2015 IHF Emerging Nations Championship

2015 IHF Emerging Nations Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Kosovo
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	20–26 June
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
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
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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]

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:

Referees
Andorra	Mohamed Bedoui Kouichli Lluis Coll Exposito
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Kulovic Edin Skaljic Vedad
Bulgaria	Zvezdelin Yonchev Svetoslav Yovchev
Cameroon	Ndemdou Blaise Ngassa Laure

Referees
China	Zhou Yunlei Cheng Yufeng
United Kingdom	Hollis Jason Mark Le-Mon Nicholas Thomas
Kosovo	Ilir Bytyqi Syart Kasapi
Latvia	Martins Leitis Ralfs Persis

Venues

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

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

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]

number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question
goal difference in the matches among the teams in question
number of goals scored in the matches among the teams in question (if more than two teams finish equal on points)
goal difference in all the group matches
number of goals scored in all the group matches
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: ^{[citation needed]}

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Estonia	3	2	1	102	65	+37	4
Cameroon	3	2	1	100	58	+42	4
Great Britain	3	2	1	110	71	+39	4
Albania	3	0	3	46	164	−118	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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: ^{[citation needed]}

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Latvia	3	3	0	92	60	+32	6
Uruguay	3	2	1	88	53	+35	4
Bulgaria	3	1	2	92	67	+25	2
Andorra	3	0	3	34	126	−92	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

Finals

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

Semifinals			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

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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

Semifinals			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 kosovo
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]

Country / Region	Broadcaster
Kosovo	RTV21

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.
^ Media Guide
^ "Hendboll: Ishujt Faroe- Letonia dhe Kosova – Uruguaji". rtv21.tv/. June 25, 2015.

External links

[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.

[2] Media Guide

[3] "Hendboll: Ishujt Faroe- Letonia dhe Kosova – Uruguaji". rtv21.tv/. June 25, 2015.

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Referees

Venues

Preliminary round

Tie-breaking criteria

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Championship

5th place bracket

9th place bracket

13th place bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

Awards

Media coverage

See also

References

External links