2021 Men's IHF/EHF Trophy

2021 Men's IHF/EHF Trophy
Tournament details
Host country Georgia
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates14–19 June
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Georgia (1st title)
Runner-up Cyprus
Third place Bulgaria
Fourth place Moldova
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored518 (51.8 per match)
Top scorer(s)Georgia (country) Giorgi Tskhovrebadze
Moldova Roman Zacaciurin
(36 goals)
Best playerGeorgia (country) Irakli Kbilashvili

The 2021 Men's IHF/EHF Trophy took place in Tbilisi, Georgia from 14 to 19 June 2021 and was a replacement for the cancelled 2021 IHF Emerging Nations Championship.[1] After the 2021 IHF Emerging Nations Championship was cancelled, the EHF announced in March 2021 that the IHF/EHF Trophy would be held.[2] The three best teams qualified for the relegation round of the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship qualification.[3]

Georgia defeated Cyprus in the final to win the tournament.[4]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+4).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Cyprus 2 2 0 0 67 39 +28 4 Semifinals
2  Bulgaria 2 1 0 1 61 50 +11 2
3  Andorra 2 0 0 2 37 76 −39 0 Fifth place game
Source: EHF
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.
14 June 2021
16:30 		Cyprus  29–23  Bulgaria Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Ershov, Pavliukov (RUS)
Paraskeva 7 (12–9) Vasilev 6
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15 June 2021
16:30 		Andorra  16–38  Cyprus Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Rauchs, Linster (LUX)
Soto 4 (10–20) C. Argyrou 10
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16 June 2021
16:30 		Bulgaria  38–21  Andorra Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE)
Vasilev 9 (16–8) Ruiz 7
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Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Georgia (H) 2 2 0 0 63 36 +27 4 Semifinals
2  Moldova 2 1 0 1 48 43 +5 2
3  Azerbaijan 2 0 0 2 32 64 −32 0 Fifth place game
Source: EHF
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
14 June 2021
19:00 		Georgia  36–16  Azerbaijan Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Braseth, Sundet (NOR)
Kbilashvili 12 (18–7) Aydamirov 6
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15 June 2021
19:00 		Moldova  20–27  Georgia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE)
Zacaciurin 10 (10–11) Tskhovrebadze 10
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16 June 2021
19:00 		Azerbaijan  16–28  Moldova Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Rauchs, Linster (LUX)
Dubovyk 5 (7–13) Savcenco 6
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Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 June
 
 
 Cyprus30
 
19 June
 
 Moldova28
 
 Cyprus18
 
18 June
 
 Georgia32
 
 Georgia32
 
 
 Bulgaria19
 
Third place
 
 
19 June
 
 
 Moldova25
 
 
 Bulgaria26

Semifinals

18 June 2021
16:30 		Cyprus  30–28  Moldova Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Braseth, Sundet (NOR)
C. Argyrou 8 (14–11) Zacaciurin 13
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18 June 2021
19:00 		Georgia  32–19  Bulgaria Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Rauchs, Linster (LUX)
Tskhovrebadze 8 (22–11) Neychev 5
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Fifth place game

Cancelled[note 2] Azerbaijan  Cancelled  Andorra
Cancelled[note 2] Andorra  Cancelled  Azerbaijan

Third place game

19 June 2021
16:30 		Moldova  25–26  Bulgaria Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE)
Zacaciurin 9 (11–13) Dimitrov 9
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Final

19 June 2021
19:00 		Cyprus  18–32  Georgia Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Ershov, Pavliukov (RUS)
Argyrou 5 (6–14) Tskhovrebadze 12
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Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Georgia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Cyprus
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Bulgaria
4  Moldova
5  Andorra
 Azerbaijan
     Team advanced to the Relegation Round of qualification for EURO 2024

All-Star team

The all-star team was announced on 19 June 2021.[4]

Position Player
Goalkeeper Georgia (country) Zurab Tsintsadze
Right wing Bulgaria Svetelin Dimitrov
Right back Georgia (country) Giorgi Tskhovrebadze
Centre back Georgia (country) Irakli Kbilashvili
Left back Cyprus Loucas Paraskeva
Left wing Cyprus Christos Argyrou
Pivot Georgia (country) Erekle Arsenashvili
MVP Georgia (country) Irakli Kbilashvili

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  2. ^ a b The matches, originally scheduled for 18 and 19 June, were cancelled due to several positive COVID-19 tests by the Andorran team.[5][4]

References

  1. ^ "2021 Men's IHF/EHF Trophy". International Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  2. ^ "EHF Executive Committee gathers in Vienna". EHF. 26 March 2021.
  3. ^ "2021 IHF/EHF Men's Trophy awaits European emerging nations". IHF. 29 March 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Georgia win IHF/EHF Trophy, Bulgaria take important third place". EHF. 19 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Cyprus, Georgia qualify for EHF EURO 2024 relegation round". EHF. 18 June 2021.