The 2025 IHF Emerging Nations Handball Championship was the fifth edition of the IHF Emerging Nations Championship held in Bulgaria under the aegis of International Handball Federation from 11 to 16 March 2025.
Great Britain defeated Bulgaria in the final to capture their first title.
Participating teams Country Previous appearances 3 (2017, 2019, 2023) 4 (2015, 2017, 2019, 2023) 2 (2017, 2023) 4 (2015, 2017, 2019, 2023) 3 (2015, 2017, 2023) 2 (2019, 2023) 0 (debut) 1 (2019) 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italics indicates host.
Draw The draw was held on 28 January 2025 in Oslo.
Seeding Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+2).
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage Bracket
Fifth place bracket
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking RankTeam45678
Statistics
Top goalscorers RankNameGoalsShots% 1 Svetlin Dimitrov 51 61 84 2 Faruk Yusuf 40 59 68 3 Francisco Pereira 38 61 624 Kristian Vasilev30 42 71 Jorge Rojas 6 Andrew Donlin 28 39 727 Vladislav Caraman27 46 59 Amar Amitovic 50 54 9 Mihael Ivanov 26 49 5310 Victor Ledeniov25 39 64 Gary Phillips 37 68 Source: IHF
Top goalkeepers RankName%SavesShots 1 Nikolay Petrov 41 67 164 2 Ion Saharnean 39 77 197 3 Pal Merkovszky 37 61 165 4 Kylian Ferrier 37 68 185 5 James Adamson 33 8 24 6 Obinna Okwor 33 54 166 7 Martín Giménez 32 52 163 8 Andreas Papalambrianou 29 38 131 9 Huseyn Gafarov 27 43 161 10 Stefan Dimitrov 24 4 17 Source: IHF
All-Star Team The all-star team and awards was announced on 16 March 2025.
Position Player Goalkeeper Nikolay Petrov Right wing Gary Phillips Right back Francisco Pereira Centre back Kristian Vasilev Left back Sebastian Vellenoweth Left wing Louis Christy Pivot Andrew Donlin Best defender Andrew Donlin Most valuable player Svetlin Dimitrov
References
External links Official website