2015 IHF Emerging Nations Championship

2015 IHF Emerging Nations Championship
Tournament details

Host country	Kosovo
Dates	20–26 June
Teams	16 (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

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.

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

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

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	146	143	+3	0

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

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

Faroe Islands

Cameroon

Semifinals

Faroe Islands

Quarterfinals

Kosovo

Estonia

Kosovo

Final

Faroe Islands

Quarterfinals

Latvia

Moldova

Uruguay

Semifinals

Third place

Uruguay

Kosovo

Quarterfinals

Latvia

Uruguay

Latvia

Malta

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

Australia

Albania

Australia

Great Britain

Armenia

Great Britain

China

China

Andorra

China

11th place

Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Australia

Ireland

Bulgaria (PS)

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

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]

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. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
↑ Media Guide
↑ "Hendboll: Ishujt Faroe- Letonia dhe Kosova – Uruguaji". http://rtv21.tv/. June 25, 2015. External link in |publisher= (help)

External Links

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2015 IHF Emerging Nations Championship

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

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