The USA Men’s Jr National Team is participating in the 2026 North American & Caribbean (NORCA) Champhionships. The tournament is being played in Laval, Quebec, Canada. The seven participating teams have been divided into two groups of four that will play a round robin with the top 2 teams from each group advancing to the semifinals.
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Qualification: This tournament is an IHF Trophy event. Based on previous events teams will be competing to qualify for two separate events:
- 2027 Men’s Youth World Championships (North Macedonia 23 Jun to 4 Jul, 2027) According to the World Championships Wikipedia page the top two nations will qualify for the World Championships. As Guadeloupe is an overseas Departments of Franch their place in the standings will not count for this qualification
- 2027 IHF Trophy Intercontinental Championships: The winner of the Gold medal match will qualify for this event. As it is not a World Championshps, Guadeloupe can qualifiy for this event.
Athlete Elgibility: Next year’s World Championships is an U21 event, so effectively this competition is a U20 event. Athletes need to have been born in calendar year 2006 or more recently
USA Roster: Link
USA Schedule/Results
- Group Play
- Semifinals/Consolation
Final Ranking
- 1) Cuba (Qualifies for IHF Trophy Intercontinental Phase and U21 World Championships
- 2) Mexico (Qualifies for U21 World Championships
- 3) USA
- 4) Guadeloupe
- 5) Puerto Rico
- 6) Canada
- 7) Greenland
