Beach handball at the 2019 World Beach Games

Beach handball competitions at the 2019 World Beach Games in Al Rayyan, Qatar are scheduled to be held from October 9 (a day before the opening ceremony) to October 14. The venue for the competition is located at Al-Gharafa. A total of twelve men's and twelve women's teams (each consisting up to 10 athletes) competed in each tournament. This means a total of 240 athletes are scheduled to compete.[1]

Beach handball
at the 2019 World Beach Games
VenueAl-Gharafa
Dates9–15 October
Competitors240

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee might enter up to one men's and one women's team in the handball tournaments. The qualification processes for the men's and women's events were similar. The host country was guaranteed an entry in each event, as was the Top five Beach Handball World Championships. 6 more spots were awarded to the winners of continental qualification tournaments (for Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, and South America).[1]

Men's qualification
Mean of qualification DateHostVacanciesQualified
Host nation14 June 2019 Lausanne1 Qatar
2018 World Championship[2]24–29 July 2018 Kazan5 Brazil
 Croatia
 Hungary
 Sweden
 Spain
2019 Oceania Beach Handball Championship21–24 February 2019 Glenelg1 Australia
2019 North American and the Caribbean Beach Handball Championship11–14 June 2019 Port of Spain1 United States
2019 South and Central American Championship11–14 June 2019 Rio de Janeiro1 Uruguay
2019 African Beach Games14–16 June 2019 Sal1 Tunisia
2019 Asian Championship15–22 June 2019 Weihai1 Oman
2019 European Championship2–7 July 2019 Stare Jabłonki1 Denmark
Total12

Women's qualification
Mean of qualification DateHostVacanciesQualified
2018 World Championship[2]24–29 July 2018 Kazan5 Greece
 Norway
 Brazil
 Spain
 Denmark
2019 Oceania Beach Handball Championship21–24 February 2019 Glenelg1 Australia
2019 North American and the Caribbean Beach Handball Championship11–14 June 2019 Port of Spain1 United States
2019 South and Central American Championship11–14 June 2019 Rio de Janeiro1 Argentina
2019 African Beach Games14–16 June 2019 Sal1 Tunisia
2019 Asian Championship15–22 June 2019 Weihai1 2 China
 Vietnam
2019 European Championship2–7 July 2019 Stare Jabłonki1 Hungary
Total12

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Qatar)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil1012
2 Denmark1001
3 Hungary0101
 Spain0101
5 Sweden0011
Totals (5 nations)2226

Medalists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
  Brazil  Spain  Sweden
Women
  Denmark  Hungary  Brazil

Participating nations

References
  1. "San Diego 2019 AWBG Technical Handbook for the NOCs" (PDF). International Triathlon Union official website. San Diego 2019 AWBG. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  2. "2019 World Beach Games - qualification". IHF official website. IHF. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
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