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.
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.
Three best-ranked teams from this tournament earned the right to participate at the 2nd phase of qualification for EURO 2020
Venues.
The championship were played at two venues in Gabrovo and Veliko Tarnovo in Bulgaria.
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. "Italics" indicates host.
Draw.
The draw was held on 7 March 2017 at 19:00.
Referees.
The following referees were appointed for the championship:
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Preliminary round.
The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage.
"All times are local (UTC+3)."
Tie-breaking criteria.
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:
Group A.
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Group B.
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Group C.
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Group D.
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Statistics.
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References.
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