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2021 Men's IHF/EHF Trophy

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{{Infobox International Handball Competition

| tourney_name = Men's IHF/EHF Trophy

| year = 2021

| yearr =

| other_titles =

| image = 2021 Men's IHF-EHF Trophy Logo.png

| size = 250px

| caption =

| country = Georgia

| dates = 14–19 June

| num_teams = 6

| confederations = 1

| venues = 1

| cities = 1

| champion = GEO

| count = 1

| second = CYP

| third = BUL

| fourth = MDA

| matches = 10

| goals = 518

| attendance =

| top_scorer = {{hbicon|GEO}} Giorgi Tskhovrebadze
{{hbicon|MDA}} Roman Zacaciurin
(36 goals)

| player = {{hbicon|GEO}} Irakli Kbilashvili

| previous =

| next =

}}

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.{{Cite web|title=2021 Men's IHF/EHF Trophy|url=https://www.ihf.info/media-center/events/2021-mens-ihfehf-trophy|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610135143/https://www.ihf.info/media-center/events/2021-mens-ihfehf-trophy|archive-date=10 June 2021|access-date=10 June 2021|website=International Handball Federation}} After the 2021 IHF Emerging Nations Championship was cancelled, the EHF announced in March 2021 that the IHF/EHF Trophy would be held.{{cite web|url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/ehf-executive-committee-gathers-for-vienna-meeting/|title=EHF Executive Committee gathers in Vienna|date=26 March 2021|work=EHF}} The three best teams qualified for the relegation round of the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship qualification.{{cite web|url=https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/2021-ihfehf-mens-trophy-awaits-european-emerging-nations|title=2021 IHF/EHF Men's Trophy awaits European emerging nations|date=29 March 2021|work=IHF}}

Georgia defeated Cyprus in the final to win the tournament.{{cite web|url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/georgia-win-ihf-ehf-trophy-bulgaria-take-important-third-place/|title=Georgia win IHF/EHF Trophy, Bulgaria take important third place|date=19 June 2021|work=EHF}}

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+4).

=Group A=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[https://www.eurohandball.com/en/competitions/national-team-competitions/men/ihf-ehf-trophy/ EHF]

|winpoints=2

|team_order=CYP, BUL, AND

|win_CYP=2 |draw_CYP=0 |loss_CYP=0 |gf_CYP=67|ga_CYP=39

|win_BUL=1 |draw_BUL=0 |loss_BUL=1 |gf_BUL=61|ga_BUL=50

|win_AND=0 |draw_AND=0 |loss_AND=2 |gf_AND=37|ga_AND=76

|name_CYP={{hb|CYP}}

|name_BUL={{hb|BUL}}

|name_AND={{hb|AND}}

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

|result1=SF |result2=SF |result3=PM

|res_col_header=Q

|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=Semifinals

|col_PM=blue1 |text_PM=Fifth place game

}}

{{handballbox

|date=14 June 2021

|time=16:30

|team1={{hb-rt|CYP}}

|score=29–23

|team2={{hb|BUL}}

|report=[https://www.eurohandball.com/en/match/202111070101001/cyprus-bulgaria/ Report]

|goals1=Paraskeva 7

|goals2=Vasilev 6

|HT=12–9

|twomin1=5

|yellow1=2

|red1=

|twomin2=6

|yellow2=2

|red2=

|stadium=Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi

|attendance=0{{refn|group=note|name=Behind closed doors|The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.}}

|referee=Ershov, Pavliukov

|refnat=RUS

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=15 June 2021

|time=16:30

|team1={{hb-rt|AND}}

|score=16–38

|team2={{hb|CYP}}

|report=[https://www.eurohandball.com/en/match/202111070101002/andorra-cyprus/ Report]

|goals1=Soto 4

|goals2=C. Argyrou 10

|HT=10–20

|twomin1=3

|yellow1=1

|red1=

|twomin2=4

|yellow2=1

|red2=

|stadium=Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi

|attendance=0{{refn|group=note|name=Behind closed doors}}

|referee=Rauchs, Linster

|refnat=LUX

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=16 June 2021

|time=16:30

|team1={{hb-rt|BUL}}

|score=38–21

|team2={{hb|AND}}

|report=[https://www.eurohandball.com/en/match/202111070101003/bulgaria-andorra/ Report]

|goals1=Vasilev 9

|goals2=Ruiz 7

|HT=16–8

|twomin1=5

|yellow1=1

|red1=

|twomin2=2

|yellow2=1

|red2=

|stadium=Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi

|attendance=0{{refn|group=note|name=Behind closed doors}}

|referee=Mitrović, Kažanegra

|refnat=MNE

}}

=Group B=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[https://www.eurohandball.com/en/competitions/national-team-competitions/men/ihf-ehf-trophy/ EHF]

|winpoints=2

|team_order=GEO, MDA, AZE

|win_GEO=2 |draw_GEO=0 |loss_GEO=0 |gf_GEO=63|ga_GEO=36|status_GEO=H

|win_AZE=0 |draw_AZE=0 |loss_AZE=2 |gf_AZE=32|ga_AZE=64

|win_MDA=1 |draw_MDA=0 |loss_MDA=1 |gf_MDA=48|ga_MDA=43

|name_GEO={{hb|GEO}}

|name_AZE={{hb|AZE}}

|name_MDA={{hb|MDA}}

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

|result1=SF |result2=SF |result3=PM

|res_col_header=Q

|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=Semifinals

|col_PM=blue1 |text_PM=Fifth place game

}}

{{handballbox

|date=14 June 2021

|time=19:00

|team1={{hb-rt|GEO}}

|score=36–16

|team2={{hb|AZE}}

|report=[https://www.eurohandball.com/en/match/202111070101004/georgia-azerbaijan/ Report]

|goals1=Kbilashvili 12

|goals2=Aydamirov 6

|HT=18–7

|twomin1=4

|yellow1=1

|red1=1

|twomin2=5

|yellow2=1

|red2=

|stadium=Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi

|attendance=0{{refn|group=note|name=Behind closed doors}}

|referee=Braseth, Sundet

|refnat=NOR

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=15 June 2021

|time=19:00

|team1={{hb-rt|MDA}}

|score=20–27

|team2={{hb|GEO}}

|report=[https://www.eurohandball.com/en/match/202111070101005/moldova-georgia/ Report]

|goals1=Zacaciurin 10

|goals2=Tskhovrebadze 10

|HT=10–11

|twomin1=3

|yellow1=1

|red1=1

|twomin2=4

|yellow2=

|red2=

|stadium=Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi

|attendance=0{{refn|group=note|name=Behind closed doors}}

|referee=Mitrović, Kažanegra

|refnat=MNE

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=16 June 2021

|time=19:00

|team1={{hb-rt|AZE}}

|score=16–28

|team2={{hb|MDA}}

|report=[https://www.eurohandball.com/en/match/202111070101006/azerbaijan-moldova/ Report]

|goals1=Dubovyk 5

|goals2=Savcenco 6

|HT=7–13

|twomin1=5

|yellow1=

|red1=

|twomin2=4

|yellow2=2

|red2=

|stadium=Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi

|attendance=0{{refn|group=note|name=Behind closed doors}}

|referee=Rauchs, Linster

|refnat=LUX

}}

Knockout stage

=Bracket=

{{#invoke:RoundN|N4

| widescore=yes|bold_winner=high

| 3rdplace=yes

|18 June|{{hb|CYP}}|30|{{hb|MDA}}|28

|18 June|{{hb|GEO}}|32|{{hb|BUL}}|19

|19 June|{{hb|CYP}}|18|{{hb|GEO}}|32

|19 June|{{hb|MDA}}|25|{{hb|BUL}}|26

}}

=Semifinals=

{{handballbox

|date=18 June 2021

|time=16:30

|team1={{hb-rt|CYP}}

|score=30–28

|team2={{hb|MDA}}

|report=[https://www.eurohandball.com/en/match/202111070101009/cyprus-moldova/ Report]

|goals1=C. Argyrou 8

|goals2=Zacaciurin 13

|HT=14–11

|twomin1=6

|yellow1=1

|red1=

|twomin2=3

|yellow2=1

|red2=

|stadium=Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi

|attendance=0{{refn|group=note|name=Behind closed doors}}

|referee=Braseth, Sundet

|refnat=NOR

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=18 June 2021

|time=19:00

|team1={{hb-rt|GEO}}

|score=32–19

|team2={{hb|BUL}}

|report=[https://www.eurohandball.com/en/match/202111070101010/georgia-bulgaria/ Report]

|goals1=Tskhovrebadze 8

|goals2=Neychev 5

|HT=22–11

|twomin1=7

|yellow1=1

|red1=

|twomin2=1

|yellow2=

|red2=

|stadium=Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi

|attendance=0{{refn|group=note|name=Behind closed doors}}

|referee=Rauchs, Linster

|refnat=LUX

}}

=Fifth place game=

{{handballbox

|date=Cancelled{{refn|group=note|name=Fifth|The matches, originally scheduled for 18 and 19 June, were cancelled due to several positive COVID-19 tests by the Andorran team.{{cite web|url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/cyprus-georgia-qualify-for-ehf-euro-2024-relegation-round/|title=Cyprus, Georgia qualify for EHF EURO 2024 relegation round|date=18 June 2021|work=EHF}}}}

|time=

|team1={{hb-rt|AZE}}

|score=Cancelled

|team2={{hb|AND}}

|report=

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}}

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{{handballbox

|date=Cancelled{{refn|group=note|name=Fifth}}

|time=

|team1={{hb-rt|AND}}

|score=Cancelled

|team2={{hb|AZE}}

|report=

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=Third place game=

{{handballbox

|date=19 June 2021

|time=16:30

|team1={{hb-rt|MDA}}

|score=25–26

|team2={{hb|BUL}}

|report=[https://www.eurohandball.com/en/match/202111070101011/moldova-bulgaria/ Report]

|goals1=Zacaciurin 9

|goals2=Dimitrov 9

|HT=11–13

|twomin1=2

|yellow1=1

|red1=

|twomin2=3

|yellow2=1

|red2=

|stadium=Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi

|attendance=0{{refn|group=note|name=Behind closed doors}}

|referee=Mitrović, Kažanegra

|refnat=MNE

}}

=Final=

{{handballbox

|date=19 June 2021

|time=19:00

|team1={{hb-rt|CYP}}

|score=18–32

|team2={{hb|GEO}}

|report=[https://www.eurohandball.com/en/match/202111070101012/cyprus-georgia/ Report]

|goals1=Argyrou 5

|goals2=Tskhovrebadze 12

|HT=6–14

|twomin1=2

|yellow1=

|red1=

|twomin2=6

|yellow2=

|red2=

|stadium=Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi

|attendance=0{{refn|group=note|name=Behind closed doors}}

|referee=Ershov, Pavliukov

|refnat=RUS

}}

Final standings

class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"

! Rank !! width=180|Team

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| {{gold1}}

align=left| {{hb|GEO}}
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| {{silver2}}

align=left| {{hb|CYP}}
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| {{bronze3}}

align=left| {{hb|BUL}}
4align=left| {{hb|MDA}}
5align=left| {{hb|AND}}
{{hb|AZE}}

class="wikitable"
style="background: #ccffcc;" |     

|Team advanced to the Relegation Round of qualification for EURO 2024

All-Star team

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

class="wikitable"
PositionPlayer
Goalkeeper{{hbicon|GEO}} Zurab Tsintsadze
Right wing{{hbicon|BUL}} Svetelin Dimitrov
Right back{{hbicon|GEO}} Giorgi Tskhovrebadze
Centre back{{hbicon|GEO}} Irakli Kbilashvili
Left back{{hbicon|CYP}} Loucas Paraskeva
Left wing{{hbicon|CYP}} Christos Argyrou
Pivot{{hbicon|GEO}} Erekle Arsenashvili
MVP{{hbicon|GEO}} Irakli Kbilashvili

Notes

{{reflist|group=note}}

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [https://www.eurohandball.com/en/competitions/national-team-competitions/men/ihf-ehf-trophy/ EHF Page]

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