The 2011

Men's Junior World Handball Championship The IHF Men's U21 Handball World Championship (or 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 si ...

was the 18th edition of the tournament and was held at

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Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

from July 17–31, 2011.

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withdrew their participation at this year's tournament,

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replaced the Oceanian team.

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

withdrew from this year's edition,

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

replaced them as the first substitute of the Pan-American continent. In a rematch of the

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final

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defeated

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27–18 in the final.

Format

The 24 teams were allocated into six groups with the first four advancing to the eighthfinals in a knock-out system until the final.

Preliminary round

The draw took place at April 16, 2011 at 12:00 local time in

. The schedule was announced on June 21.

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 stage

Championship

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Final

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5–8th place play-offs

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Seventh place game

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Fifth place game

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9th–16th place playoffs

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9th–12th place Semifinals

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Fifteenth place game

Thirteenth place game

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

17–20th place play-offs

Semifinals

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Nineteenth place game

Seventeenth place game

21–24th place play-offs

Semifinals

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21st place game

23rd place game

Final standings

All-star team

*Goalkeeper: *Left wing: *Left back: *Pivot: *Centre back: *Right back: *Right wing:

References

;Daily reports
Match day 1 - Serbia, Slovenia, Germany and Russia take their first victories at the Men's Junior WCh

External links

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IHF Site
{{Junior World Handball Championship 2011 in handball

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