Provisional Roster Announced for Youth and Junior IHF Trophy Tournaments
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by Matthew Collins
USA Team Handball has named the provisional rosters for the upcoming Youth and Junior IHF Trophy's, with the tournaments serving as qualifying events for the 2025 IHF Youth (U19) and Junior (U21) Men’s World Championship, respectively.
YOUTH MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM BY POSITION – IHF TROPHY PROVISIONAL ROSTER
GOALKEEPERS (4): Henrik Berg, Jackson Blackwell, Elvis Mescall, Wolf Simianer
BACKS (14): Alvaro Alcover, Martin Brunvold, Benjamin Edwards, John Gallittu, Jorge Gomez de Santiago, Jack Kunze, Oliver Linberg, Ewan McBride, Maximilian Olesen, Sydney Robertson, Smith Trimble, Aaron Wolf-Bloom, Kegan York, Maximillian Zoller
WINGS (6): Abdelrahman Awad, Edwin Bengtsson, Jacob Effertz, Luca Jagar-Woelker, Cohen Knight-Sheen, Iraj Sabouri
PIVOTS (4): Colby Condit, Kaeden Kuhlmeyer, Theodore Sidorov, James Webb
JUNIOR MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM BY POSITION (Club) – IHF TROPHY PROVISIONAL ROSTER
GOALKEEPERS (5): Moritz Bochum (HC Oppenweiler-Backnang), Mattia Cercola (AZS UW Warszawa), Emir Durakovic (RK Igman Ilidza), Benjamin Pedersen (Eto Szese Gyor), Grayson Wide (Uppsala HK)
BACKS (10): Martin Brunvold (Fyllingen Bergen), Csaba Darvas (Tatabanya Kezilabda Kft.), Benjamin Edwards (BFKA Veszprem), Jordan Fernandez (Gonfreville Handball), John Gallittu (HSV Solingen-Grafrath), Nepomuk Grabner (UHK Krems), Tristan Morawski (Sandra SPA Pogon Szczecin), Maximilian Olesen (FIF), Oskar Trummer (SV Anzing), Aaron Wolf-Bloom (San Francisco CalHeat)
WINGS (9): Alfonso Alcover (Trops Malaga), Abdelrahman Awad (Olympic SC), Edwin Bengtsson (IK Savehof), Rodrigo Campos Menendez (BM Cuatro Valles), Luis Delgado (San Francisco CalHeat), Evan Gordon (HSG Volklingen), Ian Hodgson (San Francisco CalHeat), Jamie Merkel (HSG Ehrendingen Celtics), Matthew Spranda (San Fernando)
PIVOTS (4): Samuel Coriat (Ferrarin Milan), Kaeden Kuhlmeyer (Hk-72 Sande), Kahlil Liden (University of Pittsburgh Handball Club), Maksim McCauley (IFK Kristianstad),
The Youth IHF Trophy will be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico from November 19th to 25th, while the Junior IHF Trophy Tournament will take place in Mexico City from December 3rd to 9th. The Junior IHF Trophy will also serve as a qualifier for the 2025 Junior Pan American Games in Paraguay.
The final roster will be selected in the coming weeks and be announced after the thorough process set forth by the coaching staffs.
