2017 Men's Junior World Handball Championship

2017 Men's Junior (U-21) World Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	18–30 July
Teams	24 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runner-up	Denmark
Third place	France
Fourth place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	92
Goals scored	5,132 (55.78 per match)
Attendance	132,803 (1,444 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lasse Møller Skander Zaïdi (76 goals each)
Best player	Lasse Møller
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The 2017 IHF Men's Junior World Championship was the 21st edition of the tournament, held in Algiers, Algeria from 18 to 30 July 2017. ^[1] It was the first time that Algeria staged the competition, and the third time that it was held in Africa.

Spain won their first title by defeating Denmark 39–38 in the final. ^[2] France captured the bronze medal after they beat Germany 23–22. ^[3]

Venues

The games of the tournament were played in Algiers.

Algiers		Algiers
Hacène Harcha Arena Capacity: 8,500	La Coupole d’Alger Arena Capacity: 5,000

Qualified teams

Competition	Dates	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation		1	Algeria
2015 Men's Youth World Handball Championship [4]	7–20 August 2015	1	France
2016 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship [5]	22 July–1 August 2016	3	Qatar   Saudi Arabia   South Korea
2016 European Men's U-20 Handball Championship	28 July–7 August 2016	4	Spain   Germany   Croatia   Norway
2016 African Men's Junior Handball Championship [6]	11–18 September 2016	4	Tunisia   Egypt   Burkina Faso   Morocco
European qualification tournament [4]	4–8 January 2017	8	Denmark   Faroe Islands   Hungary   Iceland   North Macedonia   Russia   Slovenia   Sweden
2017 Pan American Men's Junior Handball Championship [7]	20–25 March 2017	3	Brazil   Argentina   Chile

Draw

The draw was held on 10 May 2017. ^[8]

Seedings

The seedings were announced on 8 May 2017. ^[9]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
France   Spain   Germany   Croatia	Tunisia   Norway   Denmark   Iceland	North Macedonia   Algeria   Faroe Islands   Qatar	Hungary   Egypt   Saudi Arabia   Brazil	Slovenia   Burkina Faso   South Korea   Argentina	Russia   Morocco   Sweden   Chile

Referees

15 referee pairs are selected:

Referees   Austria Radojko Brkic Andrej Jusufhodzic   Russia Nikolaj Volodkov Evgenij Zotin   Algeria Yousef Belkhiri Si Ali Hamidi   Brazil Adriano Alves Rocha Daniel Magalhães Da Silva   Bahrain Hussain Al-Mawt Samer Marhoon   Bosnia and Herzegovina Amar Konjičanin Dino Konjičanin   Spain Javier Álvarez Mata Yon Bustamente Lopez   Turkey Erdogan Kursad Ibrahim Özdeniz

Referees   Iceland Svavar Pétursson Arnar Sigurjónsson   Norway Lars Jørum Havard Kleven   France Karim Gasmi Raouf Gasmi   Hungary Miklos Andorka Robert Hucker   Sweden Mirza Kurtagic Mattias Wetterwik   Tunisia Samir Krichen Samir Makhlouf   Togo Yao Akpatsa Agbeko Assignon

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 7 June 2017. ^[10]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	5	5	0	0	185	128	+57	10	Round of 16
2	Norway	5	4	0	1	160	122	+38	8
3	Hungary	5	3	0	2	154	132	+22	6
4	Faroe Islands	5	2	0	3	126	145	−19	4
5	South Korea	5	1	0	4	151	176	−25	2
6	Chile	5	0	0	5	121	194	−73	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

18 July 2017 10:00	Germany	25–21	Hungary	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 200 Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
	Mertens 8	(11–12)	Győri 6
	2× 8× 1×	Report	2× 6×

18 July 2017 12:00	Norway	31–29	South Korea	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 200 Referees: Volodkov, Zotin (RUS)
	Gulliksen 8	(13–13)	Kim Y. 8
	4× 3×	Report	2× 3×

18 July 2017 14:00	Faroe Islands	31–28	Chile	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 200 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Johansen 5	(14–12)	Gómez 11
	2× 6×	Report	1× 5×

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20 July 2017 16:00	Hungary	22–31	Norway	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 300 Referees: Alves, Magalhães (BRA)
	Győri 6	(13–20)	Schoenningsen 6
	2× 6×	Report	3× 9×

20 July 2017 18:00	Chile	25–51	Germany	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 300 Referees: Al-Mawt, Marhoon (BHR)
	Hernández 11	(10–26)	three players 6
	3× 4× 1×	Report	3× 3×

20 July 2017 20:00	South Korea	27–28	Faroe Islands	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 400 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	three players 4	(12–16)	Jakobsen 6
	3×	Report	3×

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21 July 2017 16:00	Germany	48–33	South Korea	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 500 Referees: Pétursson, Sigurjónsson (ISL)
	Mertens, Semper 9	(25–13)	Kim T. 5
	3× 8×	Report	1× 4×

21 July 2017 18:00	Norway	29–23	Faroe Islands	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 300 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Gulliksen 6	(15–8)	Jakobsen 7
	4× 4×	Report	1× 4×

21 July 2017 20:00	Hungary	39–23	Chile	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 200 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Fekete 6	(18–13)	Hernández 6
	2× 3×	Report	1× 3×

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23 July 2017 16:00	Norway	41–16	Chile	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 350 Referees: Akpatsa, Assignon (TOG)
	Hauane 9	(17–11)	three players 3
	2× 2×	Report	3× 3×

23 July 2017 18:00	Faroe Islands	21–29	Germany	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 400 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	four players 3	(12–9)	three players 5
	3× 5×	Report	2× 6×

23 July 2017 20:00	South Korea	30–40	Hungary	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 300 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Kim J. 7	(15–20)	Ligetvári 9
	1× 2×	Report	3× 12×

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24 July 2017 16:00	South Korea	32–29	Chile	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 400 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Kim J. 8	(19–14)	López 6
	1× 3×	Report	3× 6×

24 July 2017 18:00	Faroe Islands	23–32	Hungary	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 400 Referees: Alves, Magalhães (BRA)
	Hansen 5	(12–18)	Győri 8
	3× 5× 1×	Report	2× 2× 1×

24 July 2017 20:00	Germany	32–28	Norway	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 800 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Golla 7	(14–16)	Fredriksen 6
	2× 4×	Report	2× 5× 1×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	5	4	1	0	154	120	+34	9	Round of 16
2	Slovenia	5	4	1	0	145	126	+19	9
3	Denmark	5	3	0	2	147	134	+13	6
4	Sweden	5	2	0	3	138	143	−5	4
5	Egypt	5	1	0	4	130	154	−24	2
6	Qatar	5	0	0	5	117	154	−37	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

18 July 2017 16:00	France	36–30	Egypt	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 300 Referees: Alves, Magalhães (BRA)
	Richardson 6	(16–15)	Abdou 7
	3× 2×	Report	4× 2×

18 July 2017 18:00	Denmark	30–33	Slovenia	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 400 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamente (ESP)
	Augustinussen 8	(11–15)	three players 7
	1× 7×	Report	2× 7×

18 July 2017 20:00	Qatar	21–22	Sweden	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 300 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Dhiab 9	(10–12)	Hansson 6
	2× 7× 1×	Report	1× 6×

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19 July 2017 16:00	Egypt	20–26	Denmark	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 300 Referees: Volodkov, Zotin (RUS)
	Abdou 7	(11–15)	Augustinussen 9
	2× 6×	Report	3× 3×

19 July 2017 18:00	Sweden	28–31	France	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 500 Referees: Pétursson, Sigurjónsson (ISL)
	three players 5	(19–19)	Mem 8
	3× 4×	Report	2× 4×

19 July 2017 20:00	Slovenia	31–23	Qatar	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 300 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Knavs, Vlah 6	(15–12)	Heiba 8
	3× 6×	Report	2× 2×

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21 July 2017 10:00	France	22–22	Slovenia	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 400 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Lenne 6	(12–12)	Cvetko 5
	2× 2×	Report	2× 4×

21 July 2017 12:00	Denmark	36–26	Qatar	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 300 Referees: Alves, Magalhães (BRA)
	three players 5	(19–13)	Heiba 7
	2× 3×	Report	2× 1×

21 July 2017 14:00	Egypt	27–35	Sweden	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 300 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamente (ESP)
	Omar 6	(11–15)	Jönsson 9
	2× 6×	Report	3× 2×

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22 July 2017 16:00	Denmark	33–25	Sweden	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 500 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Møller 10	(19–11)	Dahlin, Hansson 5
	3× 6×	Report	3× 2×

22 July 2017 18:00	Qatar	18–35	France	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
	three players 3	(7–17)	Mocquais 7
	2× 1×	Report	1× 1×

22 July 2017 20:00	Slovenia	28–23	Egypt	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 500 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
	Marguč 11	(18–12)	Omar 11
	3× 5×	Report	2× 4× 1×

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24 July 2017 10:00	Slovenia	31–28	Sweden	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 200 Referees: Pétursson, Sigurjónsson (ISL)
	Marguč 8	(15–15)	Hansson 8
	3× 6×	Report	3× 4×

24 July 2017 12:00	Qatar	29–30	Egypt	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 350 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Heiba 8	(16–15)	El-Baghoury 6
	2× 4×	Report	2× 2×

24 July 2017 14:00	France	30–22	Denmark	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Referees: Álvarez, Bustamente (ESP)
	Mem 7	(12–9)	Møller 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	5	0	0	159	105	+54	10	Round of 16
2	North Macedonia	5	3	0	2	157	133	+24	6
3	Tunisia	5	2	1	2	161	134	+27	5
4	Russia	5	2	1	2	145	118	+27	5
5	Brazil	5	2	0	3	137	126	+11	4
6	Burkina Faso	5	0	0	5	75	218	−143	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

18 July 2017 10:00	Spain	29–21	Brazil	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 500 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Gómez 7	(15–9)	Abrahão 8
	3× 4×	Report	1× 7× 1×

18 July 2017 12:00	Tunisia	50–17	Burkina Faso	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 500 Referees: Al-Mawt, Marhoon (BHR)
	Gouri 13	(23–7)	Nadziga 5
	3× 3×	Report	1× 7× 1×

18 July 2017 14:00	North Macedonia	29–22	Russia	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
	Arsenovski 7	(10–11)	Maslennikov, Sinitcyn 5
	2× 4× 2×	Report	1× 4×

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20 July 2017 16:00	Brazil	36–29	Tunisia	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 400 Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
	Dutra 9	(18–11)	Zaïdi 10
	2× 5×	Report	3× 3×

20 July 2017 18:00	Russia	26–31	Spain	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 300 Referees: Pétursson, Sigurjónsson (ISL)
	Dashko 8	(15–17)	Odriozola 8
	3× 2×	Report	3× 5×

20 July 2017 20:00	Burkina Faso	20–48	North Macedonia	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 450 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Tiendrebeogo 7	(8–23)	Dimitrioski 8
	4× 2×	Report	2× 3×

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21 July 2017 14:00	Brazil	20–23	Russia	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 200 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Lemos 6	(10–11)	Maslennikov, Santalov 4
	2× 2×	Report	1× 4×

21 July 2017 16:00	Spain	38–12	Burkina Faso	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 500 Referees: Akpatsa, Assignon (TOG)
	Odriozola, Gómez 6	(16–7)	M. Ouedragogo 3
	3× 3×	Report	1× 3×

21 July 2017 18:00	Tunisia	32–27	North Macedonia	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Zaïdi 14	(17–13)	Palevski, Taleski 6
	2× 5×	Report	3× 1× 1×

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23 July 2017 16:00	Tunisia	29–29	Russia	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Zaïdi 12	(15–14)	Vinogradov 8
	1× 3×	Report	3× 3×

23 July 2017 18:00	North Macedonia	25–36	Spain	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Pétursson, Sigurjónsson (ISL)
	Kuzmanovski, Taleski 4	(8–18)	Dujshebaev 7
	2× 2×	Report	3× 6× 1×

23 July 2017 20:00	Burkina Faso	17–37	Brazil	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 300 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
	Tiendrebeogo 11	(8–17)	Torriani 10
	2× 3×	Report	2× 4×

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24 July 2017 14:00	Spain	25–21	Tunisia	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 600 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Muñoz 5	(14–12)	Ben Abdallah 6
	3× 2×	Report	2×

24 July 2017 16:00	Burkina Faso	9–45	Russia	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Al-Mawt, Marhoon (BHR)
	M. Ouedraogo 4	(6–23)	Dashko 11
	6×	Report	2× 4×

24 July 2017 18:00	North Macedonia	28–23	Brazil	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Taleski 7	(14–11)	Abrahão, Lemos 4
	3× 5×	Report	4× 2×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	5	4	1	0	140	112	+28	9	Round of 16
2	Iceland	5	4	0	1	170	120	+50	8
3	Algeria (H)	5	2	2	1	118	114	+4	6
4	Argentina	5	2	1	2	130	124	+6	5
5	Saudi Arabia	5	1	0	4	123	146	−23	2
6	Morocco	5	0	0	5	82	147	−65	0

Updated to match(es) played on 24 July 2017. Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts

18 July 2017 16:00	Croatia	32–26	Saudi Arabia	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Mandić 10	(17–13)	Al-Olaiwat 10
	2× 5×	Report	1× 8× 1×

18 July 2017 18:00	Iceland	36–27	Argentina	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 1,803 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Jónsson 9	(19–12)	Fischer 6
	3× 10× 1×	Report	1× 5× 1×

18 July 2017 20:45	Algeria	24–19	Morocco	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Hadj Sadok 5	(13–8)	Frid 5
	4×	Report	3× 5×

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19 July 2017 16:00	Saudi Arabia	24–48	Iceland	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 400 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Al-Mesallem 6	(9–24)	Ríkharðsson 8
	2× 2×	Report	1× 8×

19 July 2017 18:00	Morocco	12–29	Croatia	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 400 Referees: Akpatsa, Assignon (TOG)
	three players 3	(4–18)	Babić 5
	1× 3×	Report	2× 1×

19 July 2017 20:45	Argentina	25–25	Algeria	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 6,700 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamente (ESP)
	L.Moyano 7	(14–11)	Abdi 7
	3× 6×	Report	2× 6×

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21 July 2017 10:00	Croatia	26–24	Argentina	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 400 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
	Hrstić 9	(13–8)	L.Moyano 5
	2× 4×	Report	1× 3×

21 July 2017 12:00	Saudi Arabia	29–19	Morocco	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 400 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Al-Mesallem 10	(15–10)	Malki 6
	2× 4×	Report	3× 7×

21 July 2017 20:45	Iceland	25–22	Algeria	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 8,200 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Arnarsson, Magnússon 5	(10–11)	three players 5
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

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22 July 2017 16:00	Iceland	35–18	Morocco	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 300 Referees: Al-Mawt, Marhoon (BHR)
	Pálsson 6	(11–8)	Frid 7
	2× 4×	Report	3× 6× 2×

22 July 2017 18:00	Argentina	24–23	Saudi Arabia	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Volodkov, Zotin (RUS)
	A. Moyano 9	(13–11)	Aloatwat 7
	3× 3×	Report	2× 5×

22 July 2017 20:45	Algeria	24–24	Croatia	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Djedid 6	(9–11)	Hrstić 8
	1× 4×	Report	3× 5×

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24 July 2017 10:00	Argentina	30–14	Morocco	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 500 Referees: Volodkov, Zotin (RUS)
	Corning 6	(13–7)	Ezzine 3
	2× 3× 1×	Report	4× 3×

24 July 2017 12:00	Croatia	29–26	Iceland	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 300 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Hrstić 6	(17–8)	Jónsson 7
	2× 4× 1×	Report	2× 5× 1×

24 July 2017 20:45	Algeria	23–21	Saudi Arabia	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
	Abdi 6	(10–11)	Al-Olaiwat 9
	2× 1×	Report	2× 2×

President's Cup

17th place bracket

	17th–20th place semifinals				17th place
	26 July
	South Korea	34
					27 July
	Egypt	35
					Egypt	28
	26 July
					Brazil	27
	Brazil	41
	Saudi Arabia	20
					19th place
					27 July
					South Korea	36
					Saudi Arabia	30

21st place bracket

	21st–24th place semifinals				21st place
	26 July
	Chile	22
					27 July
	Qatar	29
					Qatar	26
	26 July
					Morocco	17
	Burkina Faso	21
	Morocco	42
					23rd place
					27 July
					Chile	36
					Burkina Faso	21

21st–24th place semifinals

26 July 2017 09:30	Chile	22–29	Qatar	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 200 Referees: Akpatsa, Assignon (TOG)
	Francisco 6	(13–12)	Damjanović, Dhiab 9
	2× 2×	Report	1×

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26 July 2017 09:30	Burkina Faso	21–42	Morocco	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 300 Referees: Brkić, Jusufhodzić (AUT)
	Nadziga 6	(12–21)	Rezzouki 16
	3× 3×	Report	2× 5×

17th–20th place semifinals

26 July 2017 11:45	South Korea	34–35	Egypt	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 250 Referees: Al-Mawt, Marhoon (BHR)
	Kim J., Park D. 8	(18–15)	El-Baghoury 6
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

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26 July 2017 11:45	Brazil	41–20	Saudi Arabia	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 600 Referees: Pétursson, Sigurjónsson (ISL)
	three players 5	(23–13)	Al-Ibrahim 8
	3× 2×	Report	1× 3×

23rd place game

27 July 2017 09:30	Chile	36–21	Burkina Faso	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 50 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Francisco 11	(14–11)	Tiendrebeogo 6
	3× 5× 1×	Report	3× 4×

21st place game

27 July 2017 11:45	Qatar	26–17	Morocco	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 50 Referees: Volodkov, Zotin (RUS)
	Dhiab 10	(15–8)	Ezzine 8
	2× 2×	Report	4× 1×

19th place game

27 July 2017 09:30	South Korea	36–30	Saudi Arabia	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 300 Referees: Akpatsa, Assignon (TOG)
	Kim J. 10	(15–14)	Al-Olaiwat 8
	3×	Report	5×

17th place game

27 July 2017 11:45	Egypt	28–27	Brazil	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 300 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Omar 9	(16–14)	Silva 6
	1× 2×	Report	3× 5×

9–16th placement games

The eight losers of the round of 16 were seeded according to their results in the preliminary round against teams ranked 1–4 and play an elimination game to determine their final position.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Slovenia	3	2	1	0	86	80	+6	5
2	Croatia	3	2	1	0	79	74	+5	5
3	Norway	3	2	0	1	88	77	+11	4
4	Iceland	3	2	0	1	87	78	+9	4
5	Algeria	3	0	2	1	71	74	−3	2
6	Argentina	3	0	1	2	76	87	−11	1
7	Sweden	3	0	0	3	81	95	−14	0
8	Faroe Islands	3	0	0	3	67	90	−23	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

15th place game

27 July 2017 14:00	Sweden	33–21	Faroe Islands	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 100 Referees: Alves, Magalhães (BRA)
	Vigmark 9	(19–11)	Djurhuus, Egilsnes 4
	3× 2×	Report	4× 5×

13th place game

27 July 2017 16:15	Algeria	20–21	Argentina	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 700 Referees: Al-Mawt, Marhoon (BHR)
	Blida 5	(11–11)	Capurro 4
	3× 1×	Report	3× 1×

Eleventh place game

27 July 2017 14:00	Norway	33–27	Iceland	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 400 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	three players 6	(20–12)	Rúnarsson 6
	3× 5×	Report	2× 3×

Ninth place game

27 July 2017 16:15	Slovenia	33–26	Croatia	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 200 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Marguč, Knavs 8	(20–16)	Perić 5
	2× 2×	Report	2× 2×

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

26 July

France

28

27 July

Faroe Islands

25

France

33

26 July

North Macedonia

17

Algeria

20

29 July

North Macedonia

24

France

34

26 July

Denmark

37

Denmark

34

27 July

Norway

27

Denmark

38

26 July

Russia

31

Croatia

25

30 July

Russia

34

Denmark

38

26 July

Spain (OT)

39

Germany (OT)

31

27 July

Sweden

28

Germany

27

26 July

Tunisia

21

Tunisia

28

29 July

Iceland

27

Germany

21

26 July

Spain

26

Third place

Hungary (OT)

26

27 July

30 July

Slovenia

25

Hungary

29

France

23

26 July

Spain (OT)

30

Germany

22

Spain

27

Argentina

21

5th place bracket

	5th–8th place Semifinals				Fifth place
	29 July
	North Macedonia	36
					30 July
	Russia	27
					North Macedonia	22
	29 July
					Hungary	26
	Tunisia	30
	Hungary	34
					Seventh place
					30 July
					Russia	21
					Tunisia	36

Round of 16

26 July 2017 14:00	France	28–25	Faroe Islands	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 300 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Minne 6	(14–12)	Hoydal 9
	1× 2×	Report	2× 2×

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26 July 2017 14:00	Tunisia	28–27	Iceland	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Zaïdi 11	(14–13)	Ríkharðsson 8
	2× 5×	Report	4× 6×

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26 July 2017 16:15	Germany	31–28 (ET)	Sweden	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 600 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Golla 7	(14–13)	Hansson 9
	2× 2×	Report	3× 5×
	FT: 26–26  ET: 5–2

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26 July 2017 16:15	Spain	27–21	Argentina	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Dujshebaev 6	(14–8)	Capurro 4
	2× 5×	Report	3× 2×

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26 July 2017 18:30	Croatia	25–34	Russia	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 8,200 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamente (ESP)
	Hrstić 7	(10–12)	Santalov 10
	2× 1×	Report	2× 2× 1×

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26 July 2017 18:30	Hungary	26–25 (ET)	Slovenia	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 700 Referees: Volodkov, Zotin (RUS)
	Török 6	(12–10)	Marguč 6
	2× 5× 1×	Report	3×
	FT: 21–21  ET: 5–4

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26 July 2017 20:45	Algeria	20–24	North Macedonia	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
	Naim 8	(11–10)	Taleski 8
	2× 1×	Report	3× 2×

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26 July 2017 20:45	Denmark	34–27	Norway	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 500 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Møller 11	(13–12)	Gulliksen 6
	2× 2×	Report	3× 3×

Quarterfinals

27 July 2017 18:30	France	33–17	North Macedonia	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 800 Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
	Mocquais, Richardson 5	(14–9)	Taleski 4
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

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27 July 2017 18:30	Tunisia	21–27	Germany	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Zaïdi 8	(11–14)	Mertens 6
	1× 5×	Report	2× 4×

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27 July 2017 20:45	Denmark	38–31	Russia	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 600 Referees: Pétursson, Sigurjónsson (ISL)
	Møller 9	(15–12)	Maslennikov 7
	3× 3×	Report	3× 6×

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27 July 2017 20:45	Hungary	29–30 (ET)	Spain	La Coupole D’Alger Arena, Algiers Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Győri 9	(12–15)	Gómez 7
	3× 7×	Report	4× 1×
	FT: 24–24  ET: 5–6

5th–8th place semifinals

29 July 2017 12:30	North Macedonia	36–27	Russia	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 100 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Kuzmanovski 7	(21–11)	Maslennikov 7
	1× 1×	Report	3× 8× 2×

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29 July 2017 15:00	Tunisia	30–34	Hungary	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Ghachem 8	(14–17)	Győri 7
	1× 2×	Report	4× 9×

Semifinals

29 July 2017 17:30	France	34–37	Denmark	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamente (ESP)
	Mem 8	(16–17)	Bitsch 11
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

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29 July 2017 20:00	Germany	21–26	Spain	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Michalczik, Weissgerber 5	(11–12)	Gómez 10
	4× 3×	Report	4× 3×

Seventh place game

30 July 2017 10:30	Russia	21–36	Tunisia	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 300 Referees: Alves, Magalhães (BRA)
	Vinogradov 7	(9–18)	Ben Abdallah, Zaïdi 8
	3× 8× 1×	Report	3× 2×

Fifth place game

30 July 2017 13:00	North Macedonia	22–26	Hungary	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 500 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Neloski 6	(11–14)	Kovács 8
	3× 3×	Report	1× 5×

Third place game

30 July 2017 15:30	France	23–22	Germany	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Kurtagić, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Pelayo 6	(10–12)	three players 4
	3× 3×	Report	2× 1×

Final

30 July 2017 18:00	Denmark	38–39 (ET)	Spain	Hacène Harcha Arena, Algiers Attendance: 8,500 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Møller 11	(16–18)	Dujshebaev 8
	2× 4×	Report	2× 3×
	FT: 34–34  ET: 4–5

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Spain
	Denmark
	France
4	Germany
5	Hungary
6	North Macedonia
7	Tunisia
8	Russia
9	Slovenia
10	Croatia
11	Norway
12	Iceland
13	Argentina
14	Algeria
15	Sweden
16	Faroe Islands
17	Egypt
18	Brazil
19	South Korea
20	Saudi Arabia
21	Qatar
22	Morocco
23	Chile
24	Burkina Faso

Statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Name Team Goals Shots % 1 Skander Zaïdi   Tunisia 76 118 64.4 Lasse Møller   Denmark 119 63.9 3 Aleix Gomez   Spain 55 76 72.4 4 Mátyás Győri   Hungary 49 75 65.3 5 Gal Marguč   Slovenia 46 56 82.1 6 Kim Ji-hoon   South Korea 45 59 76.3 Anouar Ben Abdallah   Tunisia 79 57.0 8 Daniel Dujshebaev   Spain 44 76 57.9 9 Dmitrii Santalov   Russia 43 81 53.1 Mustafa Al-Olaiwat   Saudi Arabia 86 50.0 Source: IHF

Top goalkeepers Rank Name Team % Saves Shots 1 Julien Meyer   France 37.3 120 322 2 Xoan Ledo   Spain 35.8 103 288 3 Simon Gade   Denmark 31.3 99 316 4 Urh Kastelic   Slovenia 36.4 94 258 5 Denis Zabolotin   Russia 29.0 81 279 6 Khalifa Ghedbane   Algeria 33.9 80 236 7 Imre Pasztor   Hungary 36.0 76 211 8 Parada Nicolas   Chile 30.5 74 243 9 Martin Tomovski   North Macedonia 29.1 69 237 10 Joel Birlehm   Germany 34.0 67 197 Source: IHF

Awards

MVP

• Left-back: Lasse Møller ^[11]

All-star team

• Goalkeeper: Xoan Ledo
• Right wing: Aleix Gómez
• Right back: Dika Mem
• Centre back: Mátyás Győri
• Left back: Lasse Møller
• Left wing: Lukas Mertens
• Pivot: Magnus Saugstrup

References

1. "2017 Men's Junior and Youth World Championships in Algeria and Georgia". ihf.info. 15 March 2017.
2. "Spain win maiden Junior world title". ihf.info. 30 July 2017.
3. "France claim bronze in final seconds". ihf.info. 30 July 2017.
4. "Denmark and Russia win thrillers to clinch their Algeria berth". eurohandball.com. 9 January 2017.
5. "Men Junior Handball XV Asia Championship 2016 - 22.07-01.08 Winner Qatar". todor66.com. 24 April 2017.
6. "Tunisia win U21 African Handball Championship after beating Egypt". e-s-tunis.com. 17 April 2017.
7. "2017 Men's Junior Pan American Championship – Brazil for the third straight time". ihf.info. 28 March 2017.
8. "Groups for Georgia 2017 and Algeria 2017 determined". ihf.info. 10 May 2017.
9. "Draws for Algeria 2017 and Georgia 2017". ihf.info. 8 May 2017.
10. "Match schedule for Algeria 2017 released". ihf.info. 7 June 2017.
11. "Algeria 2017 All-star Team". ihf.info. 30 July 2017.

External links

• Official website