IHF Emerging Nations Championship

IHF Emerging Nations Championship
Current season, competition or edition:; 2023 IHF Emerging Nations Championship
Sport	Handball
Founded	2015; 9 years ago
No. of teams	16
Most recent; champion(s)	Cuba (1st title)
Most titles	Faroe Islands (2 titles)

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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
Year	Host country	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

Participation details

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

^ "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

IHF website
2015 Tournament Official webpage Archived 2015-06-24 at the Wayback Machine

[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.

[Australia-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.

[Cancel-4] "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.

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