2019 IHF Emerging Nations Championship

3rd IHF Emerging Nations Championship 2019
Tournament details
Host country	Georgia
Dates	8–16 June
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Georgia (1st title)
Runner-up	Cuba
Third place	Bulgaria
Fourth place	Great Britain
Tournament statistics
Matches	42
Goals scored	2551 (60.74 per match)
Attendance	4,556 (108 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sebastien Edgar ; (66 goals)
Best player	Giorgi Tskhovrebadze
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Last updated February 13, 2021

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]

Venues

The championship were played in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Tbilisi	Tbilisi
Tbilisi Sports Palace Capacity: 9,700

Participating teams

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)

¹Bold indicates champion for that year. Italics indicates host.

Draw

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

Seeding

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

All times are local (UTC+4).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cuba	5	5	0	167	130	+37	10	Semifinals
2	Great Britain	5	4	1	156	144	+12	8	Semifinals
3	China	5	3	2	150	138	+12	6	5–8th place semifinals
4	Colombia	5	2	3	148	152	−4	4	5–8th place semifinals
5	Azerbaijan	5	1	4	162	166	−4	2	9–12th place semifinals
6	India	5	0	5	151	204	−53	0	9–12th place semifinals

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
	2× 4×	Report	2× 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
	3× 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	1× 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
	1× 10× 2×	Report	1× 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
	1× 7×	Report	1× 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
	2× 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
	2× 7×	Report	1× 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
	1× 2×	Report	2× 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
	2× 3×	Report	1× 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
	2× 4× 1×	Report	1× 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	1× 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
	2× 3×	Report	1× 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
	2× 5×	Report	4× 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× 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

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	Semifinals
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^{[lower-alpha 1]}	5–8th place semifinals
5	Ireland	5	1	1	3	143	165	−22	3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	9–12th place semifinals
6	Malta	5	0	0	5	72	202	−130	0	9–12th place semifinals

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) Host.
Notes:

1 2 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	1× 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
	2× 1×	Report	1× 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
	1× 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	1× 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
	1× 2×	Report	2× 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
	1× 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
	2× 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
	1× 5× 1×	Report	3× 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	2× 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
	1× 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
	3× 4×	Report	1× 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
	1× 5×	Report	1× 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
	1× 4×	Report	5×

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals		Final

15 June

Cuba (OT)	39
		16 June
Bulgaria	36
		Cuba	21
15 June
		Georgia	31
Georgia	28

Great Britain	21
		Third place game

		16 June

		Bulgaria	47

		Great Britain	31

Fifth place bracket

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place game

15 June

China	28
		16 June
Nigeria	24
		China	27
15 June
		United States	35
United States	42

Colombia	32
		Seventh place game

		16 June

		Nigeria	33

		Colombia	31

Ninth place bracket

9–12th place semifinals		Ninth place game

15 June

Azerbaijan	37
		16 June
Malta	22
		Azerbaijan	28
15 June
		India	46
Ireland	38

India (Pen.)	39
		Eleventh place game

		16 June

		Malta	18

		Ireland	39

9–12th place semifinals

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	1× 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
	3× 5×	Report	1× 5×
	FT: 32–32 Pen: 6–7

5–8th place semifinals

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
	1× 4×	Report	1× 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
	2× 5×	Report	5× 1×

Semifinals

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
	1× 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
	2× 10×	Report	2× 7× 1×
	FT: 32–32 ET: 7–4

Eleventh place game

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

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
	1× 4×	Report	1× 2×

Seventh place game

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
	2× 8×	Report	1× 4×

Fifth place game

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
	1× 4×	Report	1× 5×

Third place game

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
	1× 4×	Report	1×

Final

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
	1× 9× 1×	Report	1× 7×

Final standings

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

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Shots	%
1	Sebastien Edgar	Great Britain	66	84	79
2	Sabir Nazaraliyev	Azerbaijan	64	87	74
3	Sebastián Restrepo	Colombia	56	98	57
4	Svetlin Dimitrov	Bulgaria	55	79	70
5	Joshua Grace	Ireland	54	90	60
6	Giorgi Tskhovrebadze	Georgia	51	76	67
7	Kristian Vasilev	Bulgaria	48	75	64
7	Devinder Singh	India	48	95	51
9	Omar Toledano	Cuba	43	70	61
10	Aboubakar Fofana	United States	42	78	54

Source: IHF

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	Team	%	Saves	Shots
1	Zurab Tsinsadze	Georgia	47	35	75
2	Shota Tevzadze	Georgia	47	75	161
3	Nicolas Robinson	United States	41	49	119
4	Sean O'Reilly	Ireland	41	16	39
5	Anthony Tomas	Ireland	41	9	22
6	Michael Solomon	Nigeria	38	44	116
7	Wang Quan	China	36	42	116
7	Rene Ingram	United States	36	63	174
9	Stefan Dimitrov	Bulgaria	36	26	72
10	Ivaylo Kostov	Bulgaria	36	81	228

Source: IHF

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References

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

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[1] "2019 IHF Men's Emerging Nations Championship". ihf.info. 8 April 2019.

[2] "Georgia power to first Emerging Nations trophy". competition.ihf.info. 16 June 2019.

[3] "Cuba claim gold – and ticket to Georgia 2019 – in Santo Domingo". ihf.info. 16 April 2019.

[4] "Draw for 3rd IHF Men's Emerging Nations Championship". ihf.info. 25 April 2019.

[5] "Groups for Georgia 2019 drawn". ihf.info. 26 April 2019.

[7] "3rd IHF Emerging Nations Championship All-star Team". competition.ihf.info. 16 June 2019.

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