2023 IHF Emerging Nations Championship
Tournament details
Host country Bulgaria
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates25–30 April
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Cuba (1st title)
Runner-up Cyprus
Third place Bulgaria
Fourth place India
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored1,261 (52.54 per match)
Attendance3,623 (151 per match)
Top scorer(s)United Kingdom Francesco Pereira
(34 goals)
Best playerCuba Hanser Rodríguez

The 2023 IHF Emerging Nations Handball Championship was the fourth edition of the IHF Emerging Nations Championship held in Bulgaria under the aegis of International Handball Federation from 25 to 30 April 2023.[1]

Cuba won the tournament for the first time by defeating Cyprus in the final.[2]

Participating teams

CountryPrevious appearances
 Andorra2 (2015, 2017)
 Australia1 (2015)
 Azerbaijan2 (2017, 2019)
 Bulgaria3 (2015, 2017, 2019)
 Cuba1 (2019)
 Cyprus1 (2017)
 Great Britain3 (2015, 2017, 2019)
 Guatemala0 (debut)
 India1 (2019)
 Malta3 (2015, 2017, 2019)
 Moldova2 (2015, 2017)
 Nigeria1 (2019)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italics indicates host.

Draw

The draw was held on 10 March 2023.[3][4]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  India 2 2 0 0 59 54 +5 4 Semifinals
2  Andorra 2 1 0 1 52 53 −1 2 5–8th place semifinals
3  Malta 2 0 0 2 58 62 −4 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.
25 April 2023
12:15		 Malta  27–29  Andorra Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna
Attendance: 111
Referees: Linster, Rauchs (LUX)
Gruppetta 10 (12–12) Ruiz 11
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26 April 2023
12:15		 Andorra  23–26  India Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna
Attendance: 52
Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
Ruiz 10 (10–14) Ankit 10
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27 April 2023
12:15		 Malta  31–33  India Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna
Attendance: 51
Referees: Doychinov, Goretsov (BUL)
Spiteri 9 (14–15) Amit, Mohit 10
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Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Cyprus 2 2 0 0 59 52 +7 4 Semifinals
2  Australia 2 1 0 1 46 46 0 2 5–8th place semifinals
3  Moldova 2 0 0 2 53 60 −7 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.
25 April 2023
14:30		 Cyprus  35–31  Moldova Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna
Attendance: 50
Referees: Doychinov, Goretsov (BUL)
Charalambous 10 (19–13) Vasilatii 10
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26 April 2023
14:30		 Moldova  22–25  Australia Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna
Attendance: 70
Referees: Al-Enezi, Al-Naseem (KUW)
Martalog 6 (9–13) Langenberg 7
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27 April 2023
14:30		 Cyprus  24–21  Australia Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna
Attendance: 63
Referees: Bozhinovski, Nachevski (MKD)
Charalambous 8 (11–11) Warrener 6
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Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Cuba 2 2 0 0 59 45 +14 4 Semifinals
2  Great Britain 2 1 0 1 56 49 +7 2 5–8th place semifinals
3  Guatemala 2 0 0 2 34 55 −21 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.
25 April 2023
16:45		 Great Britain  28–32  Cuba Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna
Attendance: 120
Referees: Bozhinovski, Nachevski (MKD)
Vellenoweth 6 (14–13) Rodríguez 7
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26 April 2023
16:45		 Cuba  27–17  Guatemala Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna
Attendance: 103
Referees: Araújo, Perdomo (URU)
Rodríguez 7 (15–5) Herrera, Martínez 4
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27 April 2023
16:45		 Great Britain  28–17  Guatemala Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna
Attendance: 72
Referees: Al-Enezi, Al-Naseem (KUW)
Edgar, Pereira 8 (16–6) Cetino, Soto 4
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Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Bulgaria (H) 2 2 0 0 53 38 +15 4 Semifinals
2  Nigeria 2 1 0 1 54 40 +14 2 5–8th place semifinals
3  Azerbaijan 2 0 0 2 36 65 −29 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) Hosts
25 April 2023
19:00		 Azerbaijan  19–30  Bulgaria Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna
Attendance: 488
Referees: Mikelič, Paradina (CRO)
Guliyev 6 (9–14) Sv. Dimitrov 7
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26 April 2023
19:00		 Bulgaria  23–19  Nigeria Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna
Attendance: 250
Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
Ivanov 7 (13–11) F. Yusuf 6
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27 April 2023
19:00		 Azerbaijan  17–35  Nigeria Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna
Attendance: 44
Referees: Linster, Rauchs (LUX)
Nazaraliyev 4 (7–18) F. Yusuf 13
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Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
29 April
 
 
 India37
 
30 April
 
 Cyprus42
 
 Cyprus18
 
29 April
 
 Cuba28
 
 Cuba36
 
 
 Bulgaria29
 
Third place
 
 
30 April
 
 
 India18
 
 
 Bulgaria47
Fifth place bracket
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place game
 
      
 
29 April
 
 
 Andorra19
 
30 April
 
 Australia32
 
 Australia22
 
29 April
 
 Great Britain34
 
 Great Britain30
 
 
 Nigeria20
 
Seventh place game
 
 
30 April
 
 
 Andorra14
 
 
 Nigeria36
Ninth place bracket
 
9–12th place semifinalsNinth place game
 
      
 
29 April
 
 
 Malta21
 
30 April
 
 Moldova25
 
 Moldova21
 
29 April
 
 Guatemala14
 
 Guatemala28
 
 
 Azerbaijan20
 
Eleventh place game
 
 
30 April
 
 
 Malta31
 
 
 Azerbaijan20

9–12th place semifinals

29 April 2023
09:15		 Malta  21–25  Moldova Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna
Attendance: 50
Referees: Al-Enezi, Al-Naseem (KUW)
Seifert 6 (9–12) Martalog 10
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29 April 2023
11:30		 Guatemala  28–20  Azerbaijan Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna
Attendance: 50
Referees: Linster, Rauchs (LUX)
Estrada 8 (14–11) Nazaraliyev 6
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5–8th place semifinals

29 April 2023
13:45		 Andorra  19–32  Australia Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna
Attendance: 65
Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
Jiménez, Ruiz 5 (4–13) Anderson 8
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29 April 2023
16:00		 Great Britain  30–20  Nigeria Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna
Attendance: 85
Referees: Araújo, Perdomo (URU)
Pereira 11 (14–11) S. Yusuf 4
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Semifinals

29 April 2023
18:15		 Cuba  36–29  Bulgaria Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna
Attendance: 787
Referees: Mikelič, Paradina (CRO)
Rodríguez 9 (17–16) Ivanov 8
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29 April 2023
20:30		 India  37–42  Cyprus Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna
Attendance: 100
Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
S. Kumar 12 (23–21) Charalambous 10
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Eleventh place game

30 April 2023
09:15		 Malta  31–20  Azerbaijan Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna
Attendance: 50
Referees: Araújo, Perdomo (URU)
three players 5 (15–9) J. Ismayilov 5
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Ninth place game

30 April 2023
11:30		 Moldova  21–14  Guatemala Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna
Attendance: 66
Referees: Mikelič, Paradina (CRO)
Sipulin 8 (8–5) Estrada 5
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Seventh place game

30 April 2023
13:45		 Andorra  14–36  Nigeria Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna
Attendance: 74
Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
Ros 4 (6–17) Salami 9
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Fifth place game

30 April 2023
16:00		 Australia  22–34  Great Britain Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna
Attendance: 50
Referees: Bozhinovski, Nachevski (MKD)
three players 4 (10–17) Pereira 11
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Third place game

30 April 2023
18:15		 India  18–47  Bulgaria Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna
Attendance: 514
Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
Sahil 5 (7–25) Sv. Dimitrov 11
Report

Final

30 April 2023
20:30		 Cyprus  18–28  Cuba Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna
Attendance: 258
Referees: Doychinov, Goretsov (BUL)
Tartios 5 (9–14) Almeida 8
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Final ranking

The three best European teams advance to the EURO 2026 Qualification Relegation Round, except Great Britain, which already qualified as Winner of Euro 2026 Qualification Phase 1.

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Cuba
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Cyprus
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bulgaria
4 India
5 Great Britain
6 Australia
7 Nigeria
8 Andorra
9 Moldova
10 Guatemala
11 Malta
12 Azerbaijan
     Team advanced to the Relegation Round of qualification for EURO 2026
     Team already qualified to the Relegation Round of qualification for EURO 2026 (As winner of Euro 2026 Qualification Phase 1)

All-Star Team

The all-star team and awards was announced on 30 April 2023.[5]

PositionPlayer
GoalkeeperUnited Kingdom Craig McClelland
Right wingCyprus Georgios Kritikos
Right backUnited Kingdom Sebastian Edgar
Centre backCyprus Alexandros Charalambous
Left backBulgaria Mihael Ivanov
Left wingIndia Sumit
PivotAustralia Karl Warrener
Best defenderCuba Lidier Martínez
Most valuable playerCuba Hanser Rodríguez

Statistics

References

  1. ↑ "4th IHF Men's Emerging Nations Championship". ihf.info. 10 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "Bulgaria seal back-to-back bronze medals at the IHF Men's Emerging Nations Championship". ihf.info. 30 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "12 teams from six continents enter the 4th IHF Men's Emerging Nations Championship". ihf.info. 9 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "Draw for the preliminary round reveals balanced groups at the 2023 IHF Men's Emerging Nations Championship". ihf.info. 10 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "Bulgaria 2023 All-Star team announced". competition.ihf.info. 30 April 2023.
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