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

Qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	1
Defending champion	1
2019 African Beach Games	1
2019 Asian Beach Handball Championship	2
2019 European Beach Handball Championship	5
2019 Oceania Beach Handball Championship	1
2019 South and Central American Beach Handball Championship	2
2019 Nor.ca Beach Handball Championship	2
Wildcard	1	^[5]

External links

• Official website

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.