The International Handball Federation (IHF) has announced the list of referees for the 2025 IHF Men’s 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. 

The 2025 IHF Men’s Junior (U21) World Championship in Poland will serve as official IHF Referee assessment for these continental couples.
 
The 22 referee couples nominated for the event are as follows:

IHF Referees

ARG – Maria Ines PAOLANTONI / Mariana GARCIA

BIH – Amar KONJICANIN / Dino KONJICANIN

BIH – Vesna BALVAN / Tatjana PRASTALO

DEN – Jacob PAGH / Karl THYGESEN

FRA – Yann CARMAUX / Julien MURSCH

GER – Ramesh THIYAGARAJAH / Suresh THIYAGARAJAH

HUN – Kristof ALTMAR / Marton HORVATH

IRI – Amir GHEISARIAN / Ahmad GHEISARIAN

MKD – Danielo BOZHINOVSKI / Viktor NACHEVSKI

MNE – Novica MITROVIC / Miljan VESOVIC

NOR – Mads FREMSTAD / Jorgen JORSTAD

POL – Michal FABRYCZNY / Jakub RAWICKI

ROU – Cristina LOVIN / Simona STANCU

SEN – Fadel DIOP / Abdoulaye FAYE (pictured)

SLO – Zan PUKSIC / Miha SATLER

SRB – Marko SEKULIC / Vladimir JOVANDIC

SVK – Andrej BUDZAK / Michal ZAHRADNIK

URU – Mathias SOSA / Cristian LEMES 

Continental Referees (IHF Candidates)

ESP – Miguel SORIA / Jesus ALVAREZ

GRE – Ioannis FOTAKIDIS / Charalampos KINATZIDIS

JPN – Hideki FURUKAWA / Tetsuro MURATA

NED – William WEIJMANS / Rick WOLBERTUS