The last IHF Men’s Youth (U19) World Championship marked the worst outcome in Sweden’s history in this competition. For the first time, they did not make it into the top 10, although they finished with a victory against Norway to grab rank eleven. 

For Chile, it will be the sixth IHF Men's Youth World Championship in a row. After making their debut at Argentina 2011, the South American side have not missed any edition of the tournament, finishing between the 16th and 24th positions.

Austria's only participation in the IHF Men's Youth World Championship so far dates back to 2013, when they finished 16th in the tournament held in Hungary. After missing the next three editions of the event, they are now back at this level after a 10-year break and hope to do a good job at Croatia 2023.

After their debut at Tunisia 2009, Norway have missed only one edition of the IHF Men's Youth World Championship, as they failed to qualify for Argentina 2011. So now they are heading into their sixth tournament at this level – but so far, the European side have been unable to win any medals.

Since making their debut at the IHF Men's Youth World Championship in 2013, Japan have been constantly improving their status in the subsequent three editions they took part in. At Georgia 2017 and North Macedonia 2019, they even broke through into the top 10, ending up on the eighth place in 2017 and on the ninth place in 2019.

In their first two appearances at the IHF Men’s Youth World Championship, Iceland secured medals twice, the silver in 2009 and then the bronze in 2015, with a six-year hiatus between them sealing berths for the final tournament in the world handball flagship competition.

They will be at the start for the fourth consecutive edition after taking the 10th place in 2017 and the eighth place in 2019, but the Nordic side still has plenty to improve, as their performances have dropped over the last years.

Croatia are one of the sides with the best pedigree at the IHF Men’s Youth World Championship, having secured four medals and qualified for the semi-finals five times, yet their last medal in the competition came in 2013, when they secured the silver.

Spain have been a true powerhouse in the younger age categories over the last years, but they have never won a gold medal at the IHF Men’s Youth World Championship, conceding losses in both finals played so far, at Argentina 2011 and at Georgia 2017.

In the first edition of the IHF Men's Youth World Championship, the Republic of Korea secured the silver medal after a painful loss against Serbia and Montenegro in the final played in Qatar, 23:39.

Since then, the Republic of Korea have played in five different editions of the world handball flagship competition at this age category, but have never made the top 10 again, with their best finishes coming in 2007 and 2011, the 11th place.

This will be the eighth consecutive appearance for Brazil at the IHF Men's Youth World Championship, with the South American side missing out only on the maiden edition of the competition in 2005.

Their results have been somewhat of a mixed bag, with their top finish being the eighth place in 2015, while two other top 10 finishes came in 2007 and 2013, when Brazil ended up on the ninth place in the final standings.