The 24th IHF Men’s Junior (U21) World Championship was 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-Halle in Berlin 
• Ano Liosia Olympic Hall in Athens
• Rentis Sport Hall 'Melina Merkouri' in Athens

QUALIFIED TEAMS

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), Norway (NOR), Poland (POL), Portugal (POR), Serbia (SRB), Slovenia (SLO), Spain (ESP), Sweden (SWE)

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

South and Central America: Argentina (ARG), Brazil (BRA), Chile (CHI), Costa Rica (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, NOR

Group F: SWE, SLO, BRN, GRL

Group G: SRB, ISL, CHI, MAR

Group H: EGY, GRE, CUB, KSA

FINAL RANKING

1. Germany
2. Hungary
3. Iceland
4. Serbia, 5. Denmark, 6. Portugal, 7. Faroe Islands, 8. Croatia, 9. Spain, 10. Egypt, 11. France, 12. Sweden, 13. Bahrain, 14. Tunisia, 15. Greece, 16. Brazil, 17. Poland, 18. Norway, 19. Japan, 20. Slovenia, 21. Saudi Arabia, 22. Algeria, 23. Morocco, 24. Kuwait, 25. Argentina, 26. Angola, 27. USA, 28. Cuba, 29. Chile, 30. Libya, 31. Costa Rica, 32. Greenland