This is not the first time when New Zealand take part in the IHF Men’s Youth World Championship, with their first appearance coming at Argentina 2011, when they ended up on the last place, the 20th, with six losses from six matches and a big gap in terms of the goal difference, 97:307.

After 13 years of absence, the Islamic Republic of Iran return to the IHF Men’s Youth (U19) World Championship. This will be their fourth appearance on the world stage. They took part in the first three tournaments of this competition with good rankings between eight and twelve. 

Over the last years, a key emphasis was put on youth development for Portugal, as underlined at the last editions of the IHF Men’s Youth World Championship, the IHF Men’s Junior World Championship and the M20 EHF EURO. While a trophy has still eluded the European side, they have been actively becoming better and better, developing excellent players who made the step towards the senior team.

After the first three editions of the IHF Men's Youth World Championship, where they ended up on the 10th place in 2005, the 15th place in 2007 and the 20th place in 2009, Morocco failed to make it to the world handball flagship competition, constantly disappointing in their continental qualifiers.

However, this time around, after a 14-year hiatus, the African side will be back between the top teams in the world, having made it to Croatia 2023, after a nearly-flawless performance at the 2022 CAHB African Men's Youth Handball Championship.

At the 2022 African Men's Youth Championship in early September, Burundi qualified for the IHF Men's Youth (U19) World Championship. It is their first appearance in the younger age competition as they are one of the six newcomers to the competition. 

Montenegro have never played in the IHF Men's Youth World Championship before, but now the European team are heading into their debut tournament at this level and hope to do a good job.

Last year, the Balkan team qualified for Croatia 2023, taking the 12th position at the 2022 European Men's Youth Championship, which was held in their home country. A 30:27 win against Poland in the intermediate round played a key role for Montenegro, allowing them to secure a top-12 finish and thus book a ticket to the World Championship.