2019 IHF Emerging Nations Championship

The 2019 IHF Emerging Nations Handball Championship was the third edition of the IHF Emerging Nations Championship held in Georgia under the aegis of International Handball Federation from 7 to 16 June 2019.[1]

3rd IHF Emerging Nations Championship 2019
Tournament details
Host country Georgia
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates8–16 June
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Georgia (1st title)
Runner-up Cuba
Third place Bulgaria
Fourth place Great Britain
Tournament statistics
Matches played42
Goals scored2,551 (60.74 per match)
Attendance4,556 (108 per match)
Top scorer(s)United Kingdom Sebastien Edgar
(66 goals)
Best playerGeorgia (country) Giorgi Tskhovrebadze
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Georgia defeated Cuba in the final to win their first title and earned the right to compete at the Relegation Round of 2022 European Championship qualification.[2]

A total of twelve countries participated in the tournament.

Venues

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The championship were played in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Tbilisi
Tbilisi Sports Palace
Capacity: 9,700
 

Participating teams

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Unlike previous edition, Europe was represented only by the teams who competed at the first phase of 2022 European Championship qualification and failed to advance to the Relegation Round. That implied Faroe Islands not to defend their title at this tournament.

Country Previous appearances in championship
  Azerbaijan (3rd placed team of EURO 2022 Qualification Phase 1 Group B) 1 (2017)
  Bulgaria (2nd placed team of EURO 2022 Qualification Phase 1 Group A) 2 (2015, 2017)
  China 2 (2015, 2017)
  Colombia (Winner of 2018 South and Central American Emerging Nations Championship) 0 (debut)
  Cuba (Winner of 2019 NorCa Emerging Nations Championship)[3] 0 (debut)
  Georgia (2nd placed team of EURO 2022 Qualification Phase 1 Group B) 1 (2017)
  Great Britain (3rd placed team of EURO 2022 Qualification Phase 1 Group A) 2 (2015, 2017)
  India 0 (debut)
  Ireland (4th placed team of EURO 2022 Qualification Phase 1 Group A) 2 (2015, 2017)
  Malta (4th placed team of EURO 2022 Qualification Phase 1 Group B) 2 (2015, 2017)
  Nigeria 0 (debut)
  United States (Wildcard) 0 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italics indicates host.

Draw

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The draw was held on 26 April 2019.[4] Georgia had the right to choose their group after the draw was completed.[5]

Seeding

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Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6
  Bulgaria
  China
  Georgia
  Azerbaijan
  Great Britain
  Ireland
  Colombia
  Malta
  Cuba
  United States
  India
  Nigeria

Preliminary round

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All times are local (UTC+4).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Cuba 5 5 0 0 167 130 +37 10 Semifinals
2   Great Britain 5 4 0 1 156 144 +12 8
3   China 5 3 0 2 150 138 +12 6 5–8th place semifinals
4   Colombia 5 2 0 3 148 152 −4 4
5   Azerbaijan 5 1 0 4 162 166 −4 2 9–12th place semifinals
6   India 5 0 0 5 151 204 −53 0
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
8 June 2019
10:00
Colombia   25–28   China Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 150
Referees: Ershov, Pavliukov (RUS)
Restrepo 10 (10–10) Li Z. 8
  4×  Report   9× 
8 June 2019
14:00
India   29–45   Azerbaijan Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 98
Referees: Da Silva, Magalhães (BRA)
Nain 8 (15–20) Nazaraliyev 10
  5×  Report  7×  1× 
8 June 2019
16:00
Cuba   35–27   Great Britain Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
Toledano 10 (17–9) Green 8
 4×  Report   7× 

9 June 2019
10:00
Colombia   35–30   Azerbaijan Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 74
Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
Restrepo 12 (17–15) Muradov, Nazaraliyev 8
  10×  2×  Report   5×  2× 
9 June 2019
12:00
China   24–30   Cuba Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Hannes, Hannes (GER)
Li Z. 9 (10–13) Toledano 7
  7×  Report   7×  2× 
9 June 2019
14:00
Great Britain   38–28   India Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE)
Edgar 14 (16–13) D. Singh 9
  5×  Report  2× 

10 June 2019
10:00
Azerbaijan   35–36   Great Britain Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
Nazaraliyev, Salimov 8 (15–20) Edgar 11
  7×  Report   6× 
10 June 2019
12:00
Colombia   24–31   Cuba Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Monitillo, Simone (ITA)
Romero 6 (10–12) A. García 8
  2×  Report   6× 
10 June 2019
14:00
India   29–40   China Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 15
Referees: El-Beltagy, Nasser (EGY)
Nain 9 (15–15) Huang 8
  3×  Report   4× 

12 June 2019
10:00
Azerbaijan   26–31   Cuba Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 45
Referees: El-Beltagy, Nasser (EGY)
Muradov 9 (13–16) D. García 5
  4×  1×  Report   8× 
12 June 2019
12:00
Great Britain   28–23   China Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Hermann, Madsen (DEN)
Edgar 12 (12–12) Li S. 6
 3×  Report   7×  1× 
12 June 2019
14:00
Colombia   41–36   India Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 79
Referees: Ershov, Pavliukov (RUS)
Mayo 9 (22–18) D. Singh 13
  3×  Report   7× 

13 June 2019
10:00
China   35–26   Azerbaijan Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Magalhães, Da Silva (BRA)
three players 7 (17–12) Nazaraliyev 10
  5×  Report   4× 
13 June 2019
12:00
Great Britain   27–23   Colombia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Hannes, Hannes (GER)
Edgar 10 (13–8) Restrepo 6
  2×  Report  4× 
13 June 2019
14:00
Cuba   40–29   India Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 68
Referees: Kažanegra, Mitrović (SRB)
Lafortán 9 (19–12) D. Singh 6
 7×  1×  Report  2× 

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Georgia (H) 5 5 0 0 166 85 +81 10 Semifinals
2   Bulgaria 5 4 0 1 159 124 +35 8
3   United States 5 3 0 2 176 132 +44 6 5–8th place semifinals
4   Nigeria 5 1 1 3 128 136 −8 3[a]
5   Ireland 5 1 1 3 143 165 −22 3[a] 9–12th place semifinals
6   Malta 5 0 0 5 72 202 −130 0
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ireland 31–31 Nigeria
8 June 2019
12:00
Malta   13–38   Bulgaria Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
Harrison 6 (6–23) Sv. Dimitrov 10
 4×  1×  Report  2×  1× 
8 June 2019
18:30
Nigeria   14–27   Georgia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 800
Referees: Hermann, Madsen (DEN)
Cole 4 (6–14) Tskhovrebadze 6
 9×  Report   7× 
8 June 2019
20:30
United States   37–32   Ireland Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 75
Referees: Monitillo, Simone (ITA)
Fofana 13 (21–17) Grace 13
  1×  Report   6× 

9 June 2019
16:00
Bulgaria   38–35   United States Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 87
Referees: Jovandić, Sekulić (SRB)
Vasilev 11 (16–17) Inahara 10
  7×  Report  8×  1× 
9 June 2019
18:00
Malta   13–39   Georgia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: El-Beltagy, Nasser (EGY)
Fenech 4 (7–16) Dikhaminjia 8
 3×  1×  Report   7×  1× 
9 June 2019
20:00
Ireland   31–31   Nigeria Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Da Silva, Magalhães (BRA)
three players 7 (14–16) Anih 12
  2×  Report   2× 

10 June 2019
16:00
United States   44–10   Malta Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 91
Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE)
Reed 10 (24–8) Harrison 5
  4×  Report  2× 
10 June 2019
18:00
Georgia   37–17   Ireland Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 300
Referees: Jovandić, Sekulić (SRB)
Tskhovrebadze 7 (18–7) three players 4
  5×  Report  6× 
10 June 2019
20:00
Nigeria   19–27   Bulgaria Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 76
Referees: Ershov, Pavliukov (RUS)
Anih, Kalu 5 (5–12) Sv. Dimitrov 8
  5×  1×  Report   1× 

12 June 2019
16:00
Ireland   22–37   Bulgaria Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 70
Referees: Hannes, Hannes (GER)
Grace 6 (10–16) Vasilev 8
 4×  Report   4× 
12 June 2019
18:00
Georgia   28–22   United States Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 270
Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
Tskhovrebadze 9 (17–11) Lee 6
  3×  Report  5× 
12 June 2019
20:00
Malta   13–40   Nigeria Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 69
Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
Harrison, Seifert 3 (4–18) Anas 9
 4×  Report  2× 

13 June 2019
16:00
Ireland   41–23   Malta Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 70
Referees: Monitillo, Simone (ITA)
Grace 9 (24–12) Harrison 6
  4×  Report   4× 
13 June 2019
18:00
Bulgaria   19–35   Georgia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 174
Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
Balchev, Vasilev 4 (11–19) Tskhovrebadze 7
  5×  Report   5× 
13 June 2019
20:00
United States   38–24   Nigeria Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 30
Referees: Hermann, Madsen (DEN)
Skorupa 8 (15–10) four players 4
  4×  Report  5× 

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
15 June
 
 
  Cuba (OT)39
 
16 June
 
  Bulgaria36
 
  Cuba21
 
15 June
 
  Georgia31
 
  Georgia28
 
 
  Great Britain21
 
Third place game
 
 
16 June
 
 
  Bulgaria47
 
 
  Great Britain31
Fifth place bracket
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place game
 
      
 
15 June
 
 
  China28
 
16 June
 
  Nigeria24
 
  China27
 
15 June
 
  United States35
 
  United States42
 
 
  Colombia32
 
Seventh place game
 
 
16 June
 
 
  Nigeria33
 
 
  Colombia31
Ninth place bracket
 
9–12th place semifinalsNinth place game
 
      
 
15 June
 
 
  Azerbaijan37
 
16 June
 
  Malta22
 
  Azerbaijan28
 
15 June
 
  India46
 
  Ireland38
 
 
  India (Pen.)39
 
Eleventh place game
 
 
16 June
 
 
  Malta18
 
 
  Ireland39

9–12th place semifinals

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15 June 2019
10:00
Azerbaijan   37–22   Malta Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 40
Referees: Ershov, Pavliukov (RUS)
Nazaraliyev 16 (18–13) Seifret 5
 5×  Report   7× 

15 June 2019
12:00
Ireland   38–39   India Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 64
Referees: Da Silva, Magalhães (BRA)
Grace 13 (14–19) N. Singh 10
  5×  Report   5× 

FT: 32–32 Pen: 6–7

5–8th place semifinals

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15 June 2019
14:00
China   28–24   Nigeria Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
Huang 7 (12–13) Ani 7
  4×  Report   4× 

15 June 2019
16:00
United States   42–32   Colombia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
Fofana 8 (22–18) Romero 10
  5×  Report  5×  1× 

Semifinals

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15 June 2019
18:00
Georgia   28–21   Great Britain Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 198
Referees: Hermann, Madsen (DEN)
Tskhovrebadze 8 (13–10) Edgar 7
  3×  Report  3× 

15 June 2019
20:00
Cuba   39–36 (ET)   Bulgaria Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: Jovandić, Sekulić (SRB)
Taboada 11 (20–14) Sv. Dimitrov 15
  10×  Report   7×  1× 

FT: 32–32 ET: 7–4

Eleventh place game

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16 June 2019
10:00
Malta   18–39   Ireland Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 50
Referees: El-Beltagy, Nasser (EGY)
three players 4 (11–23) Thompson 9
 4×  Report  3× 

Ninth place game

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16 June 2019
12:00
Azerbaijan   28–46   India Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 63
Referees: Hermann, Madsen (DEN)
Nazaraliyev 8 (13–18) Ankit 11
  4×  Report   2× 

Seventh place game

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16 June 2019
14:00
Nigeria   33–31   Colombia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 35
Referees: Da Silva, Magalhães (BRA)
Kalu 10 (20–14) Restrepo 9
  8×  Report   4× 

Fifth place game

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16 June 2019
16:00
China   27–35   United States Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Jovandić, Sekulić (SRB)
Li S. 9 (16–16) Bengozi 8
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Third place game

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16 June 2019
18:00
Bulgaria   47–31   Great Britain Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 100
Referees: Hannes, Hannes (GER)
Atanasov 12 (26–17) Da Silva, Edgar 8
  4×  Report  1× 

Final

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16 June 2019
20:00
Cuba   21–31   Georgia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 515
Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
Taboada, Toledano 5 (10–14) Tskhovrebadze 8
  9×  1×  Report   7× 

Final standings

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Rank Team
    Georgia
    Cuba
    Bulgaria
4   Great Britain
5   United States
6   China
7   Nigeria
8   Colombia
9   India
10   Azerbaijan
11   Ireland
12   Malta
     Team advanced to the Relegation Round of qualification for EURO 2022

All-Star Team

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All-Star Team of the tournament and MVP.[6]

Position Player
Goalkeeper   Magnol Suárez
Right wing   Svetlin Dimitrov
Right back   Giorgi Tskhovrebadze
Centre back   Kristian Vasilev
Left back   Teimuraz Orjonikidze
Left wing   Huang Peijie
Pivot   Eduardo Valiente
Most valuable player   Giorgi Tskhovrebadze

Statistics

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References

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  1. ^ "2019 IHF Men's Emerging Nations Championship". IHF. 8 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Georgia power to first Emerging Nations trophy". IHF. 16 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Cuba claim gold – and ticket to Georgia 2019 – in Santo Domingo". IHF. 16 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Draw for 3rd IHF Men's Emerging Nations Championship". IHF. 25 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Groups for Georgia 2019 drawn". IHF. 26 April 2019.
  6. ^ "3rd IHF Emerging Nations Championship All-star Team". IHF. 16 June 2019.
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