2018 Men's Beach Handball World Championships

2018 IHF Men's Beach Handball World Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	24–29 July
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (5th title)
Runner-up	Croatia
Third place	Hungary
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Martin Andersen ; (149 points)
Best player	Bruno Oliveira
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Last updated March 20, 2024

The 2018 Men's Beach Handball World Championships were the eighth edition of the tournament, held at Kazan, Russia from 24 to 29 July 2018.^[1]

Qualification

Qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	1	Russia
Defending champion	1	Croatia
2017 Asian Beach Handball Championship	4	Qatar Oman Iran Vietnam
2017 European Beach Handball Championship	3	Spain Hungary Sweden
2018 Oceania Beach Handball Championship	1	Australia
2018 Pan American Men's Beach Handball Championship	4	Argentina Brazil United States Uruguay
Substitute for Africa continent^[3]	1	Denmark
Wildcard^[3]	1	New Zealand

Draw

The draw was held on 15 May 2018 at Kazan, Russia.^[4]^[5]

Seeding

The seedings were announced on 14 May 2018.^[6]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Croatia Brazil Qatar Spain	Russia Hungary Oman Iran	Uruguay Vietnam United States Australia	Sweden Denmark Argentina New Zealand

All times are local (UTC+3).^[7]

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	144	119	1.210	Main round
2	Uruguay	3	1	2	2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4	5	0.800	121	116	1.043
3	Iran	3	1	2	2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3	5	0.600	101	109	0.927
4	Argentina	3	1	2	2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3	5	0.600	92	114	0.807	Consolation round

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head set difference; 4) Head-to-head points won; 5) Set difference; 6) Points won; 7) Draw.
Notes:

1 2 3 Uruguay 2 Pts, ±0 SW, +8 SPW; Iran 2 Pts, ±0 SW, −2 SPW; Argentina 2 Pts, ±0 SW, −6 SPW

24 July 2018 09:50	Croatia	2–1	Uruguay	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Michail Mertinian, Evangelos Syrepisios (GRE)
	(22–17, 20–23, 7–6) Report

24 July 2018 10:40	Iran	1–2	Argentina	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Cao Hongjun, Xu Jian (CHN)
	(13–10, 8–12, 4–6) Report

24 July 2018 14:50	Uruguay	1–2	Iran	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Dávid Palkovits, Gabor Szilvási (HUN)
	(16–15, 14–15, 5–6) Report

24 July 2018 15:40	Argentina	0–2	Croatia	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Khaled Al-Heel, Ali Al-Yazeedi (QAT)
	(18–26, 16–24) Report

25 July 2018 11:10	Croatia	2–0	Iran	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Laura Buchón-Perea, Patricia del Valle-Encuentra (ESP)
	(23–22, 22–17) Report

25 July 2018 11:10	Uruguay	2–1	Argentina	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Mohammed Drissi, Mohammed Ben Salah (TUN)
	(16–19, 15–5, 8–6) Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	133	93	1.430	Main round
2	Hungary	3	2	1	4	5	2	2.500	140	106	1.321
3	Vietnam	3	1	2	2	2	5	0.400	92	119	0.773
4	New Zealand	3	0	3	0	1	6	0.167	82	129	0.636	Consolation round

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head set difference; 4) Head-to-head points won; 5) Set difference; 6) Points won; 7) Draw.

24 July 2018 09:50	Spain	2–0	Vietnam	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Mohammed Drissi, Mohammed Ben Salah (TUN)
	(23–9, 15–10) Report

24 July 2018 11:30	Hungary	2–0	New Zealand	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Wanderson Oliveira, Fabiano Carvalho (BRA)
	(19–12, 24–12) Report

24 July 2018 15:40	Vietnam	0–2	Hungary	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Pablo Martínez, Luiz Monico (URU)
	(16–20, 17–25) Report

24 July 2018 16:30	New Zealand	0–2	Spain	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Ana Carina Barbosa, Nadia Machado (POR)
	(10–24, 12–22) Report

25 July 2018 09:30	Spain	2–1	Hungary	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Michail Mertinian, Evangelos Syrepisios (GRE)
	(19–18, 16–22, 14–12) Report

25 July 2018 09:30	Vietnam	2–1	New Zealand	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Dávid Palkovits, Gabor Szilvási (HUN)
	(18–14, 16–17, 6–5) Report

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Qatar	3	2	1	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	5	2	2.500	135	102	1.324	Main round
2	Denmark	3	2	1	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4	2	2.000	95	87	1.092
3	Oman	3	2	1	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4	4	1.000	100	107	0.935
4	Australia	3	0	3	0	1	6	0.167	76	110	0.691	Consolation round

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head set difference; 4) Head-to-head points won; 5) Set difference; 6) Points won; 7) Draw.
Notes:

1 2 3 Qatar 2 Pts, +1 SW; Denmark ± 0 SW; Oman −1 SW

24 July 2018 09:00	Oman	0–2	Denmark	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Dávid Palkovits, Gabor Szilvási (HUN)
	(6–13, 11–12) Report

24 July 2018 09:00	Qatar	2–0	Australia	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Mohammed Drissi, Mohammed Ben Salah (TUN)
	(21–10, 21–7) Report

24 July 2018 14:00	Denmark	0–2	Qatar	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Michail Mertinian, Evangelos Syrepisios (GRE)
	(15–18, 20–22) Report

24 July 2018 14:00	Australia	1–2	Oman	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Laura Buchón-Perea, Patricia del Valle-Encuentra (ESP)
	(8–16, 15–8, 6–9) Report

25 July 2018 15:00	Qatar	1–2	Oman	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Wanderson Oliveira, Fabiano Carvalho (BRA)
	(18–20, 21–15, 14–15) Report

25 July 2018 15:00	Australia	0–2	Denmark	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Mohammed Drissi, Mohammed Ben Salah (TUN)
	(18–19, 12–16) Report

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	3	0	6	6	3	2.000	141	131	1.076	Main round
2	Russia (H)	3	2	1	4	5	3	1.667	139	134	1.037
3	Brazil	3	1	2	2	3	4	0.750	124	109	1.138
4	United States	3	0	3	0	2	6	0.333	130	160	0.813	Consolation round

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head set difference; 4) Head-to-head points won; 5) Set difference; 6) Points won; 7) Draw.
(H) Host

24 July 2018 11:30	Russia	1–2	Sweden	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Pablo Martínez, Luiz Monico (URU)
	(20–13, 18–23, 6–9) Report

24 July 2018 11:30	Brazil	2–0	United States	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Mohammed Drissi, Mohammed Ben Salah (TUN)
	(23–10, 26–19) Report

24 July 2018 16:30	Sweden	2–1	Brazil	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Cao Hongjun, Xu Jian (CHN)
	(18–16, 13–16, 12–10) Report

24 July 2018 19:30	United States	1–2	Russia	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Michail Mertinian, Evangelos Syrepisios (GRE)
	(20–23, 28–26, 8–9) Report

25 July 2018 16:40	Brazil	0–2	Russia	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Dávid Palkovits, Gabor Szilvási (HUN)
	(13–16, 20–21) Report

25 July 2018 16:40	United States	1–2	Sweden	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Khaled Al-Heel, Ali Al-Yazeedi (QAT)
	(16–24, 21–20, 8–9) Report

Consolation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	United States	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	131	118	1.110
2	Australia	3	2	1	4	4	2	2.000	122	113	1.080
3	Argentina	3	1	2	2	2	4	0.500	104	111	0.937
4	New Zealand	3	0	3	0	0	6	0.000	103	118	0.873

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head set difference; 4) Head-to-head points won; 5) Set difference; 6) Points won; 7) Draw.

26 July 2018 09:00	Argentina	0–2	Australia	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Laura Buchón-Perea, Patricia del Valle-Encuentra (ESP)
	(17–20, 12–15) Report

26 July 2018 09:00	New Zealand	0–2	United States	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Michail Mertinian, Evangelos Syrepisios (GRE)
	(18–20, 16–20) Report

26 July 2018 14:00	United States	2–0	Argentina	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Ana Carina Barbosa, Nadia Machado (POR)
	(19–16, 22–20) Report

26 July 2018 14:00	Australia	2–0	New Zealand	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Cao Hongjun, Xu Jian (CHN)
	(17–16, 22–18) Report

27 July 2018 09:00	Argentina	2–0	New Zealand	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Ana Carina Barbosa, Nadia Machado (POR)
	(20–17, 19–18) Report

27 July 2018 09:00	Australia	0–2	United States	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Cao Hongjun, Xu Jian (CHN)
	(26–27, 22–23) Report

Main round

Group I

Points obtained against teams from the same group were carried over.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Croatia	5	5	0	10	10	2	5.000	236	216	1.093	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	5	4	1	8	9	3	3.000	220	170	1.294
3	Hungary	5	3	2	6	7	6	1.167	232	201	1.154
4	Iran	5	2	3	4	5	7	0.714	162	191	0.848
5	Uruguay	5	1	4	2	5	8	0.625	183	204	0.897
6	Vietnam	5	0	5	0	0	10	0.000	143	194	0.737

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head set difference; 4) Head-to-head points won; 5) Set difference; 6) Points won; 7) Draw.

26 July 2018 09:50	Croatia	2–0	Vietnam	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Cao Hongjun, Xu Jian (CHN)
	(23–20, 21–18) Report

26 July 2018 09:50	Uruguay	1–2	Hungary	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Khaled Al-Heel, Ali Al-Yazeedi (QAT)
	(18–17, 12–20, 6–7) Report

26 July 2018 09:50	Iran	0–2	Spain	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Pablo Martínez, Luiz Monico (URU)
	(16–22, 6–15) Report

26 July 2018 14:50	Uruguay	0–2	Spain	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Michail Mertinian, Evangelos Syrepisios (GRE)
	(17–21, 14–24) Report

26 July 2018 14:50	Croatia	2–0	Hungary	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Wanderson Oliveira, Fabiano Carvalho (BRA)
	(25–18, 27–24) Report

26 July 2018 14:50	Iran	2–0	Vietnam	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Khaled Al-Heel, Ali Al-Yazeedi (QAT)
	(15–14, 18–10) Report

27 July 2018 15:50	Croatia	2–1	Spain	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Khaled Al-Heel, Ali Al-Yazeedi (QAT)
	(18–17, 19–26, 9–8) Report

27 July 2018 15:50	Uruguay	2–0	Vietnam	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Wanderson Oliveira, Fabiano Carvalho (BRA)
	(18–14, 16–15) Report

27 July 2018 15:50	Iran	1–2	Hungary	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Mohammed Drissi, Mohammed Ben Salah (TUN)
	(14–12, 13–32, 4–5) Report

Group II

Points obtained against teams from the same group were carried over.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Sweden	5	4	1	8	8	4	2.000	192	188	1.021	Quarterfinals
2	Russia (H)	5	3	2	6	8	6	1.333	227	208	1.091
3	Brazil	5	2	3	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	6	6	1.000	208	189	1.101
4	Denmark	5	2	3	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	5	7	0.714	182	192	0.948
5	Qatar	5	2	3	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	6	6	1.000	218	204	1.069
6	Oman	5	2	3	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4	8	0.500	161	207	0.778

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head set difference; 4) Head-to-head points won; 5) Set difference; 6) Points won; 7) Draw.
(H) Host
Notes:

1 2 3 4 Brazil 4 Pts, +3 SW; Denmark 4 Pts, +1 SW; Qatar 2 Pts, −1 SW; Oman 2 Pts, −3 SW

26 July 2018 11:30	Qatar	0–2	Brazil	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Michail Mertinian, Evangelos Syrepisios (GRE)
	(16–18, 18–23) Report

26 July 2018 11:30	Denmark	1–2	Russia	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Pablo Martínez, Luiz Monico (URU)
	(17–12, 21–28, 6–7) Report

26 July 2018 11:30	Oman	0–2	Sweden	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Mohammed Drissi, Mohammed Ben Salah (TUN)
	(12–14, 14–26) Report

26 July 2018 16:30	Oman	0–2	Brazil	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Laura Buchón-Perea, Patricia del Valle-Encuentra (ESP)
	(15–16, 14–24) Report

26 July 2018 16:30	Denmark	0–2	Sweden	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Dávid Palkovits, Gabor Szilvási (HUN)
	(10–12, 22–24) Report

26 July 2018 19:00	Qatar	1–2	Russia	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Dávid Palkovits, Gabor Szilvási (HUN)
	(17–16, 16–19, 14–15) Report

27 July 2018 16:40	Qatar	2–0	Sweden	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Pablo Martínez, Luiz Monico (URU)
	(26–12, 18–16) Report

27 July 2018 16:40	Denmark	2–1	Brazil	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Mohammed Drissi, Mohammed Ben Salah (TUN)
	(10–20, 29–26, 7–6) Report

27 July 2018 16:40	Oman	2–1	Russia	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Michail Mertinian, Evangelos Syrepisios (GRE)
	(12–24, 16–15, 11–10) Report

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final



Croatia	2

Denmark	1
		Croatia	2

		Hungary	0
Russia	0

Hungary	2
				Croatia	0

				Brazil	2
Spain	1

Brazil	2
		Brazil	2

		Sweden	0	Third place
Sweden	2

Iran	0
				Hungary	2

				Sweden	0

Fifth place bracket

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place game



Denmark	1

Russia	2
		Russia	0

		Spain	2
Spain	2

Iran	0
		Seventh place game



		Denmark	2

		Iran	0

9–16th place bracket

9–16th place quarterfinals		9–12th place semifinals		Ninth place game



Qatar	2

New Zealand	0
		Qatar	2

		United States	0
Vietnam	0

United States	2
				Qatar	2

				Oman	1
Uruguay	0

Argentina	2
		Argentina	0

		Oman	2	Eleventh place game
Oman	2

Australia	1
				United States	1

				Argentina	2

13–16th place bracket

13–16th place semifinals		13th place game



New Zealand	0

Vietnam	2
		Vietnam	0

		Australia	2
Uruguay	1

Australia	2
		15th place game



		New Zealand	0

		Uruguay	2

9–16th place quarterfinals

28 July 2018 09:00	Qatar	2–0	New Zealand	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Ana Carina Barbosa, Nadia Machado (POR)
	(20–16, 20–8) Report

28 July 2018 10:40	Vietnam	0–2	United States	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Michail Mertinian, Evangelos Syrepisios (GRE)
	(15–19, 22–23) Report

28 July 2018 11:30	Uruguay	0–2	Argentina	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Dávid Palkovits, Gabor Szilvási (HUN)
	(16–19, 22–23) Report

28 July 2018 11:30	Oman	2–1	Australia	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Cao Hongjun, Xu Jian (CHN)
	(21–14, 8–13, 8–4) Report

Quarterfinals

28 July 2018 09:00	Iran	0–2	Sweden	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Michail Mertinian, Evangelos Syrepisios (GRE)
	(1–18, 14–15) Report

28 July 2018 09:00	Spain	1–2	Brazil	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Dávid Palkovits, Gabor Szilvási (HUN)
	(18–25, 22–21, 14–16) Report

28 July 2018 10:40	Croatia	2–1	Denmark	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Laura Buchón-Perea, Patricia del Valle-Encuentra (ESP)
	(25–22, 17–24, 8–6) Report

28 July 2018 11:30	Hungary	2–0	Russia	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Khaled Al-Heel, Ali Al-Yazeedi (QAT)
	(21–20, 21–14) Report

13–16th place semifinals

28 July 2018 14:10	New Zealand	0–2	Vietnam	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Pablo Martínez, Luiz Monico (URU)
	(14–16, 8–15) Report

28 July 2018 15:50	Uruguay	1–2	Australia	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Mohammed Drissi, Mohammed Ben Salah (TUN)
	(22–16, 12–16, 6–9) Report

9–12th place semifinals

28 July 2018 14:10	Qatar	2–0	United States	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Cao Hongjun, Xu Jian (CHN)
	(26–14, 19–18) Report

28 July 2018 15:50	Argentina	0–2	Oman	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Ana Carina Barbosa, Nadia Machado (POR)
	(15–22, 16–22) Report

5–8th place semifinals

28 July 2018 14:10	Iran	0–2	Spain	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Wanderson Oliveira, Fabiano Carvalho (BRA)
	(9–18, 12–20) Report

28 July 2018 15:50	Denmark	1–2	Russia	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Dávid Palkovits, Gabor Szilvási (HUN)
	(18–24, 23–22, 6–7) Report

Semifinals

28 July 2018 17:30	Sweden	0–2	Brazil	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Mohammed Drissi, Mohammed Ben Salah (TUN)
	(14–17, 12–20) Report

28 July 2018 19:10	Croatia	2–0	Hungary	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Wanderson Oliveira, Fabiano Carvalho (BRA)
	(26–18, 28–22) Report

15th place game

29 July 2018 09:00	New Zealand	0–2	Uruguay	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Wanderson Oliveira, Fabiano Carvalho (BRA)
	(18–21, 20–23) Report

13th place game

29 July 2018 10:40	Vietnam	0–2	Australia	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Mohammed Drissi, Mohammed Ben Salah (TUN)
	(12–16, 10–20) Report

Eleventh place game

29 July 2018 09:00	United States	1–2	Argentina	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Khaled Al-Heel, Ali Al-Yazeedi (QAT)
	(24–16, 18–22, 4–7) Report

Ninth place game

29 July 2018 10:40	Qatar	2–1	Oman	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Dávid Palkovits, Gabor Szilvási (HUN)
	(18–10, 11–12, 9–6) Report

Seventh place game

29 July 2018 09:00	Denmark	2–0	Iran	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Mohammed Drissi, Mohammed Ben Salah (TUN)
	(14–12, 23–20) Report

Fifth place game

29 July 2018 10:40	Russia	0–2	Spain	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Wanderson Oliveira, Fabiano Carvalho (BRA)
	(14–23, 22–23) Report

Third place game

29 July 2018 16:00	Sweden	0–2	Hungary	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Michail Mertinian, Evangelos Syrepisios (GRE)
	(12–18, 16–17) Report

Final

29 July 2018 18:00	Brazil	2–0	Croatia	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Khaled Al-Heel, Ali Al-Yazeedi (QAT)
	(19–18, 22–20) Report

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Croatia
	Hungary
4	Sweden
5	Spain
6	Russia
7	Denmark
8	Iran
9	Qatar
10	Oman
11	Argentina
12	United States
13	Australia
14	Vietnam
15	Uruguay
16	New Zealand

Awards

MVP^[8]

Bruno Oliveira

Topscorer

Martin Andersen (149 points)

All-star team

Goalkeeper: Mohamed Abidi
Right wing: Lucijan Bura
Left wing: Ivan Jurić
Pivot: Attila Kun
Defender: Thiago Barcellos
Specialist: Bruno Oliveira

Fair play award

Australia

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The qualification for the 2020 Women's Olympic Handball Tournament assigned quota places to twelve teams: the hosts, the World champion, four continental champions and six teams from the World Olympic qualification tournaments respectively. The 2020 Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2018 Women's Beach Handball World Championships were the eighth edition of the tournament, held at Kazan, Russia from 24 to 29 July 2018.

The 2018 European Men's U-18 Handball Championship was the fourteenth edition of the European Men's U-18 Handball Championship, held in Varaždin and Koprivnica, Croatia from 9 to 19 August 2018.

The 2023 IHF Men's Youth World Championship was the 10th edition of the championship, held from 2 to 13 August 2023 in Croatia under the aegis of International Handball Federation (IHF). It was the first time in history that the championship is organised by the Croatian Handball Federation.

The 2022 IHF Women's Junior World Championship was the 23rd edition of the IHF Women's Junior World Championship, held in Slovenia from 22 June to 3 July 2022 under the aegis of International Handball Federation (IHF). For the first time, the championship was organised by the Handball Federation of Slovenia. The number of teams increased from 24 to 32.

The 2023 IHF World Women's Handball Championship was the 26th edition of the championship, organised by the International Handball Federation (IHF) from 29 November to 17 December 2023 and jointly hosted by Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. It was the third time in handball history that the championship is jointly hosted, the first in Sweden, and also the first to be played in three countries.

The 2022 Men's Beach Handball World Championships was the ninth edition of the championship, held from 21 to 26 June 2022 at Crete, Greece under the aegis of International Handball Federation (IHF). It was the first time in history that the championship is organised by Hellenic Handball Federation.

The 2022 Women's Beach Handball World Championships was the ninth edition of the championship, held from 21 to 26 June 2022 at Heraklion, Crete. Greece under the aegis of International Handball Federation (IHF). It was the first time in history that the championship will be organised by Hellenic Handball Federation.

References

↑ "Budapest and Sochi to host the next Beach Handball World Championships". ihf.info. 20 February 2016.
↑ "Kings of the world". ihf.info. 29 July 2018.
1 2 "List of Kazan 2018 participants confirmed". ihf.info. 4 May 2018.
↑ "Draw for Kazan 2018". ihf.info. 13 March 2018.
↑ "Kazan 2018 draw held". ihf.info. 15 May 2018.
↑ "Draw for the 2018 Men's and Women's Beach Handball World Championships". ihf.info. 14 May 2018.
↑ "Match schedule for 2018 Beach Handball World Championships". ihf.info. 22 June 2018.
↑ "All-Star Teams announced". ihf.info. 29 July 2018.

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[table_hth_URU0.3276672714053-8] 1 2 3 Uruguay 2 Pts, ±0 SW, +8 SPW; Iran 2 Pts, ±0 SW, −2 SPW; Argentina 2 Pts, ±0 SW, −6 SPW

[table_hth_QAT0.47605084743167-9] 1 2 3 Qatar 2 Pts, +1 SW; Denmark ± 0 SW; Oman −1 SW

[table_hth_BRA0.75916650414428-10] 1 2 3 4 Brazil 4 Pts, +3 SW; Denmark 4 Pts, +1 SW; Qatar 2 Pts, −1 SW; Oman 2 Pts, −3 SW

[1] "Budapest and Sochi to host the next Beach Handball World Championships". ihf.info. 20 February 2016.

[2] "Kings of the world". ihf.info. 29 July 2018.

[Substitute-3] 1 2 "List of Kazan 2018 participants confirmed". ihf.info. 4 May 2018.

[4] "Draw for Kazan 2018". ihf.info. 13 March 2018.

[5] "Kazan 2018 draw held". ihf.info. 15 May 2018.

[6] "Draw for the 2018 Men's and Women's Beach Handball World Championships". ihf.info. 14 May 2018.

[7] "Match schedule for 2018 Beach Handball World Championships". ihf.info. 22 June 2018.

[11] "All-Star Teams announced". ihf.info. 29 July 2018.

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Cue & mind sports	Chess men women's match women rapid blitz Darts BDO PDC Draughts men's match women's match Pool Nine-ball Snooker six-red
Motor sports	Air race Endurance auto racing 2018–19 Endurance motorcycle racing 2017–18 2018–19 F1 Powerboat Formula One Motocross men women team MotoGP Moto2 Moto3 Rally Rallycross Speedway individual team Sidecarcross Superbike Supersport Supersport 300 Touring car

2018 Men's Beach Handball World Championships

Contents

Qualification

Draw

Seeding

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Consolation round

Main round

Group I

Group II

Knockout stage

9–16th place quarterfinals

Quarterfinals

13–16th place semifinals

9–12th place semifinals

5–8th place semifinals

Semifinals

15th place game

13th place game

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

Awards

Related Research Articles

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