Beach handball at the 2001 World Games – Men's tournament

Beach handball at the World Games
Honjō Marina
Venue	Honjō Marina, Honjō, Japan
Date	23–25 August 2001
Competitors	from 6 nations
Medalists
Belarus   Spain   Brazil
2005  →

Men's tournament in beach handball was one of the invitational events in at the 2001 World Games in Akita. It was played from 23 to 25 August. The competition took place at Honjō Marina in Honjō, Japan. ^[1]

Competition format

A total of 6 teams entered the competition. In preliminary stage they play round-robin tournament. The best four teams advances to the semifinals.

Results

Preliminary stage

Rank	Team	M	W	L	PO	Net	BLR	ESP	BRA	IRI	TOG	JPN
1	Belarus	5	5	0	152–103	+26	x	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–1
2	Spain	5	4	1	168–142	+49	0–2	x	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0
3	Brazil	5	3	2	123–116	+7	0–2	0–2	x	2–0	2–0	2–1
4	Iran	5	2	3	111–143	–32	0–2	0–2	0–2	x	2–1	2–0
5	Togo	5	1	4	121–166	–45	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–2	x	2–1
6	Japan	5	0	5	116–121	–6	1–2	0–2	1–2	0–2	1–2	x

Semifinals

25 August 2001	Belarus	2–0	Iran	Honjō Marina, Honjō
		(17–13,13–8)

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25 August 2001	Spain	2–0	Brazil	Honjō Marina, Honjō
		(20–13, 14–11)

Fifth place match

25 August 2001	Togo	0–2	Japan	Honjō Marina, Honjō
		(12–13, 9–11)

Bronze medal match

25 August 2001	Iran	1–2	Brazil	Honjō Marina, Honjō
		(9–19, 14–9, ?)

Gold medal match

25 August 2001	Belarus	2–1	Spain	Honjō Marina, Honjō
		(18–15, 8–14, ?)

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Belarus
	Spain
	Brazil
4	Iran
5	Japan
6	Togo

References

1. "Results". Archived from the original on 2003-03-15. Retrieved 2020-06-26.

External links

• Results on IWGA website