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2017 IHF Emerging Nations Championship

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2nd IHF Emerging Nations Championship 2017
Tournament details
Host country Bulgaria
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates12–18 June
Teams16 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Faroe Islands (2nd title)
Runner-up Turkey
Third place Kosovo
Fourth place Cyprus
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored2,885 (60.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)Bulgaria Svetlin Dimitrov
(65 goals)
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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]

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

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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

Participating teams

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Country Previous appearances in championship
 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

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The draw was held on 7 March 2017 at 19:00.[4]

Seeding

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Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
 Cyprus
 Turkey
 Luxembourg
 China 		 Faroe Islands
 Kosovo
 Georgia
 Bulgaria 		 Albania
 Andorra
 Armenia
 Azerbaijan
 Great Britain
 Ireland
 Moldova
 Malta

Referees

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The following referees were appointed for the championship:[5]

Preliminary round

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The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage.

All times are local (UTC 3).[6]

Tie-breaking criteria

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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]

  1. Number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question
  2. Goal difference in the matches among the teams in question
  3. Number of goals scored in the matches among the teams in question (if more than two teams finish equal on points)
  4. Goal difference in all the group matches
  5. Number of goals scored in all the group matches
  6. Drawing of lots

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: IHF
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: IHF
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: IHF
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
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12 June 2017
20:30 		Andorra  23–31  Azerbaijan Sportna Zala, Gabrovo
Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
Pascual 6 (6–15) Butenko 10
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13 June 2017
18:00 		Bulgaria  41–34  Azerbaijan Sportna Zala, Gabrovo
Referees: Jerlecki, Łabuń (POL)
Dimitrov 15 (20–15) Askerov 10
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13 June 2017
20:00 		Cyprus  39–14  Andorra Sportna Zala, Gabrovo
Referees: Xhema, Jahja (KOS)
Antreou 9 (19–7) Bernabé, Pascual 3
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14 June 2017
18:00 		Bulgaria  38–16  Andorra Sportna Zala, Gabrovo
Referees: Hollis, Le-Mon (GBR)
Dimitrov 16 (19–6) Toha 4
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14 June 2017
20:00 		Azerbaijan  28–32  Cyprus Sportna Zala, Gabrovo
Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
Askerov 8 (13–18) Argyrou 14
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Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: IHF
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
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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
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13 June 2017
14:00 		China  43–12  Armenia Sportna Zala, Gabrovo
Referees: Bennani, Bennani (SWE)
Wang J. 11 (21–4) Sahakyan 6
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13 June 2017
16:00 		Faroe Islands  40–30  Moldova Sportna Zala, Gabrovo
Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
Krogh 7 (21–16) Zacaciurin 8
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14 June 2017
14:00 		Moldova  22–29  China Sportna Zala, Gabrovo
Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
Zacaciurin 7 (11–15) He 7
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14 June 2017
16:00 		Faroe Islands  44–6  Armenia Sportna Zala, Gabrovo
Referees: Zendali, Riello (ITA)
Klein Olsen 8 (18–1) Sahakyan 3
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Knockout stage

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9–16th place bracket

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9–16th place quarterfinals

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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
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16 June 2017
14:00 		Azerbaijan  39–21  Armenia Sportna Zala, Gabrovo
Referees: Duplii, Kaverina (UKR)
Butenko 10 (21–7) Sahakyan 6
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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
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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
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13–16th place semifinals

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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
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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
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9–12th place semifinals

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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
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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
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FT: 33–33 Pen: 1–2

15th place game

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18 June 2017
10:00 		Armenia  23–24  Albania Sportna Zala, Gabrovo
Referees: Zhou, Cheng (CHN)
Sahakyan 10 (12–11) Shingjini 7
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13th place game

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18 June 2017
12:15 		Malta  36–25  Andorra Sportna Zala, Gabrovo
Referees: Hollis, Le-Mon (GBR)
Naudi 7 (21–10) three players 6
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Eleventh place game

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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
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Ninth place game

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18 June 2017
14:30 		Azerbaijan  31–45  Moldova Sportna Zala, Gabrovo
Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
Butenko 9 (14–22) Zacaciurin 14
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Championship bracket

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Quarterfinals

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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
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16 June 2017
18:00 		Cyprus  36–26  China Sportna Zala, Gabrovo
Referees: Boričić, Marković (SRB)
Georgiou 9 (16–9) Liu Z. 7
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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
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16 June 2017
20:00 		Faroe Islands  30–24  Bulgaria Sportna Zala, Gabrovo
Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
Sigurbjørnsson 9 (13–14) Yakubov 6
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5–8th place semifinals

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17 June 2017
14:00 		Georgia  28–31  China Sportna Zala, Gabrovo
Referees: Zendali, Riello (ITA)
Tskhovrebadze 9 (11–15) Wang J. 12
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17 June 2017
16:00 		Luxembourg  31–37  Bulgaria Sportna Zala, Gabrovo
Referees: Boričić, Marković (SRB)
Zekan 6 (13–20) Dimitrov 13
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Semifinals

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17 June 2017
18:00 		Turkey  35–32 (ET)  Cyprus Sportna Zala, Gabrovo
Referees: Doychinov, Gpretsov (BUL)
Biçer 11 (13–15) Argyrou 10
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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
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Seventh place game

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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
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Fifth place game

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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
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Third place game

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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
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Final

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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
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Final standings

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Rank Team
 Faroe Islands
 Turkey
 Kosovo
4  Cyprus
5  Bulgaria
6  China
7  Luxembourg
8  Georgia
9  Moldova
10  Azerbaijan
11  Great Britain
12  Ireland
13  Malta
14  Andorra
15  Albania
16  Armenia
     Teams advanced to the 2nd phase of qualification for EURO 2020

Statistics

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References

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  1. ^ "2nd IHF Men's Emerging Nations Championship". ihf.info. 31 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Faroe Islands defend Emerging Nations Championship title". ihf.info. 18 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Press Bulletin Final Day at the IHF Emerging Nations Men's Championship". Bulgarian Handball Federation. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Draw results for 2nd IHF Emerging Nations Championship". ihf.info. 8 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Referee Nominations 2017 – IHF Emerging Nations Men's Handball Championship 2017 - Bulgaria". ihf.info. 18 June 2017.
  6. ^ "2nd IHF Men's Emerging Nations Championship match schedule released". ihf.info. 11 April 2017.
  7. ^ Media Guide
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