Wrote by: Reem Sameh

Portugal's national Junior handball team achieved a high performance during their participation in the 2019 IHF Men’s Youth (U19) World Championship held in Macedonia from 6th to 18th of August 2019.

The national team of Portugal scored the full mark and topped their Group D with 10 points collected from winning all the group stage matches over Germany, Serbia, Iceland, Tunisia and Brazil, respectively. Also won over North Macedonia in the round of 16 games before defeating France at the quarter-finals. 

The team started their games at the group stage by defeating Germany 33-26, then another victory over Serbia 22-21, before winning the third round over Iceland 28-24 as well as the fourth round over Tunisia 30-24 and finally the fifth and final round over Brazil 36-29.

Their achievement in the group stage was followed by other victories over North Macedonia 29-25 in the round of 16 games and over France 35-31 at the quarter-finals.