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.

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

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

External links

III Men's Youth World Championship at IHF.info

[table_hth_IRI0.85685216256271-1] Tiebreaker: 1 PT / 0 GD

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