2017 Men's Youth World Handball Championship
The 2017 IHF Men's Youth World Championship was the seventh edition of the U-19 tournament and held in Tbilisi, Georgia from 8 to 20 August 2017. All matches were played in two halls at the Olympic Palace.
France won their second straight title by defeating Spain 28–25 in the final. Denmark captured the bronze medal after defeating Croatia 30–29.
Qualified teams
On 31 July 2017, Venezuela withdrew from the tournament and Poland was named as the substitute.Draw
The draw was held on 10 May 2017.Seedings
The seedings were announced on 8 May 2017.| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
Referees
The IHF selected 16 referee pairs for the championship.Preliminary round
The schedule was announced on 29 May 2017.''All times are local.''
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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President's Cup
;17th place bracket;21st place bracket
21st–24th place semifinals
----17th–20th place semifinals
----9–16th placement games
The eight losers of the round of 16 are seeded according to their results in the preliminary round against teams ranked 1–4 and play an elimination game to determine their final position.Knockout stage
Bracket
;5th place bracketRound of 16
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Quarterfinals
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5th–8th place semifinals
----Semifinals
----Statistics
Top goalscorers
Source:Top goalkeepers
Source:Awards
MVP
- Left-back: Kyllian Villeminot
All-star team
- Goalkeeper: Maksim Popov
- Right wing: Edouard Kempf
- Right back: Ivan Martinović
- Centre back: Ian Tarrafeta
- Left back: Emil Lærke
- Left wing: Emil Jakobsen
- Pivot: Luis Frade