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.[1]
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Bulgaria |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Dates | 12–18 June |
Teams | 16 (from 2 confederations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Faroe Islands (2nd title) |
Runner-up | Turkey |
Third place | Kosovo |
Fourth place | Cyprus |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 48 |
Goals scored | 2,885 (60.1 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Svetlin Dimitrov (65 goals) |
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
Venues edit
The championship were played at two venues in Gabrovo and Veliko Tarnovo in Bulgaria.[3]
Gabrovo | |
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Orlovetz Sports Hall Capacity: 1,920 | |
Veliko Tarnovo | |
Palace of Culture and Sport Capacity: 1,600 | |
Participating teams edit
Country | Previous appearances in championship |
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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.
Draw edit
The draw was held on 7 March 2017 at 19:00.[4]
Seeding edit
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
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Cyprus Turkey Luxembourg China | Faroe Islands Kosovo Georgia Bulgaria | Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Great Britain Ireland Moldova Malta |
Referees edit
The following referees were appointed for the championship:[5]
Preliminary round edit
The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage.
All times are local (UTC+3).[6]
Tie-breaking criteria edit
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]
- 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 edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Turkey | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 62 | +58 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Kosovo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 115 | 72 | +43 | 4 | |
3 | Ireland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 106 | 121 | −15 | 2 | |
4 | Albania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 148 | −86 | 0 |
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.
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 | ||
3× 8× 1× | Report | 3× 5× |
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 | ||
1× 4× | Report | 2× 5× |
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 | ||
2× 5× | Report | 3× 4× |
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 | ||
1× 4× | Report | 2× 11× 1× |
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 | ||
2× 4× | Report | 2× 4× |
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 | ||
2× 3× | Report | 1× 2× |
Group B edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Luxembourg | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 86 | +25 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Georgia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 91 | 81 | +10 | 4 | |
3 | Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 80 | 89 | −9 | 2 | |
4 | Malta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 91 | −26 | 0 |
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.
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 | ||
2× 6× | Report | 3× 5× |
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 | ||
3× 5× | Report | 2× 5× |
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 | ||
3× 7× | Report | 4× 8× |
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 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 4× |
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 | ||
3× 5× | Report | 2× 9× 1× |
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 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 2× |
Group C edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Cyprus | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 64 | +32 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Bulgaria (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 75 | +26 | 4 | |
3 | Azerbaijan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 93 | 96 | −3 | 2 | |
4 | Andorra | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 108 | −55 | 0 |
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
12 June 2017 18:30 | Cyprus | 25–22 | Bulgaria | Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT) |
Argyrou 12 | (11–12) | Dimitrov 11 | ||
3× 8× | Report | 2× 7× |
12 June 2017 20:30 | Andorra | 23–31 | Azerbaijan | Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY) |
Pascual 6 | (6–15) | Butenko 10 | ||
4× 4× | Report | 3× 1× |
13 June 2017 18:00 | Bulgaria | 41–34 | Azerbaijan | Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Jerlecki, Łabuń (POL) |
Dimitrov 15 | (20–15) | Askerov 10 | ||
2× 9× 1× | Report | 2× 6× 1× |
13 June 2017 20:00 | Cyprus | 39–14 | Andorra | Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Xhema, Jahja (KOS) |
Antreou 9 | (19–7) | Bernabé, Pascual 3 | ||
2× 5× | Report | 2× 5× |
14 June 2017 18:00 | Bulgaria | 38–16 | Andorra | Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Hollis, Le-Mon (GBR) |
Dimitrov 16 | (19–6) | Toha 4 | ||
2× 7× | Report | 1× 3× |
14 June 2017 20:00 | Azerbaijan | 28–32 | Cyprus | Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Sá, Sá (POR) |
Askerov 8 | (13–18) | Argyrou 14 | ||
3× 6× | Report | 4× 6× 2× |
Group D edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Faroe Islands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 59 | +55 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
2 | China | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 95 | 64 | +31 | 4 | |
3 | Moldova | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 98 | 82 | +16 | 2 | |
4 | Armenia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 133 | −102 | 0 |
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.
12 June 2017 14:00 | Armenia | 13–46 | Moldova | Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Zendali, Riello (ITA) |
Sahakyan 5 | (7–20) | Untu 10 | ||
3× 1× | Report | 3× 2× |
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 | ||
3× 8× | Report | 4× 3× |
13 June 2017 14:00 | China | 43–12 | Armenia | Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Bennani, Bennani (SWE) |
Wang J. 11 | (21–4) | Sahakyan 6 | ||
2× 4× | Report | 2× 5× 1× |
13 June 2017 16:00 | Faroe Islands | 40–30 | Moldova | Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT) |
Krogh 7 | (21–16) | Zacaciurin 8 | ||
2× 2× | Report | 1× 2× |
14 June 2017 14:00 | Moldova | 22–29 | China | Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE) |
Zacaciurin 7 | (11–15) | He 7 | ||
3× 1× | Report | 3× 4× |
14 June 2017 16:00 | Faroe Islands | 44–6 | Armenia | Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Zendali, Riello (ITA) |
Klein Olsen 8 | (18–1) | Sahakyan 3 | ||
1× 3× | Report | 1× 1× |
Knockout stage edit
9–16th place bracket edit
9–16th place quarterfinals edit
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 | ||
2× 2× | Report | 4× 6× |
16 June 2017 14:00 | Azerbaijan | 39–21 | Armenia | Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Duplii, Kaverina (UKR) |
Butenko 10 | (21–7) | Sahakyan 6 | ||
1× 4× | Report | 4× 1× |
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 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 1× 7× |
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 | ||
1× 2× | Report | 3× |
13–16th place semifinals edit
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 | ||
1× 4× | Report | 3× 2× |
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 | ||
4× 3× | Report | 2× 7× |
9–12th place semifinals edit
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 | ||
2× 3× | Report | 3× |
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 | ||
4× 3× | Report | 2× 4× | ||
FT: 33–33 Pen: 1–2 |
15th place game edit
18 June 2017 10:00 | Armenia | 23–24 | Albania | Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Zhou, Cheng (CHN) |
Sahakyan 10 | (12–11) | Shingjini 7 | ||
4× 8× | Report | 4× 6× |
13th place game edit
18 June 2017 12:15 | Malta | 36–25 | Andorra | Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Hollis, Le-Mon (GBR) |
Naudi 7 | (21–10) | three players 6 | ||
4× | Report | 1× 2× |
Eleventh place game edit
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 | ||
2× 5× 1× | Report | 5× |
Ninth place game edit
18 June 2017 14:30 | Azerbaijan | 31–45 | Moldova | Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE) |
Butenko 9 | (14–22) | Zacaciurin 14 | ||
2× 2× | Report | 2× 3× |
Championship bracket edit
Fifth place | 5–8th place semifinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
Turkey | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia | 28 | Turkey (OT) | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||
China | 31 | Cyprus | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cyprus | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
China | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
China | 30 | Turkey | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgaria | 38 | Faroe Islands | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Luxembourg | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Kosovo | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Seventh place | Luxembourg | 31 | Kosovo | 30 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||||
Bulgaria | 37 | Faroe Islands | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia | 25 | Faroe Islands | 30 | Cyprus | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||
Luxembourg | 32 | Bulgaria | 24 | Kosovo | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||
Quarterfinals edit
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 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 2× 5× |
16 June 2017 18:00 | Cyprus | 36–26 | China | Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Boričić, Marković (SRB) |
Georgiou 9 | (16–9) | Liu Z. 7 | ||
3× 6× | Report | 3× 5× |
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 | ||
2× 6× | Report | 4× 7× |
16 June 2017 20:00 | Faroe Islands | 30–24 | Bulgaria | Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG) |
Sigurbjørnsson 9 | (13–14) | Yakubov 6 | ||
2× 2× | Report | 1× 4× |
5–8th place semifinals edit
17 June 2017 14:00 | Georgia | 28–31 | China | Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Zendali, Riello (ITA) |
Tskhovrebadze 9 | (11–15) | Wang J. 12 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 6× 1× |
17 June 2017 16:00 | Luxembourg | 31–37 | Bulgaria | Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Boričić, Marković (SRB) |
Zekan 6 | (13–20) | Dimitrov 13 | ||
3× 11× | Report | 3× 6× |
Semifinals edit
17 June 2017 18:00 | Turkey | 35–32 (ET) | Cyprus | Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Doychinov, Gpretsov (BUL) |
Biçer 11 | (13–15) | Argyrou 10 | ||
3× 5× 1× | Report | 2× 4× | ||
FT: 26–26 ET: 3–3, 6–3 |
17 June 2017 20:00 | Kosovo | 30–33 | Faroe Islands | Sportna Zala, Gabrovo Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT) |
Dedaj, Jupa 6 | (11–15) | Krogh 9 | ||
1× 4× | Report | 2× 5× 1× |
Seventh place game edit
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 | ||
2× 5× | Report | 3× 9× |
Fifth place game edit
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 | ||
1× 4× 1× | Report | 3× 3× 1× |
Third place game edit
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 | ||
2× 5× | Report | 2× 5× 1× |
Final edit
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 | ||
3× 6× | Report | 4× 5× |
Final standings edit
Rank | Team |
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Faroe Islands | |
Turkey | |
Kosovo | |
4 | Cyprus |
5 | Bulgaria |
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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 2nd IHF Emerging Nations Championship 2017Tournament detailsHost country BulgariaVenue s 2 in 2 host cities Dates12 18 JuneTeams16 from 2 confederations Final positionsChampions Faroe Islands 2nd title Runner up TurkeyThird place KosovoFourth place CyprusTournament statisticsMatches played48Goals scored2 885 60 1 per match Top scorer s Svetlin Dimitrov 65 goals PreviousNext 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 Contents 1 Venues 2 Participating teams 3 Draw 3 1 Seeding 4 Referees 5 Preliminary round 5 1 Tie breaking criteria 5 2 Group A 5 3 Group B 5 4 Group C 5 5 Group D 6 Knockout stage 6 1 9 16th place bracket 6 1 1 9 16th place quarterfinals 6 1 2 13 16th place semifinals 6 1 3 9 12th place semifinals 6 1 4 15th place game 6 1 5 13th place game 6 1 6 Eleventh place game 6 1 7 Ninth place game 6 2 Championship bracket 6 2 1 Quarterfinals 6 2 2 5 8th place semifinals 6 2 3 Semifinals 6 2 4 Seventh place game 6 2 5 Fifth place game 6 2 6 Third place game 6 2 7 Final 7 Final standings 8 Statistics 8 1 Top goalscorers 8 2 Top goalkeepers 9 References 10 External linksVenues editThe championship were played at two venues in Gabrovo and Veliko Tarnovo in Bulgaria 3 Gabrovo nbsp nbsp Gabrovo nbsp Veliko TarnovoOrlovetz Sports HallCapacity 1 920 nbsp Veliko TarnovoPalace of Culture and SportCapacity 1 600 nbsp Participating teams editCountry Previous appearances in championship nbsp Albania 1 2015 nbsp Andorra 1 2015 nbsp Armenia 1 2015 nbsp Azerbaijan 0 debut nbsp Bulgaria 1 2015 nbsp China 1 2015 nbsp Cyprus 0 debut nbsp Faroe Islands 1 2015 nbsp Georgia 0 debut nbsp Great Britain 1 2015 nbsp Ireland 1 2015 nbsp Kosovo 1 2015 nbsp Luxembourg 0 debut nbsp Malta 1 2015 nbsp Moldova 1 2015 nbsp Turkey 0 debut 1 Bold indicates champion for that year Italics indicates host Draw editThe draw was held on 7 March 2017 at 19 00 4 Seeding edit Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 nbsp Cyprus nbsp Turkey nbsp Luxembourg nbsp China nbsp Faroe Islands nbsp Kosovo nbsp Georgia nbsp Bulgaria nbsp Albania nbsp Andorra nbsp Armenia nbsp Azerbaijan nbsp Great Britain nbsp Ireland nbsp Moldova nbsp MaltaReferees editThe following referees were appointed for the championship 5 Referees nbsp Algeria Youcef BelkhiriSid Ali Hamidi nbsp Austria Denis BolicChristoph Hurich nbsp Bulgaria Georgi DoychinovYulian Goretsov nbsp China Zhou YunleiCheng Yufeng nbsp Egypt Yasmina El SaiedHeidy El Saied nbsp Great Britain Jason HollisNicholas Le mon nbsp Italy Simone ZendalliStefano Riello Referees nbsp Kosovo Sherif XhemaBesfort Jahja nbsp Montenegro Jelena VujacicAndelina Kazanegra nbsp Poland Maciej LabunJakub Jerlecki nbsp Portugal Vania SaMarta Sa nbsp Serbia Marko BoricicDejan Markovic nbsp Sweden Maria BennaniSafia Bennani nbsp Ukraine Marina DupliiOlena KaverinaPreliminary round editThe top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage All times are local UTC 3 6 Tie breaking criteria edit 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 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 lotsGroup A edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Turkey 3 3 0 0 120 62 58 6 Quarterfinals2 nbsp Kosovo 3 2 0 1 115 72 43 43 nbsp Ireland 3 1 0 2 106 121 15 24 nbsp Albania 3 0 0 3 62 148 86 0Source IHFRules 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 12 June 2017 14 00 Turkey nbsp 25 24 nbsp Kosovo Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports Veliko Tarnovo Referees Bennani Bennani SWE Done 7 13 12 Beshiri 53 nbsp 8 nbsp 1 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 5 nbsp 12 June 2017 16 00 Albania nbsp 33 50 nbsp Ireland Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports Veliko Tarnovo Referees Zhou Cheng CHN Shingjini 10 18 25 Bregazzi 131 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 5 nbsp 13 June 2017 14 00 Kosovo nbsp 47 30 nbsp Ireland Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports Veliko Tarnovo Referees Duplii Kaverina UKR Jupa 10 23 14 J Krohn O Brien 62 nbsp 5 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 4 nbsp 13 June 2017 16 00 Turkey nbsp 54 12 nbsp Albania Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports Veliko Tarnovo Referees Hollis Le Mon GBR Ozturk 10 27 6 Shingjini 61 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 11 nbsp 1 nbsp 14 June 2017 14 00 Ireland nbsp 26 41 nbsp Turkey Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports Veliko Tarnovo Referees Doychinov Gpretsov BUL J Krohn 7 14 18 Kanberoglu 102 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 4 nbsp 14 June 2017 16 00 Kosovo nbsp 44 17 nbsp Albania Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports Veliko Tarnovo Referees El Saied El Saied EGY Tahirukaj 9 20 8 Shingjini 72 nbsp 3 nbsp Report 1 nbsp 2 nbsp Group B edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Luxembourg 3 3 0 0 111 86 25 6 Quarterfinals2 nbsp Georgia 3 2 0 1 91 81 10 43 nbsp Great Britain 3 1 0 2 80 89 9 24 nbsp Malta 3 0 0 3 65 91 26 0Source IHFRules 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 12 June 2017 18 00 Luxembourg nbsp 35 29 nbsp Georgia Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports Veliko Tarnovo Referees Doychinov Gpretsov BUL Muller 10 18 14 Orjonikidze Tskhovrebadze 62 nbsp 6 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 5 nbsp 12 June 2017 20 00 Malta nbsp 18 24 nbsp Great Britain Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports Veliko Tarnovo Referees Sa Sa POR Di Pilato 9 8 12 Negrete Lindsay 103 nbsp 5 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 5 nbsp 13 June 2017 18 00 Georgia nbsp 34 26 nbsp Great Britain Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports Veliko Tarnovo Referees Vujacic Kazanegra MNE Orjonikidze 7 17 11 Negrete Lindsay 63 nbsp 7 nbsp Report 4 nbsp 8 nbsp 13 June 2017 20 00 Luxembourg nbsp 39 27 nbsp Malta Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports Veliko Tarnovo Referees Boricic Markovic SRB Muller 8 17 11 Baldacchino 83 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 4 nbsp 14 June 2017 18 00 Great Britain nbsp 30 37 nbsp Luxembourg Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports Veliko Tarnovo Referees Belkhiri Hamidi ALG Goodwin 10 11 20 Muller 93 nbsp 5 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 9 nbsp 1 nbsp 14 June 2017 20 00 Georgia nbsp 28 20 nbsp Malta Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports Veliko Tarnovo Referees Zhou Cheng CHN Bulbulashvili Orjonikidze 5 19 9 Harrison 43 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 2 nbsp Group C edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Cyprus 3 3 0 0 96 64 32 6 Quarterfinals2 nbsp Bulgaria H 3 2 0 1 101 75 26 43 nbsp Azerbaijan 3 1 0 2 93 96 3 24 nbsp Andorra 3 0 0 3 53 108 55 0Source IHFRules 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 12 June 2017 18 30 Cyprus nbsp 25 22 nbsp Bulgaria Sportna Zala Gabrovo Referees Bolic Hurich AUT Argyrou 12 11 12 Dimitrov 113 nbsp 8 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 7 nbsp 12 June 2017 20 30 Andorra nbsp 23 31 nbsp Azerbaijan Sportna Zala Gabrovo Referees El Saied El Saied EGY Pascual 6 6 15 Butenko 104 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 1 nbsp 13 June 2017 18 00 Bulgaria nbsp 41 34 nbsp Azerbaijan Sportna Zala Gabrovo Referees Jerlecki Labun POL Dimitrov 15 20 15 Askerov 102 nbsp 9 nbsp 1 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 6 nbsp 1 nbsp 13 June 2017 20 00 Cyprus nbsp 39 14 nbsp Andorra Sportna Zala Gabrovo Referees Xhema Jahja KOS Antreou 9 19 7 Bernabe Pascual 32 nbsp 5 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 5 nbsp 14 June 2017 18 00 Bulgaria nbsp 38 16 nbsp Andorra Sportna Zala Gabrovo Referees Hollis Le Mon GBR Dimitrov 16 19 6 Toha 42 nbsp 7 nbsp Report 1 nbsp 3 nbsp 14 June 2017 20 00 Azerbaijan nbsp 28 32 nbsp Cyprus Sportna Zala Gabrovo Referees Sa Sa POR Askerov 8 13 18 Argyrou 143 nbsp 6 nbsp Report 4 nbsp 6 nbsp 2 nbsp Group D edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Faroe Islands 3 3 0 0 114 59 55 6 Quarterfinals2 nbsp China 3 2 0 1 95 64 31 43 nbsp Moldova 3 1 0 2 98 82 16 24 nbsp Armenia 3 0 0 3 31 133 102 0Source IHFRules 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 12 June 2017 14 00 Armenia nbsp 13 46 nbsp Moldova Sportna Zala Gabrovo Referees Zendali Riello ITA Sahakyan 5 7 20 Untu 103 nbsp 1 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 2 nbsp 12 June 2017 16 00 China nbsp 23 30 nbsp Faroe Islands Sportna Zala Gabrovo Referees Belkhiri Hamidi ALG Liu Wang J 6 7 15 Klein Olsen 63 nbsp 8 nbsp Report 4 nbsp 3 nbsp 13 June 2017 14 00 China nbsp 43 12 nbsp Armenia Sportna Zala Gabrovo Referees Bennani Bennani SWE Wang J 11 21 4 Sahakyan 62 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 5 nbsp 1 nbsp 13 June 2017 16 00 Faroe Islands nbsp 40 30 nbsp Moldova Sportna Zala Gabrovo Referees Bolic Hurich AUT Krogh 7 21 16 Zacaciurin 82 nbsp 2 nbsp Report 1 nbsp 2 nbsp 14 June 2017 14 00 Moldova nbsp 22 29 nbsp China Sportna Zala Gabrovo Referees Vujacic Kazanegra MNE Zacaciurin 7 11 15 He 73 nbsp 1 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 4 nbsp 14 June 2017 16 00 Faroe Islands nbsp 44 6 nbsp Armenia Sportna Zala Gabrovo Referees Zendali Riello ITA Klein Olsen 8 18 1 Sahakyan 31 nbsp 3 nbsp Report 1 nbsp 1 nbsp Knockout stage edit9 16th place bracket edit 13th place13 16th place semifinals9 16th place quarterfinals9 12th place semifinalsNinth place nbsp Ireland31 nbsp Malta22 nbsp Malta34 nbsp Ireland33 nbsp Armenia23 nbsp Azerbaijan41 nbsp Azerbaijan39 nbsp Armenia21 nbsp Malta36 nbsp Azerbaijan31 nbsp Andorra25 nbsp Moldova45 nbsp Great Britain42 nbsp Albania1515th place nbsp Albania23 nbsp Great Britain34Eleventh place nbsp Andorra32 nbsp Moldova pen 35 nbsp Armenia23 nbsp Moldova48 nbsp Ireland26 nbsp Albania24 nbsp Andorra14 nbsp Great Britain39 9 16th place quarterfinals edit 16 June 2017 14 00 Ireland nbsp 31 22 nbsp Malta Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports Veliko Tarnovo Referees Vujacic Kazanegra MNE J Krohn 9 15 9 Di Pilato 72 nbsp 2 nbsp Report 4 nbsp 6 nbsp 16 June 2017 14 00 Azerbaijan nbsp 39 21 nbsp Armenia Sportna Zala Gabrovo Referees Duplii Kaverina UKR Butenko 10 21 7 Sahakyan 61 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 4 nbsp 1 nbsp 16 June 2017 16 00 Great Britain nbsp 42 15 nbsp Albania Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports Veliko Tarnovo Referees Bennani Bennani SWE Whaley 8 19 8 Shingjini 63 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 1 nbsp 7 nbsp 16 June 2017 16 00 Moldova nbsp 48 14 nbsp Andorra Sportna Zala Gabrovo Referees El Saied El Saied EGY Untu 12 24 6 Toha Travesset 31 nbsp 2 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 13 16th place semifinals edit 17 June 2017 18 00 Malta nbsp 34 23 nbsp Armenia Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports Veliko Tarnovo Referees Jerlecki Labun POL Naudi 9 18 13 Sahakyan 81 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 2 nbsp 17 June 2017 20 00 Albania nbsp 23 32 nbsp Andorra Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports Veliko Tarnovo Referees Sa Sa POR Lala 7 9 11 Toha 124 nbsp 3 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 7 nbsp 9 12th place semifinals edit 17 June 2017 14 00 Ireland nbsp 33 41 nbsp Azerbaijan Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports Veliko Tarnovo Referees Zhou Cheng CHN T Krohn 8 18 20 Malyarevich 142 nbsp 3 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 17 June 2017 16 00 Great Britain nbsp 34 35 nbsp Moldova Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports Veliko Tarnovo Referees Duplii Kaverina UKR Negrete 9 17 17 Untu Zacaciurin 114 nbsp 3 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 4 nbsp FT 33 33 Pen 1 215th place game edit 18 June 2017 10 00 Armenia nbsp 23 24 nbsp Albania Sportna Zala Gabrovo Referees Zhou Cheng CHN Sahakyan 10 12 11 Shingjini 74 nbsp 8 nbsp Report 4 nbsp 6 nbsp 13th place game edit 18 June 2017 12 15 Malta nbsp 36 25 nbsp Andorra Sportna Zala Gabrovo Referees Hollis Le Mon GBR Naudi 7 21 10 three players 6 4 nbsp Report 1 nbsp 2 nbsp Eleventh place game edit 18 June 2017 16 45 Ireland nbsp 26 39 nbsp Great Britain Sportna Zala Gabrovo Referees El Saied El Saied EGY Bregazzi 7 12 20 Goodwin 72 nbsp 5 nbsp 1 nbsp Report 5 nbsp Ninth place game edit 18 June 2017 14 30 Azerbaijan nbsp 31 45 nbsp Moldova Sportna Zala Gabrovo Referees Vujacic Kazanegra MNE Butenko 9 14 22 Zacaciurin 142 nbsp 2 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 3 nbsp Championship bracket edit Fifth place5 8th place semifinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal nbsp Turkey32 nbsp Georgia26 nbsp Georgia28 nbsp Turkey OT 35 nbsp China31 nbsp Cyprus32 nbsp Cyprus36 nbsp China26 nbsp China30 nbsp Turkey25 nbsp Bulgaria38 nbsp Faroe Islands26 nbsp Luxembourg23 nbsp Kosovo34Seventh place nbsp Luxembourg31 nbsp Kosovo30Third place nbsp Bulgaria37 nbsp Faroe Islands33 nbsp Georgia25 nbsp Faroe Islands30 nbsp Cyprus25 nbsp Luxembourg32 nbsp Bulgaria24 nbsp Kosovo32 Quarterfinals edit 16 June 2017 18 00 Turkey nbsp 32 26 nbsp Georgia Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports Veliko Tarnovo Referees Xhema Jahja KOS Done 15 16 15 Orjonikidze 83 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 5 nbsp 16 June 2017 18 00 Cyprus nbsp 36 26 nbsp China Sportna Zala Gabrovo Referees Boricic Markovic SRB Georgiou 9 16 9 Liu Z 73 nbsp 6 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 5 nbsp 16 June 2017 20 00 Luxembourg nbsp 23 34 nbsp Kosovo Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports Veliko Tarnovo Referees Jerlecki Labun POL Krier 6 11 17 Dedaj 92 nbsp 6 nbsp Report 4 nbsp 7 nbsp 16 June 2017 20 00 Faroe Islands nbsp 30 24 nbsp Bulgaria Sportna Zala Gabrovo Referees Belkhiri Hamidi ALG Sigurbjornsson 9 13 14 Yakubov 62 nbsp 2 nbsp Report 1 nbsp 4 nbsp 5 8th place semifinals edit 17 June 2017 14 00 Georgia nbsp 28 31 nbsp China Sportna Zala Gabrovo Referees Zendali Riello ITA Tskhovrebadze 9 11 15 Wang J 123 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 6 nbsp 1 nbsp 17 June 2017 16 00 Luxembourg nbsp 31 37 nbsp Bulgaria Sportna Zala Gabrovo Referees Boricic Markovic SRB Zekan 6 13 20 Dimitrov 133 nbsp 11 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 6 nbsp Semifinals edit 17 June 2017 18 00 Turkey nbsp 35 32 ET nbsp Cyprus Sportna Zala Gabrovo Referees Doychinov Gpretsov BUL Bicer 11 13 15 Argyrou 103 nbsp 5 nbsp 1 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 4 nbsp FT 26 26 ET 3 3 6 317 June 2017 20 00 Kosovo nbsp 30 33 nbsp Faroe Islands Sportna Zala Gabrovo Referees Bolic Hurich AUT Dedaj Jupa 6 11 15 Krogh 91 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 5 nbsp 1 nbsp Seventh place game edit 18 June 2017 14 15 Georgia nbsp 25 32 nbsp Luxembourg Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports Veliko Tarnovo Referees Xhema Jahja KOS Bulbulashvili 5 10 15 Muller 82 nbsp 5 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 9 nbsp Fifth place game edit 18 June 2017 16 30 China nbsp 30 38 nbsp Bulgaria Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports Veliko Tarnovo Referees Belkhiri Hamidi ALG Wang J 8 11 18 Atanasov 81 nbsp 4 nbsp 1 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 3 nbsp 1 nbsp Third place game edit 18 June 2017 18 45 Cyprus nbsp 25 32 nbsp Kosovo Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports Veliko Tarnovo Referees Zendali Riello ITA Fotiou 9 12 16 Tahirukaj 82 nbsp 5 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 5 nbsp 1 nbsp Final edit 18 June 2017 21 00 Turkey nbsp 25 26 nbsp Faroe Islands Vasil Levski Palace of Culture and Sports Veliko Tarnovo Referees Boricic Markovic SRB Bicer 6 11 13 Krogh 93 nbsp 6 nbsp Report 4 nbsp 5 nbsp Final standings editRank Team nbsp nbsp Faroe Islands nbsp nbsp Turkey nbsp nbsp Kosovo4 nbsp Cyprus5 nbsp Bulgaria6 span, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, 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