IHF Emerging Nations Championship
Current season, competition or edition: 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 | ||||||
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| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 2015 |  Kosovo |
Faroe Islands |
27–24 |  Latvia |
Kosovo |
28–16 |  Uruguay | ||
| 2017 |  Bulgaria |
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Medal count
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faroe Islands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Latvia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Kosovo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Participation details
| Team | 2015 (16) |
Total |
 Albania | 14th | 1 |
 Andorra | 15th | 1 |
 Armenia | 16th | 1 |
 Australia | 12th | 1 |
| Bulgaria | 11th | 1 |
 Cameroon | 7th | 1 |
 China | 10th | 1 |
 Estonia | 5th | 1 |
| Faroe Islands | 1st | 1 |
 Great Britain | 9th | 1 |
 Ireland | 13th | 1 |
| Kosovo | 3rd | 1 |
| Latvia | 2nd | 1 |
 Malta | 8th | 1 |
 Moldova | 6th | 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.
- ↑ http://www.handballaustralia.org.au/content/ihf-emerging-nations-mens-championship Handball Australia. Retrieved 28 June 2015
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