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IHF Emerging Nations Championship

IHF Emerging Nations Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 IHF Emerging Nations Championship
SportHandball
Founded2015; 9 years ago (2015)
No. of teams16
Most recent
champion(s)
 Cuba (1st title)
Most titles Faroe Islands (2 titles)

The IHF Emerging Nations Championship is a men's handball tournament organized by the International Handball Federation since 2015, directed to play with emerging teams. Its first edition was held in Kosovo from June 20 to 26.[1][2]

Countries that currently participate are those in the “Four-year plan” of the European Handball Federation and the best ranked countries from other continents that did not qualify for the World Men's Handball Championship.

Of the teams that competed in the Emerging Nations Championship, three would later go on to play in the European Men's Handball Championship: Faroe Islands, Georgia, and Latvia. Two went on to play in the World Men's Handball Championship: Uruguay and United States (the latter on a wildcard).

Tournaments

Year Host country Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
2015 Kosovo
Kosovo

Faroe Islands
27–24
Latvia

Kosovo
28–16
Uruguay
2017 Bulgaria
Bulgaria

Faroe Islands
26–25
Turkey

Kosovo
32–25
Cyprus
2019 Georgia (country)
Georgia[3]

Georgia
31–21
Cuba

Bulgaria
47–31
Great Britain
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4] Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
2023 Bulgaria
Bulgaria[5]

Cuba
28–18
Cyprus

Bulgaria
47–18
India

Medal count

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Faroe Islands2002
2 Cuba1102
3 Georgia1001
4 Cyprus0101
 Latvia0101
 Turkey0101
7 Bulgaria0022
 Kosovo0022
Totals (8 entries)44412

Participation details

Team Kosovo
2015
Bulgaria
2017
Georgia (country)
2019
Bulgaria
2023
Total
 Albania 14th 15th 2
 Andorra 15th 14th 8th 3
 Armenia 16th 16th 2
 Australia 12th 6th 2
 Azerbaijan 10th 10th 12th 3
 Bulgaria 11th 5th 3rd 3rd 4
 Cameroon 7th 1
 China 10th 6th 6th 3
 Colombia 8th 1
 Cuba 2nd 1st 2
 Cyprus 4th 2nd 2
 Estonia 5th 1
 Faroe Islands 1st 1st 2
 Georgia 8th 1st 2
 Great Britain 9th 11th 4th 5th 4
 Guatemala 10th 1
 India 9th 4th 2
 Ireland 13th 12th 11th 3
 Kosovo 3rd 3rd 2
 Latvia 2nd 1
 Luxembourg 7th 1
 Malta 8th 13th 12th 11th 4
 Moldova 6th 9th 9th 3
 Nigeria 7th 7th 2
 Turkey 2nd 1
 United States 5th 1
 Uruguay 4th 1
Total 16 16 12 12

References

  1. ^ "It has launched the World Handball Championship in developing countries today in our capital". Kosovo Handball Federation. 20 June 2015. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  2. ^ "IHF Emerging Nations Men's Championship". Handball Australia. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  3. ^ "2019 IHF Men's Emerging Nations Championship". ihf.info. 8 April 2019.
  4. ^ a b "EHF Executive Committee gathers in Vienna". ihf.info. 26 March 2021.
  5. ^ "IHF | 4th IHF Men's Emerging Nations Championship". www.ihf.info. Retrieved 2023-03-09.