U-21 men's handball world championship

This article covers the Men's U-21 Handball World Championship . See also U-20 Women's Handball World Championship and other World Handball Championship competitions (disambiguation) .

U-21 men's handball world championship
Full name	IHF Men's Junior World Championship
Association	IHF
First edition	1977
Teams	24
Game mode	Round-robin tournament (8 groups of 4 teams each) / Knockout system (from round of 16)
Title holder	France (2)
Record winner	Russia (7)
Website	www.ihf.info

The U-21 men's handball world championship (officially IHF Men's Junior World Championships ) is the official handball competition of the best national teams for male handball players under the age of 21. It has been organized by the International Handball Federation (IHF) since 1977 and has taken place every two years since then.

The current men's U-21 handball world champion is France . The team was able to successfully prevail in the final against the Croatian selection in Spain in 2019 and thus won their second world title.

Tournaments at a glance

year	Host country	World Champion	Result	Vice world champion	Third
1977	Sweden	USSR	24:10	Hungary	Yugoslavia
1979	Denmark / Sweden	USSR	30:25	Yugoslavia	Sweden
1981	Portugal	Yugoslavia	28:21	USSR	Czechoslovakia
1983	Finland	USSR	32:17	Germany	Denmark
1985	Italy	USSR	32:27	Sweden	Yugoslavia
1987	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	28:26	Spain	USSR
1989	Spain	USSR	23:17	Spain	Yugoslavia
1991	Greece	Yugoslavia	27:16	Sweden	USSR
1993	Egypt	Egypt	22:19	Denmark	Iceland
1995	Argentina	Russia	29:28 a.d.	Spain	Portugal
1997	Turkey	Denmark	29:23	Ukraine	France
1999	Qatar	Denmark	26:22 a.d.	Sweden	Egypt
2001	Switzerland	Russia	31:27	Spain	Sweden
2003	Brazil	Sweden	36:34 a.d.	Denmark	Slovenia
2005	Hungary	Denmark	40:35	Serbia-Montenegro	Hungary
2007	North Macedonia	Sweden	31:29	Germany	Denmark
2009	Egypt	Germany	32:24	Denmark	Slovenia
2011	Greece	Germany	27:18	Denmark	Tunisia
2013	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sweden	28:23	Spain	France
2015	Brazil	France	26:24	Denmark	Germany
2017	Algeria	Spain	39:38 a.d.	Denmark	France
2019	Spain	France	28:23	Croatia	Egypt
2021	Hungary		-: -
2023	Germany		-: -
2025	Poland		-: -

Ranking list

rank	country	World Champion	Second	Third	Total
1.	Russia / USSR	7th	1	2	10
2.	Denmark	3	6th	2	11
3.	Sweden	3	3	2	8th
4th	Yugoslavia 13	3	1	3	7th
5.	Germany 12	2	2	1	5
6th	France	2	-	3	5
7th	Spain	1	5	-	6th
8th.	Egypt	1	-	2	3
9.	Hungary	-	1	1	2
10.	Ukraine	-	1	-	1
	Serbia	-	1	-	1
	Croatia	-	1	-	1
13.	Slovenia	-	-	2	2
13.	Portugal	-	-	1	1
	Iceland	-	-	1	1
	Czechoslovakia	-	-	1	1
	Tunisia	-	-	1	1
	total	22nd	22nd	22nd	66

¹² including FRG and GDR

¹³ including Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (until 1992)

Participating Nations

nation	1977	1979	1981	1983	1985	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	Total
Algeria						12	14th		13				12	18th			19th	14th	24	20th	8th
Angola																19th			21st	21st	3
Argentina									11	17th			20th	16	11	13	6th	20th	16	11	10
Egypt				13	15th		15th	13	1	6th	6th	3	8th	10	7th	6th	4th	4th	8th	4th	15th
Bahrain										17th											1
Belgium		20th																			1
Benin																		23			1
Bosnia and Herzegovina																			14th		1
Brazil								15th		17th	16	13	11	8th	16	16	9	11	6th	10	12
Bulgaria																18th					1
Chile															20th	20th		21st	23	23	5
People's Republic of China								16													1
Chinese Taipei		21st																			1
Denmark	8th	4th	7th	3	7th	9		7th	2	9	1	1	6th	2	1	3	2	2	13	2	19th
Germany								9		11	7th		5	13	4th	2	1	1	11	3	11
German Democratic Republic	9	8th	5	6th	5	13															6th
Estonia																	12				1
Finland		16		8th																	2
France	12	9	8th	14th		8th	6th	11		7th	3	4th			14th	7th	11	6th	3	1	16
Greece								14th	16	13	18th	8th						16			6th
Greenland																	18th				1
Iceland		7th	6th		8th	16	5	5	3						9		13				9
Iran																	17th	12			2
Israel	17th	15th										14th			10						4th
Italy		17th	12	16	12																4th
Japan		19th	16		11															18th	4th
Canada																		22nd			1
Qatar										13		12	19th	12			20th	15th	19th	9	8th
Republic of the Congo															19th				22nd		2
Croatia											10	11	9	5		4th			4th		6th
Kuwait	16			12		15th							17th	19th	18th	12	23		20th		9
Libya																	24				1
Luxembourg		23																			1
North Macedonia											15th					10					2
Madagascar	20th																				1
Morocco	19th																22nd				2
Netherlands	15th	14th	13														14th		5	19th	6th
New Zealand												17th									1
Nigeria			14th		16																2
Norway	18th	13				10			7th	4th		15th	14th				16	10		15th	10
Austria	14th			15th			11		14th		19th										5
Paraguay																				24	1
Poland	7th	10		10	14th		12		12	13	4th		10	7th							10
Portugal		18th	15th						10	3		10				15th	7th	9		12	9
Puerto Rico														20th							1
Romania	11					5	8th	6th	8th	17th					6th					8th	8th
Russia									4th	1	12	7th	1			9		13	17th	16	9
Saudi Arabia		22nd									11										2
Serbia																		18th	10	17th	3
Serbia and Montenegro														11	2						2
Slovakia										13				14th		14th					3
Slovenia										10	20th		16	3	8th	8th	3	8th	9		9
South Korea					13	14th	9	12	15th						12	11		19th	18th	13	10
Soviet Union	1	1	2	1	1	3	1	3													8th
Spain	4th		10	9	10	2	2	4th	9	2	5	6th	2	4th	5	5	8th	5	2	7th	19th
Sweden	6th	3	4th	4th	2	4th	7th	2	5	12		2	3	1	15th	1	5	7th	1	5	19th
Switzerland	13	12	11	11	9								15th	6th					7th		8th
Czech Republic										8th					13		10				3
Czechoslovakia	10	5	3	7th	6th	11	13														7th
Tunisia	DQ										8th	9	18th	9	17th	17th	21st	3	15th	14th	11
Turkey								8th			13										2
Ukraine											2			17th							2
Hungary	2	6th				7th	10	10	6th			16	4th	15th	3			17th	12		12
Uruguay																				22nd	1
United Arab Emirates											17th										1
United States							16														1
Venezuela																		24			1
Belarus											14th		13				15th			6th	4th
BR Germany	5	11	9	2	4th	6th	4th														7th
Yugoslavia	3	2	1	5	3	1	3	1		5	9	5	7th								12
Total	21st	23	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	20th	20th	17th	20th	20th	20th	20th	24	24	24	24

Web links

• Men's Handball Junior World Championship on the side of the International Handball Federation (IHF)