World Junior Men's Handball Championship
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The Junior World Championship in team handball for men has been organized by the International Handball Federation
since 1977.
International Handball Federation
The International Handball Federation, often referred to by the acronym IHF, is the administrative and controlling body for International team handball.- Championships :*World Men's Handball Championship*World Women's Handball Championship...
since 1977.
Tournaments
| Year | Host Country | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||
| 1977 Details |
 Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
24–10 | 24–21 | ||||
| 1979 Details |
 / Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... / Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
30–25 | 25–20 | ||||
| 1981 Details |
 Portugal Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the... |
28–21 | 32–26 | ||||
| 1983 Details |
 Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside... |
32–17 | 31–28 | ||||
| 1985 Details |
 Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
32–27 | 23–22 | ||||
| 1987 Details |
 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century.... |
28–26 | 34–18 | ||||
| 1989 Details |
 Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
23–17 | 23–22 | ||||
| 1991 Details |
 Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe.... |
27–16 | 27–25 | ||||
| 1993 Details 1993 Men's Junior World Handball Championship -Group B:-Group C:-Group D:-Group I:-Group II:-Placement Matches :-11th/12th:-9th/10th:-7th/8th:-5th/6th:-3rd/4th:-Final:-Final Ranking:... |
 Egypt Egypt Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world... |
22–19 | 21–20 | ||||
| 1995 Details |
 Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... |
29–28 OT |
24–23 | ||||
| 1997 Details |
 Turkey Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe... |
29–23 | 28–24 | ||||
| 1999 Details |
 Qatar Qatar Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its... |
26–22 OT |
32–31 OT |
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| 2001 Details |
 Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
31–27 | 37–26 | ||||
| 2003 Details |
 Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... |
36–34 OT |
35–33 | ||||
| 2005 Details |
 Hungary Hungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The... |
40–35 | 28–27 | ||||
| 2007 Details |
 Macedonia |
31–29 | 27–26 | ||||
| 2009 Details 2009 Men's Junior World Handball Championship The 2009 Men's Junior World Handball Championship took place in Egypt from August 5–1August 9.-Group A:---------------------------------------------------------Group B:------------------------... |
Egypt Egypt Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world... |
32–24 | 35–24 | ||||
| 2011 Details 2011 Men's Junior World Handball Championship The 2011 Men's Junior World Handball Championship was the 18th edition of the tournament and was held at Thessaloniki, Greece from July 17–31 2011.Oceania withdrew their participation at this years tournament, Norway replaced the Oceanian team.... |
Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe.... |
27–18 | 24–18 | ||||
Medal table
| 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
- IHFInternational Handball FederationThe International Handball Federation, often referred to by the acronym IHF, is the administrative and controlling body for International team handball.- Championships :*World Men's Handball Championship*World Women's Handball Championship...
considers RussiaRussia national handball teamThe Russia national handball team is the national handball team of Russia and is controlled by the Handball Union of Russia. Russia is designated by IHF and EHF as the inheritor of the record of USSR until 1990 and the Unified Team during the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.-History of handball...
as the inheritor of the records of Soviet UnionSoviet UnionThe Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
. - IHFInternational Handball FederationThe International Handball Federation, often referred to by the acronym IHF, is the administrative and controlling body for International team handball.- Championships :*World Men's Handball Championship*World Women's Handball Championship...
considers SerbiaSerbia national handball teamThe Serbia national handball team represents Serbia in international handball competitions. It has won two bronze medals at the World Men's Handball Championship, in 1999 and 2001 and one bronze medal at the European Men's Handball Championship in 1996.For the results before 1991 when Serbia was...
as the inheritor of the records of SFR YugoslaviaSocialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaThe Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
, FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro was a country in southeastern Europe, formed from two former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia : Serbia and Montenegro. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was established in 1992 as a federation called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...
. - IHFInternational Handball FederationThe International Handball Federation, often referred to by the acronym IHF, is the administrative and controlling body for International team handball.- Championships :*World Men's Handball Championship*World Women's Handball Championship...
considers GermanyGermany national handball teamThe Germany national handball team is the national handball team of Germany. Germany won the handball world cup in 1938, 1978 and in 2007 as the host of the handball world cup-Achievements:Olympic Games* winner in 1936...
as the inheritor of the records of West GermanyWest GermanyWest Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
. - IHFInternational Handball FederationThe International Handball Federation, often referred to by the acronym IHF, is the administrative and controlling body for International team handball.- Championships :*World Men's Handball Championship*World Women's Handball Championship...
considers Czech RepublicCzech Republic national handball teamThe Czech Republic national handball team is the national handball team of the Czech Republic. It was most successful in the mid-1990s, with sixth place at the 1996 European Championship and a win over the later runners-up Croatia at the 1995 World Championship, but the team have failed to qualify...
as the inheritor of the records of CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
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Participating nations
| Nation | 1977 | 1979 | 1981 | 1983 | 1985 | 1987 | 1989 | 1991 | 1993 1993 Men's Junior World Handball Championship -Group B:-Group C:-Group D:-Group I:-Group II:-Placement Matches :-11th/12th:-9th/10th:-7th/8th:-5th/6th:-3rd/4th:-Final:-Final Ranking:... | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 2009 Men's Junior World Handball Championship The 2009 Men's Junior World Handball Championship took place in Egypt from August 5–1August 9.-Group A:---------------------------------------------------------Group B:------------------------... | 2011 2011 Men's Junior World Handball Championship The 2011 Men's Junior World Handball Championship was the 18th edition of the tournament and was held at Thessaloniki, Greece from July 17–31 2011.Oceania withdrew their participation at this years tournament, Norway replaced the Oceanian team.... | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12th | 14th | 13th | 12th | 18th | 19th | 14th | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 19th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11th | 17th | 20th | 16th | 11th | 13th | 6th | 20th | 8 | |||||||||||
| 14th | 15th | 11th | 14th | 19th | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 17th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14th | 13th | 15th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 20th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 23rd | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15th | 17th | 16th | 13th | 11th | 8th | 16th | 16th | 9th | 11th | 10 | |||||||||
| 18th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 22nd | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 20th | 20th | 21st | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 16th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 21st | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 19th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10th | 11th | 9th | 5th | 4th | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 8th | 13th | 10th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10th | 5th | 3rd | 7th | 6th | 11th | 13th | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 8th | 4th | 7th | 3rd | 7th | 9th | 7th | 2nd | 9th | 1st | 1st | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 17 | ||
| 9th | 8th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 13th | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 13th | 15th | 15th | 13th | 1st | 6th | 6th | 3rd | 8th | 10th | 7th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 14 | |||||
| 12th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16th | 8th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12th | 9th | 8th | 14th | 8th | 6th | 11th | 7th | 3rd | 4th | 14th | 7th | 11th | 6th | 14 | |||||
| 9th | 11th | 7th | 5th | 13th | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 9 | ||||||||||
| 14th | 16th | 13th | 18th | 8th | 16th | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 18th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd | 6th | 7th | 10th | 10th | 6th | 16th | 4th | 15th | 3rd | 17th | 11 | ||||||||
| 7th | 6th | 8th | 16th | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 9th | 13th | 9 | ||||||||||
| 17th | 12th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 17th | 15th | 14th | 10th | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 17th | 12th | 16th | 12th | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 19th | 16th | 11th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 16th | 12th | 15th | 17th | 19th | 18th | 12th | 23rd | 8 | |||||||||||
| 24th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 23rd | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15th | 10th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 20th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 19th | 22nd | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15th | 14th | 13th | 14th | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 17th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14th | 16th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 18th | 13th | 10th | 7th | 4th | 15th | 14th | 16th | 10th | 9 | ||||||||||
| 7th | 10th | 10th | 14th | 12th | 12th | 13th | 4th | 10th | 7th | 10 | |||||||||
| 18th | 15th | 10th | 3rd | 10th | 15th | 7th | 9th | 8 | |||||||||||
| 20th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13th | 12th | 19th | 12th | 20th | 15th | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 11th | 5th | 8th | 6th | 8th | 17th | 6th | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 4th | 1st | 12th | 7th | 1st | 9th | 13th | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 22nd | 11th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 18th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11th | 2nd | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13th | 14th | 14th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10th | 20th | 16th | 3rd | 8th | 8th | 3rd | 8th | 8 | |||||||||||
| 13th | 14th | 9th | 12th | 15th | 12th | 11th | 19th | 8 | |||||||||||
| 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 8 | |||||||||||
| 4th | 10th | 9th | 10th | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 9th | 2nd | 5th | 6th | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 5th | 8th | 5th | 17 | ||
| 6th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 7th | 2nd | 5th | 12th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 15th | 1st | 5th | 7th | 17 | ||
| 13th | 12th | 11th | 11th | 9th | 15th | 6th | 7 | ||||||||||||
| DQ | 8th | 9th | 18th | 9th | 17th | 17th | 21st | 3rd | 9 | ||||||||||
| 8th | 13th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2nd | 17th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 17th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 24th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5th | 11th | 9th | 2nd | 4th | 6th | 4th | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 9th | 5th | 7th | 12 | |||||||
| Total | 21 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 24 |