2009 Men's Youth World Handball Championship

2009 Youth World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
Dates	July 20–31
Teams	20 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Croatia (1st title)
Runner-up	Iceland
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches	64
Goals scored	3649 (57.02 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sajjad Esteki (65)
Best player
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The 2009 Men's Youth World Handball Championship (3rd tournament) took place in Tunisia from July 20–July 31.

Croatia is the 2009 Men’s Youth World Champion, after beating Iceland in the final with 40:35.^[1]

Venues[]

Tunis	Nabeul
El Menzah Sports Palace	Salle Bir Challouf
Capacity: 5,500	Capacity: 5,000
Hammamet	Tunis Nabeul Hammamet
Hall 7th Novembre
Capacity: 2,500

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Norway	4	4	0	0	139	95	+44	8
Germany	4	3	0	1	126	90	+36	6
Egypt	4	2	0	2	132	107	+25	4
Qatar	4	1	0	3	109	115	−6	2
Morocco	4	0	0	4	56	155	−99	0

July 20 17:00	Egypt	31 – 36	Norway	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis Referees: Pandžić, Šatordžija (BIH)
	10	(13–18)	10
	2× 8× 2×	Report	3× 5×

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July 20 21:00	Qatar	41 – 15	Morocco	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis Referees: Da Costa, Da Costa (BRA)
	, Al-Karbi 7	(20–7)	4
	2× 5× 1×	Report	2× 8×

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July 21 17:00	Germany	26 – 30	Norway	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis Referees: Badura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	König 9	(15–16)	8
	2× 2×	Report	3× 8×

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July 21 21:00	Morocco	17 – 38	Egypt	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis Referees: Li, Wang (CHN)
	, , 3	(8–17)	Sanad 8
	2× 5×	Report	3× 5×

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July 22 19:00	Qatar	18 – 32	Germany	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis Referees: Da Costa, Da Costa (BRA)
	, 4	(8–18)	8
	3× 1× 3×	Report	3× 2×

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July 23 17:00	Egypt	34 – 23	Qatar	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis Referees: Badura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	8	(15–6)	7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 7×

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July 23 21:00	Norway	39 – 11	Morocco	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis Referees: Al-Mawlani, Al-Mizili (BHR)
	9	(15–6)	3
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

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July 24 19:30	Morocco	13 – 37	Germany	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis Referees: Birch, Stenrand (DEN)
	5	(4–18)	Hornke 8
	3× 2×	Report	3× 1×

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July 25 17:00	Germany	31 – 29	Egypt	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis Referees: Badura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	König 9	(12–16)	10
	3× 4×	Report	2× 7×

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July 25 21:00	Norway	34 – 27	Qatar	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	9	(15–13)	7
	3× 2× 1×	Report	3× 2×

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	4	4	0	0	149	105	+44	8
Iceland	4	3	0	1	142	122	+20	6
France	4	2	0	2	113	98	+15	4
Brazil	4	1	0	3	119	126	−7	2
Puerto Rico	4	0	0	4	78	150	−72	0

July 20 19:00	Iceland	35 – 23	Puerto Rico	Salle Bir Challouf, Nabeul Referees: Achifon, Nyoth (CMR)
	7	(16–11)	6
	3× 8×	Report	2× 5×

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July 20 21:00	Brazil	26 – 33	France	Salle Bir Challouf, Nabeul Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
	7	(14–17)	7
	2× 1× 1×	Report	3× 5×

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July 21 19:00	Sweden	49 – 12	Puerto Rico	Salle Bir Challouf, Nabeul Referees: El-Sayed, Zidan (EGY)
	, Zachrisson 8	(20–4)	3
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2× 1×

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July 21 21:00	France	24 – 29	Iceland	Salle Bir Challouf, Nabeul Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	5	(14–14)	9
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

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July 22 21:00	Brazil	27 – 30	Sweden	Salle Bir Challouf, Nabeul Referees: Cvetko, Kavalar (SLO)
	15	(16–15)	10
	3× 1×	Report	3× 3× 1×

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July 23 19:00	Iceland	37 – 31	Brazil	Salle Bir Challouf, Nabeul Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Jóhannsson 9	(19–15)	8
	1× 5×	Report	3× 3×

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July 23 21:00	Puerto Rico	17 – 31	France	Salle Bir Challouf, Nabeul Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	7	(9–13)	7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4× 1×

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July 24 21:00	France	25 – 26	Sweden	Salle Bir Challouf, Nabeul Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
	6	(15–12)	Zachrisson 7
	3× 4×	Report	2× 3×

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July 25 19:00	Sweden	44 – 41	Iceland	Salle Bir Challouf, Nabeul Referees: Wyss, Zowa (SUI)
	Zachrisson 13	(22–20)	Jóhannsson 10
	2× 4×	Report	3× 5×

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July 25 21:00	Puerto Rico	26 – 35	Brazil	Salle Bir Challouf, Nabeul Referees: Achifon, Nyoth (CMR)
	, , , 5	(10–15)	, , 6
	1× 2× 1×	Report	2× 6× 1×

Group C[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	4	4	0	0	121	97	+24	8
Denmark	4	3	0	1	116	100	+16	6
Iran	4	1	1	2	127	131	−4	3[a]
Algeria	4	1	1	2	98	107	−9	3[a]
Kuwait	4	0	0	4	109	136	−27	0

July 20 19:00	Kuwait	32 – 37	Iran	Hall 7th Novembre, Hammamet Referees: Wyss, Zowa (SUI)
	8	(16–16)	Esteki 13
	1× 7×	Report	3× 7×

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July 20 21:00	Tunisia	26 – 14	Algeria	Hall 7th Novembre, Hammamet Referees: Cvetko, Kavalar (SLO)
	Toumi, Bannour 5	(11–7)	3
	3× 4×	Report	3× 7× 1×

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July 21 19:00	Denmark	23 – 19	Algeria	Hall 7th Novembre, Hammamet Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Bramming 7	(8–7)	7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

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July 21 21:00	Iran	30 – 35	Tunisia	Hall 7th Novembre, Hammamet Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
	Esteki 10	(18–15)	Boughanmi 9
	3× 4× 1×	Report	2× 3×

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July 22 21:00	Kuwait	23 – 32	Denmark	Hall 7th Novembre, Hammamet Referees: Achifon, Nyoth (CMR)
	5	(9–17)	Bramming 7
	3× 5× 1×	Report	2× 6×

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July 23 19:00	Tunisia	32 – 26	Kuwait	Hall 7th Novembre, Hammamet Referees: Wyss, Zowa (SUI)
	9	(17–13)	9
	2× 4×	Report	2× 2×

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July 23 21:00	Algeria	30 – 30	Iran	Hall 7th Novembre, Hammamet Referees: El-Sayed, Zidan (EGY)
	9	(12–13)	Esteki 9
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

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July 24 21:00	Iran	30 – 34	Denmark	Hall 7th Novembre, Hammamet Referees: Cvetko, Kavalar (SLO)
	Esteki 10	(16–13)	Wiesmach, 7
	3× 5×	Report	3× 3×

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July 25 19:00	Algeria	35 – 28	Kuwait	Hall 7th Novembre, Hammamet Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	8	(17–10)	6
	3× 10× 1×	Report	3× 8× 1×

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July 25 21:00	Denmark	27 – 28	Tunisia	Hall 7th Novembre, Hammamet Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	5	(12–14)	Boughanmi 12
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4× 1×

Group D[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia	4	4	0	0	147	84	+63	8
Spain	4	3	0	1	120	57	+63	6
Argentina	4	2	0	2	100	114	−14	4
Libya	4	1	0	3	89	129	−40	2
Venezuela	4	0	0	4	81	153	−72	0

July 20 15:00	Croatia	24 – 20	Spain	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	7	(11–11)	8
	3× 7×	Report	2× 2×

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July 20 19:00	Libya	38 – 29	Venezuela	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis Referees: Li, Wang (CHN)
	12	(18–11)	7
	1× 3×	Report	3× 4×

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July 21 15:00	Argentina	8 – 28	Spain	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis Referees: Birch, Stenrand (DEN)
	3	(5–10)	, 5
	3× 9× 2×	Report	3× 3×

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July 21 19:00	Venezuela	17 – 38	Croatia	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis Referees: Al-Mawlani, Al-Mizili (BHR)
	, 4	(9–16)	8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

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July 22 21:00	Libya	20 – 28	Argentina	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis Referees: Pandžić, Šatordžija (BIH)
	8	(11–13)	7
	3× 5×	Report	3× 7×

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July 23 15:00	Croatia	42 – 18	Libya	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	7	(22–6)	, 6
	3× 8×	Report	3× 4×

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July 23 19:00	Spain	42 – 12	Venezuela	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis Referees: Da Costa, Da Costa (BRA)
	8	(19–5)	3
	2× 1×	Report	3× 3× 1×

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July 24 21:00	Venezuela	23 – 35	Argentina	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis Referees: Li, Wang (CHN)
	6	(11–18)	Pizarro 7
	2× 4×	Report	3× 3×

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July 25 15:00	Argentina	29 – 43	Croatia	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis Referees: Birch, Stenrand (DEN)
	11	(14–19)	11
	3× 7× 1×	Report	3× 5×

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July 25 19:00	Spain	30 – 13	Libya	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis Referees: Al-Mawlani, Al-Mizili (BHR)
	5	(15–5)	6
	3× 7×	Report	3× 3×

Placement matches[]

17th–20th[]

	Semifinal 17th–20th				17th place
	July 27 – Tunis
	Morocco	33
					July 29 – Tunis
	Puerto Rico (ET)	34
					Puerto Rico	31
	July 27 – Tunis
					Venezuela	25
	Kuwait	31
	Venezuela	34
					19th place
					July 29 – Tunis
					Morocco	22
					Kuwait	31

July 27 16:00	Morocco	33 – 34 (ET)	Puerto Rico	Hall 7th Novembre, Nabeul Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
	10	(10–15)	11
	3× 5×	Report	3× 6× 1×
	FT: 27–27 ET: 6–7

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July 27 16:00	Kuwait	31 – 34	Venezuela	Hall 7th Novembre, Hammamet Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	10	(12–15)	8
	3× 7×	Report	3× 2×

19th/20th[]

July 29 11:00	Morocco	22 – 31	Kuwait	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	6	(8–14)	, Al-Hajeri, 6
	3× 6× 1×	Report	3× 8×

17th/18th[]

July 29 13:30	Puerto Rico	31 – 25	Venezuela	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis Referees: Li, Wang (CHN)
	8	(14–11)	6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 1×

13th–16th[]

	Semifinal 13th–16th				13th place
	July 27 – Tunis
	Qatar	33
					July 29 – Tunis
	Brazil	29
					Qatar	27
	July 27 – Tunis
					Algeria	26
	Algeria	31
	Libya	19
					15th place
					July 29 – Tunis
					Brazil	34
					Libya	15

July 27 13:30	Qatar	33 – 29	Brazil	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis Referees: Al-Mawlani, Al-Mizili (BHR)
	, , 7	(13–15)	7
	2× 3×	Report	3× 2×

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July 27 18:30	Algeria	31 – 19	Libya	Hall 7th Novembre, Nabeul Referees: Achifon, Nyoth (CMR)
	, 7	(16–11)	, 7
	3× 3× 3×	Report	2× 4× 1×

15th/16th[]

July 29 16:00	Brazil	34 – 15	Libya	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis Referees: Al-Mawlani, Al-Mizili (BHR)
	, 7	(17–7)	6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

13th/14th[]

July 29 18:30	Qatar	27 – 26	Algeria	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis Referees: Da Costa, Da Costa (BRA)
	Sinen 9	(14–10)	7
	2× 3×	Report	3× 5×

9th–12th[]

	Semifinal 9th–12th				9th place
	July 27 – Tunis
	Egypt	27
					July 29 – Tunis
	France	33
					France	35
	July 27 – Tunis
					Iran	27
	Iran	30
	Argentina	26
					11th place
					July 29 – Tunis
					Egypt	29
					Argentina	32

July 27 16:00	Egypt	27 – 33	France	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis Referees: Pandžić, Šatordžija (BIH)
	8	(13–15)	7
	3× 1×	Report	3× 7×

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July 27 18:30	Iran	30 – 26	Argentina	Hall 7th Novembre, Hammamet Referees: Wyss, Zowa (SUI)
	Esteki 11	(14–10)	, Cánepa 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 1×

11th/12th[]

July 29 21:00	Egypt	29 – 32	Argentina	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis Referees: Birch, Stenrand (DEN)
	Nawar 9	(19–16)	9
	3× 5×	Report	3× 7× 1×

9th/10th[]

July 29 16:00	France	35 – 27	Iran	Hall 7th Novembre, Hammamet Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	9	(17–14)	Esteki 12
	3× 1×	Report	3× 2×

Final round[]

	Quarterfinal				Semifinal				Final
	July 27 – Tunis
	Norway	37
					July 29 – Tunis
	Iceland	43
					Iceland	33
	July 27 – Tunis
					Tunisia	31
	Spain	19
									July 31 – Tunis
	Tunisia	26
									Iceland	35
	July 27 – Tunis
									Croatia	40
	Sweden	31
					July 29 – Tunis
	Germany	26
					Sweden	25
	July 27 – Tunis
					Croatia	28			Third place
	Denmark	24
									July 31 – Tunis
	Croatia	29
									Tunisia	27
									Sweden	30

	Semifinal 5th–8th				5th place
	July 29 – Tunis
	Norway	21
					July 31 – Tunis
	Spain	23
					Spain	29
	July 29 – Tunis
					Denmark	30
	Germany	22
	Denmark	31
					7th place
					July 31 – Tunis
					Norway	24
					Germany	25

Quarterfinals[]

July 27 18:30	Norway	37 – 43	Iceland	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis Referees: Birch, Stenrand (DEN)
	Hippe 8	(21–20)	Pálmarsson 11
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

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July 27 21:00	Spain	19 – 26	Tunisia	Hall 7th Novembre, Hammamet Referees: Cvetko, Kavalar (SLO)
	4	(11–13)	Jallouz 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

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July 27 21:00	Sweden	31 – 26	Germany	El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	7	(14–12)	, König 4
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

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July 27 21:00	Denmark	24 – 29	Croatia	Hall 7th Novembre, Nabeul Referees: El-Sayed, Zidan (EGY)
	Bramming 5	(13–15)	8
	3× 2×	Report	3× 6×

5th–8th[]

July 29 18:30	Norway	21 – 23	Spain	Hall 7th Novembre, Hammamet Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
	Sørheim, 4	(8–13)	, Humet 4
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4×

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July 29 18:30	Germany	22 – 31	Denmark	Hall 7th Novembre, Nabeul Referees: Cvetko, Kavalar (SLO)
	5	(14–14)	Wiesmach 7
	3×	Report	3× 2×

Semifinals[]

July 29 21:00	Iceland	33 – 31	Tunisia	Hall 7th Novembre, Hammamet Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Guðmundsson 10	(14–15)	Bannour 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

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July 29 21:00	Sweden	25 – 28	Croatia	Hall 7th Novembre, Nabeul Referees: Badura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	Zachrisson, 4	(11–17)	Marić 8
	2× 4×	Report	3× 7×

7th/8th[]

July 31 15:00	Norway	24 – 25	Germany	Hall 7th Novembre, Nabeul Referees: El-Sayed, Zidan (EGY)
	Sørheim 5	(11–10)	Hornke 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

5th/6th[]

July 31 17:30	Spain	29 – 30	Denmark	Hall 7th Novembre, Nabeul Referees: Wyss, Zowa (SUI)
	6	(14–18)	Bramming 7
	2× 1×	Report	2× 2×

Bronze medal match[]

July 31 18:30	Tunisia	27 – 30	Sweden	Hall 7th Novembre, Hammamet Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
	Boughanmi 10	(15–16)	Zachrisson 13
	3× 3× 1×	Report	3× 1× 1×

Gold medal match[]

July 31 20:30	Iceland	35 – 40	Croatia	Hall 7th Novembre, Hammamet Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Guðmundsson 8	(15–19)	Marić 9
	3× 5×	Report	3× 4× 1×

Final standings[]

Rank	Team
	Croatia
	Iceland
	Sweden
4	Tunisia
5	Denmark
6	Spain
7	Germany
8	Norway
9	France
10	Iran
11	Argentina
12	Egypt
13	Qatar
14	Algeria
15	Brazil
16	Libya
17	Puerto Rico
18	Venezuela
19	Kuwait
20	Morocco

All-star team[]

During the victory ceremony the best actors of the tournament were announced. The following players earned a nomination to the tournament's All-Star Team:^[1]

• Goalkeeper:   (TUN)
• Left wing:  Ossama Boughanmi (TUN)
• Left back:  Ólafur Guðmundsson (ISL)
• Pivot:  Marino Marić (CRO)
• Centre back:   (CRO)
• Right back:  Aron Pálmarsson (ISL)
• Right wing:  Mattias Zachrisson (SWE)

References[]

External links[]

• "IIIrd Men's Youth World Championship". archive.ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 24 December 2020.