| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Qatar |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 11–16 October |
| Teams | 12 (from 5 confederations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Brazil |
| Runner-up |  Spain |
| Third place |  Sweden |
| Fourth place | Qatar |
The 2019 Men's Beach handball at the World Beach Games will be the first edition of the tournament, held at Doha, Qatar from 11 to 16 October 2019.
| Mean of qualification | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 14 June 2019 |  Lausanne | 1 | Qatar |
| 2018 World Championship [1] | 24–29 July 2018 |  Kazan | 5 | Brazil  Croatia  Hungary Sweden Spain |
| 2019 Oceania Beach Handball Championship | 21–24 February 2019 |  Glenelg | 1 | Australia |
| 2019 North American and the Caribbean Beach Handball Championship | 11–14 June 2019 |  Port of Spain | 1 |  United States |
| 2019 South and Central American Championship | 11–14 June 2019 | Rio de Janeiro | 1 |  Uruguay |
| 2019 African Beach Games | 14–16 June 2019 |  Sal | 1 |  Tunisia |
| 2019 Asian Championship | 15–22 June 2019 |  Weihai | 1 |  Oman |
| 2019 European Championship | 2–7 July 2019 |  Stare Jabłonki | 1 |  Denmark |
| Total | 12 | |||
The draw was held on 27 August 2019 at Doha, Qatar. [2]
All times are local (UTC+3). [3] [4]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | MAX | 199 | 171 | 1.164 | Quarter finals |
| 2 | Brazil | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4.000 | 211 | 156 | 1.353 | |
| 3 | Sweden | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | 188 | 169 | 1.112 | |
| 4 | Australia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.500 | 178 | 242 | 0.736 | |
| 5 | United States | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0.375 | 207 | 218 | 0.950 | 9-12th Place Semifinals |
| 6 | Oman | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0.100 | 148 | 185 | 0.800 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5.000 | 190 | 163 | 1.166 | Quarter finals |
| 2 | Hungary | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2.000 | 205 | 183 | 1.120 | |
| 3 | Croatia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1.400 | 211 | 203 | 1.039 | |
| 4 | Spain | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0.833 | 189 | 189 | 1.000 | |
| 5 | Tunisia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 139 | 178 | 0.781 | 9-12th Place Semifinals |
| 6 | Uruguay | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0.333 | 174 | 191 | 0.911 |
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Denmark | 17 | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
| B4 | Spain | 20 | 30 | |||||||||||||||||
| B4 | Spain | 22 | 16 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Sweden | 20 | 17 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Sweden | 17 | 22 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| B2 | Hungary | 19 | 20 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| B4 | Spain | 17 | 18 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Brazil | 14 | 19 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Brazil | 30 | 16 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| B3 | Croatia | 20 | 17 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Brazil | 15 | 10 | 7 | Third place | |||||||||||||||
| B1 | Qatar | 14 | 14 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| A4 | Australia | 17 | 14 | A3 | Sweden | 10 | 21 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Qatar | 24 | 21 | B1 | Qatar | 16 | 16 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place game | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Denmark | 22 | 16 | 4 | |||||||||
| B2 | Hungary | 18 | 18 | 7 | |||||||||
| B2 | Hungary | 20 | 26 | 10 | |||||||||
| B3 | Croatia | 29 | 22 | 11 | |||||||||
| B3 | Croatia | 21 | 35 | ||||||||||
| A4 | Australia | 20 | 26 | Seventh place game | |||||||||
| A1 | Denmark | 16 | 28 | 16 | |||||||||
| A4 | Australia | 19 | 21 | 14 | |||||||||
| 9–12th place semifinals | Ninth place game | ||||||||||||
| A5 | United States | 16 | 23 | 4 | |||||||||
| B6 | Uruguay | 21 | 22 | 7 | |||||||||
| B6 | Uruguay | 22 | 16 | 2 | |||||||||
| B5 | Tunisia | 19 | 19 | 5 | |||||||||
| A6 | Oman | 18 | 20 | 4 | |||||||||
| B5 | Tunisia | 16 | 21 | 5 | Eleventh place game | ||||||||
| A5 | United States | 24 | 25 | ||||||||||
| A6 | Oman | 20 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
 | Brazil |
 | Spain |
 | Sweden |
| 4 | Qatar |
| 5 | Croatia |
| 6 | Hungary |
| 7 | Denmark |
| 8 | Australia |
| 9 | Tunisia |
| 10 | Uruguay |
| 11 | United States |
| 12 | Oman |
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