2025 IHF Men's U19 Handball World Championship

2025 IHF Men's U19 Handball World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Dates	6–17 August
Teams	32 (from 5 confederations)

The 2025 IHF Men's U19 Handball World Championship will be the 11th edition of the IHF Men's U19 Handball World Championship held from 6 to 17 August 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.

Spain are the defending champions.

Bidding process

Three nations entered bid for hosting the tournament:

• North Macedonia
• Poland
• Slovenia

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. 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

Event	Dates	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation			1	Egypt
2024 U-18 European Championship	7–18 August 2024	Podgorica	16	Austria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Faroe Islands France Germany Hungary Iceland Norway Portugal Serbia Spain Sweden Slovenia Switzerland
2024 Asian Youth Championship	3–14 September 2024	Amman	5	Bahrain Japan Kuwait Saudi Arabia South Korea
2024 African Youth Championship	19–26 September 2024	Tunisia	4	Algeria Guinea Morocco Tunisia
2024 South and Central American Youth Championship	5–9 November 2024	Managua	3	Argentina Brazil Uruguay
2024 North America and Caribbean Youth Championship	20–24 November 2024	Toa Baja	1	United States
IHF Trophy InterContinental Phase	12–16 March 2025	Pristina	1	Kosovo
Wildcard			1

Draw

The draw took place on 8 April in Cairo.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Sweden Denmark Hungary Egypt Iceland Germany Serbia Norway	Spain Slovenia Portugal Japan Tunisia Switzerland Brazil France	South Korea Croatia Guinea Czech Republic Kuwait Morocco Argentina Uruguay	Saudi Arabia Algeria United States Bahrain TBD Faroe Islands Austria Kosovo

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Main round
2	Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Kuwait	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	President's Cup
4	Austria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 6 August 2025. 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.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Main round
2	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Morocco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	President's Cup
4	Kosovo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 6 August 2025. 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.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Main round
2	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	President's Cup
4	Algeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 6 August 2025. 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.

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iceland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Main round
2	Brazil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	President's Cup
4	Saudi Arabia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 6 August 2025. 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.

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Main round
2	Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Uruguay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	President's Cup
4	Faroe Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 6 August 2025. 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.

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Main round
2	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	President's Cup
4	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 6 August 2025. 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.

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Main round
2	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	President's Cup
4	Bahrain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 6 August 2025. 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

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Main round
2	Tunisia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Czech Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	President's Cup
4	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 6 August 2025. 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.

President's Cup

Points obtained in the matches against the team from the group are taken over.

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17–20th place semifinals
2	B3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21st–24th place semifinals
3	A4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25–28th place semifinals
4	B4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29th–32nd place semifinals

First match(es) will be played: August 2025. 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.

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17–20th place semifinals
2	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21st–24th place semifinals
3	C4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25–28th place semifinals
4	D4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29th–32nd place semifinals

First match(es) will be played: August 2025. 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.

Group III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	E3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17–20th place semifinals
2	F3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21st–24th place semifinals
3	E4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25–28th place semifinals
4	F4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29th–32nd place semifinals

First match(es) will be played: August 2025. 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.

Group IV

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	G3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17–20th place semifinals
2	H3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21st–24th place semifinals
3	G4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25–28th place semifinals
4	H4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29th–32nd place semifinals

First match(es) will be played: August 2025. 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.

Main round

Points obtained in the matches against the team from the group are taken over.

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	B1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	A2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9–12th place semifinals
4	B2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13–16th place semifinals

First match(es) will be played: August 2025. 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.

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	C2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9–12th place semifinals
4	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13–16th place semifinals

First match(es) will be played: August 2025. 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.

Group III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	E1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	F1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	E2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9–12th place semifinals
4	F2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13–16th place semifinals

First match(es) will be played: August 2025. 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.

Group IV

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	G1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	H1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	G2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9–12th place semifinals
4	H2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13–16th place semifinals

First match(es) will be played: August 2025. 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.

Placement matches

29th place bracket

	29th–32nd place semifinals				29th place game
					31st place game

25th place bracket

	25–28th place semifinals				25th place game
					27th place game

21st place bracket

	21st–24th place semifinals				21st place game
					23rd place game

17th place bracket

	17–20th place semifinals				17th place game
					19th place game

13–16th place bracket

	13–16th place semifinals				13th place game
					15th place game

9–12th place bracket

	9–12th place semifinals				Sleventh place game
					Ninth place game

Knockout stage

Bracket

Championship bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
									Third place

5–8th place bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
					Third place

Final ranking

Rank	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32

External links

• Official website