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2015 Men's Junior World Handball Championship

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Host country
  
Brazil

Champions
  
France (1st title)

Fourth place
  
Egypt

Best player
  
Florian Delecroix

Teams
  
24

Venue(s)
  
2 (in 2 host cities)

Runner-up
  
Denmark

Start date
  
2015

Match
  
92

Goals scored
  
5,250

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Dates
  
19 July – 1 August 2015

Champion
  
France national handball team

Third place
  
Germany national handball team

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.

Contents

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
  •  Japan
  •  Qatar
  •  South Korea
    • 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).

    Knockout stage

    5th place bracket

    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.

    President's Cup

    17th place bracket
    21st place bracket

    MVP

  • Right-back:  Florian Delecroix (FRA)

    • All-star team

  • Goalkeeper:  Julien Meyer (FRA)
  • Right wing:  Jóhan Hansen (DEN)
  • Right back:  Florian Delecroix (FRA)
  • Centre back:  Mohab Hossam (EGY)
  • Left back:  Simon Ernst (GER)
  • Left wing:  Jerry Tollbring (SWE)
  • Pivot:  Simon Hald Jensen (DEN)

    • References

    2015 Men's Junior World Handball Championship Wikipedia
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