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
Venues The championship were played at two venues in Gabrovo and Veliko Tarnovo in Bulgaria. Gabrovo Orlovetz Sports HallCapacity: 1,920 Veliko Tarnovo Palace of Culture and SportCapacity: 1,600
Participating teams Country Previous appearances in championship 1 (2015) 1 (2015) 1 (2015) 0 (debut) 1 (2015) 1 (2015) 0 (debut) 1 (2015) 0 (debut) 1 (2015) 1 (2015) 1 (2015) 0 (debut) 1 (2015) 1 (2015) 0 (debut) 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italics indicates host.
Draw The draw was held on 7 March 2017 at 19:00.
Seeding Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3
Referees The following referees were appointed for the championship:
Referees Youcef BelkhiriSid Ali Hamidi Denis BolicChristoph Hurich Georgi DoychinovYulian Goretsov Zhou YunleiCheng Yufeng Yasmina El-SaiedHeidy El-Saied Jason HollisNicholas Le-mon Simone ZendalliStefano Riello
Referees Sherif XhemaBesfort Jahja Jelena VujačićAndelina Kažanegra Maciej ŁabuńJakub Jerlecki Vania SáMarta Sá Marko BoričićDejan Marković Maria BennaniSafia Bennani Marina DupliiOlena Kaverina
Preliminary round The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage.
All times are local (UTC+3).
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:Media Guide 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
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage 9–16th place bracket
9–16th place quarterfinals
13–16th place semifinals
9–12th place semifinals
15th place game
13th place game
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Championship bracket
Quarterfinals
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final standings RankTeam45678910111213141516 Teams advanced to the 2nd phase of qualification for EURO 2020
Statistics
Top goalscorers RankNameTeamGoalsShots% 1 Svetlin Dimitrov 65 92 71 2 Maxim Butenko 55 84 65 3 Roman Zacaciurin 54 86 63 4 Julios Argyrou 51 72 71 5 Wang Juncheng 49 95 52 6 Dinu Untu 45 63 71 7 Martin Muller 44 71 62 8 Joshua Krohn Grace 43 85 51 9 Igli Shingjini 42 92 46 10 Brian Negrete Lindsay 40 63 63 Source: IHF
Top goalkeepers RankNameTeam%SavesShots 1 Eliesar Rubeksen 68 23 34 2 Antonis Papayiannis 54 13 24 3 Ion Saharnean 45 51 113 4 Armir Agushi 41 24 59 5 Mehmet Emre 40 42 106 6 Mihail Penev 39 52 134 7 Coşkun Göktepe 35 45 127 8 Liu Maike 34 50 1469 Ivan Ivanov 33 42 126 Jan Pauli Johannesen 60 180 Alexander Bradley 48 144 Source: IHF
References
External links IHF website