Men

12th IHF Men's Super Globe 2018 Saudi Arabia

United States of America

Qualification for Georgia 2019: Wild Card

History at Emerging Nations Championship: 2015-2017: DNQ

Nigeria

Qualification for Georgia 2019: Wild Card

History at Emerging Nations Championship: 2015-2017: DNQ

Nigeria will be one of the most unfamiliar opponents at the 2019 IHF Emerging Nations Championship, as they are not only debutants in the competition, but have rarely been seen on court outside of Africa.

Malta

Qualification for Georgia 2019: Participant in EHF EURO 2022 qualification phase one

History at Emerging Nations Championship: 2015: 8th, 2017: 13th

Ireland

Qualification for Georgia 2019: Participant in EHF EURO 2022 qualification phase one History at Emerging Nations Championship: 2015: 13th, 2017: 12th

Ireland travel to Tblisi with squad largely unchanged from their most recent major international outings, EHF EURO 2022 qualification phase one in January 2019 and the previous edition of the IHF Emerging Nations Championship in 2017.

India

Qualification for Georgia 2019: Wild Card

History at Emerging Nations Championship: 2015-2017: DNQ

Great Britain

Qualification for Georgia 2019: Participant in EHF EURO 2022 qualification phase one

History at Emerging Nations Championship: 2015: 9th, 2017: 11th

Georgia

Qualification for Georgia 2019: Tournament hosts

History at Emerging Nations Championship: 2015: DNQ, 2017: 8th

They are the hosts and one of the top-ranked sides from the 2017 IHF Emerging Nations Championship: Georgia are certainly a strong contender to take the title on their home court in Tbilisi on June 16.

Cuba

Qualification for Georgia 2019: winners of 1st North America and the Caribbean Emerging Nations Championship, 2019

History at Emerging Nations Championship: 2015-2017: DNQ

Colombia

Qualification for Georgia 2019: Winners of 1st IHF South and Central American Emerging Nations Championship, 2018

History at Emerging Nations Championship: 2015-2017: DNQ