Men's Junior World Handball Championship

The IHF Men's Junior World Championship is the official competition for men's national handball teams under-21, has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1977. It takes place every two years.

Tournaments [edit]

Year	Host Country		Gold medal game				Bronze medal game
			Gold	Score	Silver		Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1977 Details	Sweden		Soviet Union	24–10	Hungary		Yugoslavia	24–21	Spain
1979 Details	/ Denmark / Sweden		Soviet Union	30–25	Yugoslavia		Sweden	25–20	Denmark
1981 Details	Portugal		Yugoslavia	28–21	Soviet Union		Czechoslovakia	32–26	Sweden
1983 Details	Finland		Soviet Union	32–17	West Germany		Denmark	31–28	Sweden
1985 Details	Italy		Soviet Union	32–27	Sweden		Yugoslavia	23–22	West Germany
1987 Details	Yugoslavia		Yugoslavia	28–26	Spain		Soviet Union	34–18	Sweden
1989 Details	Spain		Soviet Union	23–17	Spain		Yugoslavia	23–22	West Germany
1991 Details	Greece		Yugoslavia	27–16	Sweden		Soviet Union	27–25	Spain
1993 Details	Egypt		Egypt	22–19	Denmark		Iceland	21–20	Russia
1995 Details	Argentina		Russia	29–28 OT	Spain		Portugal	24–23	Norway
1997 Details	Turkey		Denmark	29–23	Ukraine		France	28–24	Poland
1999 Details	Qatar		Denmark	26–22 OT	Sweden		Egypt	32–31 OT	France
2001 Details	Switzerland		Russia	31–27	Spain		Sweden	37–26	Hungary
2003 Details	Brazil		Sweden	36–34 OT	Denmark		Slovenia	35–33	Spain
2005 Details	Hungary		Denmark	40–35	Serbia and Montenegro		Hungary	28–27	Germany
2007 Details	Macedonia		Sweden	31–29	Germany		Denmark	27–26	Croatia
2009 Details	Egypt		Germany	32–24	Denmark		Slovenia	35–24	Egypt
2011 Details	Greece		Germany	27–18	Denmark		Tunisia	24–18	Egypt
2013 Details	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Medal table [edit]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	7	1	2	10
2	Denmark	3	4	2	9
3	Serbia	3	2	3	8
4	Sweden	2	3	2	7
5	Germany	2	2	0	4
6	Egypt	1	0	1	2
7	Spain	0	4	0	4
8	Hungary	0	1	1	2
9	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
10	Slovenia	0	0	2	2
11	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
	France	0	0	1	1
	Iceland	0	0	1	1
	Portugal	0	0	1	1
	Tunisia	0	0	1	1
Total		18	18	18	54

• IHF considers Russia as the inheritor of the records of Soviet Union.
• IHF considers Serbia as the inheritor of the records of SFR Yugoslavia, FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro.
• IHF considers Germany as the inheritor of the records of West Germany.
• IHF considers Czech Republic as the inheritor of the records of Czechoslovakia.

Participating nations [edit]

Nation	1977	1979	1981	1983	1985	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	Years
Algeria						12th	14th		13th				12th	18th			19th	14th	Q	8
Angola																19th			Q	2
Argentina									11th	17th			20th	16th	11th	13th	6th	20th		8
Austria	14th			15th			11th		14th		19th									5
Bahrain										17th										1
Belarus											14th		13th				15th			3
Belgium		20th																		1
Benin																		23rd		1
Bosnia and Herzegovina																			Q	1
Brazil								15th		17th	16th	13th	11th	8th	16th	16th	9th	11th		10
Bulgaria																18th				1
Canada																		22nd		1
Chile															20th	20th		21st		3
China								16th												1
Chinese Taipei		21st																		1
Congo															19th				Q	2
Croatia											10th	11th	9th	5th		4th			Q	6
Czech Republic										8th					13th		10th			3
Czechoslovakia	10th	5th	3rd	7th	6th	11th	13th													7
Denmark	8th	4th	7th	3rd	7th	9th		7th	2nd	9th	1st	1st	6th	2nd	1st	3rd	2nd	2nd	Q	18
East Germany	9th	8th	5th	6th	5th	13th														6
Egypt				13th	15th		15th	13th	1st	6th	6th	3rd	8th	10th	7th	6th	4th	4th	Q	15
Estonia																	12th			1
Finland		16th		8th																2
France	12th	9th	8th	14th		8th	6th	11th		7th	3rd	4th			14th	7th	11th	6th	Q	15
Germany								9th		11th	7th		5th	13th	4th	2nd	1st	1st	Q	10
Greece								14th	16th	13th	18th	8th						16th		6
Greenland																	18th			1
Hungary	2nd	6th				7th	10th	10th	6th			16th	4th	15th	3rd			17th	Q	12
Iceland		7th	6th		8th	16th	5th	5th	3rd						9th		13th			9
Iran																	17th	12th		2
Israel	17th	15th										14th			10th					4
Italy		17th	12th	16th	12th															4
Japan		19th	16th		11th															3
Kuwait	16th			12th		15th							17th	19th	18th	12th	23rd		Q	9
Libya																	24th			1
Luxembourg		23rd																		1
Macedonia											15th					10th				2
Madagascar	20th																			1
Morocco	19th																22nd			2
Netherlands	15th	14th	13th														14th		Q	5
New Zealand												17th								1
Nigeria			14th		16th															2
Norway	18th	13th				10th			7th	4th		15th	14th				16th	10th		9
Poland	7th	10th		10th	14th		12th		12th	13th	4th		10th	7th						10
Portugal		18th	15th						10th	3rd		10th				15th	7th	9th		8
Puerto Rico														20th						1
Qatar										13th		12th	19th	12th			20th	15th	Q	7
Romania	11th					5th	8th	6th	8th	17th					6th					7
Russia									4th	1st	12th	7th	1st			9th		13th	Q	8
Saudi Arabia		22nd									11th									2
Serbia																		18th		1
Serbia and Montenegro														11th	2nd					2
Slovakia										13th				14th		14th				3
Slovenia										10th	20th		16th	3rd	8th	8th	3rd	8th	Q	9
South Korea					13th	14th	9th	12th	15th						12th	11th		19th	Q	9
Soviet Union	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	3rd	1st	3rd												8
Spain	4th		10th	9th	10th	2nd	2nd	4th	9th	2nd	5th	6th	2nd	4th	5th	5th	8th	5th	Q	18
Sweden	6th	3rd	4th	4th	2nd	4th	7th	2nd	5th	12th		2nd	3rd	1st	15th	1st	5th	7th	Q	18
Switzerland	13th	12th	11th	11th	9th								15th	6th					Q	8
Tunisia	DQ										8th	9th	18th	9th	17th	17th	21st	3rd	Q	10
Turkey								8th			13th									2
Ukraine											2nd			17th						2
United Arab Emirates											17th									1
United States							16th													1
Venezuela																		24th		1
West Germany	5th	11th	9th	2nd	4th	6th	4th													7
Yugoslavia	3rd	2nd	1st	5th	3rd	1st	3rd	1st		5th	9th	5th	7th							12
Total	21	23	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	20	20	17	20	20	20	20	24	24	24

References [edit]

• ihf.info

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