2021 European Beach Handball Championship Explained

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The 2021 European Beach Handball Championship was held in Varna, Bulgaria from 13 to 18 July 2021. The tournament was held at Varna's South Beach area, where four courts were.^[1] All results, schedules and news regarding the EHF Beach Handball EURO can be found at beacheuro.eurohandball.com.^[2]

Format

Men's competition starts in the preliminary round with eighteen teams, split into two groups of five and two groups of four. Top three teams of each group advances to the Main round where they are split into two groups of six, while fourth and fifth teams are sent to the Consolation round in two groups of three. Top four teams in each group of the Main round advances to quarterfinals followed by semi finals and finals. Teams eliminated in the Main round continues to play against teams from the Consolation round. Matches are played for all of eighteen places available. Groups in the preliminary round are playing a round-robin, while in the Main round they are playing only against teams they haven't played before, as the results of preliminary round are brought forward into the Main round only in matches of teams that have advanced.

Women's competition starts in the preliminary round with seventeen teams, split into one group of five and three groups of four. Top three teams of each group advances to the Main round where they are split into two groups of six, while fourth and fifth teams are sent to the Consolation round in single groups of five. Top four teams in each group of the Main round advances to quarterfinals followed by semi finals and finals. Teams eliminated in the Main round continues to play against each other. Matches are played for all of seventeen places available. Groups in the preliminary round are playing a round-robin, while in the Main round they are playing only against teams they haven't played before, as the results of preliminary round are brought forward into the Main round only in matches of teams that have advanced.

Matches were played in sets, the team that wins two sets is the winner of a match. When teams are equal in points the head-to-head result is decisive.

Men

Preliminary round

	Team advance to Main round
	Team advance to Consolation round

Group A

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	4	4	0	8	0	+8	175	124	+51	8
	4	3	1	6	2	+4	169	142	+27	6
	4	2	2	4	5	-1	158	168	-10	4
	4	1	3	3	6	-3	164	189	-25	2
	4	0	4	0	8	-8	127	170	-43	0

Team 1	Team 2	Score	1st Set	2nd Set	SO
Round 1
		2:0	28:19	19:12
		2:0	24:11	22:13
Round 2
		0:2	20:21	13:19
		2:0	21:14	23:18
Round 3
		0:2	20:22	22:24
		0:2	18:24	16:19
Round 4
		2:0	23:14	15:14
		0:2	19:21	17:27
Round 5
		1:2	24:22	20:24	6:9
		0:2	18:23	16:19

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	SD	PF	PF	PD	Pts
	4	4	0	8	1	+7	186	146	+40	8
	4	3	1	7	2	+5	175	123	+52	6
	4	2	2	4	5	-1	124	149	-25	4
	4	1	3	1	6	-5	142	164	-22	2
	4	0	4	2	8	-6	141	186	-45	0

Team 1	Team 2	Score	1st Set	2nd Set	SO
Round 1
		1:2	23:13	24:26	12:13
		2:0	25:24	18:16
Round 2
		0:2	14:17	14:19
		2:1	20:21	20:16	5:4
Round 3
		2:0	23:20	19:18
		2:0	18:14	15:10
Round 4
		2:0	24:14	23:18
		0:2	18:27	13:18
Round 5
		0:2	15:30	16:24
		2:0	15:2	20:10

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	SD	PF	PF	PD	Pts
	3	3	0	6	0	+6	142	106	+36	6
	3	2	1	4	2	+2	119	122	-3	4
	3	1	2	2	4	-2	115	114	+1	2
	3	0	3	0	6	-6	83	117	-34	0

Team 1	Team 2	Score	1st Set	2nd Set	SO
Round 1
		2:0	25:16	23:20
		2:0	14:11	21:20
Round 2
		2:0	22:20	22:18
		0:2	12:15	18:26
Round 3
		2:0	22:9	19:13
		2:0	29:20	24:20

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	SD	PF	PF	PD	Pts
	3	3	0	6	0	+6	124	100	+24	6
	3	2	1	4	3	+1	125	115	+10	4
	3	1	2	3	5	-1	121	128	-7	2
	3	0	3	1	6	-5	101	128	-27	0

Team 1	Team 2	Score	1st Set	2nd Set	SO
Round 1
		2:0	18:11	14:25	10:4
		2:0	19:14	24:18
Round 2
		1:2	24:16	14:25	8:10
		0:2	18:23	17:21
Round 3
		2:0	18:12	24:14
		2:0	19:17	18:16

Main round

	Team advance to Quarterfinals
	Team advance to Cross matches 9−16

Group I

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	5	5	0	10	1	+9	227	151	+76	10
	5	3	2	7	4	+3	220	192	+28	6
	5	3	2	6	6	0	177	215	-38	6
	5	2	3	5	7	-2	209	211	-2	4
	5	2	3	6	7	-1	225	204	+21	4
	5	0	5	1	10	-9	136	221	-85	0

Team 1	Team 2	Score	1st Set	2nd Set	SO
Round 1
		2:1	17:14	20:21	7:6
		2:1	22:20	10:16	9:8
		2:0	22:16	21:18
Round 2
		0:2	18:19	12:24
		0:2	10:30	11:23
		0:2	17:22	18:21
Round 3
		2:0	22:14	23:7
		2:1	20:23	27:16	10:6
		1:2	22:24	25:24	6:7

Group II

width=160	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	SW	width=20	SL	width=20	SD	width=20	PF	width=20	PF	width=20	PD	width=20	Pts
	5	5	0	10	0	+10	238	191	+47	10
	5	4	1	8	3	+5	208	195	+13	8
	5	3	2	7	5	+2	200	202	-2	6
	5	2	3	4	8	-4	207	218	-11	4
	5	1	4	4	8	-4	204	212	-8	2
	5	0	5	1	10	-9	204	243	-39	0

Team 1	Team 2	Score	1st Set	2nd Set	SO
Round 1
		2:0	17:16	26:25
		2:0	28:26	20:16
		2:1	14:21	22:16	10:8
Round 2
		0:2	20:26	12:19
		2:1	24:27	23:22	8:6
		2:1	14:12	15:19	9:8
Round 3
		2:0	24:22	25:20
		0:2	20:27	13:21
		2:0	20:18	11:10

Consolation round

	Team advance to Cross matches 9−16
	Team advance to Match for 17th place

Group III

width=160	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	SW	width=20	SL	width=20	SD	width=20	PF	width=20	PF	width=20	PD	width=20	Pts
	2	2	0	4	1	+3	86	79	+7	4
	2	1	1	3	2	+1	85	69	+16	2
	2	0	2	0	4	-4	56	79	-23	0

Team 1	Team 2	Score	1st Set	2nd Set	SO
Round 1
		2:1	20:19	14:21	10:8
Round 2
		0:2	14:20	17:22
Round 3
		2:0	20:11	17:14

Group IV

width=160	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	SW	width=20	SL	width=20	SD	width=20	PF	width=20	PF	width=20	PD	width=20	Pts
	2	1	1	3	2	+1	82	81	+1	2
	2	1	1	2	2	0	86	73	+13	2
	2	1	1	2	3	-1	75	89	-14	2

Team 1	Team 2	Score	1st Set	2nd Set	SO
Round 1
		2:1	24:20	13:19	6:2
Round 2
		2:0	29:18	19:14
Round 3
		2:0	17:16	24:22

Final standings

width=30	Place !	width=175	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18

	Team qualified to the 2022 Men's Beach Handball World Championships and the 2023 European Beach Handball Championship
	Team qualified to the 2022 Men's Beach Handball World Championships as host

Women

Preliminary round

	Team advance to Main round
	Team advance to Consolation round

Group A

width=160	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	SW	width=20	SL	width=20	SD	width=20	PF	width=20	PF	width=20	PD	width=20	Pts
	4	3	1	7	2	+5	182	107	+75	6
	4	3	1	7	3	+4	179	133	+46	6
	4	2	2	4	5	-1	127	145	-18	4
	4	2	2	5	5	0	169	163	+6	4
	4	0	4	0	8	-8	96	205	-109	0

Team 1	Team 2	Score	1st Set	2nd Set	SO
Round 1
		1:2	22:17	14:17	6:8
		1:2	14:17	18:17	4:7
Round 2
		0:2	14:27	4:21
		2:0	26:18	32:13
Round 3
		2:0	21:15	20:9
		1:2	25:14	18:26	4:7
Round 4
		2:0	21:12	16:15
		0:2	13:26	11:22
Round 5
		0:2	7:30	10:28
		2:0	23:12	21:16

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	SD	PF	PF	PD	Pts
	3	3	0	6	1	+5	138	104	+34	6
	3	2	1	4	4	0	132	145	-13	4
	3	1	2	3	4	-1	112	109	+3	2
	3	0	3	2	6	-4	115	139	-24	0

Team 1	Team 2	Score	1st Set	2nd Set	SO
Round 1
		0:2	18:27	16:18
		2:1	25:22	18:19	15:14
Round 2
		0:2	17:23	16:23
		0:2	10:19	13:15
Round 3
		1:2	20:14	14:15	10:12
		2:1	19:12	18:19	10:6

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	SD	PF	PF	PD	Pts
	3	3	0	6	0	+6	110	69	+41	6
	3	2	1	4	2	+2	104	85	+19	4
	3	1	2	2	4	-2	79	69	+10	2
	3	0	3	0	6	-6	58	128	-70	0

Team 1	Team 2	Score	1st Set	2nd Set	SO
Round 1
		2:0	18:8	22:13
		2:0	13:12	12:10
Round 2
		2:0	16:10	14:8
		0:2	16:29	7:20
Round 3
		2:0	17:6	22:8
		0:2	15:16	15:24

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	SD	PF	PF	PD	Pts
	3	2	1	5	3	+2	116	110	+6	4
	3	2	1	5	3	+2	117	118	-1	4
	3	2	1	4	3	+1	111	98	+13	4
	3	0	3	1	6	-5	98	116	-18	0

Team 1	Team 2	Score	1st Set	2nd Set	SO
Round 1
		0:2	9:16	14:16
		1:2	13:17	20:13	4:7
Round 2
		2:0	17:16	21:20
		2:0	25:24	18:14
Round 3
		2:1	17:16	18:19	8:2
		1:2	15:14	18:22	4:5

Main round

	Team advance to Quarterfinals
	Team advance to Cross matches 9−12

Group I

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	5	5	0	10	3	+7	217	194	+23	10
	5	3	2	8	5	+3	225	177	+48	6
	5	3	2	7	4	+3	213	185	+28	6
	5	2	3	6	7	-1	210	209	+1	4
	5	1	4	2	9	-7	147	217	-70	2
	5	1	4	4	9	-5	199	229	-30	2

Team 1	Team 2	Score	1st Set	2nd Set	SO
Round 1
		1:2	20:21	22:16	6:7
		2:1	24:15	24:25	9:8
		2:0	13:12	26:12
Round 2
		1:2	12:14	23:18	6:10
		1:2	23:14	14:24	10:12
		1:2	18:22	24:16	4:7
Round 3
		0:2	15:21	18:26
		2:0	18:16	19:15
		2:0	25:18	19:18

Group II

width=160	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	SW	width=20	SL	width=20	SD	width=20	PF	width=20	PF	width=20	PD	width=20	Pts
	5	5	0	10	0	+10	174	124	+50	10
	5	3	2	7	5	+2	186	182	+6	6
	5	3	2	6	5	+1	165	143	+22	6
	5	2	3	6	7	-1	173	178	-5	6
	5	1	4	3	9	-6	179	205	-26	2
	5	1	4	3	9	-6	160	205	-45	2

Team 1	Team 2	Score	1st Set	2nd Set	SO
Round 1
		2:0	22:9	22:17
		1:2	16:20	16:14	6:7
		2:1	20:22	19:18	7:6
Round 2
		0:2	11:16	20:22
		0:2	18:24	9:14
		2:1	18:16	16:20	7:6
Round 3
		2:0	23:19	20:14
		2:0	28:9	18:14
		2:0	11:10	11:9

Consolation round

	Team advance to Match for 13th place
	Team advance to Match for 15th place
	Team finished at 17th place

Group III

Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	SD	PF	PF	PD	Pts
	4	4	0	8	1	+7	190	135	+55	8
	4	3	1	7	3	+4	195	179	+16	6
	4	2	2	5	6	-1	172	171	0	4
	4	1	3	3	7	-4	154	194	-40	2
	4	0	4	2	8	-6	148	179	-31	0

Team 1	Team 2	Score	1st Set	2nd Set	SO
Round 1
		1:2	17:16	12:18	10:11
		0:2	22:26	20:28
Round 2
		0:2	16:20	14:22
		2:0	24:22	26:16
Round 3
		1:2	18:19	16:15	4:6
		2:1	12:18	24:19	10:4
Round 4
		2:0	22:20	22:13
		2:1	25:17	14:22	5:2
Round 5
		2:1	24:20	18:28	8:5

Final standings

width=30	Place !	width=175	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17

	Team qualified to the 2022 Women's Beach Handball World Championships and the 2023 European Beach Handball Championship
	Team qualified to the 2022 Women's Beach Handball World Championships as host

Broadcasting

List of broadcasters and territories:^[3]

Country	Channel
	Arena Sport
	Poverkhnost
	A1
	B1B
	Cyta
	AMC
	Nent
	Sportdeutschland.TV
	INA TV
	MTVA
	Eurosport
	Sport TV
	beIN Sports
Worldwide	EHFTV(subject to geoblocking)

Controversies

After the European Handball Federation (EHF) fined the Norwegian women's team for wearing shorts like the men's team instead of the required bikini bottom, the EHF said it would donate the amount paid by the Norwegian team "to a major international sports foundation which supports equality for women and girls in sports." American singer Pink said she offered to pay the fine.^[4]

External links

• Men's tournament
• Women's tournament

Notes and References

1. Web site: Location of EHF Beach Handball EURO 2021. live. 12 July 2021. EHF Beach Handball EURO 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210416020244/https://beacheuro.eurohandball.com/tournament-info/location/ . 2021-04-16 .
2. Web site: 12 July 2021. Media release. live. 16 July 2021. EHF Beach Handball EURO 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210712164945/https://beacheuro.eurohandball.com/news/en/broadcasters-to-televise-beach-handball-to-the-world/ . 2021-07-12 .
3. Web site: Broadcasters to televise beach handball to the world . EHF Beach Handball EURO 2021 . European Handball Federation . 12 July 2021.
4. Web site: Pink offers to pay bikini bottoms fine for Norwegian beach handball team. live. 26 July 2021. CBC News. https://web.archive.org/web/20210726155909/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/pink-offers-to-pay-fine-for-norwegian-beach-handball-team-1.6117552 . 2021-07-26 .