IHF Emerging Nations Championship

IHF Emerging Nations Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2015 IHF Emerging Nations Championship
Sport Handball
Founded 2015
No. of teams 16
Continent International (IHF)
Most recent
champion(s)		  Faroe Islands (1st title)
Most titles  Faroe Islands

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 20th to 26th.[1][2]

Countries that will participate are the ones part in the “4 Year Plan” of the European Handball Federation and the best ranked countries in the other Continents that did not qualify for the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship. Players from 16 to 30 years are able to play in the tournament.

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

Medal count

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Faroe Islands 1001
2  Latvia 0101
3  Kosovo 0011

Participation details

Team Kosovo
2015
(16)		 Total
 Albania14th1
 Andorra15th1
 Armenia16th1
 Australia12th1
 Bulgaria11th1
 Cameroon7th1
 China10th1
 Estonia5th1
 Faroe Islands1st1
 Great Britain9th1
 Ireland13th1
 Kosovo3rd1
 Latvia2nd1
 Malta8th1
 Moldova6th1
 Uruguay4th1

References

  1. ↑ "It has launched the World Handball Championship in developing countries today in our capital". Kosovo Handball Federation. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.handballaustralia.org.au/content/ihf-emerging-nations-mens-championship Handball Australia. Retrieved 28 June 2015

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