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2017 IHF Emerging Nations Championship

The 2017 IHF Emerging Nations Handball Championship was the second edition of the IHF Emerging Nations Championship held in Bulgaria under the aegis of International Handball Federation. The tournament was held in two cities, Gabrovo and Veliko Tarnovo, from 12 to 18 June 2017.

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Bulgaria
2 (in 2 host cities)
12–18 June
16 (from 2 confederations)
Faroe Islands (2nd title)
Turkey
Kosovo
Cyprus
48
2,885 (60.1 per match)
Svetlin Dimitrov(65 goals)

The 2017 IHF Emerging Nations Handball Championship was the second edition of the IHF Emerging Nations Championship held in Bulgaria under the aegis of International Handball Federation. The tournament was held in two cities, Gabrovo and Veliko Tarnovo, from 12 to 18 June 2017.

A total of sixteen countries participated in the tournament out of which 15 are European except China.

Faroe Islands defended their title by defeating Turkey 26–25 in the final.

Three best-ranked teams from this tournament earned the right to participate at the 2nd phase of qualification for EURO 2020

The championship were played at two venues in Gabrovo and Veliko Tarnovo in Bulgaria.

Gabrovo
Orlovetz Sports HallCapacity: 1,920

Palace of Culture and SportCapacity: 1,600

Country	Previous appearances in championship
Albania	1 (2015)
Andorra	1 (2015)
Armenia	1 (2015)
Azerbaijan	0 (debut)
Bulgaria	1 (2015)
China	1 (2015)
Cyprus	0 (debut)
Faroe Islands	1 (2015)
Georgia	0 (debut)
Great Britain	1 (2015)
Ireland	1 (2015)
Kosovo	1 (2015)
Luxembourg	0 (debut)
Malta	1 (2015)
Moldova	1 (2015)
Turkey	0 (debut)

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

The draw was held on 7 March 2017 at 19:00.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Cyprus Turkey Luxembourg China	Faroe Islands Kosovo Georgia Bulgaria	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Great Britain Ireland Moldova Malta

The following referees were appointed for the championship:

The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage.

All times are local (UTC+3).

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

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12 June 2017 14:00	Turkey	25–24	Kosovo	Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports, Veliko Tarnovo Referees: Bennani, Bennani (SWE)
Döne 7	(13–12)	Beshiri 5
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12 June 2017 16:00	Albania	33–50	Ireland	Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports, Veliko Tarnovo Referees: Zhou, Cheng (CHN)
Shingjini 10	(18–25)	Bregazzi 13
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13 June 2017 14:00	Kosovo	47–30	Ireland	Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports, Veliko Tarnovo Referees: Duplii, Kaverina (UKR)
Jupa 10	(23–14)	J. Krohn, O'Brien 6
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13 June 2017 16:00	Turkey	54–12	Albania	Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports, Veliko Tarnovo Referees: Hollis, Le-Mon (GBR)
Öztürk 10	(27–6)	Shingjini 6
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14 June 2017 14:00	Ireland	26–41	Turkey	Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports, Veliko Tarnovo Referees: Doychinov, Gpretsov (BUL)
J. Krohn 7	(14–18)	Kanberoğlu 10
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14 June 2017 16:00	Kosovo	44–17	Albania	Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports, Veliko Tarnovo Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
Tahirukaj 9	(20–8)	Shingjini 7
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12 June 2017 18:00	Luxembourg	35–29	Georgia	Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports, Veliko Tarnovo Referees: Doychinov, Gpretsov (BUL)
Muller 10	(18–14)	Orjonikidze, Tskhovrebadze 6
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12 June 2017 20:00	Malta	18–24	Great Britain	Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports, Veliko Tarnovo Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
Di Pilato 9	(8–12)	Negrete Lindsay 10
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13 June 2017 18:00	Georgia	34–26	Great Britain	Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports, Veliko Tarnovo Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
Orjonikidze 7	(17–11)	Negrete Lindsay 6
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13 June 2017 20:00	Luxembourg	39–27	Malta	Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports, Veliko Tarnovo Referees: Boričić, Marković (SRB)
Muller 8	(17–11)	Baldacchino 8
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14 June 2017 18:00	Great Britain	30–37	Luxembourg	Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports, Veliko Tarnovo Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
Goodwin 10	(11–20)	Muller 9
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14 June 2017 20:00	Georgia	28–20	Malta	Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports, Veliko Tarnovo Referees: Zhou, Cheng (CHN)
Bulbulashvili, Orjonikidze 5	(19–9)	Harrison 4
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12 June 2017 18:30	Cyprus	25–22	Bulgaria	Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
Argyrou 12	(11–12)	Dimitrov 11
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12 June 2017 20:30	Andorra	23–31	Azerbaijan	Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
Pascual 6	(6–15)	Butenko 10
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13 June 2017 18:00	Bulgaria	41–34	Azerbaijan	Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Jerlecki, Łabuń (POL)
Dimitrov 15	(20–15)	Askerov 10
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13 June 2017 20:00	Cyprus	39–14	Andorra	Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Xhema, Jahja (KOS)
Antreou 9	(19–7)	Bernabé, Pascual 3
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14 June 2017 18:00	Bulgaria	38–16	Andorra	Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Hollis, Le-Mon (GBR)
Dimitrov 16	(19–6)	Toha 4
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14 June 2017 20:00	Azerbaijan	28–32	Cyprus	Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
Askerov 8	(13–18)	Argyrou 14
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12 June 2017 14:00	Armenia	13–46	Moldova	Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Zendali, Riello (ITA)
Sahakyan 5	(7–20)	Untu 10
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12 June 2017 16:00	China	23–30	Faroe Islands	Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
Liu, Wang J. 6	(7–15)	Klein Olsen 6
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13 June 2017 14:00	China	43–12	Armenia	Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Bennani, Bennani (SWE)
Wang J. 11	(21–4)	Sahakyan 6
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13 June 2017 16:00	Faroe Islands	40–30	Moldova	Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
Krogh 7	(21–16)	Zacaciurin 8
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14 June 2017 14:00	Moldova	22–29	China	Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
Zacaciurin 7	(11–15)	He 7
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14 June 2017 16:00	Faroe Islands	44–6	Armenia	Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Zendali, Riello (ITA)
Klein Olsen 8	(18–1)	Sahakyan 3
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16 June 2017 14:00	Ireland	31–22	Malta	Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports, Veliko Tarnovo Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
J. Krohn 9	(15–9)	Di Pilato 7
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16 June 2017 14:00	Azerbaijan	39–21	Armenia	Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Duplii, Kaverina (UKR)
Butenko 10	(21–7)	Sahakyan 6
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16 June 2017 16:00	Great Britain	42–15	Albania	Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports, Veliko Tarnovo Referees: Bennani, Bennani (SWE)
Whaley 8	(19–8)	Shingjini 6
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16 June 2017 16:00	Moldova	48–14	Andorra	Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
Untu 12	(24–6)	Toha, Travesset 3
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17 June 2017 18:00	Malta	34–23	Armenia	Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports, Veliko Tarnovo Referees: Jerlecki, Łabuń (POL)
Naudi 9	(18–13)	Sahakyan 8
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17 June 2017 20:00	Albania	23–32	Andorra	Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports, Veliko Tarnovo Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
Lala 7	(9–11)	Toha 12
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17 June 2017 14:00	Ireland	33–41	Azerbaijan	Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports, Veliko Tarnovo Referees: Zhou, Cheng (CHN)
T. Krohn 8	(18–20)	Malyarevich 14
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17 June 2017 16:00	Great Britain	34–35	Moldova	Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports, Veliko Tarnovo Referees: Duplii, Kaverina (UKR)
Negrete 9	(17–17)	Untu, Zacaciurin 11
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FT: 33–33 Pen: 1–2

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18 June 2017 10:00	Armenia	23–24	Albania	Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Zhou, Cheng (CHN)
Sahakyan 10	(12–11)	Shingjini 7
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18 June 2017 12:15	Malta	36–25	Andorra	Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Hollis, Le-Mon (GBR)
Naudi 7	(21–10)	three players 6
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18 June 2017 16:45	Ireland	26–39	Great Britain	Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
Bregazzi 7	(12–20)	Goodwin 7
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18 June 2017 14:30	Azerbaijan	31–45	Moldova	Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
Butenko 9	(14–22)	Zacaciurin 14
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16 June 2017 18:00	Turkey	32–26	Georgia	Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports, Veliko Tarnovo Referees: Xhema, Jahja (KOS)
Döne 15	(16–15)	Orjonikidze 8
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16 June 2017 18:00	Cyprus	36–26	China	Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Boričić, Marković (SRB)
Georgiou 9	(16–9)	Liu Z. 7
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16 June 2017 20:00	Luxembourg	23–34	Kosovo	Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports, Veliko Tarnovo Referees: Jerlecki, Łabuń (POL)
Krier 6	(11–17)	Dedaj 9
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16 June 2017 20:00	Faroe Islands	30–24	Bulgaria	Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
Sigurbjørnsson 9	(13–14)	Yakubov 6
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17 June 2017 14:00	Georgia	28–31	China	Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Zendali, Riello (ITA)
Tskhovrebadze 9	(11–15)	Wang J. 12
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17 June 2017 16:00	Luxembourg	31–37	Bulgaria	Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Boričić, Marković (SRB)
Zekan 6	(13–20)	Dimitrov 13
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17 June 2017 18:00	Turkey	35–32 (ET)	Cyprus	Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Doychinov, Gpretsov (BUL)
Biçer 11	(13–15)	Argyrou 10
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FT: 26–26 ET: 3–3, 6–3

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17 June 2017 20:00	Kosovo	30–33	Faroe Islands	Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
Dedaj, Jupa 6	(11–15)	Krogh 9
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18 June 2017 14:15	Georgia	25–32	Luxembourg	Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports, Veliko Tarnovo Referees: Xhema, Jahja (KOS)
Bulbulashvili 5	(10–15)	Muller 8
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18 June 2017 16:30	China	30–38	Bulgaria	Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports, Veliko Tarnovo Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
Wang J. 8	(11–18)	Atanasov 8
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18 June 2017 18:45	Cyprus	25–32	Kosovo	Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports, Veliko Tarnovo Referees: Zendali, Riello (ITA)
Fotiou 9	(12–16)	Tahirukaj 8
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18 June 2017 21:00	Turkey	25–26	Faroe Islands	Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports, Veliko Tarnovo Referees: Boričić, Marković (SRB)
Biçer 6	(11–13)	Krogh 9
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Rank	Team
	Faroe Islands
	Turkey
	Kosovo
4	Cyprus
5	Bulgaria
6	China
7	Luxembourg
8	Georgia
9	Moldova
10	Azerbaijan
11	Great Britain
12	Ireland
13	Malta
14	Andorra
15	Albania
16	Armenia

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	Teams advanced to the 2nd phase of qualification for EURO 2020

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