IHF Emerging Nations Championship
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Current season, competition or edition: 2019 IHF Emerging Nations Championship | |
| Sport | Handball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2015 |
| No. of teams | 16 |
| Continent | International (IHF) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Georgia (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 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 |
 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 | ||
Medal count
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faroe Islands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  Cuba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Latvia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Turkey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Kosovo | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Participation details
| Team | 2015 (16) |
2017 (16) |
2019 (12) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Albania |
14th | 15th | 2 | |
 Andorra |
15th | 14th | 2 | |
 Armenia |
16th | 16th | 2 | |
 Australia |
12th | 1 | ||
 Azerbaijan |
10th | 10th | 2 | |
| Bulgaria |
11th | 5th | 3rd | 3 |
 Cameroon |
7th | 1 | ||
 China |
10th | 6th | 6th | 3 |
 Colombia |
8th | 1 | ||
| Cuba |
2nd | 1 | ||
 Cyprus |
4th | 1 | ||
 Estonia |
5th | 1 | ||
| Faroe Islands |
1st | 1st | 2 | |
| Georgia |
8th | 1st | 2 | |
 Great Britain |
9th | 11th | 4th | 3 |
 India |
9th | 1 | ||
 Ireland |
13th | 12th | 11th | 3 |
| Kosovo |
3rd | 3rd | 2 | |
| Latvia |
2nd | 1 | ||
 Luxembourg |
7th | 1 | ||
 Malta |
8th | 13th | 12th | 3 |
 Moldova |
6th | 9th | 2 | |
 Nigeria |
7th | 1 | ||
| Turkey |
2nd | 1 | ||
 United States |
5th | 1 | ||
 Uruguay |
4th | 1 |
References
- ^ "It has launched the World Handball Championship in developing countries today in our capital". Kosovo Handball Federation. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ "IHF Emerging Nations Men's Championship". Handball Australia. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ "2019 IHF Men's Emerging Nations Championship". ihf.info. 8 April 2019.
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