| Tourney Name: | IHF Emerging Nations Championship |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Size: | 200px |
| Country: | Kosovo |
| Dates: | 20–26 June |
| Num Teams: | 16 |
| Confederations: | 5 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Champion: | FAR |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second: | LAT |
| Third: | KOS |
| Fourth: | URU |
| Top Scorer: | Svetlin Dimitrov (64 goals) |
| Player: | Tróndur Kragesteen |
| Next: | 2017 IHF Emerging Nations Championship |
The 2015 IHF Emerging Nations Championship was the first edition of the IHF Emerging Nations Championship, organised by the International Handball Federation (IHF). The tournament was held in Pristina and Gjakova, Kosovo, from 20 to 26 June.[1]
A total of 16 nations played in the tournament: several European teams that did not qualify to the 2014 European Men's Handball Championship, plus Australia, Cameroon, China and Uruguay.
Following eight referee pairs are selected:
| Referees | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mohamed Bedoui Kouichli Lluis Coll Exposito | ||
| Kulovic Edin Skaljic Vedad | ||
| Zvezdelin Yonchev Svetoslav Yovchev | ||
| Ndemdou Blaise Ngassa Laure | ||
| Referees | ||
|---|---|---|
| Zhou Yunlei Cheng Yufeng | ||
| Hollis Jason Mark Le-Mon Nicholas Thomas | ||
| Ilir Bytyqi Syart Kasapi | ||
| Martins Leitis Ralfs Persis | ||
The championship were played at two venues in Pristina and Gjakova in Kosovo.
The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage.
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:[2]
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Isaac Junior Fonsho
Karl RoosnaRTV21 streams all Kosovo matches and both final and 3rd place matches.[3]