Beach Handball World Championships

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.

IHF Men's & Women's Beach Handball World Championships
Current season, competition or edition:
2018 Men's Beach Handball World Championships
2018 Women's Beach Handball World Championships
SportBeach Handball
Founded2004
FounderInternational Handball Federation
Inaugural season2004
No. of teams16
Continents5
Most recent
champion(s)		Men —  Brazil (5th title)
Women —  Greece (1st title)
Most titlesMen —  Brazil (5 titles)
Women —  Brazil (3 titles)

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
Year Host Final Third Place Match
Champion Score Second Place Third Place Score Fourth Place
2004
Details
El Gouna, Egypt
Egypt		 2–1
Turkey
Russia		 2–1
Croatia
2006
Details
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Brazil		 2–0
Turkey
Spain		 2–1
Egypt
2008
Details
Cadiz, Spain
Croatia		 2–1
(p.s.)
Brazil
Serbia		 2–0
Egypt
2010
Details
Antalya, Turkey
Brazil		 2–0
Hungary
Turkey		 2–1
Egypt
2012
Details
Muscat, Oman
Brazil		 2–1
Ukraine
Croatia		 2–0
Russia
2014
Details
Recife, Brazil
Brazil		 2–1
Croatia
Qatar		 2–1
Denmark
2016
Details
Budapest, Hungary[2]
Croatia		 2–0
Brazil
Qatar		 2–1
Hungary
2018
Details
Kazan, Russia[2]
Brazil		 2–0
Croatia
Hungary		 2–0
Sweden
2020
Details
Pescara, Italy[3]

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil5207
2 Croatia2215
3 Egypt1001
4 Turkey0213
5 Hungary0112
6 Ukraine0101
7 Qatar0022
8 Russia0011
 Serbia0011
 Spain0011
Totals (10 nations)88824

Participating nations
Nation
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018		Years
 Argentina 10th11th2
 Australia 12th12th11th12th13th5
 Bahrain 7th6th9th9th4
 Brazil 9th1st2nd1st1st1st2nd1st8
 Croatia 4th7th1st7th3rd2nd1st2nd8
 Denmark 5th4th7th3
 Dominican Republic 10th1
 Egypt 1st4th4th4th6th8th8th7
 Germany 8th1
 Hungary 6th5th7th2nd4th3rd6
 Iran 11th8th2
 Kuwait 10th1
 Libya 12th11th2
 New Zealand 16th1
 Oman 8th9th8th12th7th10th6
 Pakistan 10th1
 Qatar 10th7th3rd3rd9th5
 Russia 3rd9th8th6th4th7th6th7
 Serbia 3rd6th2
 Spain 3rd5th8th5th5th5th5th7
 Sweden 4th1
 Turkey 2nd2nd6th3rd4
 United States 11th12th2
 Ukraine 5th2nd6th3
 Uruguay 9th11th9th10th15th5
 Vietnam 14th1
Total910121212121216


Women's tournament

Summary
Year Host Final Third Place Match
Champion Score Second Place Third Place Score Fourth Place
2004
Details
El Gouna, Egypt
Russia		 2–1
Turkey
Italy		 n/a
Croatia
2006
Details
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Brazil		 2–0
Germany
Russia		 2–0
Bulgaria
2008
Details
Cadiz, Spain
Croatia		 2–0
Spain
Brazil		 2–1
Italy
2010
Details
Antalya, Turkey
Norway		 2–0
Denmark
Brazil		 2–0
Ukraine
2012
Details
Muscat, Oman
Brazil		 2–0
Denmark
Norway		 2–0
Hungary
2014
Details
Recife, Brazil
Brazil		 2–0
Hungary
Norway		 2–1
Ukraine
2016
Details
Budapest, Hungary[2]
Spain		 2–1
Brazil
Norway		 2–1
Hungary
2018
Details
Kazan, Russia[2]
Greece		 2–1
Norway
Brazil		 2–0
Spain
2020
Details
Pescara, Italy

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil3137
2 Norway1135
3 Spain1102
4 Russia1012
5 Croatia1001
 Greece1001
7 Denmark0202
8 Germany0101
 Hungary0101
 Turkey0101
11 Italy0011
Totals (11 nations)88824


Participating nations
Nation
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018		Years
 Argentina 11th7th2
 Australia 8th12th8th16th4
 Brazil 6th1st3rd3rd1st1st2nd3rd8
 Bulgaria 4th1
 China 12th11th9th3
 Chinese Taipei 10th6th13th3
 Croatia 4th6th1st6th5th5
 Denmark 2nd2nd7th5th4
 Dominican Republic 10th11th2
 France 11th1
 Germany 2nd1
 Greece 1st1
 Hong Kong 8th1
 Hungary 5th7th7th4th2nd4th6
 Italy 3rd8th4th8th7th6th5th7
 Japan 7th10th2
 North Macedonia 10th1
 Mexico 12th1
 New Zealand 12th1
 Norway 6th1st3rd3rd3rd2nd6
 Paraguay 8th1
 Poland 10th10th6th3
 Russia 1st3rd5th7th4
 Serbia 8th1
 Singapore 12th1
 Spain 2nd9th5th1st4th5
 Thailand 11th9th9th15th4
 Tunisia 12th1
 Turkey 2nd5th5th3
 Ukraine 9th4th4th3
 United States 14th1
 Uruguay 9th7th6th8th11th10th6
 Vietnam 9th1
Total810121212121216

Overall medal count
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil (BRA)83314
2 Croatia (CRO)3216
3 Norway (NOR)1135
4 Spain (ESP)1113
5 Russia (RUS)1023
6 Egypt (EGY)1001
 Greece (GRE)1001
8 Turkey (TUR)0314
9 Hungary (HUN)0213
10 Denmark (DEN)0202
11 Germany (GER)0101
 Ukraine (UKR)0101
13 Qatar (QAT)0022
14 Italy (ITA)0011
 Serbia (SRB)0011
Totals (15 nations)16161648

See also

References
  1. "Men's and Women's Beach Handball World Championships". IHF. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
  2. "Budapest and Sochi to host the next two Beach Handball World Championships". ihf.info. 20 February 2015.
  3. "Beach Handball 2020 WCh - Italy". Issuu. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
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