2022 Men's Beach Handball World Championships

2022 Men's Beach Handball World Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Greece
Venue(s)	Karteros Beach Sports Center
Dates	21–26 June
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Croatia (3rd title)
Runner-up	Denmark
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Greece
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Lucian Bura ; (164 points)
Best player	Lucian Bura
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Last updated March 20, 2024

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).^[1] It was the first time in history that the championship is organised by Hellenic Handball Federation.^[2]

Qualification

Qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	1	Greece
Defending champion	1	Brazil
2022 African Beach Handball Championship ^[4]	1	Egypt
2022 Asian Beach Handball Championship	2	Iran Qatar
2021 European Beach Handball Championship	5	Croatia Denmark Norway ~~Russia~~ Portugal Spain
2022 South and Central American Beach Handball Championship ^[5]	3	Argentina Ecuador Uruguay
2022 Oceania Beach Handball Championship ^[6]	1	New Zealand
2022 Nor.ca Beach Handball Championship ^[7]	2	Puerto Rico United States

Russia was excluded due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[8]

Draw

The draw took place on 13 May 2022.^[9]^[10]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Greece (H)	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	146	124	1.177	Main round
2	United States	3	2	1	4	4	3	1.333	136	112	1.214
3	Argentina	3	1	2	2	3	4	0.750	133	124	1.073
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	3	0	0	6	0.000	88	143	0.615	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

21 June 2022 11:30	Argentina	1–2	United States	Court 3 Referees: Luciano Cardone (ITA), Sebatiano Manuele (ITA)
	(23–22, 16–18, 6–7) Report

21 June 2022 14:00	Greece	2–0	Puerto Rico	Center court Referees: Mohamed Ben Salah (TUN), Mohamed Drissi (TUN)
	(30–13, 27–20) Report

21 June 2022 17:30	Puerto Rico	0–2	Argentina	Court 3 Referees: Ana Barbosa (POR), Nádia Lemos (POR)
	(12–26, 11–16) Report

21 June 2022 20:10	United States	0–2	Greece	Center court Referees: Sylwia Bartkowiak (POL), Weronika Łakomy (POL)
	(17–25, 18–20) Report

22 June 2022 18:20	United States	2–0	Puerto Rico	Court 2 Referees: Sydiney Dos Santos (BRA), Flavio Asis (BRA)
	(24–18, 20–14) Report

22 June 2022 18:20	Argentina	0–2	Greece	Center court Referees: Dario Rupčić (CRO), Ivica Botinčan (CRO)
	(24–27, 22–27) Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	156	136	1.147	Main round
2	Uruguay	3	2	1	4	4	3	1.333	129	130	0.992
3	Spain	3	1	2	2	4	4	1.000	150	144	1.042
4	Ecuador	3	0	3	0	0	6	0.000	100	125	0.800	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.

21 June 2022 09:00	Spain	2–0	Ecuador	Court 3 Referees: Khalid Al-Hail (QAT), Ali Al-Yafei (QAT)
	(18–15, 23–18) Report

21 June 2022 09:00	Croatia	2–0	Uruguay	Court 2 Referees: Johan Gomér (SWE), Martin Gomér (SWE)
	(28–22, 24–18) Report

21 June 2022 15:00	Uruguay	2–1	Spain	Court 2 Referees: Mohamed Ben Salah (TUN), Mohamed Drissi (TUN)
	(26–24, 24–28, 7–2) Report

21 June 2022 15:50	Ecuador	0–2	Croatia	Court 2 Referees: Sylwia Bartkowiak (POL), Weronika Łakomy (POL)
	(18–23, 25–27) Report

22 June 2022 11:20	Uruguay	2–0	Ecuador	Court 2 Referees: Ana Barbosa (POR), Nádia Lemos (POR)
	(12–10, 20–14) Report

22 June 2022 11:20	Croatia	2–1	Spain	Center court Referees: Sydiney Dos Santos (BRA), Flavio Asis (BRA)
	(19–18, 26–27, 9–8) Report

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	135	99	1.364	Main round
2	Norway	3	2	1	4	4	3	1.333	150	134	1.119
3	Iran	3	1	2	2	3	5	0.600	116	140	0.829
4	Egypt	3	0	3	0	2	6	0.333	122	148	0.824	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.

21 June 2022 09:00	Denmark	2–0	Iran	Center court Referees: Pedro Ortega (VEN), Miguel Aular (VEN)
	(23–10, 20–12) Report

21 June 2022 09:50	Norway	2–0	Egypt	Center court Referees: Sydiney Dos Santos (BRA), Flavio Asis (BRA)
	(28–20, 28–20) Report

21 June 2022 15:00	Egypt	1–2	Denmark	Center court Referees: Mathieu Fanack (FRA), Cédric Daré (FRA)
	(22–21, 18–24, 4–5) Report

21 June 2022 15:50	Iran	1–2	Norway	Center court Referees: Johan Gomér (SWE), Martin Gomér (SWE)
	(23–30, 21–20, 8–9) Report

22 June 2022 15:00	Denmark	2–0	Norway	Center court Referees: Khalid Al-Hail (QAT), Ali Al-Yafei (QAT)
	(18–16, 24–19) Report

22 June 2022 15:00	Iran	2–1	Egypt	Court 2 Referees: Luciano Cardone (ITA), Sebatiano Manuele (ITA)
	(20–12, 16–22, 6–4) Report

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	132	95	1.389	Main round
2	Qatar	3	2	1	4	5	3	1.667	147	116	1.267
3	Portugal	3	1	2	2	3	4	0.750	141	134	1.052
4	New Zealand	3	0	3	0	0	6	0.000	92	167	0.551	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.

21 June 2022 09:50	Portugal	2–0	New Zealand	Court 3 Referees: Mohamed Ben Salah (TUN), Mohamed Drissi (TUN)
	(32–20, 25–16) Report

21 June 2022 09:50	Brazil	2–1	Qatar	Court 2 Referees: Luciano Cardone (ITA), Sebatiano Manuele (ITA)
	(16–17, 14–10, 8–6) Report

21 June 2022 15:50	New Zealand	0–2	Brazil	Court 3 Referees: Luciano Cardone (ITA), Sebatiano Manuele (ITA)
	(16–26, 16–26) Report

21 June 2022 16:40	Qatar	2–1	Portugal	Court 2 Referees: Pedro Ortega (VEN), Miguel Aular (VEN)
	(23–20, 24–26, 9–8) Report

22 June 2022 15:50	Qatar	2–0	New Zealand	Court 3 Referees: Sylwia Bartkowiak (POL), Weronika Łakomy (POL)
	(30–14, 28–10) Report

22 June 2022 15:50	Brazil	2–0	Portugal	Court 2 Referees: Johan Gomér (SWE), Martin Gomér (SWE)
	(21–16, 21–14) Report

Consolation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Ecuador	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	132	115	1.148
2	Egypt	3	2	1	4	5	2	2.500	138	118	1.169
3	New Zealand	3	1	2	2	2	4	0.500	110	121	0.909
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	3	0	0	6	0.000	113	139	0.813

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.

23 June 2022 10:40	Puerto Rico	0–2	Egypt	Court 3 Referees: Pedro Ortega (VEN), Miguel Aular (VEN)
	(18–22, 25–32) Report

23 June 2022 09:00	Ecuador	2–0	New Zealand	Court 3 Referees: Sydiney Dos Santos (BRA), Flavio Asis (BRA)
	(19–14, 25–24) Report

23 June 2022 15:30	Egypt	1–2	Ecuador	Court 3 Referees: Johan Gomér (SWE), Martin Gomér (SWE)
	(22–23, 15–12, 10–12) Report

23 June 2022 15:30	New Zealand	2–0	Puerto Rico	Court 2 Referees: Khalid Al-Hail (QAT), Ali Al-Yafei (QAT)
	(22–20, 22–20) Report

24 June 2022 09:30	Puerto Rico	0–2	Ecuador	Court 2 Referees: Sylwia Bartkowiak (POL), Weronika Łakomy (POL)
	(16–21, 14–20) Report

24 June 2022 09:30	Egypt	2–0	New Zealand	Court 3 Referees: Pedro Ortega (VEN), Miguel Aular (VEN)
	(25–18, 12–10) Report

Main round

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

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Croatia	5	5	0	10	10	1	10.000	260	214	1.215	Quarterfinals
2	Uruguay	5	3	2	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}	7	7	1.000	252	249	1.012
3	Greece (H)	5	3	2	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}	7	5	1.400	238	242	0.983
4	Spain	5	2	3	4	7	6	1.167	257	238	1.080
5	United States	5	1	4	2^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3	9	0.333	210	236	0.890
6	Argentina	5	1	4	2^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3	9	0.333	215	253	0.850

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 Greece 1–2 Uruguay
1 2 Argentina 1–2 United States

23 June 2022 12:20	Greece	2–1	Spain	Center court Referees: Luciano Cardone (ITA), Sebatiano Manuele (ITA)
	(20–30, 20–19, 9–8) Report

23 June 2022 12:20	Argentina	0–2	Croatia	Court 3 Referees: Sylwia Bartkowiak (POL), Weronika Łakomy (POL)
	(16–30, 26–28) Report

23 June 2022 12:20	United States	1–2	Uruguay	Court 2 Referees: Ana Barbosa (POR), Nádia Lemos (POR)
	(21–20, 22–24, 6–10) Report

23 June 2022 17:10	Argentina	0–2	Spain	Court 3 Referees: Khalid Al-Hail (QAT), Ali Al-Yafei (QAT)
	(22–26, 18–20) Report

23 June 2022 17:10	United States	0–2	Croatia	Court 2 Referees: Johan Gomér (SWE), Martin Gomér (SWE)
	(20–23, 21–22) Report

23 June 2022 20:30	Greece	1–2	Uruguay	Center court Referees: Johan Gomér (SWE), Martin Gomér (SWE)
	(18–22, 26–22, 8–9) Report

24 June 2022 18:50	United States	0–2	Spain	Court 2 Referees: Johan Gomér (SWE), Martin Gomér (SWE)
	(18–22, 20–25) Report

24 June 2022 18:50	Greece	0–2	Croatia	Center court Referees: Sydiney Dos Santos (BRA), Flavio Asis (BRA)
	(20–23, 18–28) Report

24 June 2022 19:40	Argentina	2–1	Uruguay	Center court Referees: Mathieu Fanack (FRA), Cédric Daré (FRA)
	(15–24, 21–20, 6–4) Report

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	10	10	2	5.000	200	167	1.198	Quarterfinals
2	Qatar	5	3	2	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}	7	7	1.000	245	245	1.000
3	Denmark	5	3	2	6^{[lower-alpha 1]}	8	4	2.000	231	202	1.144
4	Norway	5	2	3	4	5	7	0.714	229	236	0.970
5	Iran	5	1	4	2^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4	9	0.444	190	232	0.819
6	Portugal	5	1	4	2^{[lower-alpha 2]}	5	9	0.556	224	240	0.933

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 Denmark 1–2 Qatar
1 2 Iran 2–1 Portugal

23 June 2022 10:40	Denmark	2–1	Portugal	Center court Referees: Dario Rupčić (CRO), Ivica Botinčan (CRO)
	(25–18, 16–21, 7–6) Report

23 June 2022 10:40	Iran	0–2	Brazil	Court 2 Referees: Khalid Al-Hail (QAT), Ali Al-Yafei (QAT)
	(12–17, 12–15) Report

23 June 2022 11:30	Norway	2–0	Qatar	Center court Referees: Johan Gomér (SWE), Martin Gomér (SWE)
	(23–22, 28–26) Report

23 June 2022 16:20	Iran	2–1	Portugal	Court 2 Referees: Mathieu Fanack (FRA), Cédric Daré (FRA)
	(22–24, 19–18, 8–6) Report

23 June 2022 16:20	Norway	0–2	Brazil	Center court Referees: Sylwia Bartkowiak (POL), Weronika Łakomy (POL)
	(22–24, 17–23) Report

23 June 2022 17:10	Denmark	1–2	Qatar	Center court Referees: Luciano Cardone (ITA), Sebatiano Manuele (ITA)
	(24–25, 23–22, 10–12) Report

24 June 2022 10:20	Denmark	1–2	Brazil	Center court Referees: Johan Gomér (SWE), Martin Gomér (SWE)
	(12–16, 21–16, 8–9) Report

24 June 2022 11:10	Norway	1–2	Portugal	Center court Referees: Khalid Al-Hail (QAT), Ali Al-Yafei (QAT)
	(20–21, 21–19, 4–7) Report

24 June 2022 12:00	Iran	1–2	Qatar	Center court Referees: Dario Rupčić (CRO), Ivica Botinčan (CRO)
	(17–22, 20–19, 8–9) Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

Championship bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

25 June

Croatia	2
		25 June
Norway	0
		Croatia	2
25 June
		Greece	1
Qatar	1
				26 June
Greece	2
				Croatia	2
25 June
				Denmark	0
Uruguay	1
		25 June
Denmark	2
		Denmark	2
25 June
		Brazil	1	Third place
Brazil	2
				26 June
Spain	0
				Greece	0

				Brazil	2

Fifth place bracket

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place game

25 June

Norway	1
		26 June
Qatar	2
		Qatar	2
25 June
		Uruguay	0
Uruguay	2

Spain	0
		Seventh place game

		26 June

		Norway	0

		Spain	2

9–16th place bracket

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

25 June

Iran	2
		25 June
Puerto Rico	0
		Iran	2
25 June
		Argentina	1
Argentina	2
				26 June
Ecuador	0
				Iran	2
25 June
				Portugal	0
United States	2
		25 June
New Zealand	1
		United States	0
25 June
		Portugal	2	Eleventh place game
Portugal	2
				26 June
Egypt	1
				Argentina	2

				United States	0

13–16th place bracket

13–16th place semifinals		13th place game

25 June

Puerto Rico	0
		26 June
Ecuador	2
		Ecuador	2
25 June
		New Zealand	1
New Zealand	2

Egypt	1
		15th place game

		26 June

		Puerto Rico	0

		Egypt	2

9–16th place quarterfinals

25 June 2022 09:50	Argentina	2–0	Ecuador	Court 3 Referees: Khalid Al-Hail (QAT), Ali Al-Yafei (QAT)
	(21–20, 18–10) Report

25 June 2022 10:40	Iran	2–0	Puerto Rico	Court 2 Referees: Mohamed Ben Salah (TUN), Mohamed Drissi (TUN)
	(30–12, 24–13) Report

25 June 2022 10:40	United States	2–1	New Zealand	Court 3 Referees: Pedro Ortega (VEN), Miguel Aular (VEN)
	(26–20, 23–24, 5–4) Report

25 June 2022 11:30	Portugal	2–1	Egypt	Court 3 Referees: Sydiney Dos Santos (BRA), Flavio Asis (BRA)
	(19–18, 12–15, 5–2) Report

Quarterfinals

25 June 2022 09:30	Croatia	2–0	Norway	Center court Referees: Johan Gomér (SWE), Martin Gomér (SWE)
	(24–22, 28–20) Report

25 June 2022 10:40	Greece	2–1	Qatar	Center court Referees: Mathieu Fanack (FRA), Cédric Daré (FRA)
	(20–21, 19–14, 15–14) Report

25 June 2022 11:30	Spain	0–2	Brazil	Court 2 Referees: Khalid Al-Hail (QAT), Ali Al-Yafei (QAT)
	(11–20, 14–22) Report

25 June 2022 11:30	Uruguay	1–2	Denmark	Center court Referees: Dario Rupčić (CRO), Ivica Botinčan (CRO)
	(16–21, 21–20, 6–9) Report

13–16th place semifinals

25 June 2022 16:40	Puerto Rico	0–2	Ecuador	Court 2 Referees: Pedro Ortega (VEN), Miguel Aular (VEN)
	(16–17, 22–30) Report

25 June 2022 17:30	New Zealand	2–1	Egypt	Court 3 Referees: Mathieu Fanack (FRA), Cédric Daré (FRA)
	(12–23, 23–20, 7–4) Report

9–12th place semifinals

25 June 2022 15:50	Iran	2–1	Argentina	Center court Referees: Johan Gomér (SWE), Martin Gomér (SWE)
	(26–14, 21–27, 10–8) Report

25 June 2022 18:20	United States	0–2	Portugal	Court 2 Referees: Luciano Cardone (ITA), Sebatiano Manuele (ITA)
	(20–22, 18–26) Report

5–8th place semifinals

25 June 2022 17:30	Norway	1–2	Qatar	Court 2 Referees: Sydiney Dos Santos (BRA), Flavio Asis (BRA)
	(24–27, 22–20, 4–7) Report

25 June 2022 17:30	Spain	0–2	Uruguay	Center court Referees: Dario Rupčić (CRO), Ivica Botinčan (CRO)
	(20–22, 26–27) Report

Semifinals

25 June 2022 18:20	Brazil	1–2	Denmark	Center court Referees: Sylwia Bartkowiak (POL), Weronika Łakomy (POL)
	(21–16, 16–17, 4–6) Report

25 June 2022 20:50	Croatia	2–1	Greece	Center court Referees: Khalid Al-Hail (QAT), Ali Al-Yafei (QAT)
	(20–22, 25–18, 5–0) Report

15th place game

26 June 2022 09:30	Puerto Rico	0–2	Egypt	Court 3 Referees: Sydiney Dos Santos (BRA), Flavio Asis (BRA)
	(20–26, 20–26) Report

13th place game

26 June 2022 11:10	Ecuador	2–1	New Zealand	Court 3 Referees: Sylwia Bartkowiak (POL), Weronika Łakomy (POL)
	(22–14, 22–24, 8–2) Report

Eleventh place game

26 June 2022 09:30	Argentina	2–0	United States	Court 2 Referees: Dario Rupčić (CRO), Ivica Botinčan (CRO)
	(23–20, 27–20) Report

Ninth place game

26 June 2022 11:10	Iran	2–0	Portugal	Court 2 Referees: Pedro Ortega (VEN), Miguel Aular (VEN)
	(20–18, 29–28) Report

Seventh place game

26 June 2022 09:30	Norway	0–2	Spain	Center court Referees: Johan Gomér (SWE), Martin Gomér (SWE)
	(22–24, 20–21) Report

Fifth place game

26 June 2022 11:10	Qatar	2–0	Uruguay	Center court Referees: Mathieu Fanack (FRA), Cédric Daré (FRA)
	(19–18, 18–16) Report

Third place game

26 June 2022 17:00	Greece	0–2	Brazil	Center court Referees: Luciano Cardone (ITA), Sebatiano Manuele (ITA)
	(15–18, 18–24) Report

Final

26 June 2022 19:00	Croatia	2–0	Denmark	Center court Referees: Johan Gomér (SWE), Martin Gomér (SWE)
	(24–22, 21–18) Report

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Croatia
	Denmark
	Brazil
4	Greece
5	Qatar
6	Uruguay
7	Spain
8	Norway
9	Iran
10	Portugal
11	Argentina
12	United States
13	Ecuador
14	New Zealand
15	Egypt
16	Puerto Rico

Statistics and awards

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Points
1	Lucian Bura	164
2	Diogo Oliveira	149
3	Amir Nowraddine	147
4	Paul Ireland	135
4	Santiago Rodríguez	135
6	Gil Pires	126
7	Jorge Pérez	114
8	Georgios Eleftheriadis	113
9	Kristoffer Henriksen	111
10	Eduardo Quiñónez	110
10	Cody Dominik	110

Source: IHF

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	%	Saves	Shots
1	Paula Soliman	33	28	85
2	Cristiano Seben	32	68	212
3	Simon Jensen	29	66	231
4	Konstantinos Gourgoumis	28	45	153
5	Eleftherios Papazoglou	26	35	135
5	Carlos Donderis	26	55	209
7	Lautaro Fernández	25	21	85
	Dominik Marković		56	226
	Mohsen Mohammed		47	187
10	Javad Sadeghi	24	52	214

Source: IHF

Awards

The awards were announced on 26 June 2022.^[11]

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Simon Jensen
Right wing	Lucian Bura
Left wing	Georgios Elefthriadis
Specialist	Martin Andersen
Pivot	Gil Pires
Defender	Jeppe Villumsen
MVP	Lucian Bura
Fair play award	Norway

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 Women's Youth World Handball Championship</span>

The 2016 Women's Youth World Handball Championship was the sixth edition of the tournament and took place in Slovakia from 19 to 31 July 2016.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2017 Men's Youth World Handball Championship</span> International handball tournament held in Georgia

The 2017 IHF Men's Youth World Championship was the seventh edition of the U-19 tournament and held in Tbilisi, Georgia from 8 to 20 August 2017. All matches were played in two halls at the Olympic Palace.

The 2018 Pan American Men's Handball Championship was the 18th official competition for senior men's national handball teams of North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. It was held from 16 to 24 June 2018 in Nuuk, Greenland. It also acted as the qualifying competition for the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship in Denmark and Germany, securing three vacancies for the World Championship.

The 2018 Women's Youth World Handball Championship was the seventh edition of the tournament and took place in Kielce, Poland from 7 to 19 August 2018.

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.

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 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2023 Men's Junior World Handball Championship</span>

The 2023 IHF Men's Junior World Championship was the 24th edition of the IHF Men's Junior World Championship, held in Germany and Greece under the aegis of the International Handball Federation (IHF) from 20 June to 2 July 2023. It was the second time in history that the championship will be jointly organised by two countries, the first being in 1979.

The 2022 African Men's Handball Championship was the 25th edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held from 11 to 18 July 2022 in Egypt. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship in Poland and Sweden. Originally it was scheduled to be held in Morocco from 13 to 23 January 2022.

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

↑ "Greece to host IHF Beach Handball World Championships in 2022". www.ihf.info. 12 November 2021.
↑ "Dates set for the IHF Beach Handball World Championships in Heraklion". ihf.info. 10 February 2022.
↑ "Greece 2022: Croatia – World Champions". ihf.info. 26 June 2022.
↑ "Egypt men qualify for global beach handball events". ihf.info. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
↑ "Argentina finally overcome Brazil on the beach". ihf.info. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
↑ "Honours split as Oceania confirms teams for global beach handball events". ihf.info. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
↑ "USA men and Mexico women celebrate continental beach handball titles". ihf.info. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
↑ "Decision of the IHF regarding the situation in Ukraine and Russia". ihf.info. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
↑ "Draw set for flagship beach handball events at Greece 2022". ihf.info. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
↑ "Draw for Greece 2022 IHF Beach Handball World Championships complete". ihf.info. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
↑ "Greece 2022 Men's All-star Team". ihf.info. Retrieved 26 June 2022.

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[table_hth_URU0.3325943301118-11] 1 2 Greece 1–2 Uruguay

[table_hth_USA0.3325943301118-12] 1 2 Argentina 1–2 United States

[table_hth_QAT0.91088303314097-13] 1 2 Denmark 1–2 Qatar

[table_hth_IRI0.91088303314097-14] 1 2 Iran 2–1 Portugal

[1] "Greece to host IHF Beach Handball World Championships in 2022". www.ihf.info. 12 November 2021.

[2] "Dates set for the IHF Beach Handball World Championships in Heraklion". ihf.info. 10 February 2022.

[3] "Greece 2022: Croatia – World Champions". ihf.info. 26 June 2022.

[4] "Egypt men qualify for global beach handball events". ihf.info. Retrieved 12 April 2022.

[5] "Argentina finally overcome Brazil on the beach". ihf.info. Retrieved 14 April 2022.

[6] "Honours split as Oceania confirms teams for global beach handball events". ihf.info. Retrieved 25 April 2022.

[7] "USA men and Mexico women celebrate continental beach handball titles". ihf.info. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

[8] "Decision of the IHF regarding the situation in Ukraine and Russia". ihf.info. Retrieved 7 March 2022.

[9] "Draw set for flagship beach handball events at Greece 2022". ihf.info. Retrieved 6 May 2022.

[10] "Draw for Greece 2022 IHF Beach Handball World Championships complete". ihf.info. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

[15] "Greece 2022 Men's All-star Team". ihf.info. Retrieved 26 June 2022.

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v t e IHF Beach Handball World Championships
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v t e World championships in 2022
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Winter sports	Bandy ~~men~~ women Curling men women mixed doubles mixed Figure skating Ice climbing Ice hockey men women Luge Para Ice Hockey Women Ski flying Ski orienteering Short track speed skating Sled dog racing on-snow sleddog Speed skating allround sprint Winter triathlon
Cue & mind sports	Bridge teams Carom billiards individual team Chess Fischer Random Darts PDC WDF Draughts men Pool nine-ball ten-ball Snooker open women
Motor sports	Electric touring car Endurance auto racing Endurance moto racing Superstock Formula E Formula One Motocross men women team MotoGP Moto2 Moto3 MotoE Radio-controlled racing 1:8 nitro off-road 1:10 electric touring car Rally WRC-2 WRC-3 Rallycross Rally raid FIA Bajas FIM Bajas Sidecarcross Speedway individual team Superbike Supersport Supersport 300 Supercross Touring car

2022 Men's Beach Handball World Championships

Contents

Qualification

Draw

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Consolation round

Main round

Group I

Group II

Knockout stage

Bracket

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

Statistics and awards

Top goalscorers

Top goalkeepers

Awards

Related Research Articles

References

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