2025 IHF Men's U17 Handball World Championship

2025 IHF Men's U17 Handball World Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Morocco
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	24 October – 1 November
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (1st title)
Runners-up	Egypt
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Qatar
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	2,006 (66.87 per match)
Attendance	7,985 (266 per match)
Top scorer	Jorge Gómez de Santiago (47 goals)

The 2025 IHF Men's U17 Handball World Championship was the first edition of the IHF Men's U17 Handball World Championship, held from 24 October to 1 November, 2025 in Casablanca, Morocco under the aegis of International Handball Federation (IHF).^[1]

Germany won the tournament, after defeating Egypt in the final.^[2]

Qualification

Event	Dates	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation			1	Morocco
Europe			2	Germany Spain
2025 Asian Under-17 Championship^[3]	15–25 September 2025	Amman	3	Iran Qatar South Korea
Africa			2	Egypt Tunisia
South and Central American			2	Argentina Brazil
North America and Caribbean			2	Puerto Rico United States

Draw

The draw took place on 2 October 2025 in the New Administrative Capital, Egypt.^[4]^[5]

Seeding

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Germany Spain Egypt	Morocco Tunisia Argentina	Brazil Iran South Korea	Puerto Rico United States Qatar

Referees

The referee pairs were selected on 19 September 2025.^[6]

Referees
Brazil	Lucas Dezembro Guilherme Gonçalves
Egypt	Mohamed Esmail Mohamed Saleh
Germany	Lucas Hellbusch Darnel Jansen
Japan	Hideki Furukawa Tetsuro Murata
Morocco	Zakaria El Malwane Achraf El Mouniri
Nigeria	Abubakar Amodu Sumaila Salihu

Referees
Romania	Georgiana Murariu Mihaela Paraschiv
Saudi Arabia	Mohamed Al-Saqer Ali Al-Suqufi
Slovenia	Žan Pukšič Miha Satler
Tunisia	Roua Haggui Sahar Haggui
United States	Anastasiia Bohoiavlenska Cristina Molina

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).^[7]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	3	0	109	68	+41	6	Semifinals
2	Brazil	3	2	1	108	101	+7	4
3	United States	3	1	2	72	100	−28	2
4	Morocco (H)	3	0	3	79	99	−20	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

24 October 2025 18:50	Egypt	35–26	Brazil	Nouacer Hall, Casablanca Attendance: 330 Referees: Hellbusch, Murata, Pukšič
	Ramadan 10	(17–11)	Alves 7
	2× 1×	Report	3× 1×

24 October 2025 20:55	Morocco	21–22	United States	Nouacer Hall, Casablanca Attendance: 550 Referees: Jansen, Salihu, Satler
	Ragueb 7	(14–10)	Jagar-Woelker 6
	1× 4×	Report	6×

26 October 2025 18:50	United States	22–42	Egypt	Nouacer Hall, Casablanca Attendance: 210 Referees: Murariu, Satler, Haggui
	Gómez de Santiago 10	(12–21)	Ramadan 10
	4×	Report	6× 1×

26 October 2025 20:55	Morocco	38–45	Brazil	Nouacer Hall, Casablanca Attendance: 550 Referees: Hellbusch, Furukawa, Paraschiv
	El Hammoumi 11	(14–19)	E. Rodrigues
	5×	Report	2×

28 October 2025 18:50	Brazil	37–28	United States	Nouacer Hall, Casablanca Attendance: 180 Referees: Al-Suqufi, Jansen, Haggui
	R. Rodrigues 9	(19–13)	Gómez de Santiago 9
	3×	Report	2×

28 October 2025 20:55	Egypt	32–20	Morocco	Nouacer Hall, Casablanca Attendance: 550 Referees: Amodu, Haggui, Molina
	Bakir 7	(18–13)	Ben Aabel 5
		Report	3×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	146	63	+83	6	Semifinals
2	Qatar	3	2	1	107	95	+12	4	Semifinals
3	Tunisia	3	1	2	86	113	−27	2
4	South Korea	3	0	3	67	135	−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.

24 October 2025 10:30	Spain	57–16	South Korea	Nouacer Hall, Casablanca Attendance: 250 Referees: Gonçalves, Al-Saqer, El Mouniri
	Viladiú 10	(23–9)	Kim Dong-h. 5
	3×	Report	4×

24 October 2025 12:35	Tunisia	30–38	Qatar	Nouacer Hall, Casablanca Attendance: 265 Referees: Esmail, Furukawa, Amodu
	Gaabout 5	(12–18)	Hussein, Mahrous 10
	1× 6×	Report	4× 1×

26 October 2025 10:30	Qatar	24–41	Spain	Nouacer Hall, Casablanca Attendance: 120 Referees: Jansen, El Malwane, Bohoiavlenska
	Mahrous 8	(8–18)	four players 5
	4×	Report	3×

26 October 2025 12:35	Tunisia	33–27	South Korea	Nouacer Hall, Casablanca Attendance: 130 Referees: Dezembro, Al-Saqer, Molina
	Ben Salem 7	(20–11)	Kim Dong-h. 6
	7×	Report	2×

28 October 2025 10:30	South Korea	24–45	Qatar	Nouacer Hall, Casablanca Attendance: 110 Referees: Furukawa, Salihu, Paraschiv
	Kim Dong-h., Shin 5	(9–22)	El-Sayed 15
	4×	Report	1× 3× 1×

28 October 2025 12:35	Spain	48–23	Tunisia	Nouacer Hall, Casablanca Attendance: 150 Referees: Hellbusch, Murata, Pukšič
	Viladiú 8	(20–10)	Mechergui 6
	3×	Report	6×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	143	57	+86	6	Semifinals
2	Argentina	3	2	1	103	98	+5	4
3	Iran	3	1	2	87	116	−29	2
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	3	73	135	−62	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.

24 October 2025 14:40	Germany	45–20	Iran	Nouacer Hall, Casablanca Attendance: 220 Referees: Paraschiv, Haggui, Bohoiavlenska
	Eisend, Gaugisch 6	(19–10)	Hadizadeh 5
	3×	Report	2×

24 October 2025 16:45	Argentina	43–25	Puerto Rico	Nouacer Hall, Casablanca Attendance: 190 Referees: Dezembro, Al-Suqufi, El Malwane
	Refojos 7	(15–13)	Andreu, López 5
		Report	3×

26 October 2025 14:40	Puerto Rico	15–54	Germany	Nouacer Hall, Casablanca Attendance: 150 Referees: Saleh, Salihu, Haggui
	López 6	(7–26)	Akkoc 7
	2×	Report

26 October 2025 16:45	Argentina	38–29	Iran	Nouacer Hall, Casablanca Attendance: 180 Referees: Esmail, El Mouniri, Pukšič
	La Delfa, Roa 8	(20–16)	Norouzpourmameghani 6
	5×	Report	4×

28 October 2025 14:40	Iran	38–33	Puerto Rico	Nouacer Hall, Casablanca Attendance: 120 Referees: Gonçalves, El Malwane, Murariu
	Hematigharacheh, Hagh 8	(19–18)	García 11
	3×	Report	2×

28 October 2025 16:45	Germany	44–22	Argentina	Nouacer Hall, Casablanca Attendance: 210 Referees: Dezembro, Saleh, Satler
	Nowak 17	(21–11)	Refojos 6
	1× 7×	Report	4×

Rankings

First-placed teams ranking

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C	Germany	3	3	143	57	+86	6	Semifinals
2	B	Spain	3	3	146	63	+83	6
3	A	Egypt	3	3	109	68	+41	6

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored for.

Second-placed teams ranking

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B	Qatar	3	2	1	107	95	+12	4	Semifinals
2	A	Brazil	3	2	1	108	101	+7	4	5–8th place semifinals
3	C	Argentina	3	2	1	103	98	+5	4	5–8th place semifinals

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored for.

Third-placed teams ranking

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B	Tunisia	3	1	2	86	113	−27	2	5–8th place semifinals
2	A	United States	3	1	2	72	100	−28	2	5–8th place semifinals
3	C	Iran	3	1	2	87	116	−29	2	9–12th place semifinals

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored for.

Fourth-placed teams ranking

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	A	Morocco (H)	3	3	79	99	−20	9–12th place semifinals
2	C	Puerto Rico	3	3	73	135	−62
3	B	South Korea	3	3	67	135	−68

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

Knockout stage

Bracket

Championship bracket

Semi-finals		Final

30 October

Germany	39
		1 November
Qatar	22
		Germany (ET)	44
30 October
		Egypt	43
Spain	28

Egypt	31
		Third place

		1 November

		Qatar	23

		Spain	35

5–8th place bracket

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

30 October

Brazil	35
		1 November
Tunisia	32
		Brazil	27
30 October
		Argentina	39
Argentina	39

United States	26
		Seventh place

		1 November

		Tunisia	44

		United States	41

9–12th place bracket

9–12th place semifinals		Ninth place

29 October

Iran	30
		31 October
South Korea	21
		Iran	42
29 October
		Puerto Rico	30
Morocco	40

Puerto Rico	44
		Eleventh place

		31 October

		South Korea	32 (3)

		Morocco (Pen.)	32 (4)

9–12th place semifinals

29 October 2025 15:30	Iran	30–21	South Korea	Nouacer Hall, Casablanca Attendance: 125 Referees: Murariu, Haggui, Bohoiavlenska
	three players 4	(15–11)	Kim Dong-h. 6
	4×	Report	5×

29 October 2025 17:45	Morocco	40–44	Puerto Rico	Nouacer Hall, Casablanca Attendance: 260 Referees: Esmail, Murata, Al-Saqer
	Ben Aabel 8	(16–20)	Andreu 11
	1× 10× 1×	Report	6×

5–8th place semifinals

30 October 2025 13:00	Argentina	39–26	United States	Nouacer Hall, Casablanca Attendance: 110 Referees: Amodu, El Malwane, Paraschiv
	La Delfa 7	(16–12)	Gómez de Santiago 11
	1× 3×	Report	1× 2×

30 October 2025 15:15	Brazil	35–32	Tunisia	Nouacer Hall, Casablanca Attendance: 240 Referees: Furukawa, El Mouniri, Molina
	Lima 6	(20–19)	Chattali 6
	3×	Report	1× 2×

Semifinals

30 October 2025 17:45	Germany	39–22	Qatar	Nouacer Hall, Casablanca Attendance: 360 Referees: Dezembro, Saleh, Murata
	Löhr 9	(21–14)	Mahrous 11
	1×	Report	1× 3×

30 October 2025 20:15	Spain	28–31	Egypt	Nouacer Hall, Casablanca Attendance: 560 Referees: Hellbusch, Al-Suqufi, Satler
	Sánchez 7	(12–12)	Bakir 7
	1× 4×	Report	5×

Eleventh place game

31 October 2025 15:30	South Korea	35–36	Morocco	Nouacer Hall, Casablanca Attendance: 220 Referees: Jansen, Furukawa, Pukšič
	Kang Ji-u., Kim Dong-h. 9	(14–12)	Ragueb 12
	3×	Report	8×
	FT: 32–32 Pen: 3–4

Ninth place game

31 October 2025 17:45	Iran	42–30	Puerto Rico	Nouacer Hall, Casablanca Attendance: 85 Referees: Gonçalves, Gonçalves, Haggui
	Norouzpour, Samarbakhsh 9	(19–15)	Andreu 7
	2×	Report	2×

Seventh place game

1 November 2025 13:00	Tunisia	44–41	United States	Nouacer Hall, Casablanca Attendance: 80 Referees: Dezembro, El Malwane, Paraschiv
	Garrache 12	(21–23)	Gómez de Santiago 12
	1× 2×	Report	4×

Fifth place game

1 November 2025 15:15	Brazil	27–39	Argentina	Nouacer Hall, Casablanca Attendance: 145 Referees: Hellbusch, Haggui, Molina
	E. Rodrigues 8	(12–20)	La Delfa 10
	2× 2×	Report	2×

Third place game

1 November 2025 17:45	Qatar	23–35	Spain	Nouacer Hall, Casablanca Attendance: 365 Referees: Esmail, Jansen, Murariu
	Mahrous 9	(10–18)	Anselmo, Martínez 6
	4×	Report	3×

Final

1 November 2025 20:15	Germany	44–43 (ET)	Egypt	Nouacer Hall, Casablanca Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Gonçalves, Murata, Pukšič
	Nowak 15	(18–17)	Ahmed 13
	3×	Report	4×
	FT: 37–37 ET: 7–6

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Germany
	Egypt
	Spain
4	Qatar
5	Argentina
6	Brazil
7	Tunisia
8	United States
9	Iran
10	Puerto Rico
11	Morocco
12	South Korea

Statistics and awards

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals	Shots	%
1	Jorge Gómez de Santiago	47	74	64
2	Ramy Mahrous	46	63	73
3	Leo Nowak	44	55	80
4	Ahmed El-Sayed	40	73	55
5	Yassien Ramadan	35	43	81
6	Youssef Ahmed	34	52	65
6	El Hassan Ragueb	34	43	79
8	Nicolás La Delfa	33	53	62
9	Kim Dong-ha	31	58	53
10	Dylan Andreu	29	55	53

Source: IHF

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	%	Saves	Shots
1	Hossein Khojasteh	39	32	83
2	Rubén Cardenosa	36	28	77
2	Albert Quesada	36	38	106
4	Kim Hüter	35	24	68
5	Francisco Pérez	33	45	136
6	Tobias Dengler	32	37	115
7	Nehuen Mazzaferri	31	27	87
8	Omar El-Sayed	29	54	184
	Mehrshad Mansouri		47	163
	Mohamed Othman		10	35

Source: IHF

References

^ "Morocco to host inaugural IHF Men's Under-17 World Championship". IHF. 30 March 2025. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
^ "Dramatic final sees Germany edge past Egypt to win inaugural IHF Men's Under-17 World Championship". IHF. 1 November 2025. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
^ "Islamic Republic of Iran win eight in a row to seal crown at the 2025 AHF Asian Men's U-17 Handball Championship". IHF. 26 September 2025. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
^ "Draw for the 2025 IHF Men's Under-17 World Championship announced". IHF. 1 October 2025. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
^ "12 teams find out their fate at the draw for the 2025 IHF Men's Under-17 World Championship". IHF. 2 October 2025. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
^ "Referees for the 2025 IHF Men's U-17 World Championship announced". ihf.info. 19 September 2025.
^ "2025 IHF Men's Under-17 World Championship: Schedule revealed". IHF. 17 October 2025. Retrieved 17 October 2025.

External links

Official website

[1] "Morocco to host inaugural IHF Men's Under-17 World Championship". IHF. 30 March 2025. Retrieved 30 March 2025.

[2] "Dramatic final sees Germany edge past Egypt to win inaugural IHF Men's Under-17 World Championship". IHF. 1 November 2025. Retrieved 1 November 2025.

[3] "Islamic Republic of Iran win eight in a row to seal crown at the 2025 AHF Asian Men's U-17 Handball Championship". IHF. 26 September 2025. Retrieved 26 September 2025.

[4] "Draw for the 2025 IHF Men's Under-17 World Championship announced". IHF. 1 October 2025. Retrieved 2 October 2025.

[5] "12 teams find out their fate at the draw for the 2025 IHF Men's Under-17 World Championship". IHF. 2 October 2025. Retrieved 2 October 2025.

[6] "Referees for the 2025 IHF Men's U-17 World Championship announced". ihf.info. 19 September 2025.

[7] "2025 IHF Men's Under-17 World Championship: Schedule revealed". IHF. 17 October 2025. Retrieved 17 October 2025.

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