2020 Women's Beach Handball World Championships Explained

Tourney Name:IHF Women's Beach Handball World Championship
Year:2020
Num Teams:16
Confederations:5
Venues:1
Cities:1
Previous:2018 Women's Beach Handball World Championships
Next:2022 Women's Beach Handball World Championships

The 2020 Women's IHF Beach Handball World Championships would have been the ninth edition of the tournament.[1] [2] Originally scheduled for 30 June to 5 July 2020 in Pescara, Italy, the tournament was planned to be rescheduled and moved to another host country, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

On 22 February 2021, the tournament was cancelled.[4]

Qualification

QualificationVacanciesQualified
Host1
Defending champion1
2019 African Beach Games1
2019 Asian Beach Handball Championship2
2019 European Beach Handball Championship5



2019 Oceania Beach Handball Championship1
2019 South and Central American Beach Handball Championship2
2019 Nor.ca Beach Handball Championship2
Wildcard1[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Italy will host the 2020 beach Handball World Championship. 13 November 2017. beachhandball2020.com. 17 December 2019. 17 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191217140857/http://www.beachhandball2020.com/en/news-en/163-italy-will-host-the-2020-beach-handball-world-championship.html. dead.
  2. Web site: 2020 Beach Handball World Championship presentation in Pescara. 17 December 2019. ihf.info.
  3. Web site: IHF events to be re-scheduled. 24 April 2020. ihf.info.
  4. Web site: Key decisions made on IHF events at IHF Council meeting. 22 February 2021. ihf.info.
  5. Web site: Norway women and Germany men take final two spots at Pescara 2020. 11 February 2020. ihf.info.