2017 European Beach Handball Championship

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2017 European Beach Handball Championship
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The 2017 European Beach Handball Championship was held in Zagreb, Croatia from 20 to 25 June 2017.

Format[edit]

Men's competition contains fourteen teams, split into two groups of seven teams while women's competition contains fifteen teams, split in three groups of five teams. After playing a round-robin, the four top ranked team advanced to the Main Round. Every team kept the points from preliminary round matches against teams who also advanced. In the main round every team had 2 games against the opponents they did not face in the preliminary round. All teams advanced to the Quarter-finals. The two bottom ranked team from each preliminary round group were packed into one group. The points won against the teams who were also in this group were valid.

Matches were played in sets, the team that wins two sets is the winner of a match. When teams are equal in points the head-to-head result was decisive.

Men[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

     Team advance to Main Round
     Team competes in Placement Round

Main round[edit]

Placement round 9−14[edit]

Team Pld W L SW SL Pts
 Germany 5 5 0 10 2 10
 Poland 5 3 2 7 7 6
  Switzerland 5 2 3 6 7 4
 Serbia 5 2 3 6 8 4
 France 5 2 3 7 7 4
 Netherlands 5 1 4 3 8 2
Team 1 Score Team 2
Round 1
Germany  2–0   Switzerland
Poland  2–1  Serbia
Netherlands  0–2  France
Round 2
Serbia  0–2  Germany
Switzerland  2–0  Netherlands
France  1–2  Poland
Round 3
Poland  2–1   Switzerland
Netherlands  1–2  Serbia
Germany  2–1 Archived 2017-11-14 at the Wayback Machine  France

Knockout stage[edit]

Championship bracket[edit]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
24 June − 11:00 − [1]
 
 
 Croatia2
 
24 June − 18:00 − [2]
 
 Norway1
 
 Croatia1
 
24 June − 11:00 − [3]
 
 Russia2
 
 Ukraine0
 
25 June − 17:00 − [4]
 
 Russia2
 
 Russia0
 
24 June − 11:00 − [5]
 
 Spain2
 
 Spain2
 
24 June − 19:00 − [6]
 
 Sweden0
 
 Spain2
 
24 June − 11:00 − [7]
 
 Hungary1 Third place
 
 Hungary2
 
25 June − 15:00 − [8]
 
 Denmark0
 
 Croatia2
 
 
 Hungary0
 
5–8th place bracket
 
5–8th place semifinals5th place
 
      
 
24 June − 17:00 − [9]
 
 
 Ukraine2
 
25 June − 12:00 − [10]
 
 Norway1
 
 Ukraine1
 
24 June − 17:00 − [11]
 
 Sweden2
 
 Sweden2
 
 
 Denmark0
 
7th place
 
 
25 June − 12:00 − [12]
 
 
 Norway0
 
 
 Denmark2

Final standings[edit]

Place Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Spain
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Croatia
4  Hungary
5  Sweden
6  Ukraine
7  Denmark
8  Norway
9  Germany
10  Poland
11   Switzerland
12  Serbia
13  France
14  Netherlands

Women[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

     Team advance to Main Round
     Team competes in Placement Round 13–15

Main round[edit]

     Team advance to Main Round
     Team competes in Placement Round 9−12

Placement round 13−15[edit]

Team Pld W L SW SL Pts
 Sweden 4 3 1 7 4 6
 Germany 4 3 1 6 3 6
  Switzerland 4 0 4 2 8 0
Team 1 Score Team 2
Round 1
Germany  2–0   Switzerland
Round 2
Switzerland  1–2  Sweden
Round 3
Sweden  2–0  Germany
Round 4
Germany  2–0   Switzerland
Round 5
Switzerland  1–2  Sweden
Round 6
Sweden  1–2  Germany

Placement round 9−12[edit]

Team Pld W L SW SL Pts
 Croatia 3 3 0 6 1 6
 Hungary 3 2 1 4 3 4
 Italy 3 1 2 2 4 2
 Ukraine 3 0 3 2 6 0
Team 1 Score Team 2
Round 1
Ukraine  1–2  Hungary
Italy  0–2  Croatia
Round 2
Croatia  2–0  Hungary
Ukraine  0–2  Italy

Knockout stage[edit]

Championship bracket[edit]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
24 June − 10:00 − [13]
 
 
 Netherlands1
 
24 June − 16:00 − [14]
 
 Poland2
 
 Poland2
 
24 June − 10:00 − [15]
 
 Denmark1
 
 Greece0
 
25 June − 16:00 − [16]
 
 Denmark2
 
 Poland0
 
24 June − 10:00 − [17]
 
 Norway2
 
 Norway2
 
24 June − 17:00 − [18]
 
 Russia1
 
 Norway2
 
24 June − 10:00 − [19]
 
 Spain0 Third place
 
 France0
 
25 June − 14:00 − [20]
 
 Spain2
 
 Denmark1
 
 
 Spain2
 
5–8th place bracket
 
5–8th place semifinals5th place
 
      
 
24 June − 16:00 − [21]
 
 
 Netherlands1
 
25 June − 11:00 − [22]
 
 Greece2
 
 Greece0
 
24 June − 16:00 − [23]
 
 Russia2
 
 Russia2
 
 
 France1
 
7th place
 
 
25 June − 11:00 − [24]
 
 
 Netherlands1
 
 
 France2

Final standings[edit]

Place Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Poland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Spain
4  Denmark
5  Russia
6  Greece
7  France
8  Netherlands
9  Croatia
10  Hungary
11  Italy
12  Ukraine
13  Sweden
14  Germany
15   Switzerland

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