2015 Men's Junior World Handball Championship
The 2015 IHF Men's Junior World Championship was the 20th edition of the tournament and held at Brazil from 19 July to 1 August 2015.
The decision to select Brazil as the host was announced 1 August 2014. France won their first title by defeating Denmark 26–24 in the final.
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Brazil |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Dates | 19 July – 1 August 2015 |
| Teams | 24 (from 4 confederations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  France (1st title) |
| Runner-up |  Denmark |
| Third place |  Germany |
| Fourth place |  Egypt |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 92 |
| Goals scored | 5,250 (57.07 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Nicusor Negru(70 goals) |
| Best player | Florian Delecroix |
Host cities
The tournament took place entirely in Minas Gerais. Matches will be held in the cities of Uberlândia and Uberaba.
Qualified teams
The Oceania Federation withdrew, Portugal was named the replacement.
- Europe
Belarus (Winner qualification group 5)
Denmark (Winner 2013 Men's Youth World Handball Championship)
France (Winner qualification group 2)
Germany (Winner 2014 European Men's Junior Handball Championship) (2009 and 2011 Junior World Champions)
Netherlands (Winner qualification group 3)
Norway (Winner qualification group 4)
Romania (Winner qualification group 6)
Russia (Winner qualification group 1)
Serbia (Winner qualification group 8)
Spain (Winner qualification group 7)
Sweden (Runner-Up 2014 European Men's Junior Handball Championship) (2003, 2007 and current 2013 Junior World Champions)
Portugal (Substitution) (Runner-Up qualification group 7)
- Africa
Algeria (4th 2014 African Men's Junior Handball Championship)
Angola (3rd 2014 African Men's Junior Handball Championship)
Egypt (Winner 2014 African Men's Junior Handball Championship)
Tunisia (Runner-Up 2014 African Men's Junior Handball Championship)
- Asia
- Americas
Argentina (Runner-Up 2015 Pan American Men's Junior Handball Championship)
Brazil (Host) (Winner 2015 Pan American Men's Junior Handball Championship)
Chile (3rd 2015 Pan American Men's Junior Handball Championship)
Paraguay (additional 4th place as Brazil is host of tournament) (5th 2015 Pan American Men's Junior Handball Championship))
Uruguay (4th 2015 Pan American Men's Junior Handball Championship)
Preliminary round
The draw was held on 21 May 2015.
All times are local (UTC−3).
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sweden | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 210 | 108 | +102 | 10 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 |  Belarus | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 181 | 130 | +51 | 8 | |
| 3 |  Tunisia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 153 | 142 | +11 | 6 | |
| 4 |  Russia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 165 | 168 | −3 | 4 | |
| 5 |  Netherlands | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 149 | 165 | −16 | 2 | |
| 6 |  Paraguay | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 95 | 240 | −145 | 0 |
Source: ihf.info
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.
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.
| 20 July 2015 09:30 | Sweden | 35–27 | Tunisia | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia Attendance: 200 Referees: Brkić, Jusufhodžić (AUT) |
| Tollbring, Zetterman 5 | (17–11) | Abdelli 8 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 3× 3× |
| 20 July 2015 11:45 | Netherlands | 25–37 | Belarus | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia Attendance: 200 Referees: Gonzales, Prieto (URU) |
| Berendsen 6 | (12–15) | Harbuz 7 | ||
| 3× 2× | Report | 2× 5× |
| 20 July 2015 20:45 | Russia | 44–30 | Paraguay | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia Attendance: 300 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR) |
| Shkurinskiy 9 | (18–14) | Garcete 8 | ||
| 2× 4× | Report | 3× 3× |
| 21 July 2015 16:15 | Tunisia | 31–28 | Russia | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia Attendance: 250 Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousavian (IRN) |
| Abdelli 7 | (15–16) | Shkurinskiy 9 | ||
| 3× 1× | Report | 2× 2× |
| 21 July 2015 18:30 | Belarus | 23–38 | Sweden | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia Attendance: 250 Referees: Alves, Magalhães (BRA) |
| Karvatski 5 | (12–17) | Tollbring 10 | ||
| 4× 2× | Report | 1× 3× |
| 21 July 2015 20:45 | Paraguay | 18–52 | Netherlands | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia Attendance: 700 Referees: Pétursson, Sigurjónsson (ISL) |
| Garcete 9 | (7–24) | Berendsen 13 | ||
4× 5× 1× | Report | 3× 7× |
| 23 July 2015 09:30 | Sweden | 52–10 | Paraguay | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia Referees: Al-Mutawa, Al-Suwailem (KUW) |
| Mörk 9 | (20–3) | Bordon 3 | ||
| 2× 1× | Report | 3× 1× |
| 23 July 2015 11:45 | Russia | 37–25 | Netherlands | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR) |
| Shkurinskiy 11 | (20–16) | Berendsen 7 | ||
| 3× 3× | Report | 3× 2× |
| 23 July 2015 14:00 | Tunisia | 23–31 | Belarus | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia Attendance: 200 Referees: Gonzales, Prieto (URU) |
| Berry, Dhouibi 5 | (9–18) | Karalek, Vailupau 7 | ||
| 3× 4× | Report | 4× 6× |
| 24 July 2015 14:00 | Netherlands | 20–44 | Sweden | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia Attendance: 200 Referees: Brkić, Jusufhodžić (AUT) |
| Berendsen 5 | (9–19) | Tollbring 7 | ||
| 2× 3× | Report | 3× 4× |
| 24 July 2015 16:15 | Russia | 28–41 | Belarus | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia Attendance: 200 Referees: Pétursson, Sigurjónsson (ISL) |
| Chernov 8 | (13–18) | Karvatski 7 | ||
| 3× 4× | Report | 3× 1× |
| 24 July 2015 20:45 | Paraguay | 21-43 | Tunisia | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia Attendance: 100 Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousavian (IRN) |
| Pérez, Rodas 4 | (9–22) | Berry 9 | ||
| 2× 7× | Report | 3× 4× |
| 26 July 2015 09:30 | Belarus | 49–16 | Paraguay | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia Attendance: 100 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA) |
| Vailupau 8 | (26–8) | Pérez 6 | ||
| 3× 1× | Report | 3× 3× 1× |
| 26 July 2015 11:45 | Netherlands | 27–29 | Tunisia | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia Attendance: 100 Referees: Alves, Magalhães (BRA) |
| Jansen 7 | (12–15) | three players 6 | ||
| 4× 3× | Report | 3× 1× |
| 26 July 2015 14:00 | Sweden | 41–28 | Russia | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia Attendance: 100 Referees: Gonzales, Prieto (URU) |
| Tollbring 9 | (24–14) | Shkurinskiy 13 | ||
| 3× 4× | Report | 1× 4× 1× |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Spain | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 134 | 107 | +27 | 8 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Romania | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 136 | 130 | +6 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Qatar | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 130 | 138 | −8 | 6 | |
| 4 |  Portugal | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 120 | 127 | −7 | 5 | |
| 5 |  Serbia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 134 | 112 | +22 | 5 | |
| 6 |  Angola | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 113 | 153 | −40 | 0 |
Source: ihf.info
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:
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:
| 20 July 2015 14:00 | Spain | 26–27 | Qatar | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia Attendance: 250 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA) |
| Aleix 7 | (16–11) | Madadi 8 | ||
| 3× 3× | Report | 3× 5× |
| 20 July 2015 16:15 | Romania | 26–26 | Portugal | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia Attendance: 300 Referees: Al-Mutawa, Al-Suwailem (KUW) |
| Negru 7 | (11–15) | M. Martins 7 | ||
| 1× 4× 1× | Report | 4× 4× 2× |
| 20 July 2015 18:30 | Serbia | 31–14 | Angola | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia Attendance: 150 Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousavian (IRN) |
| Šotić 5 | (16–3) | Nascimento 7 | ||
| 3× 4× | Report | 3× 4× |
| 22 July 2015 16:15 | Qatar | 31–32 | Romania | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia Attendance: 200 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR) |
| Denguir 10 | (16–16) | Somlea 10 | ||
| 3× 3× 1× | Report | 4× 8× 2× |
| 22 July 2015 18:30 | Angola | 21–32 | Spain | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia Attendance: 200 Referees: Gonzales, Prieto (URU) |
| Nhati, Sibo 7 | (12–17) | Del Valle 9 | ||
| 2× 5× 1× | Report | 4× 2× |
| 22 July 2015 20:45 | Portugal | 27–24 | Serbia | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia Attendance: 550 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA) |
| Leitão 6 | (16–13) | Đukić 6 | ||
| 4× 6× | Report | 4× 4× |
| 23 July 2015 16:15 | Qatar | 24–23 | Angola | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia Attendance: 200 Referees: Alves, Magalhães (BRA) |
| Al-Buainain 5 | (12–10) | Pascoal 9 | ||
| 3× 3× | Report | 1× 9× 2× |
| 23 July 2015 18:30 | Romania | 21–21 | Serbia | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia Attendance: 200 Referees: Brkić, Jusufhodžić (AUT) |
| Negru 6 | (13–9) | Kurteš, Terzić 4 | ||
| 3× 4× 1× | Report | 3× 7× |
| 23 July 2015 20:45 | Spain | 25–20 | Portugal | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia Attendance: 300 Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousavian (IRN) |
| Arino 5 | (12–12) | M. Martins 7 | ||
| 3× 2× | Report | 4× 5× |
| 25 July 2015 15:30 | Romania | 39–29 | Angola | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia Referees: Brkić, Jusufhodžić (AUT) |
| Negru 18 | (20–14) | Sibo 10 | ||
| 3× 3× | Report | 3× 6× |
| 25 July 2015 17:45 | Serbia | 21–28 | Spain | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia Attendance: 200 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA) |
| Mladenović 8 | (13–12) | Arino 6 | ||
| 4× 4× | Report | 4× 1× |
| 25 July 2015 20:00 | Portugal | 20–26 | Qatar | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
| Mourão 6 | (7–12) | Sassi 7 | ||
| 3× 5× | Report | 3× 3× |
| 26 July 2015 16:15 | Angola | 26–27 | Portugal | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia Attendance: 200 Referees: Al-Mutawa, Al-Suwailem (KUW) |
| Nascimento 9 | (14–12) | M. Martins 9 | ||
| 3× 4× | Report | 3× 2× |
| 26 July 2015 18:30 | Serbia | 37–22 | Qatar | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia Referees: Pétursson, Sigurjónsson (ISL) |
| Milosavljev 16 | (15–13) | Demirović 10 | ||
| 3× 3× | Report | 5× 3× 1× |
| 26 July 2015 20:45 | Spain | 23–18 | Romania | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves, Uberlândia Attendance: 200 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR) |
| Aleix 7 | (15–12) | Racoțea 7 | ||
| 3× 7× | Report | 2× 4× |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 163 | 123 | +40 | 10 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Denmark | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 165 | 121 | +44 | 8 | |
| 3 |  South Korea | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 153 | 133 | +20 | 6 | |
| 4 |  Argentina | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 114 | 123 | −9 | 4 | |
| 5 |  Algeria | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 117 | 145 | −28 | 2 | |
| 6 |  Chile | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 104 | 171 | −67 | 0 |
Source: ihf.info
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.
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.
| 20 July 2015 11:45 | Denmark | 39–20 | Chile | Arena Máquinas, Uberaba Attendance: 100 Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN) |
| four players 6 | (18–10) | Ayala, Velis 4 | ||
| 3× 3× | Report | 3× 5× |
| 20 July 2015 14:00 | France | 26–25 | Algeria | Arena Máquinas, Uberaba Attendance: 200 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
| Traore, Tritta 4 | (13–11) | four players 4 | ||
| 3× 4× | Report | 3× 6× |
| 20 July 2015 16:15 | Argentina | 18–28 | South Korea | Arena Máquinas, Uberaba Attendance: 200 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN) |
| Dechamps, Bernachea 4 | (9–12) | Lim Jae-seo 6 | ||
| 4× 7× | Report | 3× 6× |
| 22 July 2015 16:15 | Chile | 22–38 | France | Arena Máquinas, Uberaba Attendance: 100 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN) |
| Ayala, Flores 8 | (9–20) | Cardinal 7 | ||
| 3× 5× | Report | 4× 4× 1× |
| 22 July 2015 18:30 | South Korea | 27–28 | Denmark | Arena Máquinas, Uberaba Attendance: 350 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
| Kim Gi-min 8 | (13–10) | Hald Jensen, Holst Jensen 5 | ||
| 3× 4× | Report | 3× 7× |
| 22 July 2015 20:45 | Algeria | 19–23 | Argentina | Arena Máquinas, Uberaba Attendance: 200 Referees: Volodkov, Zotin (RUS) |
| Djebrouni 7 | (7–12) | Bernachea 7 | ||
| 2× 7× 1× | Report | 2× 5× |
| 23 July 2015 14:00 | Chile | 22–35 | South Korea | Arena Máquinas, Uberaba Attendance: 150 Referees: Al-Mawt, Marhoon (BHR) |
| Salas 4 | (8–18) | Kim Da-gyeom 6 | ||
| 3× 5× 1× | Report | 2× 2× |
| 23 July 2015 16:15 | France | 28–19 | Argentina | Arena Máquinas, Uberaba Attendance: 600 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA) |
| Seri 7 | (9–7) | Mouriño 4 | ||
| 2× 7× | Report | 3× 2× |
| 23 July 2015 20:45 | Denmark | 42–18 | Algeria | Arena Máquinas, Uberaba Attendance: 350 Referees: Mošorinski, Pandžić (SRB) |
| Holm 8 | (17–9) | Khelil 5 | ||
| 3× 2× | Report | 3× 1× |
| 25 July 2015 15:30 | France | 39–31 | South Korea | Arena Máquinas, Uberaba Referees: Mošorinski, Pandžić (SRB) |
| Delecroix 8 | (20–14) | Oh Seung-gwon 8 | ||
| 3× 9× | Report | 3× 3× |
| 25 July 2015 17:45 | Argentina | 24–30 | Denmark | Arena Máquinas, Uberaba Attendance: 300 Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN) |
| Bernachea 7 | (13–14) | Schilling 9 | ||
| 3× 6× | Report | 3× 7× |
| 25 July 2015 20:00 | Algeria | 29–22 | Chile | Arena Máquinas, Uberaba Attendance: 100 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA) |
| Djehiche 8 | (16–10) | Ayala 6 | ||
| 3× 5× | Report | 4× 4× |
| 26 July 2015 14:00 | Denmark | 26–32 | France | Arena Máquinas, Uberaba Attendance: 250 Referees: Volodkov, Zotin (RUS) |
| three players 4 | (15–18) | Billant, Tournat 6 | ||
| 3× 4× | Report | 3× 3× |
| 26 July 2015 16:15 | South Korea | 32–26 | Algeria | Arena Máquinas, Uberaba Referees: Jedermann, Posch (USA) |
| Park Soon-geun 6 | (16–11) | Allouach, Khelil 5 | ||
| 3× 1× | Report | 2× 7× 1× |
| 26 July 2015 20:45 | Argentina | 30–18 | Chile | Arena Máquinas, Uberaba Attendance: 400 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN) |
| Werner 6 | (13–8) | Flores 6 | ||
| 1× 6× | Report | 3× 7× |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 166 | 119 | +47 | 9 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Egypt | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 151 | 128 | +23 | 7 | |
| 3 | Brazil | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 155 | 131 | +24 | 7 | |
| 4 |  Norway | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 135 | 138 | −3 | 4 | |
| 5 |  Japan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 139 | 155 | −16 | 3 | |
| 6 |  Uruguay | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 89 | 164 | −75 | 0 |
Source: ihf.info
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:
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:
