The 24th IHF Men’s Junior (U21) World Championship will be co-hosted by Germany and Greece in the period from 20 June to 2 July 2023. 

VENUES

Hanover, Magdeburg and Berlin are the three host cities chosen by Germany, while Greece’s capital Athens will be the fourth host city.

• Swiss Life Hall in Hanover 
• GETEC Arena in Magdeburg 
• Max-Schmeling Arena in Berlin 
• Korydallos in Athens
• Sofia Befon in Athens

QUALIFIED TEAMS
(Last update: 17 January 2023)

Hosts: Germany (GER), Greece (GRE)

Africa: Algeria (ALG), Angola (ANG), Egypt (EGY), Libya (LBA), Morocco (MAR) Tunisia (TUN)  

Asia: Bahrain (BRN), Japan (JPN), Kuwait (KUW), Saudi Arabia (KSA)

Europe: Croatia (CRO), Denmark (DEN), Faroe Islands (FAR), France (FRA), Hungary (HUN), Iceland (ISL), Poland (POL), Portugal (POR), Serbia (SRB), Slovenia (SLO), Spain (ESP), Sweden (SWE)

Oceania: TBD

North America and the Caribbean: Cuba (CUB), United States of America (USA)

South and Central America: Argentina (ARG), Brazil (BRA), Chile (CHI), Costa Rica (CRC)

QUALIFICATION EVENTS

Men's IHF Trophy, 14–18 March | CRC

DRAW

The draw for the event took place in Katowice, Poland on Tuesday, 17 January, in the margins of the 2023 IHF Men’s World Championship.

Draw results

Group A: FRA, POL, CRO, USA

Group B: ALG, GER, TUN, LBA

Group C: POR, BRA, KUW, CRC

Group D: ESP, FAR, JPN, ANG

Group E: HUN, DEN, ARG, OCE 1

Group F: SWE, SLO, BRN, IHF Trophy winners

Group G: SRB, ISL, CHI, MAR

Group H: EGY, GRE, CUB, KSA