Referees for the 2025 IHF Men's Junior World Championship announced
30 Apr. 2025

The International Handball Federation (IHF) has announced the list of referees for the 2025 IHF Menβs Junior (U21) World Championship, which will be staged from 18 to 29 June in Poland.
According to the updated Regulations for International and Continental Referees and Regulations for Official IHF Referee Courses, the IHF Playing Rules and Referees Commission has nominated four continental referee couples to officiate in the event.Β
The 2025 IHF Menβs Junior (U21) World Championship in Poland will serve as official IHF Referee assessment for these continental couples.
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The 22 referee couples nominated for the event are as follows:
IHF Referees
ARG β Maria Ines PAOLANTONI / Mariana GARCIA
BIH β Amar KONJICANIN / Dino KONJICANIN
BIH β Vesna BALVAN / Tatjana PRASTALO
DEN β Jacob PAGH / Karl THYGESEN
FRA β Yann CARMAUX / Julien MURSCH
GER β Ramesh THIYAGARAJAH / Suresh THIYAGARAJAH
HUN β Kristof ALTMAR / Marton HORVATH
IRI β Amir GHEISARIAN / Ahmad GHEISARIAN
MKD β Danielo BOZHINOVSKI / Viktor NACHEVSKI
MNE β Novica MITROVIC / Miljan VESOVIC
NOR β Mads FREMSTAD / Jorgen JORSTAD
POL β Michal FABRYCZNY / Jakub RAWICKI
ROU β Cristina LOVIN / Simona STANCU
SEN β Fadel DIOP / Abdoulaye FAYE
SLO β Zan PUKSIC / Miha SATLER
SRB β Marko SEKULIC / Vladimir JOVANDIC
SVK β Andrej BUDZAK / Michal ZAHRADNIK
URU β Mathias SOSA / Cristian LEMESΒ
Continental Referees (IHF Candidates)
ESP β Miguel SORIA / Jesus ALVAREZ
GRE β Ioannis FOTAKIDIS / Charalampos KINATZIDIS
JPN β Hideki FURUKAWA / Tetsuro MURATA
NED β William WEIJMANS / Rick WOLBERTUS