2021 Men's Youth World Handball Championship
# 2021 Men's Youth World Handball Championship

The 2021 IHF Men's Youth World Championship would have been ninth edition of the championship to be held from 18 to 29 August 2021 in Greece under the aegis of International Handball Federation (IHF). It would have been the first time in history that the championship would have been organised by Hellenic Handball Federation.

On 22 February 2021, the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Qualification

| Event | Host | Dates | Vacancies | Qualified |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| XXXVI IHF Congress | Antalya | 11 November 2017 | 1 | Greece |
| 2020 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship | Almaty | 5–17 June 2021 | 5 | |
| 2021 European Men's U-18 Handball Championship | Slovenia | TBD | 14 | |
| 2020 African Men's Youth Handball Championship | Casablanca | 14–21 March 2021 | 5 | |
| 2021 South and Central American Men's Youth Handball Championship | | April/May 2021 | 3 | |
| 2021 North America and Caribbean Men's Youth Handball Championship | | April/May 2021 | 2 | |
| 2021 IHF Trophy Oceania Continental Phase | | April/May 2021 | 1 | |
| 2021 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy | | April/May 2021 | 1 | |
