Today, the draw for the Men’s South and Central American qualification to the 2019 IHF Men’s Junior (U21) World Championship has been held at the IHF Head Office in Basle, Switzerland.

 

According to the draw procedure, row 4 (Venezuela) was drawn first, followed by the teams in row 2 (Chile, Paraguay) and row 1 (Brazil, Argentina). Afterwards, the organiser had the prerogative to assign themselves to a group of their choice, before the second team in row 3 (Uruguay) was put into the remaining group. The President of the Colombian Handball Federation, Victor Manuel Ramos Vergara, communicated by phone that his federation decided to join Argentina and Paraguay in Group A.

 

The result of the draw is as follows:

 

Group A:

Argentina

Paraguay

Colombia

 

Group B:

Brazil

Chile

Uruguay

Venezuela

 

The Men’s South and Central American qualification will be held in Palmira, Colombia from 3 to 7 April 2019. For North America and the Caribbean, the Continental Phase of the IHF Trophy served as qualification event. As winners of the tournament, USA qualified to Spain 2019.