Beach handball at the 2022 World Games explained

Event:	Beach handball
Year:	2022
Venue:	Sloss Furnaces
Dates:	11–15 July 2022
Num Events:	2
Previous:	2017

The beach handball competition at the 2022 World Games took place 11–15 July 2022,^[1] in Birmingham in United States, at the Sloss Furnaces.Originally scheduled to take place in July 2021, the Games were rescheduled for July 2022 as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

Qualification

Men's tournament

width=35%	Means of qualification	width=6%	Vacancies!	width=22%	Qualified
Host country	1
2018 World Championships	1
2021 European Championship	1
2022 Asian Championship	1
2022 South and Central American Championship	1
2022 Oceania Championship	1
2022 Nor.ca Championship	1

Women's tournament

width=35%	Means of qualification	width=6%	Vacancies!	width=22%	Qualified
Host country	1
2018 World Championships	1	^[3]
2021 European Championship	1
2022 South and Central American Championship	1
2022 Oceania Championship	1
2022 Nor.ca Championship	1

Schedule

G

Preliminary Round

G2

Main Round

¼

Quarter-finals

½

Semi-finals

B

Bronze medal

F

Final

	Mon 11	Thu 12	Wed 13	Thu 14	Fri 15	Fri 15	Sat 16
Men	G	G	G2	¼	½	B	F
Women	G	G	G2	¼	½	B	F

Men's tournament

Group A Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
1		2	2	0	4	0	4
2		2	1	1	2	-2	2
3		2	0	2	0	-4	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
11 July 2022
12:00
	0–2
17:30
	2–0
12 July 2022
10:00
	2–0

Group B Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
1		3	3	0	6	0	6
2		3	2	1	4	-2	4
3		3	1	2	2	-4	2
4		3	0	3	0	-6	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
11 July 2022
11:10
	2–0
	2–0
16:40
	0–2
	0–2
12 July 2022
10:50
	2–0
11:40
	2–0

Group I Main round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
1		3	2	1	5	2	4
2		3	2	1	4	3	4
3		3	2	1	4	1	4
4		3	0	3	0	-6	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
13 July 2022
11:10
	2–0
12:00
	2–0
18:00
	2–1
	0–2

Group II Main Round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
1		2	2	0	4	0	4
2		2	1	1	2	2	2
3		2	0	2	0	-4	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
13 July 2022
11:10
	2–0
17:10
	2–0

Knockout stage

Placement round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
5		2	2	0	4	0	4
6		2	1	1	2	2	2
7		2	0	2	0	4	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
14 July 2022
14:40
	2–0
18:00
	0–2
15 July 2022
12:50
	2-0

Final ranking

Rank	width=180	Team
4
5
6
7

Women's tournament

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
1		5	5	0	10	2	10
2		5	4	1	9	3	8
3		5	3	2	8	4	6
4		5	2	3	4	6	4
5		5	1	4	2	8	2
6		5	0	5	0	10	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
11 July 2022
09:30
	2–0
	2–0
10:20
	2–0
15:00
	1–2
15:50
	2–0
	0–2
12 July 2022
16:30
	1–2
17:20
	2–0
18:10
	0–2
13 July 2022
09:30
	2–0
	2–1
10:20
	2–0
15:30
	0–2
	0–2
16:20
	2–0

Knockout stage

Final ranking

Rank	width=180	Team
4
5
6

Medalists

Men's tournament
Women's tournament

External links

• The World Games 2022
• International Handball Federation
• Results book

Notes and References

1. Web site: The World Games 2022 Sports programme . 2020-09-01.
2. News: 2021 WORLD GAMES POSTPONED TO 2022 TO AVOID TOKYO OLYMPIC CLASH. reuters.com. 2 April 2020 . 2020-09-01.
3. for, that could not attend