2017 Men's Youth World Handball Championship
International handball tournament held in Georgia
International handball competition
2017 Men's Youth World Handball Championship Host country Georgia Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) Dates 8–20 August Teams 24 (from 4 confederations) Champions France (2nd title) Runner-up Spain Third place Denmark Fourth place Croatia Matches played 92 Goals scored 5,231 (56.86 per match) Attendance 11,094 (121 per match) Top scorer(s) Teitur Örn Einarsson Best player Kyllian Villeminot
The 2017 IHF Men's Youth World Championship Tbilisi , Georgia from 8 to 20 August 2017.[ 1] [ 2] Olympic Palace .
France won their second straight title by defeating Spain 28–25 in the final.[ 3] [ 4]
Qualified teams
On 31 July 2017, Venezuela withdrew from the tournament and Poland was named as the substitute.[ 9]
Draw
The draw was held on 10 May 2017.[ 10]
Seedings
The seedings were announced on 8 May 2017.[ 11]
Referees
The IHF selected 16 referee pairs for the championship.[ 12]
Preliminary round
The schedule was announced on 29 May 2017.[ 13]
All times are local (UTC+4 ).
Group A
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 Bahrain 23−39 Norway
Group B
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
Notes:
^ a b c Chile 2Pts, +4GD; Georgia 2Pts, −1GD; Algeria 2Pts, −3GD
Group C
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 Croatia 30−30 Portugal
^ a b Poland 29−25 Brazil
Group D
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.
17th place bracket 21st place bracket
23rd place game
21st place game
19th place game
17th place game
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.
Source:
[citation needed Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
15th place game
13th place game
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Knockout stage
Bracket
5th place bracket
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking
Statistics
Top goalscorers
Source: IHF
Top goalkeepers
Source: IHF
Awards
MVP
All-star team
References
External links
