The 2015
IHF Emerging Nations Championship was the first edition of the
IHF Emerging Nations Championship, organised by the
International Handball Federation
The International Handball Federation (IHF) is the administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball. IHF is responsible for the organisation of handball's major international tournaments, notably the IHF World Men's Handball ...
(IHF). The tournament was held in
Pristina
Pristina, ; sr, / (, ) is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. The city's municipal boundaries in Pristina District form the largest urban center in Kosovo. After Tirana, Pristina has the second largest population of ethnic Albanians and ...
and
Gjakova
Gjakova, ) and Đakovica ( sr-Cyrl, Ђаковица, ) is the seventh largest city of Kosovo and seat of Gjakova Municipality and Gjakova District. The city has 40,827 inhabitants, while the municipality has 94,556 inhabitants.
Geographicall ...
,
Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...
, 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:
Venues
The championship were played at two venues in
Pristina
Pristina, ; sr, / (, ) is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. The city's municipal boundaries in Pristina District form the largest urban center in Kosovo. After Tirana, Pristina has the second largest population of ethnic Albanians and ...
and
Gjakova
Gjakova, ) and Đakovica ( sr-Cyrl, Ђаковица, ) is the seventh largest city of Kosovo and seat of Gjakova Municipality and Gjakova District. The city has 40,827 inhabitants, while the municipality has 94,556 inhabitants.
Geographicall ...
in
Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...
.
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
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
Championship
5th place bracket
9th place bracket
13th place bracket
Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Third place game
Final
Final ranking
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
Svetlin Dimitrov ( bg, Светлин Димитров) (born 5 November 1990) is a Bulgarian handballer for C' Chartres Métropole Handball and the Bulgaria men's national handball team, Bulgarian national team.
Achievements
*Championnat de Fran ...
Media coverage
RTV21
RTV21 (an acronym for Radiotelevizioni 21; English: Radiotelevision 21) is a broadcaster and media company based in Pristina, Kosovo, which includes a radio (est. May 11, 1998), a television station (est. September 22, 2000), and six sister station ...
streams all Kosovo matches and both final and 3rd place matches.
See also
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2015 World Men's Handball Championship
References
External links
Official websiteIHF websiteMatch Centre - Handball Australia webpage
Match report - Australia vs Faroe Islands, Handball Australia webpageMatch Report - Kosovo vs Australia, Handball Australia webpageMatch report - Australia vs Armenia, Handball Australia webpage
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Sports competitions in Kosovo
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