Japan men's national junior handball team
Japanese handball team
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The Japan national junior handball team is the national under-20 handball team of Japan. Controlled by the Japan Handball Association That is an affiliate of the International Handball Federation IHF as well as a member of the Asian Handball Federation AHF. The Team represents Japan in international matches.[1]
AssociationJapan Handball Association
Appearances7 (First in 1979)
Best result11th place : (1985)
Appearances18 (First in 1988)
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| Association | Japan Handball Association | ||
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| Results | |||
| IHF U-21 World Championship | |||
| Appearances | 7 (First in 1979) | ||
| Best result | 11th place : (1985) | ||
| Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship | |||
| Appearances | 18 (First in 1988) | ||
| Best result |  Champions (2022, 2024) | ||
| Last updated on Unknown. | |||
Statistics
IHF Junior World Championship record
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
| Year[2] | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD |
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1977  | Didn't Qualify | ||||||||
1979  | 19th place | ||||||||
1981  | 16th place | ||||||||
1983  | Didn't Qualify | ||||||||
1985  | 11th place | ||||||||
1987  | Didn't Qualify | ||||||||
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| 2015 | 18th place | ||||||||
2017[3]  | Didn't Qualify | ||||||||
| 2019[4] | 18th place | ||||||||
2023  | 19th place | ||||||||
2025  | 16th place | ||||||||
| Total | 7/24 | 0 Titles | |||||||
Asian Championship
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
| Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship records [5] | ||||||||
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| Year | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD |
 1988 | 7th place | |||||||
 1990 | 4th place | |||||||
 1992 | 3rd place | |||||||
| 1994 | 5th place | |||||||
| 1996 | 6th place | |||||||
 1998 | 10th place | |||||||
| 2000 | 7th place | |||||||
 2002 | 5th place | |||||||
 2004 | 4th place | |||||||
 2006 | 5th place | |||||||
 2008 | 8th place | |||||||
| 2010 | 5th place | |||||||
| 2012 | 5th place | |||||||
| 2014 | 3rd place | |||||||
| 2016 | 4th place | |||||||
 2018 | Runners-up | |||||||
| 2022 | Champions | |||||||
| 2024 | Champions | |||||||
| Total | 18/18 | |||||||
Squad
Last world championship[6]
- 1 HIRAO Katsuki
- 2 TAKANO Sota
- 3 SUEOKA Takumi
- 6 HATTORI Masanari
- 7 TOKUDA Rennesuke
- 11 FUJITA Ryuga
- 13 YANO Seito
- 15 SAKURAI Tomoya
- 16 NAKAMURA Hikaru
- 21 NAKAMURA Tsubasa
- 22 TAKAHASHI Kai
- 25 KAWASAKI Shun
- 27 OSUGI Takumi
- 29 ISODA Kenta
- 31 AO Masatoshi
- 32 TSUYUKI Ryo
