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]
Current season, competition or edition: 2023 IHF Emerging Nations Championship | |
| Sport | Handball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2015 |
| No. of teams | 16 |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Cuba (1st title) |
| Most titles |  Faroe Islands (2 titles) |
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
edit| Year | Host country | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 2015 |  Kosovo |
 Faroe Islands |
27–24 |  Latvia |
 Kosovo |
28–16 |  Uruguay | ||
| 2017 |  Bulgaria |
Faroe Islands |
26–25 |  Turkey |
Kosovo |
32–25 |  Cyprus | ||
| 2019 |  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[5] |
Cuba |
28–18 | Cyprus |
Bulgaria |
47–18 |  India | ||
Medal count
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faroe Islands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Cuba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Cyprus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Latvia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Turkey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Kosovo | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Participation details
edit| Team | 2015 |
2017 |
2019 |
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
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "IHF Emerging Nations Men's Championship". Handball Australia. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ "2019 IHF Men's Emerging Nations Championship". ihf.info. 8 April 2019.
- ^ a b "EHF Executive Committee gathers in Vienna". ihf.info. 26 March 2021.
- ^ "IHF | 4th IHF Men's Emerging Nations Championship". www.ihf.info. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
External links
edit- IHF website
- 2015 Tournament Official webpage Archived 2015-06-24 at the Wayback Machine