2023 Men's Youth World Handball Championship

10th Men's Youth World Handball Championship 2023

Logo of the championship
Tournament details
Host country	Croatia
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Dates	2–13 August
Teams	32 (from 6 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runner-up	Denmark
Third place	Croatia
Fourth place	Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played	116
Goals scored	6,674 (57.53 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Óli Mittún (87 goals)
Best player	Frederik Emil Pedersen

The 2023 IHF Men's Youth World Championship was the 10th edition of the championship, held from 2 to 13 August 2023 in Croatia under the aegis of International Handball Federation (IHF). It was the first time in history that the championship is organised by the Croatian Handball Federation.

Spain won their first title after defeating Denmark in the final.

Bidding process

Two nations entered bid for hosting the tournament:

• Croatia
• Slovenia

Slovenia later withdrew their bid. The tournament was awarded to Croatia by IHF Council in its meeting held in Cairo, Egypt on 28 February 2020.

Qualification

Event	Host	Dates	Vacancies	Qualified
IHF Council Meeting	Cairo	28 February 2020	1	Croatia
M18 EHF EURO 2022	Podgorica	4–14 August 2022	11	Denmark Faroe Islands Germany Hungary Iceland Montenegro Norway Portugal Slovenia Spain Sweden
M18 EHF Championship 2022	Tel Aviv	7–13 August 2022	1	Czech Republic
	Riga	8–14 August 2022	1	North Macedonia
	Craiova		1	Austria
2022 Asian Youth Championship	Bahrain	20–31 August 2022	5	Bahrain Iran Japan Saudi Arabia South Korea
2022 African Youth Championship	Kigali	30 August – 6 September 2022	5	Algeria Burundi Egypt Morocco Rwanda
2022 South and Central American Youth Championship	Buenos Aires	8–12 November 2022	3	Argentina Brazil Chile
2022 North America and Caribbean Youth Championship	Mexico City	15–19 November 2022	2	Mexico United States
2022 IHF Trophy Oceania	Rarotonga	5–9 December 2022	1	New Zealand
2023 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy	San José	7–11 March 2023	1	Georgia

Draw

The draw took place on 3 March 2023 in Croatia.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Egypt Spain Sweden Germany Hungary Denmark Norway Portugal	South Korea Croatia Faroe Islands Iceland Slovenia Montenegro Argentina Austria	Rwanda Iran Saudi Arabia North Macedonia Japan Brazil Chile Morocco	Mexico Burundi Algeria Czech Republic Bahrain United States New Zealand Georgia

Referees

The referee pairs were selected on 21 June 2023.

Referees
Argentina	Santiago Correa Agustin Conberse
Argentina/Egypt	Mariana García Heidy El-Saied
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Tatjana Praštalo Vesna Balvan
Brazil	Bruna Correa Renata Correa
China	Zhou Yunlei Cheng Yufeng
Croatia	Davor Lončar Zoran Lončar
Cuba	Raymel Reyes Alexis Zuñiga
Egypt	Alaa Emam Hossam Hedaia

Referees
France	Yann Carmaux Julien Mursch
Germany	Ramesh Thiyagarajah Suresh Thiyagarajah
Hungary	Kristóf Altmár Márton Horváth
Iraq	Khalid Hussein Fadhil Imran
Japan	Hideki Furukawa Tetsuro Murata
Kuwait	Maali Al-Enezi Dalal Al-Nasem
Morocco	Mohamed Chouraki Achraf El Mouniri

Referees
Moldova	Alexei Covalciuc Igor Covalciuc
Montenegro	Jelena Vujačić Anđelina Kažanegra
North Macedonia	Nenad Nikolovski Ismailj Metalari
Senegal	Fadel Diop Abdoulaye Faye
South Korea	Lee Ga-eul Lee Eun-ha
Uruguay	Nicolás Perdomo German Araújo
Uzbekistan	Khasan Ismoilov Khusan Ismoilov

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia (H)	3	3	0	0	134	64	+70	6	Main round
2	Portugal	3	2	0	1	118	81	+37	4
3	Algeria	3	1	0	2	71	110	−39	2	Presidents Cup
4	Rwanda	3	0	0	3	69	137	−68	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

2 August 2023 13:00	Portugal	50–24	Rwanda	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 60 Referees: García, El-Saied
	Ferreira 9	(26–5)	Samuel 8
	5×	Report	6× 1×

2 August 2023 19:30	Croatia	42–19	Algeria	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 600 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Ivanišević, Tkalec 7	(19–6)	Youcef, Zakaria 5
	3×	Report	4×

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4 August 2023 15:30	Algeria	19–41	Portugal	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 150 Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	Youcef 9	(8–15)	Oliveira 8
	1× 9×	Report	5×

4 August 2023 19:30	Croatia	54–18	Rwanda	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 560 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
	Ivanišević 8	(25–9)	Samuel 5
	1× 2×	Report	2×

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5 August 2023 15:30	Rwanda	27–33	Algeria	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 175 Referees: Diop, Faye (SEN)
	Samuel 8	(13–18)	Abdelouahab 10
	1× 3× 1×	Report	1× 5×

5 August 2023 19:30	Portugal	27–38	Croatia	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Correa, Conberse (ARG)
	Sousa 7	(12–19)	Čaprić, Glivetić 8
	1× 6×	Report	2× 4×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	115	59	+56	6	Main round
2	Slovenia	3	2	0	1	123	60	+63	4
3	Morocco	3	1	0	2	91	93	−2	2	Presidents Cup
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	35	152	−117	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

2 August 2023 15:00	Hungary	37–28	Morocco	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 120 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
	Szepesi 8	(19–11)	Bilghoul, Razgui 6
	1× 3×	Report	3×

2 August 2023 17:00	Slovenia	60–11	New Zealand	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 200 Referees: Diop, Faye (SEN)
	Kačičnik 10	(30–3)	Whittaker 3
	1× 5×	Report	1×

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4 August 2023 13:30	New Zealand	6–49	Hungary	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 100 Referees: García, El-Saied
	Pringot, Whittaker 2	(2–26)	Terjék 8
	2×	Report	1× 2×

4 August 2023 17:30	Slovenia	38–20	Morocco	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 250 Referees: Zhou, Cheng (CHN)
	Kačičnik 7	(17–7)	three players 4
	1× 1×	Report	4× 1×

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5 August 2023 13:30	Morocco	43–18	New Zealand	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 100 Referees: Al-Enezi, Al-Nasem (KUW)
	Ilyasse 12	(21–7)	Pringot 7
	3×	Report	1×

5 August 2023 17:30	Hungary	29–25	Slovenia	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 550 Referees: Perdomo, Araújo (URU)
	Csörgő 8	(14–14)	Mlivič 6
	1× 5× 1×	Report	6× 1×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	3	0	0	101	84	+17	6	Main round
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	81	81	0	4
3	Iceland	3	1	0	2	92	90	+2	2	Presidents Cup
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	86	105	−19	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

2 August 2023 13:30	Egypt	40–32	Japan	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	El-Sayed 6	(21–16)	Tachibana 8
	5×	Report	2×

2 August 2023 15:30	Iceland	27–29	Czech Republic	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 150 Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
	three players 4	(10–12)	Flajsar 6
	1× 4×	Report	3×

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3 August 2023 13:30	Czech Republic	22–28	Egypt	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Correa, Conberse (ARG)
	Erebai 6	(8–14)	Masoud 7
	1× 4×	Report	1× 6×

3 August 2023 15:30	Iceland	35–28	Japan	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 150 Referees: Al-Enezi, Al-Nasem (KUW)
	Haraldsson 5	(13–10)	three players 4
	1× 8×	Report	1×

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5 August 2023 13:30	Japan	26–30	Czech Republic	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 150 Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
	Hasegawa, Tachibana 5	(15–13)	Jonáš 7
	1× 3×	Report	1× 2×

5 August 2023 15:30	Egypt	33–30	Iceland	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 200 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Hashad 6	(14–15)	Stefánsson 9
	5× 2×	Report	1× 7× 1×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	105	69	+36	6	Main round
2	Brazil	3	2	0	1	88	90	−2	4
3	Bahrain	3	1	0	2	72	85	−13	2	Presidents Cup
4	South Korea	3	0	0	3	80	101	−21	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

2 August 2023 17:30	Spain	38–29	Brazil	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
	Romero 9	(18–17)	Candido, Da Silva 7
	2× 1×	Report	1× 8×

2 August 2023 19:30	South Korea	28–32	Bahrain	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Perdomo, Araújo (URU)
	Choi, Moon 7	(13–14)	Farsan 9
	2×	Report	2×

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3 August 2023 17:30	Bahrain	18–29	Spain	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 150 Referees: Zhou, Cheng (CHN)
	Mohamed 4	(8–15)	Romero 6
	1×	Report	1× 3×

3 August 2023 19:30	South Korea	30–31	Brazil	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Diop, Faye (SEN)
	Moon 10	(15–16)	Candido 9
	1×	Report	1× 9×

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5 August 2023 17:30	Brazil	28–22	Bahrain	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
	Pertoldo, Perin 5	(14–13)	Ali 6
	2×	Report	2×

5 August 2023 19:30	Spain	38–22	South Korea	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: García, El-Saied
	González 7	(17–12)	Moon, Son 4
	3×	Report	1× 3×

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	0	124	70	+54	6	Main round
2	Austria	3	2	0	1	118	80	+38	4
3	Chile	3	1	0	2	62	101	−39	2	Presidents Cup
4	Mexico	3	0	0	3	75	128	−53	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

2 August 2023 13:30	Denmark	32–21	Chile	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 300 Referees: Furukawa, Murata (JPN)
	Pedersen 6	(16–12)	Hernández 4
	1× 3×	Report	1× 2×

2 August 2023 15:30	Austria	49–26	Mexico	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 500 Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
	Huber 11	(21–10)	Anguiano, García 7
	6×	Report	2×

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4 August 2023 13:30	Mexico	21–49	Denmark	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 80 Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
	Morales, Gámez 4	(8–26)	Pedersen 8
	2×	Report	1×

4 August 2023 15:30	Austria	41–11	Chile	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 100 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Böhm 7	(19–3)	three players 2
	3×	Report	3×

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5 August 2023 13:30	Chile	30–28	Mexico	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 60 Referees: Thiyagarajah, Thiyagarajah (GER)
	Castillo 7	(19–12)	Anguiano 7
	1× 2×	Report	2×

5 August 2023 15:30	Denmark	43–28	Austria	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 110 Referees: Correa, Correa (BRA)
	Pedersen 8	(21–15)	Böhm 5
	1× 1×	Report	4×

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	3	0	0	106	71	+35	6	Main round
2	North Macedonia	3	2	0	1	81	68	+13	4
3	Montenegro	3	1	0	2	75	89	−14	2	Presidents Cup
4	Georgia	3	0	0	3	64	99	−35	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

2 August 2023 17:30	Norway	27–25	North Macedonia	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 628 Referees: Thiyagarajah, Thiyagarajah (GER)
	Olseth 9	(11–9)	Kalajdjieski 7
	3×	Report	2× 7× 2×

2 August 2023 19:30	Montenegro	34–19	Georgia	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 300 Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Đurković 9	(16–11)	Darsania 6
	1× 3×	Report	1× 2×

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4 August 2023 17:30	Georgia	24–38	Norway	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 150 Referees: Furukawa, Murata (JPN)
	Areshidze, Shervashidze 4	(8–20)	Solost 8
	5×	Report	3×

4 August 2023 19:30	Montenegro	20–29	North Macedonia	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 150 Referees: Emam, Hedaia (EGY)
	Dobrković 7	(10–12)	five players 3
	2× 7×	Report	1× 5× 1×

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5 August 2023 17:30	North Macedonia	27–21	Georgia	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 90 Referees: Chouraki, El Mouniri (MAR)
	Belistojanovski, Subashevski 6	(13–10)	Darsania 9
	2×	Report	2× 2×

5 August 2023 19:30	Norway	41–22	Montenegro	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 100 Referees: Altmár, Horváth (HUN)
	Lid 7	(22–10)	Bakić 4
	1×	Report	6×

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	110	57	+53	6	Main round
2	Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	98	80	+18	3
3	Argentina	3	1	1	1	78	77	+1	3	Presidents Cup
4	United States	3	0	0	3	50	122	−72	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

2 August 2023 13:00	Germany	37–26	Saudi Arabia	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 150 Referees: Nikolovski, Metalari (MKD)
	Siemer 8	(18–13)	Al-Turki 6
	2× 6×	Report	1× 4×

2 August 2023 15:00	Argentina	33–21	United States	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
	Barceló, Obregón 5	(20–10)	Kuhlmeyer, McCauley 5
	3×	Report	1×

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3 August 2023 13:00	United States	15–46	Germany	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 250 Referees: Chouraki, El Mouniri (MAR)
	Gallittu 4	(7–21)	Gömmel, Siemer 9
		Report	2× 4×

3 August 2023 15:00	Argentina	29–29	Saudi Arabia	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 130 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Obregón 10	(13–14)	Al-Fardan, Furaij 6
	1× 3× 1×	Report	1× 8× 2×

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5 August 2023 13:00	Saudi Arabia	43–14	United States	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 200 Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
	Furaij 15	(22–7)	Edwards 5
	4×	Report	7×

5 August 2023 15:00	Germany	27–16	Argentina	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 300 Referees: Emam, Hedaia (EGY)
	Haake 6	(13–5)	Ojea 5
	3× 3×	Report	1×

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	2	1	0	101	77	+24	5	Main round
2	Faroe Islands	3	2	0	1	114	81	+33	4
3	Sweden	3	1	1	1	119	76	+43	3	Presidents Cup
4	Burundi	3	0	0	3	61	161	−100	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

2 August 2023 17:00	Sweden	26–26	Iran	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 110 Referees: Altmár, Horváth (HUN)
	Månsson 7	(12–9)	Karami 9
	1× 1×	Report	6× 1×

2 August 2023 19:00	Faroe Islands	53–21	Burundi	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Referees: Correa, Correa (BRA)
	Mittún 11	(30–8)	Benin 6
	1×	Report	6× 1×

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3 August 2023 17:00	Burundi	16–62	Sweden	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 150 Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Bernard 6	(4–31)	Hasanic, Sundewall 10
	1× 4× 1×	Report	2×

3 August 2023 19:00	Faroe Islands	27–29	Iran	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 300 Referees: Emam, Hedaia (EGY)
	Mittún 9	(13–9)	Moradi 8
	2×	Report	2× 5×

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5 August 2023 17:00	Iran	46–24	Burundi	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 100 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Karami 14	(24–13)	Benin 8
	1×	Report	1× 4×

5 August 2023 19:00	Sweden	31–34	Faroe Islands	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 300 Referees: Nikolovski, Metalari (MKD)
	Starck 6	(14–14)	Mittún 17
	1× 3×	Report	3×

President's Cup

Points obtained in the matches against the team from the group are taken over.

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco	3	2	0	1	101	73	+28	4	17–20th places
2	Algeria	3	2	0	1	94	67	+27	4	21st–24th places
3	Rwanda	3	2	0	1	104	82	+22	4	25–28th places
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	49	126	−77	0	29th–32nd places

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:

7 August 2023 13:30	Algeria	39–14	New Zealand	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 75 Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	Abdelouahab 7	(22–4)	Bruce-Campbell 4
	1× 5×	Report	2×

7 August 2023 15:30	Morocco	32–33	Rwanda	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 100 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
	Razgui 8	(17–16)	Yves 8
	3×	Report	3×

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8 August 2023 13:30	Rwanda	44–17	New Zealand	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 75 Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	Yves 14	(17–9)	Clarke 5
	4×	Report

8 August 2023 15:30	Algeria	22–26	Morocco	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 75 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Abdelouahab 8	(10–12)	Razgui 7
	1× 6× 1×	Report	5×

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iceland	3	3	0	0	107	79	+28	6	17–20th places
2	Japan	3	1	0	2	88	90	−2	2	21st–24th places
3	South Korea	3	1	0	2	85	97	−12	2	25–28th places
4	Bahrain	3	1	0	2	81	95	−14	2	29th–32nd places

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:

7 August 2023 13:30	Iceland	38–23	South Korea	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Heiðarsson 6	(18–13)	Moon 6
	4×	Report

7 August 2023 15:30	Bahrain	21–33	Japan	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 50 Referees: García, El-Saied
	Farsan 5	(10–13)	Furukawa 6
	1×	Report	1× 3×

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8 August 2023 13:30	Japan	27–34	South Korea	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 50 Referees: Diop, Faye (SEN)
	Tachibana 8	(10–19)	Choi 8
	1× 2×	Report	2×

8 August 2023 15:30	Iceland	34–28	Bahrain	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Zhou, Cheng (CHN)
	Stefánsson 6	(19–13)	Mohamed 6
	7×	Report	1× 2×

Group III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Montenegro	3	3	0	0	86	67	+19	6	17–20th places
2	Chile	3	2	0	1	85	77	+8	4	21st–24th places
3	Georgia	3	1	0	2	85	90	−5	2	25–28th places
4	Mexico	3	0	0	3	77	99	−22	0	29th–32nd places

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

7 August 2023 13:30	Chile	34–25	Georgia	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 25 Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
	Castillo, Hernández 7	(14–9)	Darsania 9
	3×	Report	1× 5×

7 August 2023 15:30	Montenegro	28–27	Mexico	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 50 Referees: Furukawa, Murata (JPN)
	Bakić 6	(12–15)	Anguiano 6
	7×	Report	1× 3×

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8 August 2023 13:30	Mexico	22–41	Georgia	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 40 Referees: Emam, Hedaia (EGY)
	Anguiano 7	(8–20)	Khelisupali 9
	4×	Report	1× 3×

8 August 2023 15:30	Chile	21–24	Montenegro	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 40 Referees: Altmár, Horváth (HUN)
	Castillo 6	(10–13)	Bakić, Đurković 6
	2×	Report	3×

Group IV

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	154	62	+92	6	17–20th places
2	Argentina	3	2	0	1	101	88	+13	4	21st–24th places
3	United States	3	1	0	2	71	109	−38	2	25–28th places
4	Burundi	3	0	0	3	67	134	−67	0	29th–32nd places

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

7 August 2023 13:00	Argentina	39–25	Burundi	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 80 Referees: Metalari, Nikolovski (MKD)
	Rodríguez 12	(16–14)	Ferdinand 8
	3×	Report	6×

7 August 2023 15:00	Sweden	50–17	United States	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 110 Referees: Chouraki, El Mouniri (MAR)
	Gustavsson 9	(24–10)	Fernandez 7
	1× 3×	Report

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8 August 2023 13:00	United States	33–26	Burundi	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 100 Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
	Edwards 11	(15–14)	Bernard 6
	3×	Report	5× 1×

8 August 2023 15:00	Argentina	29–42	Sweden	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 100 Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
	Ojea 8	(19–21)	four players 6
	6× 1×	Report	3×

Main round

Points obtained in the matches against the team from the group are taken over.

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia (H)	3	2	1	0	98	80	+18	5	Quarterfinals
2	Portugal	3	2	0	1	86	92	−6	4
3	Hungary	3	1	1	1	85	84	+1	3	9–12th places
4	Slovenia	3	0	0	3	76	89	−13	0	13–16th places

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

7 August 2023 17:30	Hungary	29–31	Portugal	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 150 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Kovács 14	(16–11)	Lourenço, Sousa 6
	7×	Report	1× 4×

7 August 2023 19:30	Croatia	32–25	Slovenia	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
	Ivanišević 7	(13–11)	Hriberšek 9
	1× 4× 2×	Report	1× 3×

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8 August 2023 17:30	Portugal	28–26	Slovenia	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 200 Referees: García, El-Saied
	Ferreira 6	(10–9)	Hriberšek, Mlivič 7
	1× 5×	Report	1× 5× 1×

8 August 2023 19:30	Croatia	28–28	Hungary	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Perdomo, Araújo (URU)
	Bajan 9	(15–13)	Kovács 6
	4×	Report	4×

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	109	85	+24	6	Quarterfinals
2	Egypt	3	2	0	1	101	87	+14	4
3	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	76	77	−1	2	9–12th places
4	Brazil	3	0	0	3	72	109	−37	0	13–16th places

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

7 August 2023 17:30	Egypt	38–23	Brazil	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 50 Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
	El-Battawi 8	(19–10)	Santos 4
	1× 2×	Report	1× 3×

7 August 2023 19:30	Spain	29–21	Czech Republic	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	Romero, Jelcic 6	(14–10)	Matouš 6
	1× 3×	Report	1× 1×

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8 August 2023 17:30	Czech Republic	33–20	Brazil	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 50 Referees: Al-Enezi, Al-Nasem (KUW)
	Jonáš, Matouš 6	(17–11)	Da Silva 5
	4×	Report	7× 1×

8 August 2023 19:30	Egypt	35–42	Spain	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 150 Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
	El-Battawi 7	(17–20)	Delgado 10
	1× 9× 1×	Report	1× 9× 1×

Group III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	0	115	87	+28	6	Quarterfinals
2	Norway	3	2	0	1	85	82	+3	4
3	North Macedonia	3	1	0	2	84	86	−2	2	9–12th places
4	Austria	3	0	0	3	72	101	−29	0	13–16th places

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

7 August 2023 17:30	Denmark	37–30	North Macedonia	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 110 Referees: Correa, Correa (BRA)
	Tombak, Vilhelmsen 7	(18–12)	Dimevski, Mitev 6
	3×	Report	1× 4×

7 August 2023 19:30	Norway	29–22	Austria	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 90 Referees: Correa, Conberse (ARG)
	Lid 10	(14–10)	Möstl 5
	6×	Report	3×

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8 August 2023 17:30	Austria	22–29	North Macedonia	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 120 Referees: Furukawa, Murata (JPN)
	Fritsch 4	(8–14)	Belistojanovski, Kalajdjieski 6
	1× 2×	Report	1× 2×

8 August 2023 19:30	Denmark	35–29	Norway	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 100 Referees: Thiyagarajah, Thiyagarajah (GER)
	Vilhelmsen 7	(15–14)	Olseth 8
	2×	Report	4×

Group IV

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Faroe Islands	3	2	0	1	98	80	+18	4	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	97	81	+16	4
3	Saudi Arabia	3	1	0	2	78	104	−26	2	9–12th places
4	Iran	3	1	0	2	80	88	−8	2	13–16th places

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:

7 August 2023 17:00	Germany	28–30	Faroe Islands	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 350 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Anselm 7	(10–12)	Mittún 13
	2× 7×	Report	1× 5×

7 August 2023 19:00	Iran	26–29	Saudi Arabia	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 130 Referees: Altmár, Horváth (HUN)
	Dareini 7	(14–10)	Furaij 12
	1× 7×	Report	1× 4×

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8 August 2023 17:00	Saudi Arabia	23–41	Faroe Islands	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 300 Referees: Nikolovski, Metalari (MKD)
	Al-Marhoon 7	(11–22)	Vedelsbøl 9
	3×	Report	3×

8 August 2023 19:00	Germany	32–25	Iran	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 200 Referees: Correa, Conberse (ARG)
	Günther 8	(13–9)	Karami 5
	3×	Report	5×

Classification games

29th–32nd places

Burundi withdrew their team before the placement round as some players were unable to be found.

Bracket

	29th–32nd place semifinals				29th place game
	10 August
	New Zealand	23
					11 August
	Mexico	52
					Mexico	21
	10 August
					Bahrain	37
	Bahrain	10
	Burundi	0
					31st place game
					11 August
					New Zealand	10
					Burundi	0

Semifinals

10 August 2023 12:30	New Zealand	23–52	Mexico	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 50 Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Pringot 9	(10–25)	García 16
	2×	Report	3×

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Cancelled	Bahrain	10–0	Burundi

31st place game

Cancelled	New Zealand	10–0	Burundi

29th place game

11 August 2023 12:30	Mexico	21–37	Bahrain	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 50 Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
	García, Navarro 5	(14–18)	Al-Showaikh 9
	4×	Report	1×

25–28th places

Bracket

	25–28th place semifinals				25th place game
	10 August
	Rwanda	33
					11 August
	Georgia	41
					Georgia	30
	10 August
					South Korea	33
	South Korea	36
	United States	19
					27th place game
					11 August
					Rwanda	41
					United States	29

Semifinals

10 August 2023 17:30	Rwanda	33–41	Georgia	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 100 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
	Yves 14	(13–16)	Darsania, Khelisupali 12
	1× 5× 1×	Report	2×

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10 August 2023 20:00	South Korea	36–19	United States	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 100 Referees: Correa, Correa (BRA)
	Son 8	(23–8)	Edwards 6
	1× 4×	Report	1× 4×

27th place game

11 August 2023 15:00	Rwanda	41–29	United States	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 100 Referees: Chouraki, El Mouniri (MAR)
	Yves 10	(19–11)	Edwards 10
	5×	Report	3×

25th place game

11 August 2023 17:30	Georgia	30–33	South Korea	Sports Hall Marino Cvetković, Opatija Attendance: 30 Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Darsania 8	(18–14)	Lee 8
	6×	Report	5×

21st–24th places

Bracket

	21st–24th place semifinals				21st place game
	10 August
	Algeria	28
					11 August
	Chile	24
					Algeria	24
	10 August
					Japan	29
	Japan	29
	Argentina	28
					23rd place game
					11 August
					Chile	22
					Argentina	27

Semifinals

10 August 2023 12:30	Algeria	28–24	Chile	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 20 Referees: Prastalo, Balvan (BIH)
	Bendiab, Mehdi 6	(11–14)	Sovino 7
	5×	Report	1× 3×

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10 August 2023 15:00	Japan	29–28	Argentina	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 35 Referees: Chouraki, El Mouniri (MAR)
	Furukawa 8	(18–16)	Gómez 6
		Report	3×

23rd place game

11 August 2023 12:30	Chile	22–27	Argentina	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 45 Referees: Zhou, Cheng (CHN)
	Oyarzún 6	(8–14)	Obregón 5
	2×	Report	2×

21st place game

11 August 2023 15:00	Algeria	24–29	Japan	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 40 Referees: Correa, Correa (BRA)
	Anisse 7	(10–17)	Hasegawa 9
	4×	Report	3×

17–20th places

Bracket

	17–20th place semifinals				17th place game
	10 August
	Morocco (Pen.)	26 (4)
					11 August
	Montenegro	26 (2)
					Morocco	20
	10 August
					Sweden	47
	Iceland	36
	Sweden	41
					19th place game
					11 August
					Montenegro	32
					Iceland	38

Semifinals

10 August 2023 17:30	Morocco	30–28	Montenegro	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 50 Referees: Furukawa, Murata (JPN)
	Mansouri, Razgui 7	(17–12)	Radovanović 9
	4× 1×	Report	1× 3× 2×
	FT: 26–26 Pen: 4–2

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10 August 2023 20:00	Iceland	36–41	Sweden	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 60 Referees: Nikolovski, Metalari (MKD)
	Stefánsson 9	(21–20)	Månsson 10
	1× 3×	Report	1× 2×

19th place game

11 August 2023 17:30	Montenegro	32–38	Iceland	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 55 Referees: Emam, Hedaia (EGY)
	Gadzic 12	(15–18)	Erlingsson 9
	6×	Report	4×

17th place game

11 August 2023 20:00	Morocco	20–47	Sweden	Centar Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 40 Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
	Razgui 8	(12–26)	Lundstad 10
	2×	Report	3×

13–16th places

Bracket

	13–16th place semifinals				13th place game
	10 August
	Slovenia	25
					11 August
	Austria	28
					Austria	36
	10 August
					Brazil	24
	Brazil	30
	Iran	24
					15th place game
					11 August
					Slovenia	30
					Iran	22

Semifinals

10 August 2023 12:30	Brazil	30–24	Iran	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 50 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Candido, Da Silva 7	(15–11)	Karami 9
	3×	Report	3×

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10 August 2023 15:00	Slovenia	25–28	Austria	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 50 Referees: Al-Enzei, Al-Nazem (KUW)
	Hriberšek 6	(11–15)	Paulnsteiner 4
	1× 2×	Report	1× 5× 1×

15th place game

11 August 2023 12:30	Slovenia	30–22	Iran	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 50 Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	Malik 5	(14–9)	Dareini 4
	4×	Report	3× 1×

13th place game

11 August 2023 15:00	Austria	36–24	Brazil	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 50 Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
	Wuzella 8	(20–14)	Da Silva 6
	7×	Report	4×

9–12th places

Bracket

	9–12th place semifinals				Ninth place game
	10 August
	Hungary	20
					11 August
	North Macedonia	22
					North Macedonia	28
	10 August
					Czech Republic	22
	Czech Republic	36
	Saudi Arabia	33
					11th place game
					11 August
					Hungary	40
					Saudi Arabia	24

Semifinals

10 August 2023 17:30	Czech Republic	36–33	Saudi Arabia	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Perdomo, Araújo (URU)
	Matouš 11	(19–15)	Furaij 9
	5×	Report	1× 7× 2×

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10 August 2023 20:00	Hungary	20–22	North Macedonia	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	Czabula 5	(12–12)	Kalajdjieski, Petkovski 5
	3×	Report	1× 5×

11th place game

11 August 2023 17:30	Hungary	40–24	Saudi Arabia	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 50 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Szucs 6	(20–10)	Furaij 5
	7×	Report	1× 4×

Ninth place game

11 August 2023 20:00	North Macedonia	28–22	Czech Republic	Josip Samardžija-Bepo, Koprivnica Attendance: 50 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Kalajdjieski 12	(13–11)	Josef 8
	6×	Report	1× 5×

Knockout stage

Bracket

Championship bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	10 August
	Croatia	33
					11 August
	Norway	25
					Croatia	29
	10 August
					Spain	37
	Spain	32
									13 August
	Germany	28
									Spain	28
	10 August
									Denmark	23
	Denmark	35
					11 August
	Portugal	25
					Denmark	39
	10 August
					Egypt	35			Third place
	Faroe Islands	34
									13 August
	Egypt (OT)	38
									Croatia (OT)	39
									Egypt	37

5–8th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place game
	11 August
	Norway	30
					13 August
	Germany	35
					Germany	31
	11 August
					Portugal	27
	Portugal (Pen.)	35 (6)
	Faroe Islands	35 (5)
					Seventh place game
					13 August
					Norway	38
					Faroe Islands	35

Quarterfinals

10 August 2023 13:00	Faroe Islands	34–38 (ET)	Egypt	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 130 Referees: Altmar, Horvath (HUN)
	Mittún 10	(13–13)	Hashad 11
	1× 4×	Report	1× 7×
	FT: 31–31 ET: 3–7

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10 August 2023 15:30	Spain	32–28	Germany	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 200 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Castillo, Cikusa 7	(16–12)	Siemer 7
	1× 4×	Report	1× 5×

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10 August 2023 18:00	Denmark	35–25	Portugal	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 320 Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
	Pedersen 9	(20–14)	Monteiro 9
	3×	Report	1× 4×

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10 August 2023 20:30	Croatia	33–25	Norway	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 1,500 Referees: García, El-Saied
	Jurić 8	(14–9)	Lid 9
	1× 6×	Report	2×

5–8th place semifinals

11 August 2023 13:00	Portugal	41–40	Faroe Islands	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 120 Referees: Correa, Conberse (ARG)
	Lourenço, Sousa 9	(17–19)	Mittún, Vedelsbøl 12
	3×	Report	1×
	FT: 35–35 Pen: 6–5

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11 August 2023 15:30	Norway	30–35	Germany	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 275 Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
	Lid 9	(15–16)	Siemer 8
	6× 1×	Report	1× 7×

Semifinals

11 August 2023 18:00	Denmark	39–35	Egypt	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 400 Referees: Perdomo, Araújo (URU)
	Pedersen 9	(23–18)	Hashad 7
	2×	Report	1× 3×

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11 August 2023 20:30	Croatia	29–37	Spain	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Thiyagarajah, Thiyagarajah (GER)
	Krupić 9	(11–15)	González 11
	1× 5×	Report	4×

Seventh place game

13 August 2023 12:30	Norway	38–35	Faroe Islands	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 150 Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
	Olseth 11	(22–19)	Mittún 11
	2×	Report	1×

Fifth place game

13 August 2023 15:00	Germany	31–27	Portugal	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 300 Referees: Altmár, Horváth (HUN)
	Battermann 10	(17–12)	Leite 8
	3×	Report	1× 1×

Third place game

13 August 2023 17:30	Egypt	37–39 (ET)	Croatia	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 1,750 Referees: Correa, Conberse (ARG)
	Khallaf 8	(17–18)	Krupić 7
	1× 5×	Report	5×
	FT: 30–30 ET: 7–9

Final

13 August 2023 20:00	Denmark	23–28	Spain	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 950 Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
	Pedersen 6	(14–13)	Oliveras 7
	2×	Report	1× 2×

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Spain
	Denmark
	Croatia
4	Egypt
5	Germany
6	Portugal
7	Norway
8	Faroe Islands
9	North Macedonia
10	Czech Republic
11	Hungary
12	Saudi Arabia
13	Austria
14	Brazil
15	Slovenia
16	Iran
17	Sweden
18	Morocco
19	Iceland
20	Montenegro
21	Japan
22	Algeria
23	Argentina
24	Chile
25	South Korea
26	Georgia
27	Rwanda
28	United States
29	Bahrain
30	Mexico
31	New Zealand
WD	Burundi

Statistics and awards

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals	Shots	%
1	Óli Mittún	87	129	67
2	Frederik Emil Pedersen	56	70	80
	Marvin Siemer		75	75
4	Mbesutunguwe Samuel	55	119	46
	Kayijama Yves		80	69
6	Sandro Darsania	53	88	60
7	Ísak Vedelsbøl	52	64	81
	Hussain Furaij		69	75
9	Marius Olseth	51	63	81
10	Lasse Sunde Lid	50	80	63

Source: IHF

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	%	Saves	Shots
1	Arvid Norén	44	38	87
2	Leon Bergmann	42	98	232
	Seyedmehrshad Daneshi		16	38
4	Malte Eichhorst	40	56	140
5	Emil Holmberg	39	37	96
6	Marko Prpić	38	53	140
	Marc Buchele		50	132
8	Arvid Skoog	37	39	106
9	Attila Radvánszki	36	32	90
10	Vojtěch Košťálek	35	44	125
	Álvaro Pérez Méndez		76	215

Source: IHF

Awards

The All-star team was announced on 13 August 2023.

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Álvaro Pérez Méndez
Right wing	Xavier González
Right back	Lasse Vilhelmsen
Centre back	Óli Mittún
Left back	Aleksandar Čaprić
Left wing	Belal Masoud
Pivot	Romero
MVP	Frederik Emil Pedersen

External links

• Official website
• IHF website