2023 Men's Youth World Handball Championship

10th Men's Youth World Handball Championship 2023
	Logo of the championship
Tournament details
Host country	Croatia
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Dates	2–13 August
Teams	32 (from 6 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runner-up	Denmark
Third place	Croatia
Fourth place	Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played	116
Goals scored	6,674 (57.53 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Óli Mittún; (87 goals)
Best player	Frederik Emil Pedersen
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The 2023 IHF Men's Youth World Championship was the 10th edition of the championship, held from 2 to 13 August 2023 in Croatia under the aegis of International Handball Federation (IHF). It was the first time in history that the championship is organised by the Croatian Handball Federation.^[1]

Spain won their first title after defeating Denmark in the final.^[2]

Bidding process[edit]

Two nations entered bid for hosting the tournament:

Slovenia later withdrew their bid. The tournament was awarded to Croatia by IHF Council in its meeting held in Cairo, Egypt on 28 February 2020.

Qualification[edit]

Event	Host	Dates	Vacancies	Qualified
IHF Council Meeting	Cairo	28 February 2020	1	Croatia
M18 EHF EURO 2022	Podgorica	4–14 August 2022	11^[3]	Denmark Faroe Islands Germany Hungary Iceland Montenegro Norway Portugal Slovenia Spain Sweden
M18 EHF Championship 2022^[4]^[5]^[6]	Tel Aviv	7–13 August 2022	1	Czech Republic
	Riga	8–14 August 2022	1	North Macedonia
	Craiova	8–14 August 2022	1	Austria
2022 Asian Youth Championship	Bahrain	20–31 August 2022	5	Bahrain Iran Japan Saudi Arabia South Korea
2022 African Youth Championship	Kigali	30 August – 6 September 2022	5	Algeria Burundi Egypt Morocco Rwanda
2022 South and Central American Youth Championship	Buenos Aires	8–12 November 2022	3	Argentina Brazil Chile
2022 North America and Caribbean Youth Championship	Mexico City	15–19 November 2022	2	Mexico United States
2022 IHF Trophy Oceania^[7]	Rarotonga	5–9 December 2022	1	New Zealand
2023 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy	San José	7–11 March 2023	1	Georgia

Draw[edit]

The draw took place on 3 March 2023 in Croatia.^[8]^[9]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Egypt Spain Sweden Germany Hungary Denmark Norway Portugal	South Korea Croatia Faroe Islands Iceland Slovenia Montenegro Argentina Austria	Rwanda Iran Saudi Arabia North Macedonia Japan Brazil Chile Morocco	Mexico Burundi Algeria Czech Republic Bahrain United States New Zealand Georgia^[a]

^ Team not determined at time of draw

Referees[edit]

The referee pairs were selected on 21 June 2023.^[10]

Referees
Argentina	Santiago Correa Agustin Conberse
Argentina/ Egypt	Mariana García Heidy El-Saied
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Tatjana Praštalo Vesna Balvan
Brazil	Bruna Correa Renata Correa
China	Zhou Yunlei Cheng Yufeng
Croatia	Davor Lončar Zoran Lončar
Cuba	Raymel Reyes Alexis Zuñiga
Egypt	Alaa Emam Hossam Hedaia

Referees
France	Yann Carmaux Julien Mursch
Germany	Ramesh Thiyagarajah Suresh Thiyagarajah
Hungary	Kristóf Altmár Márton Horváth
Iraq	Khalid Hussein Fadhil Imran
Japan	Hideki Furukawa Tetsuro Murata
Kuwait	Maali Al-Enezi Dalal Al-Nasem
Morocco	Mohamed Chouraki Achraf El Mouniri

Referees
Moldova	Alexei Covalciuc Igor Covalciuc
Montenegro	Jelena Vujačić Anđelina Kažanegra
North Macedonia	Nenad Nikolovski Ismailj Metalari
Senegal	Fadel Diop Abdoulaye Faye
South Korea	Lee Ga-eul Lee Eun-ha
Uruguay	Nicolás Perdomo German Araújo
Uzbekistan	Khasan Ismoilov Khusan Ismoilov

Preliminary round[edit]

All times are local (UTC+2).^[11]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia (H)	3	3	0	134	64	+70	6	Main round
2	Portugal	3	2	1	118	81	+37	4	Main round
3	Algeria	3	1	2	71	110	−39	2	Presidents Cup
4	Rwanda	3	0	3	69	137	−68	0	Presidents Cup

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

2 August 2023 13:00	Portugal	50–24	Rwanda	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 60 Referees: García, El-Saied
	Ferreira 9	(26–5)	Samuel 8
	5×	Report	6× 1×

2 August 2023 19:30	Croatia	42–19	Algeria	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 600 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Ivanišević, Tkalec 7	(19–6)	Youcef, Zakaria 5
	3×	Report	4×

4 August 2023 15:30	Algeria	19–41	Portugal	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 150 Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	Youcef 9	(8–15)	Oliveira 8
	1× 9×	Report	5×

4 August 2023 19:30	Croatia	54–18	Rwanda	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 560 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
	Ivanišević 8	(25–9)	Samuel 5
	1× 2×	Report	2×

5 August 2023 15:30	Rwanda	27–33	Algeria	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 175 Referees: Diop, Faye (SEN)
	Samuel 8	(13–18)	Abdelouahab 10
	1× 3× 1×	Report	1× 5×

5 August 2023 19:30	Portugal	27–38	Croatia	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Correa, Conberse (ARG)
	Sousa 7	(12–19)	Čaprić, Glivetić 8
	1× 6×	Report	2× 4×

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	3	0	115	59	+56	6	Main round
2	Slovenia	3	2	1	123	60	+63	4	Main round
3	Morocco	3	1	2	91	93	−2	2	Presidents Cup
4	New Zealand	3	0	3	35	152	−117	0	Presidents Cup

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.

2 August 2023 15:00	Hungary	37–28	Morocco	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 120 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
	Szepesi 8	(19–11)	Bilghoul, Razgui 6
	1× 3×	Report	3×

2 August 2023 17:00	Slovenia	60–11	New Zealand	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 200 Referees: Diop, Faye (SEN)
	Kačičnik 10	(30–3)	Whittaker 3
	1× 5×	Report	1×

4 August 2023 13:30	New Zealand	6–49	Hungary	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 100 Referees: García, El-Saied
	Pringot, Whittaker 2	(2–26)	Terjék 8
	2×	Report	1× 2×

4 August 2023 17:30	Slovenia	38–20	Morocco	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 250 Referees: Zhou, Cheng (CHN)
	Kačičnik 7	(17–7)	three players 4
	1× 1×	Report	4× 1×

5 August 2023 13:30	Morocco	43–18	New Zealand	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 100 Referees: Al-Enezi, Al-Nasem (KUW)
	Ilyasse 12	(21–7)	Pringot 7
	3×	Report	1×

5 August 2023 17:30	Hungary	29–25	Slovenia	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 550 Referees: Perdomo, Araújo (URU)
	Csörgő 8	(14–14)	Mlivič 6
	1× 5× 1×	Report	6× 1×

Group C[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	3	0	101	84	+17	6	Main round
2	Czech Republic	3	2	1	81	81	0	4	Main round
3	Iceland	3	1	2	92	90	+2	2	Presidents Cup
4	Japan	3	0	3	86	105	−19	0	Presidents Cup

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.

2 August 2023 13:30	Egypt	40–32	Japan	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	El-Sayed 6	(21–16)	Tachibana 8
	5×	Report	2×

2 August 2023 15:30	Iceland	27–29	Czech Republic	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 150 Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
	three players 4	(10–12)	Flajsar 6
	1× 4×	Report	3×

3 August 2023 13:30	Czech Republic	22–28	Egypt	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Correa, Conberse (ARG)
	Erebai 6	(8–14)	Masoud 7
	1× 4×	Report	1× 6×

3 August 2023 15:30	Iceland	35–28	Japan	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 150 Referees: Al-Enezi, Al-Nasem (KUW)
	Haraldsson 5	(13–10)	three players 4
	1× 8×	Report	1×

5 August 2023 13:30	Japan	26–30	Czech Republic	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 150 Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
	Hasegawa, Tachibana 5	(15–13)	Jonáš 7
	1× 3×	Report	1× 2×

5 August 2023 15:30	Egypt	33–30	Iceland	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 200 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Hashad 6	(14–15)	Stefánsson 9
	5× 2×	Report	1× 7× 1×

Group D[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	105	69	+36	6	Main round
2	Brazil	3	2	1	88	90	−2	4	Main round
3	Bahrain	3	1	2	72	85	−13	2	Presidents Cup
4	South Korea	3	0	3	80	101	−21	0	Presidents Cup

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.

2 August 2023 17:30	Spain	38–29	Brazil	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
	Romero 9	(18–17)	Candido, Da Silva 7
	2× 1×	Report	1× 8×

2 August 2023 19:30	South Korea	28–32	Bahrain	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Perdomo, Araújo (URU)
	Choi, Moon 7	(13–14)	Farsan 9
	2×	Report	2×

3 August 2023 17:30	Bahrain	18–29	Spain	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 150 Referees: Zhou, Cheng (CHN)
	Mohamed 4	(8–15)	Romero 6
	1×	Report	1× 3×

3 August 2023 19:30	South Korea	30–31	Brazil	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Diop, Faye (SEN)
	Moon 10	(15–16)	Candido 9
	1×	Report	1× 9×

5 August 2023 17:30	Brazil	28–22	Bahrain	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
	Pertoldo, Perin 5	(14–13)	Ali 6
	2×	Report	2×

5 August 2023 19:30	Spain	38–22	South Korea	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: García, El-Saied
	González 7	(17–12)	Moon, Son 4
	3×	Report	1× 3×

Group E[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	124	70	+54	6	Main round
2	Austria	3	2	1	118	80	+38	4	Main round
3	Chile	3	1	2	62	101	−39	2	Presidents Cup
4	Mexico	3	0	3	75	128	−53	0	Presidents Cup

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.

2 August 2023 13:30	Denmark	32–21	Chile	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 300 Referees: Furukawa, Murata (JPN)
	Pedersen 6	(16–12)	Hernández 4
	1× 3×	Report	1× 2×

2 August 2023 15:30	Austria	49–26	Mexico	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 500 Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
	Huber 11	(21–10)	Anguiano, García 7
	6×	Report	2×

4 August 2023 13:30	Mexico	21–49	Denmark	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 80 Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
	Morales, Gámez 4	(8–26)	Pedersen 8
	2×	Report	1×

4 August 2023 15:30	Austria	41–11	Chile	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 100 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Böhm 7	(19–3)	three players 2
	3×	Report	3×

5 August 2023 13:30	Chile	30–28	Mexico	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 60 Referees: Thiyagarajah, Thiyagarajah (GER)
	Castillo 7	(19–12)	Anguiano 7
	1× 2×	Report	2×

5 August 2023 15:30	Denmark	43–28	Austria	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 110 Referees: Correa, Correa (BRA)
	Pedersen 8	(21–15)	Böhm 5
	1× 1×	Report	4×

Group F[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	3	0	106	71	+35	6	Main round
2	North Macedonia	3	2	1	81	68	+13	4	Main round
3	Montenegro	3	1	2	75	89	−14	2	Presidents Cup
4	Georgia	3	0	3	64	99	−35	0	Presidents Cup

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.

2 August 2023 17:30	Norway	27–25	North Macedonia	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 628 Referees: Thiyagarajah, Thiyagarajah (GER)
	Olseth 9	(11–9)	Kalajdjieski 7
	3×	Report	2× 7× 2×

2 August 2023 19:30	Montenegro	34–19	Georgia	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 300 Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Đurković 9	(16–11)	Darsania 6
	1× 3×	Report	1× 2×

4 August 2023 17:30	Georgia	24–38	Norway	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 150 Referees: Furukawa, Murata (JPN)
	Areshidze, Shervashidze 4	(8–20)	Solost 8
	5×	Report	3×

4 August 2023 19:30	Montenegro	20–29	North Macedonia	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 150 Referees: Emam, Hedaia (EGY)
	Dobrković 7	(10–12)	five players 3
	2× 7×	Report	1× 5× 1×

5 August 2023 17:30	North Macedonia	27–21	Georgia	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 90 Referees: Chouraki, El Mouniri (MAR)
	Belistojanovski, Subashevski 6	(13–10)	Darsania 9
	2×	Report	2× 2×

5 August 2023 19:30	Norway	41–22	Montenegro	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 100 Referees: Altmár, Horváth (HUN)
	Lid 7	(22–10)	Bakić 4
	1×	Report	6×

Group G[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	110	57	+53	6	Main round
2	Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	98	80	+18	3	Main round
3	Argentina	3	1	1	1	78	77	+1	3	Presidents Cup
4	United States	3	0	0	3	50	122	−72	0	Presidents Cup

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.

2 August 2023 13:00	Germany	37–26	Saudi Arabia	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 150 Referees: Nikolovski, Metalari (MKD)
	Siemer 8	(18–13)	Al-Turki 6
	2× 6×	Report	1× 4×

2 August 2023 15:00	Argentina	33–21	United States	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
	Barceló, Obregón 5	(20–10)	Kuhlmeyer, McCauley 5
	3×	Report	1×

3 August 2023 13:00	United States	15–46	Germany	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 250 Referees: Chouraki, El Mouniri (MAR)
	Gallittu 4	(7–21)	Gömmel, Siemer 9
		Report	2× 4×

3 August 2023 15:00	Argentina	29–29	Saudi Arabia	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 130 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Obregón 10	(13–14)	Al-Fardan, Furaij 6
	1× 3× 1×	Report	1× 8× 2×

5 August 2023 13:00	Saudi Arabia	43–14	United States	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 200 Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
	Furaij 15	(22–7)	Edwards 5
	4×	Report	7×

5 August 2023 15:00	Germany	27–16	Argentina	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 300 Referees: Emam, Hedaia (EGY)
	Haake 6	(13–5)	Ojea 5
	3× 3×	Report	1×

Group H[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	2	1	0	101	77	+24	5	Main round
2	Faroe Islands	3	2	0	1	114	81	+33	4	Main round
3	Sweden	3	1	1	1	119	76	+43	3	Presidents Cup
4	Burundi	3	0	0	3	61	161	−100	0	Presidents Cup

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.

2 August 2023 17:00	Sweden	26–26	Iran	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 110 Referees: Altmár, Horváth (HUN)
	Månsson 7	(12–9)	Karami 9
	1× 1×	Report	6× 1×

2 August 2023 19:00	Faroe Islands	53–21	Burundi	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Referees: Correa, Correa (BRA)
	Mittún 11	(30–8)	Benin 6
	1×	Report	6× 1×

3 August 2023 17:00	Burundi	16–62	Sweden	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 150 Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Bernard 6	(4–31)	Hasanic, Sundewall 10
	1× 4× 1×	Report	2×

3 August 2023 19:00	Faroe Islands	27–29	Iran	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 300 Referees: Emam, Hedaia (EGY)
	Mittún 9	(13–9)	Moradi 8
	2×	Report	2× 5×

5 August 2023 17:00	Iran	46–24	Burundi	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 100 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Karami 14	(24–13)	Benin 8
	1×	Report	1× 4×

5 August 2023 19:00	Sweden	31–34	Faroe Islands	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 300 Referees: Nikolovski, Metalari (MKD)
	Starck 6	(14–14)	Mittún 17
	1× 3×	Report	3×

President's Cup[edit]

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

Group I[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco	3	2	1	101	73	+28	4^[a]	17–20th places
2	Algeria	3	2	1	94	67	+27	4^[a]	21st–24th places
3	Rwanda	3	2	1	104	82	+22	4^[a]	25–28th places
4	New Zealand	3	0	3	49	126	−77	0	29th–32nd places

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.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Morocco 2 Pts, +3 GD; Algeria 2 Pts, +2 GD; Rwanda 2 Pts, −5 GD

7 August 2023 13:30	Algeria	39–14	New Zealand	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 75 Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	Abdelouahab 7	(22–4)	Bruce-Campbell 4
	1× 5×	Report	2×

7 August 2023 15:30	Morocco	32–33	Rwanda	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 100 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
	Razgui 8	(17–16)	Yves 8
	3×	Report	3×

8 August 2023 13:30	Rwanda	44–17	New Zealand	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 75 Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	Yves 14	(17–9)	Clarke 5
	4×	Report

8 August 2023 15:30	Algeria	22–26	Morocco	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 75 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Abdelouahab 8	(10–12)	Razgui 7
	1× 6× 1×	Report	5×

Group II[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iceland	3	3	0	107	79	+28	6	17–20th places
2	Japan	3	1	2	88	90	−2	2^[a]	21st–24th places
3	South Korea	3	1	2	85	97	−12	2^[a]	25–28th places
4	Bahrain	3	1	2	81	95	−14	2^[a]	29th–32nd places

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.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Japan 2 Pts, +5 GD; South Korea 2 Pts, +3 GD; Bahrain 2 Pts, −8 GD

7 August 2023 13:30	Iceland	38–23	South Korea	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Heiðarsson 6	(18–13)	Moon 6
	4×	Report

7 August 2023 15:30	Bahrain	21–33	Japan	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 50 Referees: García, El-Saied
	Farsan 5	(10–13)	Furukawa 6
	1×	Report	1× 3×

8 August 2023 13:30	Japan	27–34	South Korea	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 50 Referees: Diop, Faye (SEN)
	Tachibana 8	(10–19)	Choi 8
	1× 2×	Report	2×

8 August 2023 15:30	Iceland	34–28	Bahrain	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Zhou, Cheng (CHN)
	Stefánsson 6	(19–13)	Mohamed 6
	7×	Report	1× 2×

Group III[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Montenegro	3	3	0	86	67	+19	6	17–20th places
2	Chile	3	2	1	85	77	+8	4	21st–24th places
3	Georgia	3	1	2	85	90	−5	2	25–28th places
4	Mexico	3	0	3	77	99	−22	0	29th–32nd places

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.

7 August 2023 13:30	Chile	34–25	Georgia	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 25 Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
	Castillo, Hernández 7	(14–9)	Darsania 9
	3×	Report	1× 5×

7 August 2023 15:30	Montenegro	28–27	Mexico	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 50 Referees: Furukawa, Murata (JPN)
	Bakić 6	(12–15)	Anguiano 6
	7×	Report	1× 3×

8 August 2023 13:30	Mexico	22–41	Georgia	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 40 Referees: Emam, Hedaia (EGY)
	Anguiano 7	(8–20)	Khelisupali 9
	4×	Report	1× 3×

8 August 2023 15:30	Chile	21–24	Montenegro	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 40 Referees: Altmár, Horváth (HUN)
	Castillo 6	(10–13)	Bakić, Đurković 6
	2×	Report	3×

Group IV[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	3	0	154	62	+92	6	17–20th places
2	Argentina	3	2	1	101	88	+13	4	21st–24th places
3	United States	3	1	2	71	109	−38	2	25–28th places
4	Burundi	3	0	3	67	134	−67	0	29th–32nd places

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.

7 August 2023 13:00	Argentina	39–25	Burundi	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 80 Referees: Metalari, Nikolovski (MKD)
	Rodríguez 12	(16–14)	Ferdinand 8
	3×	Report	6×

7 August 2023 15:00	Sweden	50–17	United States	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 110 Referees: Chouraki, El Mouniri (MAR)
	Gustavsson 9	(24–10)	Fernandez 7
	1× 3×	Report

8 August 2023 13:00	United States	33–26	Burundi	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 100 Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
	Edwards 11	(15–14)	Bernard 6
	3×	Report	5× 1×

8 August 2023 15:00	Argentina	29–42	Sweden	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 100 Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
	Ojea 8	(19–21)	four players 6
	6× 1×	Report	3×

Main round[edit]

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

Group I[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia (H)	3	2	1	0	98	80	+18	5	Quarterfinals
2	Portugal	3	2	0	1	86	92	−6	4	Quarterfinals
3	Hungary	3	1	1	1	85	84	+1	3	9–12th places
4	Slovenia	3	0	0	3	76	89	−13	0	13–16th places

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

7 August 2023 17:30	Hungary	29–31	Portugal	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 150 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Kovács 14	(16–11)	Lourenço, Sousa 6
	7×	Report	1× 4×

7 August 2023 19:30	Croatia	32–25	Slovenia	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
	Ivanišević 7	(13–11)	Hriberšek 9
	1× 4× 2×	Report	1× 3×

8 August 2023 17:30	Portugal	28–26	Slovenia	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 200 Referees: García, El-Saied
	Ferreira 6	(10–9)	Hriberšek, Mlivič 7
	1× 5×	Report	1× 5× 1×

8 August 2023 19:30	Croatia	28–28	Hungary	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Perdomo, Araújo (URU)
	Bajan 9	(15–13)	Kovács 6
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[10] Team not determined at time of draw

[table_hth_MAR0.4628967351573-13] Morocco 2 Pts, +3 GD; Algeria 2 Pts, +2 GD; Rwanda 2 Pts, −5 GD

[table_hth_JPN0.49390677152849-14] Japan 2 Pts, +5 GD; South Korea 2 Pts, +3 GD; Bahrain 2 Pts, −8 GD

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2023 Men's Youth World Handball Championship

Bidding process[edit]

Qualification[edit]

Draw[edit]

Referees[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group B[edit]

Group C[edit]

Group D[edit]

Group E[edit]

Group F[edit]

Group G[edit]

Group H[edit]

President's Cup[edit]

Group I[edit]

Group II[edit]

Group III[edit]

Group IV[edit]

Main round[edit]

Group I[edit]

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