| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Poland |
| Dates | 18–29 June |
| Teams | 32 (from 6 confederations) |
The 2025 IHF Men's U21 Handball World Championship will be 25th edition of the IHF Men's U21 Handball World Championship to be held in Poland under the aegis of International Handball Federation (IHF). from 18 to 29 June 2025. It will be first time in history that the championship will be organised by Poland Handball Federation. [1]
Three nations entered bid for hosting the tournament:
North Macedonia and Slovenia later withdrew their bid. The tournament was awarded to Poland by the IHF Council in its meeting held in Cairo, Egypt on 28 February 2020.
| Event | Dates | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IHF Council Meeting | 28 February 2020 |  Cairo | 1 | Poland |
| 2024 U-20 European Championship | 10–21 July 2024 |  Celje | 15 |  Austria  Croatia  Denmark  France  Germany  Hungary  Iceland  North Macedonia  Norway  Portugal  Romania  Serbia Slovenia  Spain  Sweden |
| 2024 Asian Junior Championship | 14–25 July 2024 |  Amman | 4 |  Bahrain  Japan  Saudi Arabia  South Korea |
| 2024 African Junior Championship | 9–16 September 2024 |  Tunisia | 6 |  Algeria Egypt  Guinea  Morocco  Rwanda Tunisia |
| 2024 South and Central American Junior Championship | 29 October – 2 November 2024 |  Managua | 3 |  Argentina  Brazil  Uruguay |
| 2024 North America and Caribbean Junior Championship | 4–8 December 2024 |  | 2 | Mexico  United States |
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