2023 IHF Men's U21 Handball World Championship

Two nations entered bid for hosting the tournament: • • Croatia later withdrew their bid. The tournament was awarded to Germany by IHF Council in its meeting held in Cairo, Egypt on 28 February 2020. In May/June 2021, the Hellenic Handball Federation approached to German Handball Association with request to co-host the 2023 Men's Junior World Handball Championship due to the cancellation of the 2021 Men's Youth World Handball Championship, which was supposed to be hosted by Greece. On 15 July 2021, the IHF Council unanimously approved the request from Germany and Greece to co-host the event. ==Qualification==

• Greenland replaced Guinea, who withdrew before the tournament, after Mexico declined the invitation. ==Draw==

The draw took place on 17 January 2023 in Katowice. ==Referees==

The referee pairs were selected on 8 May 2023. ==Squads==

Times in Germany are UTC+2, in Greece UTC+3. Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- Group E ---- ---- Group F ---- ---- Group G ---- ---- Group H ---- ---- ==President's Cup==

Points obtained in the matches against the team from the group are taken over. Group I ---- Group II ---- Group III ---- Group IV ---- ==Main round==

Points obtained in the matches against the team from the group are taken over. Group I ---- Group II ---- Group III ---- Group IV ---- ==Classification games==

25th–32nd places ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 17–24th places ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 9–16th places ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ==Knockout stage==

Bracket Championship bracket 5–8th place bracket Quarterfinals ---- ---- ---- 5–8th place semifinals ---- Semifinals ---- Seventh place game Fifth place game Third place game Final ==Final ranking==

Top goalscorers Source: IHF Top goalkeepers Awards The All-star Team was announced on 2 July 2023. ==References==