Beach handball at the World Games

Beach handball is part of the World Games as an invitational sport since the 2001 edition. It has become an official sport of the World Games program since 2013. ^[1]

Men's tournament

From 2001 to 2009 Beach Handball was contested as a demonstration event. Since the 2013 edition the sport has been formally recognized as part of the World Games program. ^[2]

Year	Host		Gold-medal match				Bronze-medal match
			Gold	Score	Silver		Bronze	Score	Fourth place
2001 Details	Akita		Belarus	2 – 1	Spain		Brazil	2 – 1	Iran
2005 Details	Duisburg		Russia	2 – 0	Spain		Croatia	2 – 1	Germany
2009 Details	Kaohsiung		Brazil	2 – 0	Hungary		Croatia	2 – 0	Oman
2013 Details	Cali		Brazil	2 – 0	Russia		Croatia	2 – 1	Qatar
2017 Details	Wrocław		Brazil	2 – 1	Croatia		Qatar	2 – 1	Hungary
2022 Details	Birmingham		Croatia	2 – 1	Qatar		Brazil	2 – 0	United States
2025 Details	Chengdu		Germany	2 – 1	Portugal		Brazil	2 – 0	Spain

Women's tournament

From 2001 to 2009 Beach Handball was contested as a demonstration event. Since the 2013 edition the sport is formally recognized as part of the World Games program.

Year	Host		Gold-medal match				Bronze-medal match
			Gold	Score	Silver		Bronze	Score	Fourth place
2001 Details	Akita		Ukraine	2 – 1	Germany		Brazil	2 – 0	Japan
2005 Details	Duisburg		Brazil	2 – 0	Hungary		Turkey	2 – 0	Croatia
2009 Details	Kaohsiung		Italy	2 – 1	Croatia		Brazil	2 – 0	Macedonia
2013 Details	Cali		Brazil	2 – 1	Hungary		Norway	2 – 0	Chinese Taipei
2017 Details	Wrocław		Brazil	2 – 0	Argentina		Spain	2 – 1	Norway
2022 Details	Birmingham		Germany	2 – 0	Norway		Argentina	2 – 0	United States
2025 Details	Chengdu		Argentina	2 – 1	Germany		Spain	2 – 0	Denmark

See also

• Beach Handball World Championships

References

1. "Beach Handball and Softball are on the official sports programme". worldgames2013.com.co. Retrieved 7 June 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
2. "Beach handball - The World Games" (PDF). ihf.info. Retrieved 7 June 2012.

• https://web.archive.org/web/20150923221134/http://www.duisburg.de/worldgames_archiv/infosystem/?lang=en