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The beach handball competition at the World Games 2009 took place from July 18 to July 20, at the Sizihwan in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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The beach handball competition at the World Games 2009 took place from July 18 to July 20, at the Sizihwan in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 |  Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 |  Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men | Brazil | Hungary | Croatia |
| Women | Italy | Croatia | Brazil |
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| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal game | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Croatia | 2 | ||||||||||||
| B3 |  Chinese Taipei | 1 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Croatia | 1 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Brazil | 2 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Brazil | 2 | ||||||||||||
| A4 |  Thailand | 0 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Brazil | 2 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Hungary | 0 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Hungary | 2 | ||||||||||||
| A3 |  Pakistan | 0 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Hungary | 2 | Bronze medal game | |||||||||||
| B4 |  Oman | 0 | ||||||||||||
| A1 |  Turkey | 1 | A2 | Croatia | 2 | |||||||||
| B4 | Oman | 2 | B4 | Oman | 0 | |||||||||
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| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal game | ||||||||||||
| A2 |  North Macedonia | 2 | ||||||||||||
| B3 | Thailand | 0 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | North Macedonia | 0 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Italy | 2 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Italy | 2 | ||||||||||||
| A4 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Italy | 2 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Croatia | 1 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Croatia | 2 | ||||||||||||
| A3 |  Ukraine | 0 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Croatia | 2 | Bronze medal game | |||||||||||
| A1 | Brazil | 1 | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Brazil | 2 | A2 | North Macedonia | 0 | |||||||||
| B4 |  Japan | 0 | B1 | Brazil | 2 | |||||||||
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