Beach handball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Beach handball
at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
Beach handball; at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
	Pictogram for beach handball
Venue	Parque Sarmiento
Dates	7–13 October
No. of events	2 (1 boys and 1 girls)
Competitors	215 (108 boys and 107 girls) from 15 nations
	← 2014 (handball) 2026 →

Last updated January 22, 2024

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) is limited to participation in 1 team sports (Futsal, Beach handball, Field Hockey, and Rugby Sevens) per each gender with the exception of the host country who can enter one team per sport. Also at Beach handball each NOC can enter a maximum of 1 team of 10 athletes per both genders. To be eligible to participate in the Youth Olympics, athletes must have been born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2003.^[1]

As hosts, Argentina has the right to directly qualify 1 team per both genders on account of PATHF (Pan-America) quota. The best ranked NOC in each of the 5 continents from Youth Beach Handball World Championship will obtain quota place.^[1]

3 quota per each genderare giving to EHF (Europe).
2 quota per each genderare giving to PATHF (Pan-America).
2 quota per each genderare giving to AHF (Asia).
1 quota per each genderare giving to CAHB (Africa) and Oceania (OCHF).
1 quota for girls' event to host country, the member of PATHF (Pan-America).
additional 1 quota for boys' event will reallocat to PATHF (Pan-America).

Boys' qualification

Mean of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	Argentina
African Qualifier	11–16 July 2017	Mauritius	1	Mauritius ^[2]^[3]
Americas Qualifier			2	Venezuela Paraguay
Asian Qualifier			2	Chinese Taipei Thailand
European Qualifier			3	Spain Italy ^A Portugal ^A
Oceanian Qualifier			1 0	—
Reallocation	—	—	3	Uruguay ^[4] Hungary Croatia
Total			12

^A Italy decided to compete in beach handball and Russia decided to compete in futsal and thus the quota was reallocated to the third best placed team from Europe, Portugal.

^B Australia was the highest ranking Oceania team, but the nation selected to use its team sports quotas in boys' field hockey. As such, New Zealand goes in its place as the next highest ranked Oceania nation. Oceania countries declined to participate and this quota was reallocated.^[5]

Girls' qualification

Mean of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	Argentina ^[2]
African Qualifier	11–16 July 2017	Mauritius	1	Mauritius ^[2]^[3]
Americas Qualifier			2	Venezuela Paraguay
Asian Qualifier			2	Chinese Taipei Hong Kong ^C
European Qualifier			3	Hungary Netherlands Croatia ^C
Oceanian Qualifier			1	American Samoa
Reallocation	—	—	2	Russia ^[4] Turkey
Total			12

^C China decided to participate in field hockey. Portugal and Thailand decided to compete in futsal.

Medal summary

Medal table

* Host nation (Argentina)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Argentina*	1	0	1	2
2	Spain	1	0	0	1
3	Croatia	0	1	0	1
3	Portugal	0	1	0	1
5	Hungary	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		2	2	2	6

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys details	Spain	Portugal	Argentina
Girls details	Argentina	Croatia	Hungary

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References

1 2 "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES BUENOS AIRES 2018" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
1 2 3 International Handball Federation (16 July 2017). "Spain take gold at the Men's U17 Beach Handball World Championship". International Handball Federation.
1 2 International Handball Federation. "U17 Beach Handball World Championships - Final Standings" (PDF). International Handball Federation .
1 2 "Se sortean los grupos para el debut Olímpico". Buenos Aires 2018. Archived from the original on 7 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
↑ "Australia to compete in 27 sports at Buenos Aires 2018" . Retrieved 7 June 2018.

External links

Official Results Book – Beach Handball

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[Qualification_System-1] 1 2 "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES BUENOS AIRES 2018" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.

[BoysQualification-2] 1 2 3 International Handball Federation (16 July 2017). "Spain take gold at the Men's U17 Beach Handball World Championship". International Handball Federation.

[International_Handball_Federation-3] 1 2 International Handball Federation. "U17 Beach Handball World Championships - Final Standings" (PDF). International Handball Federation .

[final-4] 1 2 "Se sortean los grupos para el debut Olímpico". Buenos Aires 2018. Archived from the original on 7 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.

[5] "Australia to compete in 27 sports at Buenos Aires 2018" . Retrieved 7 June 2018.

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