2009 Men's Youth World Handball Championship

2009 Youth World Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates	July 20–31
Teams	20 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Croatia (1st title)
Runner-up	Iceland
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	3,649 (57.02 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sajjad Esteki (65)
Best player	Mohamed Sfar
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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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Norway	4	4	0	139	95	+44	8
Germany	4	3	1	126	90	+36	6
Egypt	4	2	2	132	107	+25	4
Qatar	4	1	3	109	115	−6	2
Morocco	4	0	4	56	155	−99	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

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
	2× 5× 1×	Report	2× 8×

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

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
	2× 5×	Report	3× 5×

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
	3× 1× 3×	Report	3× 2×

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

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
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

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

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

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

Group B

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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
	3× 8×	Report	2× 5×

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

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
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2× 1×

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

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

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

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

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

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×

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
	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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ ^a ^b 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
	1× 7×	Report	3× 7×

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

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

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×

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

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

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

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

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

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

Group D

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

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

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

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
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

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

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
	3× 8×	Report	3× 4×

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
	2× 1×	Report	3× 3× 1×

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

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

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
	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)
	Harchaoui 10	(10–15)	Hiraldo 11
	3× 5×	Report	3× 6× 1×
	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
	3× 7×	Report	3× 2×

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
	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)
	Hiraldo 8	(14–11)	Salcedo 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)
	Al-Bishi, Murad, Morgan 7	(13–15)	Rossoni 7
	2× 3×	Report	3× 2×

July 27 18:30	Algeria	31 – 19	Libya	Hall 7th Novembre, Nabeul Referees: Achifon, Nyoth (CMR)
	Hamoud, Zamoum 7	(16–11)	Eisa, Esertawi 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)
	Perrella, Riccini 7	(17–7)	Dabaa 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)	Rahim 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)
	El-Bohy 8	(13–15)	Capella 7
	3× 1×	Report	3× 7×

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

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

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

July 27 21:00	Denmark	24 – 29	Croatia	Hall 7th Novembre, Nabeul Referees: El-Sayed, Zidan (EGY)
	Bramming 5	(13–15)	Markotić 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, Benevoli 4	(8–13)	Miralles, Humet 4
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4×

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

July 29 21:00	Sweden	25 – 28	Croatia	Hall 7th Novembre, Nabeul Referees: Badura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	Zachrisson, Arrman 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)
	Guedea 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: Mohamed Sfar (TUN)
Left wing: Ossama Boughanmi (TUN)
Left back: Ólafur Guðmundsson (ISL)
Pivot: Marino Marić (CRO)
Centre back: Vedran Huđ (CRO)
Right back: Aron Pálmarsson (ISL)
Right wing: Mattias Zachrisson (SWE)

References

^ ^a ^b "IIIrd Men's Youth World champion 2009: Croatia". archive.ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 24 December 2020.

External links

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

[table_hth_IRI0.63334329595479-2] Tiebreaker: 1 PT / 0 GD

[winner-1] "IIIrd Men's Youth World champion 2009: Croatia". archive.ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 24 December 2020.

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