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.
Cuba won the tournament for the first time by defeating Cyprus in the final.
Participating teams Country Previous appearances 2 (2015, 2017) 1 (2015) 2 (2017, 2019) 3 (2015, 2017, 2019) 1 (2019) 1 (2017) 3 (2015, 2017, 2019) 0 (debut) 1 (2019) 3 (2015, 2017, 2019) 2 (2015, 2017) 1 (2019) 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italics indicates host.
Draw The draw was held on 10 March 2023.
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+3).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage Bracket
Fifth place bracket
Ninth place bracket
9–12th place semifinals
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
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.
RankTeam 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 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.
Position Player Goalkeeper Craig McClelland Right wing Georgios Kritikos Right back Sebastian Edgar Centre back Alexandros Charalambous Left back Mihael Ivanov Left wing Sumit Pivot Karl Warrener Best defender Lidier Martínez Most valuable player Hanser Rodríguez
Statistics
Top goalscorers RankNameGoalsShots% 1 Francisco Pereira 34 55 62 2 Alexandros Charalambous 32 48 67 3 Svetlin Dimitrov 29 40 73 4 Faruk Yusuf 28 44 645 Unai Ruiz27 76 36 Hanser Rodríguez 34 79 7 Neil Gruppetta 26 55 478 Mihael Ivanov25 35 71 Ankit41 61 Vlad Martalog Source: IHF
Top goalkeepers RankName%SavesShots 1 Craig McClelland 43 44 102 2 Magnol Suárez 42 43 103 3 Bjoern McCourt 39 46 1194 Stefan Dimitrov37 11 30 Serghei Buglis 13 356 Tripathi Amar36 5 14 Clinton Mifsud 50 140 8 Babatunde Adamolugbe 35 45 1299 Raul Muradov33 12 36 Nikolay Petrov 36 108 Andrei Mitrofan 35 105 Source: IHF
References
External links IHF website