2019 IHF North American and Caribbean Emerging Nations Championship

1st Men’s North American and Caribbean Emerging Nations Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Dominikanische Republik
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	8–14 April
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Cuba (1st title)
Runner-up	Vereinigte Staaten
Third place	Dominikanische Republik
Fourth place	Puerto Rico
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	1,821 (60.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Luis Angel Tejeda; (43 goals)

The 2019 IHF North American and Caribbean Emerging Nations Championship was the first edition of the IHF North American and Caribbean Emerging Nations Championship held in the Dominican Republic under the aegis of International Handball Federation. The tournament was held in Santo Domingo from 8 to 14 April 2019.^[1] The winner qualified for the 2019 IHF Emerging Nations Championship held in Georgia from June 8 to 16 2019.^[2]

A total of 12 countries participate in the tournament.

Venues

All games are played at the Pabellon de Balomano in Santo Domingo.

Participating teams

Land
Barbados
Kanada
Cuba
Dominica
Dominikanische Republik
Haiti
Mexiko
Martinique
Puerto Rico
St. Kitts und Nevis
Trinidad und Tobago
Vereinigte Staaten

Draw

The draw was held on 25 March 2019.^[3]^[4]

Seeding

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Kanada Dominikanische Republik Mexiko Vereinigte Staaten	Cuba Haiti Martinique Puerto Rico	Barbados Dominica St. Kitts und Nevis Trinidad und Tobago

Draw Procedure

1. Teams in pot 3 are drawn to groups A to D in row 3.

2. Teams in pot 2 are drawn to groups A to D in row 2.

3. Organizer ( Dominikanische Republik) has the prerogative to assign itself to a group of its choice in row 1.

4. The remaining teams in pot 1 are drawn to groups A to D in row 1.

Result

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Kanada Puerto Rico Dominica	Mexiko Martinique Trinidad und Tobago	Dominikanische Republik Haiti St. Kitts und Nevis	Vereinigte Staaten Cuba Barbados

Referees

The following referees were appointed for the championship:

Referees
Argentinien	Santiago Correa Agustin Conberse
Kanada	Jeremy Deschamps Charles Mainville
Cuba	Raymel Reyes Alexys Zuñiga
Cuba	Irennys Céspedes Dailin Caatellanos
Dominikanische Republik	Luis Lauri De Jesus Yeison Manuel Agramonte

Referees
Mexiko	José María Rodríguez Ismael Fonseca
Mexiko	Omar Osalde Juan Cobá
Uruguay	Germán Araujo Nicolás Perdomo
Vereinigte Staaten	Christoph Kraemer Thorben Lorenz

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC–4).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Puerto Rico	2	2	0	77	40	+37	4	Quarterfinals
2	Kanada	2	1	1	69	41	+28	2	Quarterfinals
3	Dominica	2	0	2	34	99	−65	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.

8 April 2019 14:00	Dominica	14–48	Kanada	Pabellon de Balomano, Santo Domingo Referees: Kraemer, Lorenz (USA)
	Regy 5	(8–26)	Dupéré 8
	2× 4×	Bericht	1×

9 April 2019 14:00	Puerto Rico	51–19	Dominica	Pabellon de Balomano, Santo Domingo Referees: Caatellanos, Céspedes (CUB)
	Hiraldo 8	(28–11)	J. Bellot 7
	2× 1×	Bericht	5×

10 April 2019 16:00	Kanada	21–26	Puerto Rico	Pabellon de Balomano, Santo Domingo Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
	Dupéré, Hasty 4	(9–14)	Nazario Santiago 11
	1× 5× 1×	Bericht	2× 7×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Martinique	2	2	0	82	35	+47	4	Quarterfinals
2	Mexiko	2	1	1	70	38	+32	2	Quarterfinals
3	Trinidad und Tobago	2	0	2	20	99	−79	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.

8 April 2019 16:00	Trinidad und Tobago	11–44	Mexiko	Pabellon de Balomano, Santo Domingo Referees: Araujo, Perdomo (URU)
	Jackson 4	(3–20)	Bayardo 10
	1× 4×	Bericht	1×

9 April 2019 16:00	Martinique	55–9	Trinidad und Tobago	Pabellon de Balomano, Santo Domingo Referees: Mainville, Deschamps (CAN)
	Joseph Mathuri 9	(26–6)	Jackson, Solomon 3
	1× 6×	Bericht	9× 1×

10 April 2019 14:00	Mexiko	26–27	Martinique	Pabellon de Balomano, Santo Domingo Referees: Agramonte, De Jesus (DOM)
	Bayardo Fernandez 10	(14–13)	Aristil 8
	3×	Bericht	2× 3×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dominikanische Republik	2	2	0	112	19	+93	4	Quarterfinals
2	Haiti	2	1	1	47	89	−42	2	Quarterfinals
3	St. Kitts und Nevis	2	0	2	40	91	−51	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.

8 April 2019 20:00	St. Kitts und Nevis	8–55	Dominikanische Republik	Pabellon de Balomano, Santo Domingo Referees: Cobá, Osalde (MEX)
	Francis 4	(4–27)	three players 8
	13× 1×	Bericht	1× 2×

9 April 2019 18:00	Haiti	36–32	St. Kitts und Nevis	Pabellon de Balomano, Santo Domingo Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
	Larmy 14	(19–11)	Francis 9
	3×	Bericht	1× 3×

10 April 2019 20:00	Dominikanische Republik	57–16	Haiti	Pabellon de Balomano, Santo Domingo Referees: Kraemer, Lorenz (USA)
	three players 9	(27–11)	Larmy 5
	1× 2×	Bericht	7×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vereinigte Staaten	2	2	0	94	35	+59	4	Quarterfinals
2	Cuba	2	1	1	68	33	+35	2	Quarterfinals
3	Barbados	2	0	2	19	113	−94	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.

8 April 2019 18:00	Barbados	12–68	Vereinigte Staaten	Pabellon de Balomano, Santo Domingo Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
	Henry, Evelyn-Johnson 5	(3–37)	Wheaton 12
	1× 3×	Bericht	2× 2×

9 April 2019 20:00	Cuba	45–7	Barbados	Pabellon de Balomano, Santo Domingo Referees: Fonseca, Rodríguez (MEX)
	Almeida, Rodríguez 7	(23–4)	Bartlett, Henry 2
	1× 2×	Bericht	1× 3×

10 April 2019 18:00	Vereinigte Staaten	26–23	Cuba	Pabellon de Balomano, Santo Domingo Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
	Hines, Binderis 7	(13–10)	Taboada Dranguet 7
	3× 2×	Bericht	1× 8× 1×

Final Round

9th–12th place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dominica	3	3	0	92	75	+17	6
2	Trinidad und Tobago	3	2	1	94	70	+24	4
3	St. Kitts und Nevis	3	1	2	91	90	+1	2
4	Barbados	3	0	3	79	121	−42	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.

11 April 2019 10:00	Dominica	31–28	St. Kitts und Nevis	Pabellon de Balomano, Santo Domingo Referees: Fonseca, Rodríguez (MEX)
	Boland 11	(16–13)	Francis 12
	1× 9× 1×	Bericht	3× 3× 1×

11 April 2019 12:00	Trinidad und Tobago	44–23	Barbados	Pabellon de Balomano, Santo Domingo Referees: Coba, Osalde (MEX)
	Biggart 14	(21–15)	Evelyn-Johnson 8
	1× 2×	Bericht	1× 6× 1×

13 April 2019 10:00	Barbados	30–39	Dominica	Pabellon de Balomano, Santo Domingo Referees: Caatellanos, Céspedes (CUB)
	Evelyn-Johnson 8	(16–21)	Sebastien 11
	2× 2× 1×	Bericht	1× 4×

13 April 2019 12:00	St. Kitts und Nevis	25–33	Trinidad und Tobago	Pabellon de Balomano, Santo Domingo Referees: Fonseca, Rodríguez (MEX)
		(12–19)
	2× 11× 2×	Bericht	10×

14 April 2019 10:00	Dominica	22–17	Trinidad und Tobago	Pabellon de Balomano, Santo Domingo Referees: Agramonte, De Jesus (DOM)
		(9–4)
	1× 2× 1×	Bericht	1× 1×

14 April 2019 12:00	St. Kitts und Nevis	38–26	Barbados	Pabellon de Balomano, Santo Domingo Referees: Mainville, Deschamps (CAN)
		Bericht

Championship bracket


Fifth place		5–8th place semifinals		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final



				Puerto Rico	41

				Haiti	19

		Haiti	17			Puerto Rico	23

		Martinique	48			Cuba	27

				Martinique	16

				Cuba	32

Martinique	26							Cuba	37

Mexiko	27							Vereinigte Staaten	36

				Kanada	16

				Dominikanische Republik	28

Seventh place		Kanada	23			Dominikanische Republik	39	Third place

		Mexiko	27			Vereinigte Staaten	41

Haiti	16			Mexiko	25			Puerto Rico	39

Kanada	56			Vereinigte Staaten	35			Dominikanische Republik	40

Quarterfinals

11 April 2019 14:00	Puerto Rico	41–19	Haiti	Pabellon de Balomano, Santo Domingo Referees: Deschamps, Mainville (CAN)
	Monge Carballo, Saunders Ferrer 10	(23–7)	Salgado 5
	1× 2×	Bericht	1× 7×

11 April 2019 16:00	Martinique	16–32	Cuba	Pabellon de Balomano, Santo Domingo Referees: Araujo, Perdomo (URU)
	Marsillon 7	(8–16)	Toldeano Salazar 9
	1× 5× 1×	Bericht	8× 1×

11 April 2019 18:00	Kanada	16–28	Dominikanische Republik	Pabellon de Balomano, Santo Domingo Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
	Dupere 7	(3–14)	Tejeda 6
	2× 4×	Bericht	2× 4×

11 April 2019 20:00	Mexiko	25–35	Vereinigte Staaten	Pabellon de Balomano, Santo Domingo Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
	Morales Diaz 6	(7–14)	Binderis 6
	1× 3×	Bericht	1× 7×

5–8th place semifinals

13 April 2019 14:00	Haiti	17–48	Martinique	Pabellon de Balomano, Santo Domingo Referees: Coba, Osalde (MEX)
		(8–25)
	1× 4× 2×	Bericht	1× 3× 1×

13 April 2019 16:00	Kanada	23–27	Mexiko	Pabellon de Balomano, Santo Domingo Referees: Araujo, Perdomo (URU)
	Dupere 5	(11–13)	Morales Diaz 6
	4×	Bericht	1× 2×

Semifinals

13 April 2019 18:00	Puerto Rico	23–27	Cuba	Pabellon de Balomano, Santo Domingo Referees: Agramonte, De Jesus (DOM)
	Hiraldo Cepeda 8	(8–18)	Toledano Salazar 6
	1× 2×	Bericht	1× 9× 1×

13 April 2019 20:00	Dominikanische Republik	39-41 (ET)	Vereinigte Staaten	Pabellon de Balomano, Santo Domingo Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
	Tejeda 12	(16–14)	Hines 17
	1× 4× 1×	Bericht	4×
	FT: 29–29 ET: 5–5, 5–7

Seventh place game

14 April 2019 14:00	Haiti	16–56	Kanada	Pabellon de Balomano, Santo Domingo Referees: Kraemer, Lorenz (USA)
	Salgado 6	(9–32)	Dupere 14
	1× 6×	Bericht

Fifth place game

14 April 2019 16:00	Martinique	26–27	Mexiko	Pabellon de Balomano, Santo Domingo Referees: Araujo, Perdomo (URU)
	Tramma 8	(10–15)	Morales Diaz 8
	2×	Bericht	4×

Third place game

14 April 2019 18:00	Puerto Rico	39–40 (ET)	Dominikanische Republik	Pabellon de Balomano, Santo Domingo Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
	Nazario Santiago 11	(13–15)	Tejeda 10
	2× 2×	Bericht	2× 6×
	FT: 31–31 ET: 5–5, 3–4

Final

14 April 2019 20:00	Cuba	37–36 (ET)	Vereinigte Staaten	Pabellon de Balomano, Santo Domingo Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
	Toledano Salazar, Taboada Dranguet 12	(21–17)	Hines 7
	1× 5×	Bericht	2× 2×
	FT: 33–33 ET: 4–3

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Cuba
	Vereinigte Staaten
	Dominikanische Republik
4	Puerto Rico
5	Mexiko
6	Martinique
7	Kanada
8	Haiti
9	Dominica
10	Trinidad und Tobago
11	St. Kitts und Nevis
12	Barbados

References

^ "IHF Men's North America and the Caribbean Emerging Nations Championship". ihf.info. 3 April 2019.
^ "12 teams ready to contest 1st IHF Men's NAC Emerging Nations Championship". ihf.info. 7 April 2019.
^ "Draw for 2019 Men's North America and the Caribbean Emerging Nations Championship". ihf.info. 25 March 2019.
^ "Draw for 1st Men's North American and the Caribbean Emerging Nations Championship held". ihf.info. 25 March 2019.

[1] "IHF Men's North America and the Caribbean Emerging Nations Championship". ihf.info. 3 April 2019.

[2] "12 teams ready to contest 1st IHF Men's NAC Emerging Nations Championship". ihf.info. 7 April 2019.

[3] "Draw for 2019 Men's North America and the Caribbean Emerging Nations Championship". ihf.info. 25 March 2019.

[4] "Draw for 1st Men's North American and the Caribbean Emerging Nations Championship held". ihf.info. 25 March 2019.

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