The 2013

IHF Men's Junior World Championship The IHF Men's Junior World Championship is the official competition for men's national handball teams of under-21 years category. It is being organized by the International Handball Federation The International Handball Federation (IHF) is the ...

was the 19th edition of the tournament and was held in

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from 14 – 28 July 2013. The Oceania Continent Handball Federation withdrew from the tournament.

Host cities

Bosnia and Herzegovina was awarded hosting rights in May 2011, at the IHF XXXIII Ordinary Congress in

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. After long negotiations with local government, four cities were chosen to host the competition: capital

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with two halls and

Banja Luka Banja Luka ( sr-Cyrl, Бања Лука, ) or Banjaluka ( sr-Cyrl, Бањалука, ) is the second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the largest city of Republika Srpska. Banja Luka is also the ''de facto'' capital of this entity. ...

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and Zenica with one hall each.

Qualified teams

;Africa * * * * * ;Americas * * * ;Asia * * * ;Europe * ''(host)'' * * * * * * * * ''(replaced team from Oceania)'' * * * * ;Oceania Oceania gave up their spot, a team from Europe (Serbia) replaced its spot.

Preliminary round

24 teams were drawn into four groups of six teams each. The draw was made in

on 19 April 2013. The top four teams from each group advance to the Round of 16. The match schedule was released on May 16. ''All times are local (

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).''

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout round

Championship

Round of 16

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Third place game

Final

5–8th place playoff

5–8th place semifinals

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Seventh place game

Fifth place game

9–16th place playoff

9–16th quarterfinals

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9–12th semifinals

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Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

13–16th place playoff

13–16th place semifinals

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15th place game

13th place game

President's Cup

17–20th place playoff

17–20th place semifinals

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19th place game

17th place game

21–24th place playoff

21st–24th place semifinals

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23rd place game

21st place game

Final standings

All-star team

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References

External links

IHF Site
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