The 2015 Men's Youth World Handball Championship was the sixth edition of the
IHF Men's Youth World Championship
The IHF Men's U19 Handball World Championship (or the IHF Men's Youth World Championship) is the official competition for men's national handball teams under age 19. It has been organized by the International Handball Federation
The Internati ...
, held in
Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg (, ; ), alternatively Romanization of Russian, romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( ; 1924–1991), is a city and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Ural Federal District, Russia. The ci ...
, Russia from 7 to 20 August 2015. France won their first title by defeating Slovenia 33–26 in the final.
Qualified teams
The Oceania Federation withdrew, Serbia was named the replacement.
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Preliminary round
The draw was held on 13 May 2015.
Draw results
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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 stage
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Round of 16
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Quarterfinals
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5th–8th place semifinals
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Semifinals
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Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
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 played an elimination game to determine their final position.
Ranking
15th place game
13th place game
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
President's Cup
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21st–24th place semifinals
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17th–20th place semifinals
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23rd place game
21st place game
19th place game
17th place game
Final standings
Awards
MVP
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All-star team
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*Pivot:
References
External links
Official websiteIHF Site
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Men's Youth World Handball Championship
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2015 Men's Youth World Handball Championship