2025 IHF Men's U19 Handball World Championship

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2025 IHF Men's U19 Handball World Championship
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Dates6–17 August
Teams32 (from 6 confederations)
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The 2025 IHF Men's U19 Handball World Championship will be the 11th edition of the IHF Men's U19 Handball World Championship to be held in Egypt under the aegis of International Handball Federation (IHF). It will be first time in history that the championship will be organised by Egyptian Handball Federation. [1]

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Spain are the defending champions.

Bidding process

Three nations entered bid for hosting the tournament:

North Macedonia and Poland later withdrew their bid. The tournament was initially awarded to Slovenia by the IHF Council in its meeting held in Cairo, Egypt on 28 February 2020. [2] However, there were no further details on Slovenia's preparations four years later and were stripped of the hosting rights in September 2024, with Egypt being named the replacement.

Qualification

EventDatesHostVacanciesQualified
Host nation1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
2024 U-18 European Championship 7–18 August 2024 Flag of Montenegro.svg Podgorica 14Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
2024 Asian Youth Championship 3–14 September 2024 Flag of Jordan.svg Amman 5Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
2024 African Youth Championship 19–26 September 2024Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 6Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Flag of Libya.svg  Libya
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
2024 South and Central American Youth Championship 5–9 November 2024 Flag of Nicaragua.svg Managua 4Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
2024 North America and Caribbean Youth Championship [3] 20–24 November 2024 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Toa Baja 2Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
IHF Trophy InterContinental Phase 12–16 March 2025 Flag of Kosovo.svg Pristina 1

References

  1. ↑ "2025 IHF Men's Youth World Championship to be hosted by the Egyptian Handball Federation". IHF. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "IHF Council awards events up to 2027". ihf.info. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "United States of America triumph at Men's U18 IHF Trophy North America and the Caribbean". ihf.info. 6 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
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