2015 Men's Youth World Handball Championship

The 2015 Men's Youth World Handball Championship was the sixth edition of the IHF Men's Youth World Championship, held in Yekaterinburg, Russia from 7 to 20 August 2015.^[3] France won their first title by defeating Slovenia 33–26 in the final.^[4]

2015 Men's Youth World Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	7 – 20 August 2015
Teams	24 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	France (1st title)
Runner-up	Slovenia
Third place	Iceland
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	92
Goals scored	5,178 (56.28 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Blaž Janc (69 goals)[1]
Best player	Melvyn Richardson[2]
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Qualified teams

The Oceania Federation withdrew, Serbia was named the replacement.^[5]

Europe^[6]

•  Croatia
•  Denmark
•  France
•  Germany
•  Hungary
•  Iceland
•  Norway
•  Poland
•  Russia (Host)
•  Serbia
•  Slovenia
•  Spain
•  Sweden
•   Switzerland

Africa^[7]

•  Algeria
•  Egypt
•  Tunisia

America^[8]

•  Argentina
•  Brazil
•  Chile
•  Venezuela

Asia

•  Japan
•  Qatar
•  South Korea

Preliminary round

The draw was held on 13 May 2015.^[9][10][11]

All times are local (UTC+5).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	5	4	1	0	163	115	+48	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Hungary	5	3	1	1	171	129	+42	7
3	Serbia	5	3	0	2	141	148	−7	6
4	South Korea	5	2	1	2	152	147	+5	5
5	Poland	5	1	1	3	130	134	−4	3
6	Chile	5	0	0	5	88	172	−84	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.

8 August 2015 10:00	Hungary	35–26	Poland	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Fekete 8	(18–11)	Moryto 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

8 August 2015 12:00	Sweden	34–24	Serbia	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Bethmann, Tzaferopoulos (GRE)
	Mellegard 6	(14–10)	Jovanović, Rakocija 4
	3× 3×	Report	3× 6×

8 August 2015 14:00	South Korea	36–23	Chile	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Bartlett, Stokes (GBR)
	Jung Hyun-jin 6	(19–11)	Hernández 6
	3× 6×	Report	1× 2×

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10 August 2015 16:00	Poland	23–23	Sweden	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 80 Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
	Kowalczyk 8	(13–11)	Claar 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

10 August 2015 18:00	Chile	17–37	Hungary	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Paulsen 5	(4–17)	Hanusz, Mikita 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 6×

10 August 2015 20:00	Serbia	29–27	South Korea	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 150 Referees: Honda, Tabuchi (JPN)
	Jovanović 7	(13–13)	Kang Seok-ju 5
	3× 8× 1×	Report	3× 4×

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11 August 2015 16:00	Hungary	42–29	Serbia	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 200 Referees: Kiselev, Kiyashko (RUS)
	Fekete, Győri 7	(21–15)	Ranisavljević 7
	3× 3×	Report	2× 2× 1×

11 August 2015 18:00	Sweden	37–25	South Korea	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	three players 6	(20–12)	Kim Yeon-bin, Park Kwang-soon 5
	4× 6× 1×	Report	3× 4×

11 August 2015 20:00	Poland	28–16	Chile	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 50 Referees: Diop, Faye (SEN)
	Mauer 7	(16–8)	Porta 7
	1× 4×	Report	2× 4×

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13 August 2015 16:00	Sweden	39–17	Chile	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 50 Referees: Korja, Laitinen (FIN)
	Bredolo 11	(23–8)	Hernández, Hidalgo 3
	2× 4×	Report	3×

13 August 2015 18:00	South Korea	31–31	Hungary	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Kim Yeon-bin, Park Se-ung 6	(18–19)	Győri 13
	3× 5×	Report	3× 7×

13 August 2015 20:00	Serbia	27–26	Poland	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 80 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Arsenić 6	(14–13)	Kowalczyk, Netz 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

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14 August 2015 16:00	Chile	19–32	Serbia	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 50 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Paulsen 5	(6–18)	Arsenić 8
	3× 1×	Report	3× 3×

14 August 2015 18:00	South Korea	33–27	Poland	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
	Kim Yeon-bin 8	(14–12)	Moryto 6
	3× 1×	Report	3× 5×

14 August 2015 20:00	Hungary	26–30	Sweden	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 150 Referees: Kiselev, Kiyashko (RUS)
	Juhász 9	(12–13)	Claar 8
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iceland	5	5	0	0	169	127	+42	10	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Spain	5	3	0	2	145	99	+46	6[lower-alpha 1]
3	Norway	5	3	0	2	157	118	+39	6[lower-alpha 1]
4	Egypt	5	2	0	3	148	136	+12	4[lower-alpha 2]
5	Germany	5	2	0	3	161	128	+33	4[lower-alpha 2]
6	Venezuela	5	0	0	5	85	257	−172	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:

1. Spain–Norway 21–19
2. Germany–Egypt 23–24

8 August 2015 16:00	Spain	30–23	Egypt	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Kiselev, Kiyashko (RUS)
	Dujshebaev 8	(10–11)	Khaled 8
	2× 3×	Report	3× 2×

8 August 2015 18:00	Norway	54–15	Venezuela	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Horgen 8	(31–8)	Gotia 4
	3×	Report	3× 1×

8 August 2015 20:00	Germany	26–34	Iceland	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Korja, Laitinen (FIN)
	Michalczik 5	(11–20)	Ríkharðsson 8
	4× 4×	Report	2× 3×

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9 August 2015 16:00	Egypt	21–24	Norway	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 50 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Raafat 6	(8–13)	Ferkingstad 7
	2× 3×	Report	4× 3×

9 August 2015 18:00	Iceland	25–24	Spain	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Magnússon 8	(12–11)	Odriozola 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

9 August 2015 20:00	Venezuela	16–58	Germany	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 50 Referees: Diop, Faye (SEN)
	Goitia 5	(8–24)	Beyer 11
	2× 5×	Report	3× 5×

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11 August 2015 10:00	Spain	47–7	Venezuela	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 50 Referees: Bartlett, Stokes (GBR)
	Folques 8	(21–5)	Goitia 4
	1× 1×	Report	2× 4× 1×

11 August 2015 12:00	Norway	31–29	Germany	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Al-Watani, Qamber (BHR)
	Horgen, Schoenningsen 7	(13–16)	Mertens 7
	4× 1×	Report	3× 5×

11 August 2015 14:00	Egypt	29–31	Iceland	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Hassan, Mahmoud 6	(12–18)	Ríkharðsson 8
	2× 5×	Report	2× 4×

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12 August 2015 16:00	Norway	29–32	Iceland	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Covaliuc, Covaliuc (MDA)
	Kopp 7	(17–16)	Magnússon 8
	3× 5× 1×	Report	3× 3×

12 August 2015 18:00	Germany	25–23	Spain	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 300 Referees: Kiselev, Kiyashko (RUS)
	Mertens, Schade 5	(14–9)	Bazán 4
	3× 3×	Report	4× 3×

12 August 2015 20:00	Venezuela	28–51	Egypt	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Referees: Li, Liu (CHN)
	Goitia 7	(15–27)	Raafat 11
	2× 5×	Report	3× 2×

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14 August 2015 10:00	Iceland	47–19	Venezuela	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 50 Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Ríkharðsson 15	(27–12)	Goitia 6
	1× 1×	Report	3× 4×

14 August 2015 12:00	Germany	23–24	Egypt	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 150 Referees: Covaliuc, Covaliuc (MDA)
	Zintel 6	(9–13)	Hassan 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

14 August 2015 14:00	Spain	21–19	Norway	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 150 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Odriozola 5	(12–9)	Kopp 6
	3× 2×	Report	2× 2×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	5	4	1	0	158	115	+43	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Russia (H)	5	3	1	1	163	149	+14	7
3	Switzerland	5	3	0	2	131	139	−8	6
4	Croatia	5	2	0	3	142	143	−1	4[lower-alpha 1]
5	Qatar	5	2	0	3	123	123	0	4[lower-alpha 1]
6	Algeria	5	0	0	5	117	165	−48	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.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Croatia–Qatar 25–24

7 August 2015 19:00	Russia	45–34	Algeria	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Leszczynski, Piechota (POL)
	Sharkov 10	(22–19)	Ayyoub 7
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

8 August 2015 12:00	Denmark	25–17	Qatar	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
	Norager 6	(12–8)	Helali 4
	4× 3×	Report	3× 5×

8 August 2015 14:00	Switzerland	30–29	Croatia	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Leszczynski, Piechota (POL)
	Alili 8	(13–13)	Babić, Medić 6
	3× 5×	Report	3× 3×

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9 August 2015 16:00	Qatar	29–19	Switzerland	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Covaliuc, Covaliuc (MDA)
	Abdelfattah, Guehis 6	(14–5)	Alili 9
	3× 5×	Report	3× 4×

9 August 2015 18:00	Croatia	29–30	Russia	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Bethmann, Tzaferopoulos (GRE)
	Medić 6	(13–12)	Dashko 8
	4× 7×	Report	3× 5× 2×

9 August 2015 20:00	Algeria	19–33	Denmark	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Honda, Tabuchi (JPN)
	Ayyoub 5	(7–15)	Sass 6
	3× 8×	Report	2× 4×

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11 August 2015 10:00	Denmark	37–27	Croatia	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 50 Referees: Korja, Laitinen (FIN)
	Møller 10	(15–9)	Martinović 7
	3× 5×	Report	3× 7× 1×

11 August 2015 12:00	Qatar	25–21	Algeria	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Kulik, Nabokau (BLR)
	Heiba 6	(10–11)	Nidhal 6
	3× 1×	Report	3× 5×

11 August 2015 18:00	Switzerland	29–26	Russia	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
	Rubin 7	(14–13)	Razmaev, Santalov 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 5×

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12 August 2015 16:00	Switzerland	30–21	Algeria	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Al-Watani, Qamber (BHR)
	Alili 9	(12–9)	Ayyoub 6
	4× 1×	Report	3× 8×

12 August 2015 18:00	Russia	29–29	Denmark	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Dashko 9	(14–14)	Møller 10
	3× 2×	Report	4× 2×

12 August 2015 20:00	Croatia	25–24	Qatar	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Leszczynski, Piechota (POL)
	Babić 5	(15–14)	Guehis 10
	3× 4×	Report	3× 2×

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14 August 2015 10:00	Algeria	22–32	Croatia	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 50 Referees: Honda, Tabuchi (JPN)
	Nidhal 7	(12–17)	Jelinić 9
	2× 3×	Report	2× 6×

14 August 2015 12:00	Denmark	34–23	Switzerland	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 50 Referees: Kulik, Nabokau (BLR)
	Møller 8	(15–9)	Alili 6
	3× 6×	Report	3× 7×

14 August 2015 18:00	Russia	33–28	Qatar	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Bethmann, Tzaferopoulos (GRE)
	Bolotin 8	(18–15)	Abdelfattah 7
	3× 6×	Report	3× 3×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia	5	4	1	0	163	115	+48	9[lower-alpha 1]	Advanced to knockout stage
2	France	5	4	1	0	157	115	+42	9[lower-alpha 1]
3	Brazil	5	3	0	2	131	120	+11	6
4	Tunisia	5	2	0	3	129	144	−15	4
5	Japan	5	1	0	4	114	144	−30	2
6	Argentina	5	0	0	5	98	154	−56	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:

1. France–Slovenia 32–32

8 August 2015 16:00	France	37–18	Argentina	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Kulik, Nabokau (BLR)
	Mocquais, Kounkoud 7	(15–7)	Bono 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 5×

8 August 2015 18:00	Slovenia	31–18	Tunisia	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Al-Watani, Qamber (BHR)
	Janc 6	(14–9)	Memmich 5
	3× 5×	Report	2× 6×

8 August 2015 20:00	Brazil	28–23	Japan	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 50 Referees: Covaliuc, Covaliuc (MDA)
	Lemos 11	(13–9)	Makino 6
	4× 5×	Report	3× 2×

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10 August 2015 16:00	Argentina	15–29	Slovenia	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Bethmann, Tzaferopoulos (GRE)
	Moyano 6	(8–14)	Sokolič 7
	3× 5× 1×	Report	3× 3×

10 August 2015 18:00	Japan	18–27	France	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 150 Referees: Korja, Laitinen (FIN)
	Makino 6	(12–15)	Fabregas, Richardson 5
	2× 4×	Report	3× 3×

10 August 2015 20:00	Tunisia	23–24	Brazil	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Leszczynski, Piechota (POL)
	Ben Abdallah 6	(9–10)	three players 5
	5× 5× 1×	Report	3× 7× 1×

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11 August 2015 14:00	Argentina	23–24	Japan	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 50 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Bono, Fischer 5	(11–11)	Yamamoto, Yasuhira 4
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3× 1×

11 August 2015 16:00	Slovenia	34–27	Brazil	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Covaliuc, Covaliuc (MDA)
	Janc 11	(22–13)	Pacheco 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

11 August 2015 20:00	France	34–24	Tunisia	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Li, Liu (CHN)
	Richardson 6	(14–9)	Ben Abdallah 8
	3× 8×	Report	3× 3×

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13 August 2015 16:00	Slovenia	37–23	Japan	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Diop, Faye (SEN)
	Janc 8	(19–13)	Ishado 8
	3× 3×	Report	2×

13 August 2015 18:00	Brazil	23–27	France	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Bethmann, Tzaferopoulos (GRE)
	Lemos 7	(9–14)	Fabregas 5
	3× 5×	Report	4× 4×

13 August 2015 20:00	Tunisia	35–29	Argentina	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Li, Liu (CHN)
	Ayari 8	(18–12)	Moyano 7
	3× 8×	Report	3× 4×

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14 August 2015 14:00	France	32–32	Slovenia	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Leszczynski, Piechota (POL)
	Minne 8	(16–17)	Janc 9
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5× 1×

14 August 2015 16:00	Japan	26–29	Tunisia	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Bartlett, Stokes (GBR)
	Yasuhira 8	(12–14)	Ghachem 9
	2× 2×	Report	3× 5×

14 August 2015 20:00	Brazil	29–13	Argentina	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Dutra, Silveira 6	(9–8)	Werner 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

Knockout stage

	Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Iceland	34
	South Korea	28
					Iceland	32
					Brazil	27
	Brazil	28
	Russia	26
									Iceland	30
									Slovenia	31
	Norway	39
	Hungary	33
					Norway	29
					Slovenia	34
	Slovenia	26
	Croatia	23
													Slovenia	26
													France	33
	Sweden	31
	Egypt	26
					Sweden	28
					France	35
	Switzerland	24
	France	29
									France	34
									Spain	27			Third place
	Serbia	19
	Spain	25
					Spain	23							Iceland	26
					Denmark	18							Spain	22
	Denmark	28
	Tunisia	14

5th place bracket

	5th–8th place Semifinals				Fifth place
	19 August
	Brazil	31
					20 August
	Norway (pen.)	32
					Norway	27
	19 August
					Sweden	32
	Sweden	27
	Denmark	25
					Seventh place
					20 August
					Brazil	23
					Denmark	26

Round of 16

16 August 2015 13:30	Iceland	34–28	South Korea	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Kulik, Nabokau (BLR)
	Magnússon 10	(17–14)	Kang Seok-ju 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

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16 August 2015 13:30	Switzerland	24–29	France	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 150 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Tynowski 5	(10–18)	Richardson 6
	2× 3×	Report	3× 3×

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16 August 2015 16:00	Norway	39–33	Hungary	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 300 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Gulliksen 9	(23–19)	Bartók 8
	3× 5×	Report	4× 3×

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16 August 2015 16:00	Sweden	31–26	Egypt	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
	Claar 9	(13–10)	Hassan 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

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16 August 2015 18:30	Brazil	28–26	Russia	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Al-Watani, Qamber (BHR)
	Dutra 7	(12–10)	Santalov 8
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

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16 August 2015 18:30	Serbia	19–25	Spain	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Bethmann, Tzaferopoulos (GRE)
	Rakocija 7	(8–9)	Dujshebaev, Fernández 5
	4× 4×	Report	3× 3×

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16 August 2015 21:00	Slovenia	26–23	Croatia	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Kiselev, Kiyashko (RUS)
	Janc 9	(13–9)	Jurakić, Mandić 4
	3× 5×	Report	3× 2×

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16 August 2015 21:00	Denmark	28–14	Tunisia	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 50 Referees: Honda, Tabuchi (JPN)
	Holm, Norager 4	(15–8)	Ghachem 3
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

Quarterfinals

17 August 2015 15:45	Iceland	32–27	Brazil	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	E. Magnusson, Ríkharðsson 7	(15–10)	Dutra 8
	2× 2×	Report	3× 3×

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17 August 2015 18:00	France	35–28	Sweden	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 200 Referees: Kulik, Nabokau (BLR)
	Minne 12	(20–16)	Claar, Sandell 5
	4× 1×	Report

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17 August 2015 20:30	Norway	29–34	Slovenia	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 150 Referees: Covaliuc, Covaliuc (MDA)
	Kopp, Schoenningsen 8	(13–16)	Janc, Malus 9
	4× 2×	Report	3× 4× 1×

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17 August 2015 20:30	Spain	23–18	Denmark	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 200 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Dujshebaev 8	(13–8)	Bitsch 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

5th–8th place semifinals

19 August 2015 11:00	Brazil	31–32	Norway	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Leszczynski, Piechota (POL)
	Pacheco 7	(16–15)	Gulliksen 10
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×
	FT: 29–29 Pen: 2–3

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19 August 2015 13:15	Sweden	27–25	Denmark	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 100 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Hallbäck 10	(12–12)	Bitsch 6
	4× 4×	Report	3× 3×

Semifinals

19 August 2015 15:30	Iceland	30–31	Slovenia	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 200 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Styrmission 7	(15–11)	Janc 11
	3× 1×	Report	2× 3×

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19 August 2015 18:00	France	34–27	Spain	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 700 Referees: Bethmann, Tzaferopoulos (GRE)
	Minne 9	(18–13)	Torriko 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4× 1×

Seventh place game

20 August 2015 11:00	Brazil	23–26	Denmark	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 50 Referees: Al-Watani, Qamber (BHR)
	Dutra 10	(14–16)	Krabbe 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

Fifth place game

20 August 2015 13:15	Norway	27–32	Sweden	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 50 Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
	Schoenningsen 8	(10–14)	Cosmo, Hansson 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

Third place game

20 August 2015 15:30	Iceland	26–22	Spain	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 300 Referees: Kiselev, Kiyashko (RUS)
	Ó. Magnússon 8	(12–9)	Fernández 10
	3× 3×	Report	3× 1×

Final

20 August 2015 18:00	Slovenia	26–33	France	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Janc, Malus 5	(13–16)	Mem 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

9–16th placement games

The eight losers of the round of 16 were seeded according to their results in the preliminary round against teams ranked 1–4 and played an elimination game to determine their final position.

Ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	82	89	−7	4
2	Hungary	3	1	1	1	99	90	+9	3
3	Russia	3	1	1	1	85	87	−2	3
4	Serbia	3	1	0	2	82	103	−21	2
5	South Korea	3	0	1	2	83	97	−14	1
6	Croatia	3	0	0	3	85	97	−12	0
7	Egypt	3	0	0	3	73	85	−12	0
8	Tunisia	3	0	0	3	65	89	−24	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.

15th place game

17 August 2015 13:30	Egypt	31–27	Tunisia	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 50 Referees: Kiselev, Kiyashko (RUS)
	Khaled 11	(17–12)	Ghachem 8
	3× 4×	Report	2× 4×

13th place game

17 August 2015 15:45	South Korea	36–30	Croatia	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 50 Referees: Li, Liu (CHN)
	Seo Hyeon-ho 6	(19–20)	Jurakić 6
	4× 2×	Report	4× 4×

Eleventh place game

17 August 2015 18:00	Russia	37–28	Serbia	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 800 Referees: Leszczynski, Piechota (POL)
	Sharkov 6	(19–17)	Kurtes 6
	3× 1×	Report	3× 4× 1×

Ninth place game

17 August 2015 13:30	Switzerland	35–33	Hungary	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 50 Referees: Bartlett, Stokes (GBR)
	Alili, Schild 11	(15–15)	Győri 9
	3× 1×	Report	3× 5×

President's Cup

17th place bracket

	17th–20th place Semifinals				17th place
	16 August
	Poland	19
					17 August
	Germany	45
					Germany	29
	16 August
					Qatar	27
	Qatar	27
	Japan	23
					19th place
					17 August
					Poland	29
					Japan	24

21st place bracket

	21st–24th place Semifinals				21st place
	16 August
	Chile	27
					17 August
	Venezuela	32
					Venezuela	18
	16 August
					Argentina	29
	Algeria	28
	Argentina	29 P
					23rd place
					17 August
					Chile	24
					Algeria	33

21st–24th place semifinals

16 August 2015 09:00	Chile	27–32	Venezuela	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 60 Referees: Li, Liu (CHN)
	Paulsen 9	(12–16)	Moreno 10
	4× 1× 1×	Report	2× 4×

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16 August 2015 09:00	Algeria	28–29	Argentina	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 50 Referees: Diop, Faye (SEN)
	Ayyoub 9	(13–11)	Moyano 8
	3× 4×	Report	3× 2×
	FT: 24–24 Pen: 4–5

17th–20th place semifinals

16 August 2015 11:15	Poland	19–45	Germany	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 60 Referees: Bartlett, Stokes (GBR)
	Netz 6	(7–19)	Beyer 7
	3× 3×	Report	1× 3×

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16 August 2015 11:15	Qatar	27–23	Japan	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 50 Referees: Covaliuc, Covaliuc (MDA)
	Gačević 5	(14–9)	Tasato 5
	2× 1×	Report	3×

23rd place game

17 August 2015 09:00	Chile	24–33	Algeria	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 50 Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Paulsen 6	(8–18)	Nidhal 8
	2× 1×	Report	2× 3×

21st place game

17 August 2015 09:00	Venezuela	18–29	Argentina	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 50 Referees: Korja, Laitinen (FIN)
	Gotia 5	(9–14)	Moyano 9
	2× 2× 1×	Report	2× 1×

19th place game

17 August 2015 11:15	Poland	29–24	Japan	KRK Uralets, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 50 Referees: Diop, Faye (SEN)
	Moryto 9	(15–13)	Ishado 6
	3× 3×	Report	2×

17th place game

17 August 2015 11:15	Germany	29–27	Qatar	Palace of Sporting Games, Yekaterinburg Attendance: 50 Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
	Mertens 7	(18–11)	Heiba, Helali 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 1×

Final standings

Rank	Team
	France
	Slovenia
	Iceland
4	Spain
5	Sweden
6	Norway
7	Denmark
8	Brazil
9	Switzerland
10	Hungary
11	Russia
12	Serbia
13	South Korea
14	Croatia
15	Egypt
16	Tunisia
17	Germany
18	Qatar
19	Poland
20	Japan
21	Argentina
22	Venezuela
23	Algeria
24	Chile

Awards

MVP

• Right-back:  Melvyn Richardson (FRA)^[2]

All-star team

• Goalkeeper:  Xoan Ledo (ESP)
• Right wing:  Óðinn Ríkharðsson (ISL)
• Right back:  Blaž Janc (SVN)
• Centre back:  Melvyn Richardson (FRA)
• Left back:  Daniel Dujshebaev (ESP)
• Left wing:  Tilen Sokolič (SVN)
• Pivot:  Ludovic Fabregas (FRA)

References

1. Top scorers
2. "Russia 2015: All Star Team". ihf.info. 20 August 2015.
3. "Russia, Slovakia and Georgia to host big youth handball events". handball-planet.com. 28 October 2013.
4. "2015: The Year of France". ihf.info. 20 August 2013.
5. "Portugal, Serbia take over Oceania spot at Youth and Junior World Championships". Eurohandball.com. EHF. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
6. "EHF nominates European teams for Men's Youth World Championship 2015". eurohandball.com. 27 August 2014.
7. "Coupe d'Afrique des nations cadets 2014 a Nairobi (Kenya)". cahbonline.info. 21 March 2014. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
8. "Panamericano Juvenil Masculino – San Cristóbal (VEN)". panamhandball.org/. 26 April 2015.
9. "Draw for the 2015 Mens Youth World Championship". ihf.info. 13 May 2015.
10. "Results of the Draw for the Men's Youth World Championship". ihf.info. 13 May 2015.
11. Draw results

External links

• Official website
• IHF Site