title.

The EHF FINAL4 in the men’s competition will take place on 14 and 15 June in the LANXESS Arena in Cologne, Germany, with SC Magdeburg, FC Barcelona, Fuchse Berlin and HBC Nantes battling for the title.

On the beach, the month will throw off in Trapani, Italy, with the ebt Finals, which take place between 5 and 8 June 2025. 14 men's and 14 women's teams will play this year's ebt Finals, starting with a preliminary phase in two groups of seven for both men and women. The top four will advance to the quarter-finals and stay in the running for the medals.

The IHF Beach Handball Global Tour (BHGT) returns in 2025 with Stage 1, which will also take place in Hammamet, Tunisia, on 13 and 14 June. In the women’s event, hosts Tunisia will be joined by 2016 World Champions, Spain, 2018 World Champions, Greece, and 2008 World Champions, Croatia, while in the men’s event, Tunisia are joined by reigning world champions, Croatia, 2004 World Champions, Egypt, and Spain.

This will mark the debut for Egypt men's team and Greece women's team in the Beach Handball Global Tour, while hosts Tunisia are returning for the first time since the 2023 edition.

A total of 16 matches will be played in Hammamet, Tunisia, on 13 and 14 June, as the fourth edition of the Tour gets underway in the sandy beaches of Hammamet.

20 June, bang in the middle of the IHF Men’s and Women’s Youth (U17) Beach Handball World Championships, is the International Beach Handball Day, where the discipline will be celebrated on the sandy beaches in Hammamet.

Wheelchair handball will also be represented in June, with the traditional Hand4All competition, scheduled for 20 and 21 in Écully, France. Six teams will take part in the competition, with France, Spain, Portugal, Hungary, the Netherlands and the United States of America lining up at the start.