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)Bulgaria Svetlin Dimitrov
(64 goals)
Best playerFaroe Islands Tróndur Kragesteen
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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 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
- - 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

Norway
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: Faroe Islands Tróndur Kragesteen
  • Goalkeeper: Cameroon Isaac Junior Fonsho
  • Left Wing: Faroe Islands Rosing Rasmussen
  • Right Wing: Estonia Karl Roosna
  • Center: Kosovo Kreshnik Krasniqi kosovo
  • Left Back: Latvia Raimonds Trifanovs
  • Right Back: Faroe Islands Áki Egilsnes
  • Pivot: Kosovo Jupa Kastriot
  • Top Goal Scorer: Bulgaria Svetlin Dimitrov

Media coverage

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

See also

References
  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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