| Tourney Name: | 2nd IHF Emerging Nations Championship 2017 |
| Size: | 200 px |
| Country: | Bulgaria |
| Dates: | 12–18 June |
| Num Teams: | 16 |
| Confederations: | 2 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Champion: | FRO |
| Count: | 2 |
| Second: | TUR |
| Third: | KOS |
| Fourth: | CYP |
| Matches: | 48 |
| Goals: | 2885 |
| Top Scorer: | Svetlin Dimitrov (65 goals) |
| Previous: | 2015 IHF Emerging Nations Championship |
| Next: | 2019 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.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3]
| Gabrovo | |
|---|---|
| Orlovetz Sports Hall Capacity: 1,920 | |
| Veliko Tarnovo | |
| Palace of Culture and Sport Capacity: 1,600 | |
| width=25% | Country ! | width=30% | Previous appearances in championship |
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1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italics indicates host.
The draw was held on 7 March 2017 at 19:00.[4]
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The following referees were appointed for the championship:[5]
| Referees | ||
|---|---|---|
| Youcef Belkhiri Sid Ali Hamidi | ||
| Denis Bolic Christoph Hurich | ||
| Georgi Doychinov Yulian Goretsov | ||
| Zhou Yunlei Cheng Yufeng | ||
| Yasmina El-Saied Heidy El-Saied | ||
| Jason Hollis Nicholas Le-mon | ||
| Simone Zendalli Stefano Riello | ||
| Referees | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sherif Xhema Besfort Jahja | ||
| Jelena Vujačić Andelina Kažanegra | ||
| Maciej Łabuń Jakub Jerlecki | ||
| Vania Sá Marta Sá | ||
| Marko Boričić Dejan Marković | ||
| Maria Bennani Safia Bennani | ||
| Marina Duplii Olena Kaverina | ||
The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage.
All times are local (UTC+3).[6]
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:[7]
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| Teams advanced to the 2nd phase of qualification for EURO 2020 |
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals | Shots | % | |
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| 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 |
| Rank | Name | Team | % | Saves | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 146 | |
| 9 | Ivan Ivanov | 33 | 42 | 126 | |
| Jan Pauli Johannesen | 60 | 180 | |||
| Alexander Bradley | 48 | 144 |