2021 Men's Youth World Handball Championship

2021 Men's Youth World Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Greece
DatesCancelled
Teams32 (from 6 confederations)
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The 2021 IHF Men's Youth World Championship would have been ninth edition of the championship to be held from 18 to 29 August 2021 in Greece under the aegis of International Handball Federation (IHF). It would have been the first time in history that the championship would have been organised by Hellenic Handball Federation.[1]

On 22 February 2021, the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Qualification

Event Host Dates Vacancies Qualified
XXXVI IHF Congress Turkey Antalya 11 November 2017 1  Greece
2020 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship Kazakhstan Almaty 5–17 June 2021 5
2021 European Men's U-18 Handball Championship  Slovenia TBD 14
2020 African Men's Youth Handball Championship Morocco Casablanca 14–21 March 2021 5
2021 South and Central American Men's Youth Handball Championship April/May 2021 3
2021 North America and Caribbean Men's Youth Handball Championship April/May 2021 2
2021 IHF Trophy Oceania Continental Phase April/May 2021 1
2021 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy April/May 2021 1

References

  1. ^ "Dr Hassan Moustafa re-elected IHF President". ihf.info. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Key decisions made on IHF events at IHF Council meeting". ihf.info. 22 February 2021.