Germany’s path to the final of the World Handball Championship


Germany’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.


Germany came in second place of Group D with 8 points collected from winning 4 matches over Serbia, Iceland, Tunisia and Brazil, and lost one game against Portugal in the first round matches. Also won over Argentina in the round of 16, before defeating Hungary at the quarter-finals in addition to Denmark at the Semis.


The team started their games at the group stage with a defeat from Portugal 33-26, then a victory over Tunisia 36-15, before winning the third round over Serbia 30-22 as well as the fourth round over Brazil 28-22 and finally the fifth and final round over Iceland 26-22.


Their achievement in the group stage was followed by other victories over Argentina 33-25 in the round of 16 games and over Hungary 26-16 at the quarter-finals. In addition to Denmark 31-23 at the Semis.

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