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2017 Men's Youth World Handball Championship

2017 Men's Youth World Handball Championship
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Tournament details
Host country  Georgia
Dates 8–20 August
Teams 24 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  France (2nd title)
Runner-up  Spain
Third place  Denmark
Fourth place  Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches 92
Goals scored 5231 (56.86 per match)
Attendance 11,094 (121 per match)
Top scorer(s) Iceland Teitur Örn Einarsson
(66 goals)
Best player France Kyllian Villeminot
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The 2017 IHF Men's Youth World Championship was the seventh edition of the tournament and held in Tbilisi, Georgia from 8 to 20 August 2017. All matches were played in two halls at the Olympic Palace.

France won their second straight title by defeating Spain 28–25 in the final. Denmark captured the bronze medal after defeating Croatia 30–29.

On 31 July 2017, Venezuela withdrew from the tournament and Poland was named as the substitute.

The draw was held on 10 May 2017.

The seedings were announced on 8 May 2017.

The IHF selected 16 referee pairs for the championship.

The schedule was announced on 29 May 2017.

All times are local (UTC+4).

FT: 37–37 Pen: 5–3

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

FT: 23–23 ET: 2–4

Source: IHF

Source: IHF


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