2025 IHF Men's U19 Handball World Championship

2025 IHF Men's U19 Handball World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Dates	6–17 August
Teams	32 (from 6 confederations)

The 2025 IHF Men's U19 Handball World Championship will be the 11th edition of the IHF Men's U19 Handball World Championship to be held in Egypt under the aegis of International Handball Federation (IHF). It will be first time in history that the championship will be organised by Egyptian Handball Federation.^[1]

Spain are the defending champions.

Bidding process

Three nations entered bid for hosting the tournament:

•  North Macedonia
•  Poland
•  Slovenia

North Macedonia and Poland later withdrew their bid. The tournament was initially awarded to Slovenia by the IHF Council in its meeting held in Cairo, Egypt on 28 February 2020.^[2] However, there were no further details on Slovenia's preparations four years later and were stripped of the hosting rights in September 2024, with Egypt being named the replacement.

Qualification

Event	Dates	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation			1	Egypt
2024 U-18 European Championship	7–18 August 2024	Podgorica	14	Croatia  Czech Republic  Denmark  France  Germany  Hungary  Iceland  Norway  Portugal  Serbia  Spain  Sweden  Slovenia   Switzerland
2024 Asian Youth Championship	3–14 September 2024	Amman	5	Bahrain  Japan  Kuwait  Saudi Arabia  South Korea
2024 African Youth Championship	19–26 September 2024	Tunisia	6	Algeria  Guinea  Kenya  Libya  Morocco  Tunisia
2024 South and Central American Youth Championship	5–9 November 2024	Managua	4	Argentina  Brazil  Chile  Uruguay
2024 North America and Caribbean Youth Championship	20–24 November 2024	Toa Baja	2	Mexico  United States

References

1. "2025 IHF Men's Youth World Championship to be hosted by the Egyptian Handball Federation". IHF. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
2. "IHF Council awards events up to 2027". ihf.info. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.