The 2017
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 ...
was the seventh edition of the U-19 tournament and held in
Tbilisi
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from 8 to 20 August 2017. All matches were played in two halls at the
Olympic Palace
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.
France won their second straight title by defeating Spain 28–25 in the final. Denmark captured the bronze medal after defeating Croatia 30–29.
Qualified teams
On 31 July 2017, Venezuela withdrew from the tournament and Poland was named as the substitute.
Draw
The draw was held on 10 May 2017.
Seedings
The seedings were announced on 8 May 2017.
Referees
The IHF selected 16 referee pairs for the championship.
Preliminary round
The schedule was announced on 29 May 2017.
''All times are local (
UTC+4
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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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President's Cup
;17th place bracket
;21st place bracket
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
9–16th placement games
The eight losers of the round of 16 are seeded according to their results in the preliminary round against teams ranked 1–4 and play an elimination game to determine their final position.
15th place game
13th place game
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Knockout stage
Bracket
;5th place bracket
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
Final ranking
Statistics
Top goalscorers
Source
IHF
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Top goalkeepers
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IHF
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Awards
MVP
*Left-back:
Kyllian Villeminot
All-star team
*Goalkeeper:
Maksim Popov
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*Right wing:
Edouard Kempf
*Right back:
Ivan Martinović
*Centre back:
Ian Tarrafeta
*Left back:
Emil Lærke
*Left wing:
Emil Jakobsen
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He joined his current club, Flensburg-Handewitt in 2021 on a three-year contract. In 2022 he announced tha ...
*Pivot:
Luis Frade
References
External links
Official website
{{Youth World Handball Championship
2017 Youth
Men's Youth World Handball Championship
2017 in Georgian sport
August 2017 sports events in Europe
Sports competitions in Tbilisi