IHF Emerging Nations Championship

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]

IHF Emerging Nations Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 IHF Emerging Nations Championship
SportHandball
Founded2015 (2015)
No. of teams16
Most recent
champion(s)		 Cuba (1st title)
Most titles Faroe Islands (2 titles)

Countries that currently participate are those in the “Four-year plan” of the European Handball Federation and the best ranked countries from other continents that did not qualify for the World Men's Handball Championship.

Tournaments
Year Host country Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
2015 Kosovo
Kosovo
Faroe Islands		 27–24
Latvia
Kosovo		 28–16
Uruguay
2017 Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Faroe Islands		 26–25
Turkey
Kosovo		 32–25
Cyprus
2019 Georgia (country)
Georgia[3]
Georgia		 31–21
Cuba
Bulgaria		 47–31
Great Britain
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4] Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
2023 Bulgaria
Bulgaria[5]
Cuba		 28–18
Cyprus
Bulgaria		 47–18
India

Medal count
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Faroe Islands2002
2 Cuba1102
3 Georgia1001
4 Cyprus0101
 Latvia0101
 Turkey0101
7 Bulgaria0022
 Kosovo0022
Totals (8 entries)44412

Participation details
Team Kosovo
2015		 Bulgaria
2017		 Georgia (country)
2019		 Bulgaria
2023		 Total
 Albania14th15th2
 Andorra15th14th8th3
 Armenia16th16th2
 Australia12th6th2
 Azerbaijan10th10th12th3
 Bulgaria11th5th3rd3rd4
 Cameroon7th1
 China10th6th6th3
 Colombia8th1
 Cuba2nd1st2
 Cyprus4th2nd2
 Estonia5th1
 Faroe Islands1st1st2
 Georgia8th1st2
 Great Britain9th11th4th5th4
 Guatemala10th1
 India9th4th2
 Ireland13th12th11th3
 Kosovo3rd3rd2
 Latvia2nd1
 Luxembourg7th1
 Malta8th13th12th11th4
 Moldova6th9th9th3
 Nigeria7th7th2
 Turkey2nd1
 United States5th1
 Uruguay4th1
Total16161212

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. "IHF Emerging Nations Men's Championship". Handball Australia. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  3. "2019 IHF Men's Emerging Nations Championship". ihf.info. 8 April 2019.
  4. "EHF Executive Committee gathers in Vienna". ihf.info. 26 March 2021.
  5. "IHF | 4th IHF Men's Emerging Nations Championship". www.ihf.info. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
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