2015 IHF Emerging Nations Championship
Tournament details
Venues 2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates 20–26 June
Teams 16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Faroe Islands (1st title)Tournament statistics
Awards
Best player Faroe Islands Tróndur KragesteenNext →
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.
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 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 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 .
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:
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)
20 June 2015 18:00 Kosovo 60–17 Armenia Pallati i Rinisë , Pristina Attendance: 800 Referees: Leitis, Persis (LAT )(32–4)
21 June 2015 13:30 Armenia 9–61 Faroe Islands Pallati i Rinisë , Pristina Attendance: 100 Referees: Yunlei, Yufeng (CHN )(4–27)
21 June 2015 18:00 Australia 24–31 Kosovo Pallati i Rinisë , Pristina Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Yonchev, Yovchev (BUL )(12–16)
22 June 2015 13:30 Australia 61–20 Armenia Pallati i Rinisë , Pristina Attendance: 200 Referees: Bedoui, Coll Exposito (AND )(28–9)
22 June 2015 18:00 Faroe Islands 36–30 Kosovo Pallati i Rinisë , Pristina Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Leitis, Persis (LAT )(19–12)
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
20 June 2015 13:00 Estonia 26–27 Great Britain Pallati i Rinisë , Pristina Attendance: 100 Referees: Yunlei, Yufeng (CHN )(12–15)
20 June 2015 20:15 Cameroon 51–12 Albania Pallati i Rinisë , Pristina Attendance: 300 Referees: Yonchev, Yovchev (BUL )(25–8)
21 June 2015 15:45 Great Britain 16–23 Cameroon Pallati i Rinisë , Pristina Attendance: 100 Referees: Leitis, Persis (LAT )(9–9)
21 June 2015 20:15 Albania 12–46 Estonia Pallati i Rinisë , Pristina Attendance: 100 Referees: Bedoui, Coll Exposito (AND )(6–20)
22 June 2015 15:45 Great Britain 67–22 Albania Pallati i Rinisë , Pristina Attendance: 200 Referees: Yunlei, Yufeng (CHN )(34–8)
22 June 2015 20:15 Estonia 30–26 Cameroon Pallati i Rinisë , Pristina Attendance: 200 Referees: Yonchev, Yovchev (BUL )(14–12)
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
20 June 2015 15:45 Moldova 43–20 Ireland Shani Nushi , Gjakova Attendance: 200 Referees: Ndemdou, NGASSA (CMR )(17–10)
20 June 2015 18:00 China 28–29 Malta Shani Nushi , Gjakova Attendance: 200 Referees: Hollis, Le-Mon (GBR )(14–13)
21 June 2015 13:30 Ireland 29–35 China Shani Nushi , Gjakova Attendance: 100 Referees: Hollis, Le-Mon (GBR )(14–14)
21 June 2015 15:45 Malta 23–47 Moldova Shani Nushi , Gjakova Attendance: 100 Referees: Kulovic, Skaljic (BIH )(10–24)
22 June 2015 13:30 China 30–30 Moldova Shani Nushi , Gjakova Attendance: 250 Referees: Ilir, Syart (KOS )(12–14)
22 June 2015 18:00 Malta 29–25 Ireland Shani Nushi , Gjakova Attendance: 250 Referees: Ndemdou, NGASSA (CMR )(17–10)
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
20 June 2015 13:30 Uruguay 38–9 Andorra Shani Nushi , Gjakova Attendance: 200 Referees: Ilir, Syart (KOS )(16–4)
20 June 2015 20:15 Latvia 27–25 Bulgaria Shani Nushi , Gjakova Attendance: 200 Referees: Kulovic, Skaljic (BIH )(13–12)
21 June 2015 18:00 Bulgaria 20–28 Uruguay Shani Nushi , Gjakova Attendance: 100 Referees: Ilir, Syart (KOS )(12–14)
21 June 2015 20:15 Andorra 13–41 Latvia Shani Nushi , Gjakova Attendance: 100 Referees: Ndemdou, NGASSA (CMR )(7–24)
22 June 2015 15:45 Latvia 26–24 Uruguay Shani Nushi , Gjakova Attendance: 260 Referees: Kulovic, Skaljic (BIH )(11–13)
22 June 2015 20:15 Bulgaria 47–12 Andorra Shani Nushi , Gjakova Attendance: 100 Referees: Hollis, Le-Mon (GBR )(23–6)
Knockout stage Championship 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 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)
24 June 2015 15:00 Moldova 23–34 Uruguay Pallati i Rinisë , Pristina Attendance: 100 Referees: Yonchev, Yovchev (BUL )(13-18)
24 June 2015 17:30 Estonia 30–31 Kosovo Pallati i Rinisë , Pristina Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Leitis, Persis (LAT )(14-17)
24 June 2015 20:00 Latvia 35–14 Malta Pallati i Rinisë , Pristina Attendance: 100 Referees: Yunlei, Yufeng (CHN )(17-8)
Semifinals 25 June 2015 17:30 Faroe Islands 31–23 Kosovo Pallati i Rinisë , Pristina Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Kulovic, Skaljic (BIH )(17-15)
25 June 2015 20:00 Uruguay 21–25 Latvia Pallati i Rinisë , Pristina Attendance: 200 Referees: Yonchev, Yovchev (BUL )(10-11)
Third place game 26 June 2015 Kosovo 28–16 Uruguay Pallati i Rinisë , Pristina Attendance: 600 Referees: Leitis, Persis (LAT )(15-8)
Final 26 June 2015 Faroe Islands 27–24 Latvia Pallati i Rinisë , Pristina Attendance: 1000 Referees: Kulovic, Skaljic (BIH )(13-12)
Final ranking 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: Faroe Islands Tróndur KragesteenGoalkeeper: Cameroon Isaac Junior FonshoLeft Wing: Faroe Islands Rosing RasmussenRight Wing: Estonia Karl RoosnaCenter: Kosovo Kreshnik Krasniqi kosovoLeft Back: Latvia Raimonds TrifanovsRight Back: Faroe Islands Áki EgilsnesPivot: Kosovo Jupa Kastriot Top Goal Scorer: Bulgaria Svetlin Dimitrov Media coverage RTV21 streams all Kosovo matches and both final and 3rd place matches.
Country / Region Broadcaster Kosovo RTV21
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