IHF Men's & Women's Beach Handball World Championships
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2022 Men's Beach Handball World Championships
2022 Women's Beach Handball World Championships
SportBeach Handball
Founded2004
FounderInternational Handball Federation
Inaugural season2004
No. of teams16
Continents5
Most recent
champion(s)
 Croatia (men)
 Germany (women)
Most titles Brazil (men; 5 titles)
 Brazil
(women; 3 titles)

The IHF Beach Handball World Championships is an international beach handball competition contested by the men's and women's national teams of the member federations/associations of International Handball Federation (IHF), the sport's global governing body.

The tournament was established in 2004, taking place every two years to allow continental tournaments to flourish without the burden of the World Championship qualifiers crowding the schedule every 12 months. The current tournament format lasts over approximately 6 days and involves 16 teams initially competing in four groups of four teams. The group winners and runners-up advance to a series of knock-out stages until the champion is crowned. The losing semi-finalists play each other in a play-off match to determine the third and fourth-placed teams.

The most recent edition was held in Kazan (Russia), and crowned Brazil as champions defeating defending champions Croatia by 2–0 in the final of men's category. Debutants Greece claimed title in women's category by defeating Norway in the final by 2–1.[1]

Men's tournament

Summary

Year Host Final Bronze match
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
2004
Details

El Gouna

Egypt
2–1
Turkey

Russia
2–1
Croatia
2006
Details

Rio de Janeiro

Brazil
2–0
Turkey

Spain
2–1
Egypt
2008
Details

Cadiz

Croatia
2–1
(p.s.)

Brazil

Serbia
2–0
Egypt
2010
Details

Antalya

Brazil
2–0
Hungary

Turkey
2–1
Egypt
2012
Details

Muscat

Brazil
2–1
Ukraine

Croatia
2–0
Russia
2014
Details

Recife

Brazil
2–1
Croatia

Qatar
2–1
Denmark
2016
Details

Budapest[2]

Croatia
2–0
Brazil

Qatar
2–1
Hungary
2018
Details

Kazan[2]

Brazil
2–0
Croatia

Hungary
2–0
Sweden
2020
Details

Pescara[3]
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4] Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022
Details

Crete[5]

Croatia
2–0
Denmark

Brazil
2–0
Greece

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil5218
2 Croatia3216
3 Egypt1001
4 Turkey0213
5 Hungary0112
6 Denmark0101
 Ukraine0101
8 Qatar0022
9 Russia0011
 Serbia0011
 Spain0011
Totals (11 entries)99927

Participating nations

Nation Egypt
2004
Brazil
2006
Spain
2008
Turkey
2010
Oman
2012
Brazil
2014
Hungary
2016
Russia
2018
2020Greece
2022
TBD
2024
Years
 Argentina 10th11th11th3
 Australia 12th12th11th12th13th5
 Bahrain 7th6th9th9th4
 Brazil 9th1st2nd1st1st1st2nd1st3rd9
 Croatia 4th7th1st7th3rd2nd1st2nd1st9
 Denmark 5th4th7th2nd4
 Dominican Republic 10th1
 Ecuador 13th1
 Egypt 1st4th4th4th6th8th8th15th8
 Germany 8th1
 Greece 4th1
 Hungary 6th5th7th2nd4th3rd6
 Iran 11th8th9th3
 Kuwait 10th1
 Libya 12th11th2
 Norway 8th1
 New Zealand 16th14th2
 Oman 8th9th8th12th7th10thQ7
 Pakistan 10th1
 Portugal 10th1
 Puerto Rico 16th1
 Qatar 10th7th3rd3rd9th5thQ7
 Russia 3rd9th8th6th4th7th6thDQ7
 Serbia 3rd6th2
 Spain 3rd5th8th5th5th5th5th7th8
 Sweden 4th1
 Turkey 2nd2nd6th3rd4
 United States 11th12th12th3
 Ukraine 5th2nd6th3
 Uruguay 9th11th9th10th15th6th6
 Vietnam 14th1
Total9101212121212161616

Women's tournament

Summary

Year Host Final Bronze match
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
2004
Details

El Gouna

Russia
2–1
Turkey

Italy
n/a
Croatia
2006
Details

Rio de Janeiro

Brazil
2–0
Germany

Russia
2–0
Bulgaria
2008
Details

Cadiz

Croatia
2–0
Spain

Brazil
2–1
Italy
2010
Details

Antalya

Norway
2–0
Denmark

Brazil
2–0
Ukraine
2012
Details

Muscat

Brazil
2–0
Denmark

Norway
2–0
Hungary
2014
Details

Recife

Brazil
2–0
Hungary

Norway
2–1
Ukraine
2016
Details

Budapest[2]

Spain
2–1
Brazil

Norway
2–1
Hungary
2018
Details

Kazan[2]

Greece
2–1
Norway

Brazil
2–0
Spain
2020
Details

Pescara
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4] Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022
Details

Crete[5]

Germany
2–0
Spain

Netherlands
2–1
Greece

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil3137
2 Spain1203
3 Norway1135
4 Germany1102
5 Russia1012
6 Croatia1001
 Greece1001
8 Denmark0202
9 Hungary0101
 Turkey0101
11 Italy0011
 Netherlands0011
Totals (12 entries)99927

Participating nations

Nation Egypt
2004
Brazil
2006
Spain
2008
Turkey
2010
Oman
2012
Brazil
2014
Hungary
2016
Russia
2018
2020Greece
2022
TBD
2024
Years
 Argentina 11th7th7th3
 Australia 8th12th8th16th16th5
 Brazil 6th1st3rd3rd1st1st2nd3rd6th9
 Bulgaria 4th1
 China 12th11th9th3
 Chinese Taipei 10th6th13th3
 Croatia 4th6th1st6th5th6
 Denmark 2nd2nd7th5th5th5
 Dominican Republic 10th11th2
 France 11th1
 Germany 2nd1st2
 Greece 1st4th2
 Hong Kong 8th1
 Hungary 5th7th7th4th2nd4th9th7
 Italy 3rd8th4th8th7th6th5th7
 Japan 7th10th2
 North Macedonia 10th1
 Mexico 12th15th2
 Netherlands 3rd1
 New Zealand 12th1
 Norway 6th1st3rd3rd3rd2nd11th7
 Paraguay 8th1
 Philippines Q1
 Poland 10th10th6th3
 Portugal 8th1
 Russia 1st3rd5th7th4
 Serbia 8th1
 Singapore 12th1
 Spain 2nd9th5th1st4th2nd6
 Thailand 11th9th9th15th10th5
 Tunisia 12th1
 Turkey 2nd5th5th3
 Ukraine 9th4th4th3
 United States 14th14th2
 Uruguay 9th7th6th8th11th10th12th7
 Vietnam 9th13thQ3
Total8101212121212161616

Overall medal count

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil83314
2 Croatia4217
3 Norway1135
4 Spain1113
5 Russia1023
6 Egypt1001
 Greece1001
8 Turkey0314
9 Hungary0213
10 Denmark0202
11 Germany0101
 Ukraine0101
13 Qatar0022
14 Italy0011
 Serbia0011
Totals (15 entries)17161649

See also

References

  1. "Men's and Women's Beach Handball World Championships". IHF. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Budapest and Sochi to host the next two Beach Handball World Championships". ihf.info. 20 February 2015.
  3. "Beach Handball 2020 WCh - Italy". Issuu. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Key decisions made on IHF events at IHF Council meeting". ihf.info. 22 February 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Greece to host IHF Beach Handball World Championships in 2022". ihf.info. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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