European Beach Handball Championship | |
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Status | active |
Genre | sports event |
Date(s) | midyear |
Frequency | biennial |
Inaugurated | 2000 |
Organised by | European Handball Federation |
The European Beach Handball Championship is the official competition for senior national beach handball teams of Europe. It was first organized by the EHF in 2000. In addition to crowning the European champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the World Championships.
Year | Host | Final | Bronze Match | ||||||
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Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
2000 Details [1] | Gaeta, Italy | Belarus | 2–1 | Spain | Ukraine | 2–1 | Russia | ||
2002 Details [2] | Cádiz, Spain | Spain | 2–0 | Russia | Belarus | 2–0 | Ukraine | ||
2004 Details [3] | Alanya, Turkey | Russia | 2–0 | Germany | Turkey | 2–1 | Spain | ||
2006 Details [4] | Cuxhaven, Germany | Spain | 2–1 | Hungary | Turkey | 2–1 | Germany | ||
2007 Details [5] | Misano Adriatico, Italy | Russia | 2–1 | Croatia | Hungary | 2–1 | Serbia | ||
2009 Details [6] | Larvik, Norway | Croatia | 2–0 | Russia | Hungary | 2–0 | Denmark | ||
2011 Details | Umag, Croatia | Croatia | 2–0 | Russia | Spain | 2–1 | Ukraine | ||
2013 Details | Randers, Denmark | Croatia | 2–0 | Russia | Denmark | 2–1 | Serbia | ||
2015 Details | Lloret de Mar, Spain | Croatia | 2–1 | Spain | Ukraine | 2–1 | Hungary | ||
2017 Details | Zagreb, Croatia | Spain | 2–0 | Russia | Croatia | 2–0 | Hungary | ||
2019 Details | Stare Jabłonki, Poland | Denmark | 2–0 | Norway | Hungary | 2–0 | Russia | ||
2021 Details | Varna, Bulgaria | Denmark | 2–0 | Croatia | Russia | 2–1 | Spain | ||
2023 Details | Nazaré, Portugal | Hungary | 2–0 | Germany | Denmark | 2–0 | Portugal |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Croatia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
2 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
3 | Russia | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
4 | Denmark | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
5 | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
6 | Belarus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
7 | Germany | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
8 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
9 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Totals (10 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
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