# 2021 Men's IHF/EHF Trophy

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. After the 2021 IHF Emerging Nations Championship was cancelled, the EHF announced in March 2021 that the IHF/EHF Trophy would be held. The three best teams qualified for the relegation round of the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship qualification.
Georgia defeated Cyprus in the final to win the tournament.

## 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 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Andorra | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 76 | −39 | 0 | Fifth place game |
| 14 June 2021 16:30 | Cyprus | 29–23 | Bulgaria | Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referees: Ershov, Pavliukov (RUS) |
| 14 June 2021 16:30 | Paraskeva 7 | (12–9) | Vasilev 6 | Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referees: Ershov, Pavliukov (RUS) |
| 14 June 2021 16:30 | 2× 5× | Report | 2× 6× | Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referees: Ershov, Pavliukov (RUS) |
| 15 June 2021 16:30 | Andorra | 16–38 | Cyprus | Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referees: Rauchs, Linster (LUX) |
| 15 June 2021 16:30 | Soto 4 | (10–20) | C. Argyrou 10 | Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referees: Rauchs, Linster (LUX) |
| 15 June 2021 16:30 | 1× 3× | Report | 1× 4× | Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referees: Rauchs, Linster (LUX) |
| 16 June 2021 16:30 | Bulgaria | 38–21 | Andorra | Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE) |
| 16 June 2021 16:30 | Vasilev 9 | (16–8) | Ruiz 7 | Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE) |
| 16 June 2021 16:30 | 1× 5× | Report | 1× 2× | Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE) |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Azerbaijan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 64 | −32 | 0 | Fifth place game |
| 14 June 2021 19:00 | Georgia | 36–16 | Azerbaijan | Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referees: Braseth, Sundet (NOR) |
| 14 June 2021 19:00 | Kbilashvili 12 | (18–7) | Aydamirov 6 | Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referees: Braseth, Sundet (NOR) |
| 14 June 2021 19:00 | 1× 4× 1× | Report | 1× 5× | Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referees: Braseth, Sundet (NOR) |
| 15 June 2021 19:00 | Moldova | 20–27 | Georgia | Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE) |
| 15 June 2021 19:00 | Zacaciurin 10 | (10–11) | Tskhovrebadze 10 | Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE) |
| 15 June 2021 19:00 | 1× 3× 1× | Report | 4× | Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE) |
| 16 June 2021 19:00 | Azerbaijan | 16–28 | Moldova | Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referees: Rauchs, Linster (LUX) |
| 16 June 2021 19:00 | Dubovyk 5 | (7–13) | Savcenco 6 | Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referees: Rauchs, Linster (LUX) |
| 16 June 2021 19:00 | 5× | Report | 2× 4× | Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referees: Rauchs, Linster (LUX) |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 18 June | 18 June |
| Cyprus | 30 |
| Cyprus | 30 | 19 June | 19 June |
| Moldova | 28 | 19 June | 19 June |
| Moldova | 28 | Cyprus | 18 |
| 18 June | 18 June | | Cyprus | 18 |
| 18 June | 18 June | Georgia | 32 |
| Georgia | 32 | Georgia | 32 |
| Bulgaria | 19 | | |
| Bulgaria | 19 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 19 June | 19 June |
| | | Moldova | 25 |
| | | Bulgaria | 26 |

### Semifinals

| 18 June 2021 16:30 | Cyprus | 30–28 | Moldova | Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referees: Braseth, Sundet (NOR) |
| 18 June 2021 16:30 | C. Argyrou 8 | (14–11) | Zacaciurin 13 | Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referees: Braseth, Sundet (NOR) |
| 18 June 2021 16:30 | 1× 6× | Report | 1× 3× | Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referees: Braseth, Sundet (NOR) |
| 18 June 2021 19:00 | Georgia | 32–19 | Bulgaria | Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referees: Rauchs, Linster (LUX) |
| 18 June 2021 19:00 | Tskhovrebadze 8 | (22–11) | Neychev 5 | Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referees: Rauchs, Linster (LUX) |
| 18 June 2021 19:00 | 1× 7× | Report | 1× | Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referees: Rauchs, Linster (LUX) |

### Fifth place game

| Cancelled | Azerbaijan | Cancelled | Andorra |
| Cancelled | Andorra | Cancelled | Azerbaijan |

### Third place game

| 19 June 2021 16:30 | Moldova | 25–26 | Bulgaria | Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE) |
| 19 June 2021 16:30 | Zacaciurin 9 | (11–13) | Dimitrov 9 | Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE) |
| 19 June 2021 16:30 | 1× 2× | Report | 1× 3× | Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE) |

### Final

| 19 June 2021 19:00 | Cyprus | 18–32 | Georgia | Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referees: Ershov, Pavliukov (RUS) |
| 19 June 2021 19:00 | Argyrou 5 | (6–14) | Tskhovrebadze 12 | Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referees: Ershov, Pavliukov (RUS) |
| 19 June 2021 19:00 | 2× | Report | 6× | Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 0 Referees: Ershov, Pavliukov (RUS) |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Georgia |
| | Cyprus |
| | 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.
| Position | Player |
| Goalkeeper | Zurab Tsintsadze |
| Right wing | Svetelin Dimitrov |
| Right back | Giorgi Tskhovrebadze |
| Centre back | Irakli Kbilashvili |
| Left back | Loucas Paraskeva |
| Left wing | Christos Argyrou |
| Pivot | Erekle Arsenashvili |
| MVP | Irakli Kbilashvili |