IHF Beach Handball World Championships explained

IHF Men's & Women's Beach Handball World Championships
Current Season:2024 Men's Beach Handball World Championships
Current Season2:2024 Women's Beach Handball World Championships
Sport:Beach Handball
Founded:2004
Founder:International Handball Federation
Inaugural:2004
Teams:16
Continents:5
Champion: (men)
(women)
Most Champs: (men; 5 titles)

(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

YearHostFinalwidth=1% rowspan=13 bgcolor=ffffffBronze match
width=15%Goldwidth=9%Scorewidth=15%Silverwidth=15%Bronzewidth=9%Scorewidth=15%Fourth place
2004
Details
El Gouna		2–12–1
2006
Details
Rio de Janeiro		2–02–1
2008
Details
Cadiz		2–1
(p.s.)		2–0
2010
Details
Antalya		2–02–1
2012
Details
Muscat		2–12–0
2014
Details
Recife		2–12–1
2016
Details
Budapest[2] 		2–02–1
2018
Details
Kazan		2–02–0
2020
Details
Pescara[3] 		Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4] Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022
Details
Crete[5] 		2–02–0
2024
Details
Pingtan Island[6] 		2–12–0

Participating nations

width=170Nation2020
2022		Years
10th 11th 11th 8th 4
12th 12th 11th 12th 13th 14th 6
7th 6th 9th 9th 4
9th bgcolor=gold1stbgcolor=silver2ndbgcolor=gold1stbgcolor=gold1stbgcolor=gold1stbgcolor=silver2ndbgcolor=gold1st 3rd 6th 10
12th 1
4th 7th bgcolor=gold1st7th 3rdbgcolor=silver2ndbgcolor=gold1stbgcolor=silver2nd bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold1st 10
5th 4th 7th bgcolor=silver2nd bgcolor=silver2nd 5
10th 1
13th 1
bgcolor=gold1st4th 4th 4th 6th 8th 8th 15th 8
8th 4th 2
4th 1
6th 5th 7th bgcolor=silver2nd4th 3rd 7th 7
11th 8th 9th 3
10th 1
12th 11th 2
8th 1
16th 14th 2
8th 9th 8th 12th 7th 10th 15th 7
10th 1
10th 3rd 2
16th 16th 2
10th 7th 3rd3rd9th 5th 10th 7
3rd9th 8th 6th 4th 7th 6th DQ 7
3rd6th 2
3rd5th 8th 5th 5th 5th 5th 7th 5th 9
4th 1
11th 1
bgcolor=silver2ndbgcolor=silver2nd6th 3rd4
11th 12th 12th 13th 4
5th bgcolor=silver2nd6th 3
9th 11th 9th 10th 15th 6th 9th 7
14th 1
Total 9 10 12 12 12 12 12 16 16 16

Women's tournament

Summary

YearHostFinalwidth=1% rowspan=13 bgcolor=ffffffBronze match
width=15%Goldwidth=9%Scorewidth=15%Silverwidth=15%Bronzewidth=9%Scorewidth=15%Fourth place
2004
Details
El Gouna		2–1
2006
Details
Rio de Janeiro		2–02–0
2008
Details		2–02–1
2010
Details
Antalya		2–02–0
2012
Details
Muscat		2–02–0
2014
Details
Recife		2–02–1
2016
Details
Budapest		2–12–1
2018
Details
Kazan		2–12–0
2020
Details		Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemicCancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022
Details
Crete		2–02–1
2024
Details
Pingtan Island		2–02–0

Participating nations

width=170Nation2020 Years
11th 7th 7th bgcolor=silver2nd 4
8th 12th 8th 16th 16th 13th 6
6th bgcolor=gold1st3rd3rdbgcolor=gold1stbgcolor=gold1stbgcolor=silver2nd3rd 6th 8th 10
4th 1
12th 11th 9th 14th 4
10th 6th 13th 3
4th 6th bgcolor=gold1st6th 5th 7th 6
bgcolor=silver2ndbgcolor=silver2nd7th 5th 5th 4th 6
10th 11th 2
11th 1
bgcolor=silver2ndbgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold1st 3
bgcolor=gold1st 4th 10th 3
8th 1
5th 7th 7th 4th bgcolor=silver2nd4th 9th 7
3rd8th 4th 8th 7th 6th 5th 7
7th 10th 2
10th 1
12th 15th 2
3rd 3rd 2
12th 1
6th bgcolor=gold1st3rd3rd3rdbgcolor=silver2nd 11th 11th 8
8th 1
12th 1
10th 10th 6th 3
8th 6th 2
15th 1
bgcolor=gold1st3rd5th 7th 4
8th 1
12th 1
bgcolor=silver2nd9th 5th bgcolor=gold1st4th bgcolor=silver2nd 5th 7
11th 9th 9th 15th 10th 5
12th 2
bgcolor=silver2nd5th 5th 3
9th 4th 4th 3
14th 14th 16th 3
9th 7th 6th 8th 11th 10th 12th 7
9th 13th 9th 3
Total 8 10 12 12 12 12 12 16 16 16

See also

References

See main article: world championships.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Men's and Women's Beach Handball World Championships. IHF. 1 July 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120518004954/http://www.ihf.info/IHFCompetitions/BeachHandball/MensandWomensBeachHandballWorldChampionsh/tabid/6227/Default.aspx. 18 May 2012.
  2. Web site: Budapest and Sochi to host the next two Beach Handball World Championships. 20 February 2015. ihf.info.
  3. Web site: Beach Handball 2020 WCh - Italy. Issuu. 16 April 2018 . 27 September 2019.
  4. Web site: Key decisions made on IHF events at IHF Council meeting. 22 February 2021. ihf.info.
  5. Web site: Greece to host IHF Beach Handball World Championships in 2022. ihf.info. 12 November 2021.
  6. Web site: China set to "amaze" for 20-year anniversary of IHF Beach Handball World Championships. ihf.info. 1 February 2024.

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