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2015 Men's Youth World Handball Championship

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Host country
  
Russian Federation

Venue(s)
  
2 (in 1 host city)

Runner-up
  
Slovenia

Dates
  
7 – 20 August 2015

Champions
  
France (1st title)

Teams
  
24 (from 4 confederations)

The 2015 IHF Men's Youth World Championship was the 6th edition of the tournament, held in Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation from 7 to 20 August 2015. France won their first title by defeating Slovenia 33–26 in the final.

Contents

Qualified teams

The Oceania Federation withdrew, Serbia was named the replacement.

Europe
  •  Croatia
  •  Denmark
  •  France
  •  Germany
  •  Hungary
  •  Iceland
  •  Norway
  •  Poland
  •  Russia (Host)
  •  Serbia
  •  Slovenia
  •  Spain
  •  Sweden
  •   Switzerland
    • Africa
  •  Algeria
  •  Egypt
  •  Tunisia
    • America
  •  Argentina
  •  Brazil
  •  Chile
  •  Venezuela
    • Asia
  •  Japan
  •  Qatar
  •  South Korea

    • Preliminary Round

    The draw was held on 13 May 2015.

    All times are local (UTC+5).

    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 and played an elimination game to determine their final position.

    President's Cup

    17th place bracket
    21st place bracket

    MVP

  • Right-back:  Melvyn Richardson (FRA)

    • 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

    2015 Men's Youth World Handball Championship Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA