2015 IHF Emerging Nations Championship

The 2015 IHF Emerging Nations Championship was the first edition of the IHF Emerging Nations Championship, organised by the International Handball Federation (IHF). The tournament was held in Pristina and Gjakova, Kosovo, from 20 to 26 June.[1]

2015 IHF Emerging Nations Championship
Tournament details
Host country Kosovo
Dates20–26 June
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Faroe Islands (1st title)
Runner-up Latvia
Third place Kosovo
Fourth place Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) Svetlin Dimitrov
(64 goals)
Best player Tróndur Kragesteen
Next

A total of 16 nations played in the tournament: several European teams that did not qualify to the 2014 European Men's Handball Championship, plus Australia, Cameroon, China and Uruguay.

Referees

Following eight referee pairs are selected:

Venues

The championship were played at two venues in Pristina and Gjakova in Kosovo.

Pristina Gjakova
Palace of Youth and Sports
Capacity: 3,000
Shani Nushi Sports Hall
Capacity: 2,500

Preliminary round

The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage.

Tie-breaking criteria

For the group stage of this tournament, where two or more teams in a group tied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions will be determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order:[2]

  1. number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question
  2. goal difference in the matches among the teams in question
  3. number of goals scored in the matches among the teams in question (if more than two teams finish equal on points)
  4. goal difference in all the group matches
  5. number of goals scored in all the group matches
  6. drawing of lots

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Faroe Islands 3 2 1 0 131 73 +58 5
 Kosovo 3 2 0 1 121 77 +44 4
 Australia 3 1 1 1 119 85 +34 3
 Armenia 3 0 0 3 46 182 136 0
Source:
20 June 2015
15:15
Faroe Islands  34–34  Australia Pallati i Rinisë, Pristina
Attendance: 100
Referees: Bedoui, Coll Exposito (AND)
(16–18)
Report
20 June 2015
18:00
Kosovo  60–17  Armenia Pallati i Rinisë, Pristina
Attendance: 800
Referees: Leitis, Persis (LAT)
(32–4)
Report

21 June 2015
13:30
Armenia  9–61  Faroe Islands Pallati i Rinisë, Pristina
Attendance: 100
Referees: Yunlei, Yufeng (CHN)
(4–27)
Report
21 June 2015
18:00
Australia  24–31  Kosovo Pallati i Rinisë, Pristina
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Yonchev, Yovchev (BUL)
(12–16)
Report

22 June 2015
13:30
Australia  61–20  Armenia Pallati i Rinisë, Pristina
Attendance: 200
Referees: Bedoui, Coll Exposito (AND)
(28–9)
Report
22 June 2015
18:00
Faroe Islands  36–30  Kosovo Pallati i Rinisë, Pristina
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Leitis, Persis (LAT)
(19–12)
Report

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Estonia 3 2 0 1 102 65 +37 4
 Cameroon 3 2 0 1 100 58 +42 4
 Great Britain 3 2 0 1 110 71 +39 4
 Albania 3 0 0 3 46 164 118 0
Source:
20 June 2015
13:00
Estonia  26–27  Great Britain Pallati i Rinisë, Pristina
Attendance: 100
Referees: Yunlei, Yufeng (CHN)
(12–15)
Report
20 June 2015
20:15
Cameroon  51–12  Albania Pallati i Rinisë, Pristina
Attendance: 300
Referees: Yonchev, Yovchev (BUL)
(25–8)
Report

21 June 2015
15:45
Great Britain  16–23  Cameroon Pallati i Rinisë, Pristina
Attendance: 100
Referees: Leitis, Persis (LAT)
(9–9)
Report
21 June 2015
20:15
Albania  12–46  Estonia Pallati i Rinisë, Pristina
Attendance: 100
Referees: Bedoui, Coll Exposito (AND)
(6–20)
Report

22 June 2015
15:45
Great Britain  67–22  Albania Pallati i Rinisë, Pristina
Attendance: 200
Referees: Yunlei, Yufeng (CHN)
(34–8)
Report
22 June 2015
20:15
Estonia  30–26  Cameroon Pallati i Rinisë, Pristina
Attendance: 200
Referees: Yonchev, Yovchev (BUL)
(14–12)
Report

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Moldova 3 2 1 0 120 73 +47 5
 Malta 3 2 0 1 81 100 19 4
 China 3 1 1 1 93 88 +5 3
 Ireland 3 0 0 3 74 107 33 0
Source:
20 June 2015
15:45
Moldova  43–20  Ireland Shani Nushi, Gjakova
Attendance: 200
Referees: Ndemdou, NGASSA (CMR)
(17–10)
Report
20 June 2015
18:00
China  28–29  Malta Shani Nushi, Gjakova
Attendance: 200
Referees: Hollis, Le-Mon (GBR)
(14–13)
Report

21 June 2015
13:30
Ireland  29–35  China Shani Nushi, Gjakova
Attendance: 100
Referees: Hollis, Le-Mon (GBR)
(14–14)
Report
21 June 2015
15:45
Malta  23–47  Moldova Shani Nushi, Gjakova
Attendance: 100
Referees: Kulovic, Skaljic (BIH)
(10–24)
Report

22 June 2015
13:30
China  30–30  Moldova Shani Nushi, Gjakova
Attendance: 250
Referees: Ilir, Syart (KOS)
(12–14)
Report
22 June 2015
18:00
Malta  29–25  Ireland Shani Nushi, Gjakova
Attendance: 250
Referees: Ndemdou, NGASSA (CMR)
(17–10)
Report

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Latvia 3 3 0 0 92 60 +32 6
 Uruguay 3 2 0 1 88 53 +35 4
 Bulgaria 3 1 0 2 92 67 +25 2
 Andorra 3 0 0 3 34 126 92 0
Source:
20 June 2015
13:30
Uruguay  38–9  Andorra Shani Nushi, Gjakova
Attendance: 200
Referees: Ilir, Syart (KOS)
(16–4)
Report
20 June 2015
20:15
Latvia  27–25  Bulgaria Shani Nushi, Gjakova
Attendance: 200
Referees: Kulovic, Skaljic (BIH)
(13–12)
Report

21 June 2015
18:00
Bulgaria  20–28  Uruguay Shani Nushi, Gjakova
Attendance: 100
Referees: Ilir, Syart (KOS)
(12–14)
Report
21 June 2015
20:15
Andorra  13–41  Latvia Shani Nushi, Gjakova
Attendance: 100
Referees: Ndemdou, NGASSA (CMR)
(7–24)
Report

22 June 2015
15:45
Latvia  26–24  Uruguay Shani Nushi, Gjakova
Attendance: 260
Referees: Kulovic, Skaljic (BIH)
(11–13)
Report
22 June 2015
20:15
Bulgaria  47–12  Andorra Shani Nushi, Gjakova
Attendance: 100
Referees: Hollis, Le-Mon (GBR)
(23–6)
Report

Knockout stage

Championship

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                           
  A1  Faroe Islands 26  
B2  Cameroon 21  
  A1  Faroe Islands 31  
  A2  Kosovo 23  
B1  Estonia 30
  A2  Kosovo 31  
    A1  Faroe Islands 27
  D1  Latvia 24
  C1  Moldova 23  
D2  Uruguay 34  
  D2  Uruguay 21 Third place
  D1  Latvia 25  
D1  Latvia 35 A2  Kosovo 28
  C2  Malta 14   D2  Uruguay 16

5th place bracket

      5th Place
                 
  B2  Cameroon 26  
  B1  Estonia 27    
      B1  Estonia 37
      C1  Moldova 33
  C1  Moldova 33    
  C2  Malta 19   7th Place
 
B2  Cameroon 39
  C2  Malta 13

9th place bracket

  - - 9th place
                           
  A3  Australia 30  
B4  Albania 22  
  A3  Australia 26  
  B3  Great Britain 32  
B3  Great Britain 38
  A4  Armenia 20  
    B3  Great Britain 28
  C3  China 22
  C3  China 39  
D4  Andorra 30  
  C3  China 28 11th place
  D3  Bulgaria 27  
D3  Bulgaria 46 A3  Australia 35
  C4  Ireland 26   D3  Bulgaria (PS) 36

13th place bracket

      13th Place
                 
  B4  Albania 37  
  A4  Armenia 26    
      B4  Albania 29
      C4  Ireland 33
  D4  Andorra 29    
  C4  Ireland 36   15th Place
 
A4  Armenia 15
  D4  Andorra 32

Quarterfinals

24 June 2015
12:30
Faroe Islands  26–21  Cameroon Pallati i Rinisë, Pristina
Attendance: 200
Referees: Kulovic, Skaljic (BIH)
(13-11)
Report

24 June 2015
15:00
Moldova  23–34  Uruguay Pallati i Rinisë, Pristina
Attendance: 100
Referees: Yonchev, Yovchev (BUL)
(13-18)
Report

24 June 2015
17:30
Estonia  30–31  Kosovo Pallati i Rinisë, Pristina
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: Leitis, Persis (LAT)
(14-17)
Report

24 June 2015
20:00
Latvia  35–14  Malta Pallati i Rinisë, Pristina
Attendance: 100
Referees: Yunlei, Yufeng (CHN)
(17-8)
Report

Semifinals

25 June 2015
17:30
Faroe Islands  31–23  Kosovo Pallati i Rinisë, Pristina
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Kulovic, Skaljic (BIH)
(17-15)
Report

25 June 2015
20:00
Uruguay  21–25  Latvia Pallati i Rinisë, Pristina
Attendance: 200
Referees: Yonchev, Yovchev (BUL)
(10-11)
Report

Third place game

26 June 2015 Kosovo  28–16  Uruguay Pallati i Rinisë, Pristina
Attendance: 600
Referees: Leitis, Persis (LAT)
(15-8)
Report

Final

26 June 2015 Faroe Islands  27–24  Latvia Pallati i Rinisë, Pristina
Attendance: 1000
Referees: Kulovic, Skaljic (BIH)
(13-12)
Report

Final ranking

Rank Team
 Faroe Islands
 Latvia
 Kosovo
4 Uruguay
5 Estonia
6 Moldova
7 Cameroon
8 Malta
9 Great Britain
10 China
11 Bulgaria
12 Australia
13 Ireland
14 Albania
15 Andorra
16 Armenia
2015 Emerging Nations Championship Winners


Faroe Islands
First title

Team Roster: Mikkjal Hansen, Bartal T. Kamban, Bogi Gaard Davidsen, Rókur Rasmusen, Hans Eli Sigurbjørnsson, Rúni Højgaard, Kjartan Johansen, Jóannes Prestá, Áki Egilsnes, Allan Norðberg, Andreas Eriksen, Tróndur Kragesteen, Rókur Akralíð, Tony Hammer Weyhe, .
Team Officials: Kári Nielsen, Birgir Hansen, Jákup Duruus.

Awards

  • MVP: Tróndur Kragesteen
  • Goalkeeper: Isaac Junior Fonsho
  • Left Wing: Rosing Rasmussen
  • Right Wing: Karl Roosna
  • Center: Kreshnik Krasniqi
  • Left Back: Raimonds Trifanovs
  • Right Back: Áki Egilsnes
  • Pivot: Jupa Kastriot
  • Top Goal Scorer: Svetlin Dimitrov

Media coverage

RTV21 streams all Kosovo matches and both final and 3rd place matches.[3]

See also

References

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