2009 Men's Youth World Handball Championship

The 2009 Men's Youth World Handball Championship (3rd tournament) took place in Tunisia from July 20–July 31.

2009 Youth World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Tunisia
DatesJuly 20–31
Teams20 (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
Matches64
Goals scored3649 (57.02 per match)
Top scorer(s) Sajjad Esteki (65)
Best player Mohamed Sfar
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Venues

Tunis Nabeul
El Menzah Sports Palace Salle Bir Challouf
Capacity: 5,500 Capacity: 5,000
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
Source:
July 20
17:00
Egypt  31 – 36  Norway El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
Referees: Pandžić, Šatordžija (BIH)
Ismail 10 (13–18) Merg 10
   Report  

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

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

July 21
21:00
Morocco  17 – 38  Egypt El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
Referees: Li, Wang (CHN)
Nadli, El-Fargi, Minitel 3 (8–17) Sanad 8
  Report  

July 22
19:00
Qatar  18 – 32  Germany El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
Referees: Da Costa, Da Costa (BRA)
Salem, Morgan 4 (8–18) Geppert 8
   Report  

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

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

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

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

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

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
Source:
July 20
19:00
Iceland  35 – 23  Puerto Rico Salle Bir Challouf, Nabeul
Referees: Achifon, Nyoth (CMR)
G. Ólafsson 7 (16–11) F. Pérez 6
  Report  

July 20
21:00
Brazil  26 – 33  France Salle Bir Challouf, Nabeul
Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
Constantino 7 (14–17) Moreau 7
   Report  

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

July 21
21:00
France  24 – 29  Iceland Salle Bir Challouf, Nabeul
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Joli 5 (14–14) G. Ólafsson 9
  Report  

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

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

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

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

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

July 25
21:00
Puerto Rico  26 – 35  Brazil Salle Bir Challouf, Nabeul
Referees: Achifon, Nyoth (CMR)
Kirkland, Hiraldo, F. Pérez, Mercado 5 (10–15) Perrella, Y. Silva, Riccini 6
   Report   

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[lower-alpha 1]
 Algeria 4 1 1 2 98 107 9 3[lower-alpha 1]
 Kuwait 4 0 0 4 109 136 27 0
Source:
Notes:
  1. Tiebreaker: 1 PT / 0 GD
July 20
19:00
Kuwait  32 – 37  Iran Hall 7th Novembre, Hammamet
Referees: Wyss, Zowa (SUI)
S. Ali 8 (16–16) Esteki 13
  Report  

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

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

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

July 22
21:00
Kuwait  23 – 32  Denmark Hall 7th Novembre, Hammamet
Referees: Achifon, Nyoth (CMR)
Al-Mutairi 5 (9–17) Bramming 7
   Report  

July 23
19:00
Tunisia  32 – 26  Kuwait Hall 7th Novembre, Hammamet
Referees: Wyss, Zowa (SUI)
Yahiaoui 9 (17–13) Al-Dousrey 9
  Report  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

July 23
15:00
Croatia  42 – 18  Libya El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
Ledinski 7 (22–6) El-Mahreg, Eisa 6
  Report  

July 23
19:00
Spain  42 – 12  Venezuela El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
Referees: Da Costa, Da Costa (BRA)
F. García 8 (19–5) Silva 3
  Report   

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

July 25
15:00
Argentina  29 – 43  Croatia El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
Referees: Birch, Stenrand (DEN)
Cantore 11 (14–19) Hud 11
   Report  

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

Placement matches

17th–20th

 
Semifinal 17th–20th17th place
 
      
 
July 27 – Tunis
 
 
 Morocco33
 
July 29 – Tunis
 
 Puerto Rico (ET)34
 
 Puerto Rico31
 
July 27 – Tunis
 
 Venezuela25
 
 Kuwait31
 
 
 Venezuela34
 
19th place
 
 
July 29 – Tunis
 
 
 Morocco22
 
 
 Kuwait31
July 27
16:00
Morocco  33 – 34 (ET)  Puerto Rico Hall 7th Novembre, Nabeul
Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
Harchaoui 10 (10–15) Hiraldo 11
  Report   

FT: 27–27 ET: 6–7


July 27
16:00
Kuwait  31 – 34  Venezuela Hall 7th Novembre, Hammamet
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Al-Gharaballi 10 (12–15) Contreras 8
  Report  

19th/20th

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

17th/18th

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

13th–16th

 
Semifinal 13th–16th13th place
 
      
 
July 27 – Tunis
 
 
 Qatar33
 
July 29 – Tunis
 
 Brazil29
 
 Qatar27
 
July 27 – Tunis
 
 Algeria26
 
 Algeria31
 
 
 Libya19
 
15th place
 
 
July 29 – Tunis
 
 
 Brazil34
 
 
 Libya15
July 27
13:30
Qatar  33 – 29  Brazil El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
Referees: Al-Mawlani, Al-Mizili (BHR)
Al-Bishi, Murad, Morgan 7 (13–15) Rossoni 7
  Report  

July 27
18:30
Algeria  31 – 19  Libya Hall 7th Novembre, Nabeul
Referees: Achifon, Nyoth (CMR)
Hamoud, Zamoum 7 (16–11) Eisa, Esertawi 7
   Report   

15th/16th

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

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) Rahim 7
  Report  

9th–12th

 
Semifinal 9th–12th9th place
 
      
 
July 27 – Tunis
 
 
 Egypt27
 
July 29 – Tunis
 
 France33
 
 France35
 
July 27 – Tunis
 
 Iran27
 
 Iran30
 
 
 Argentina26
 
11th place
 
 
July 29 – Tunis
 
 
 Egypt29
 
 
 Argentina32
July 27
16:00
Egypt  27 – 33  France El Menzah Sports Palace, Tunis
Referees: Pandžić, Šatordžija (BIH)
El-Bohy 8 (13–15) Capella 7
  Report  

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

11th/12th

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

9th/10th

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

Final round

 
QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
 
          
 
July 27 – Tunis
 
 
 Norway37
 
July 29 – Tunis
 
 Iceland43
 
 Iceland33
 
July 27 – Tunis
 
 Tunisia31
 
 Spain19
 
July 31 – Tunis
 
 Tunisia26
 
 Iceland35
 
July 27 – Tunis
 
 Croatia40
 
 Sweden31
 
July 29 – Tunis
 
 Germany26
 
 Sweden25
 
July 27 – Tunis
 
 Croatia28 Third place
 
 Denmark24
 
July 31 – Tunis
 
 Croatia29
 
 Tunisia27
 
 
 Sweden30
 
 
Semifinal 5th–8th5th place
 
      
 
July 29 – Tunis
 
 
 Norway21
 
July 31 – Tunis
 
 Spain23
 
 Spain29
 
July 29 – Tunis
 
 Denmark30
 
 Germany22
 
 
 Denmark31
 
7th place
 
 
July 31 – Tunis
 
 
 Norway24
 
 
 Germany25

Quarterfinals

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

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

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

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

5th–8th

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

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

Semifinals

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

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

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
  Report  

5th/6th

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

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
   Report   

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
  Report   

Final standings

RankTeam
 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

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