2024 Men's Beach Handball World Championships

2024 Men's Beach Handball World Championships
Tournament details
Host country	China
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	18–23 June
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Santiago Rodríguez; (113 points)
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The 2024 Men's Beach Handball World Championships are tenth edition of the championship, held from 18 to 23 June 2024 in China, under the aegis of International Handball Federation (IHF).^[1]^[2]

Qualification[edit]

Qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	1	China
Defending champion	1	Croatia
Africa	1	Tunisia
2023 Asian Beach Handball Championship^[3]	2	Oman Qatar
2023 European Beach Handball Championship	5	Denmark Germany Hungary Portugal Spain
2023 Oceania Beach Handball Championship^[4]	1	Australia
2024 South and Central American Beach Handball Championship	3	Argentina Brazil Uruguay
2024 NACHC Beach Handball Championship^[5]	2	United States Puerto Rico

Format[edit]

The 16 teams will be drawn into four groups of four teams each where they will play a round-robin. The top three teams will advance to the main round, consisting of two groups of six teams, facing the teams they have not met in the preliminary round. The first four teams advance to the quarterfinals, from where on a knockout stage will be played. The last-placed teams from the first round will play a consolation round.^[6]

Draw[edit]

The draw took place on 3 May 2024.^[6]^[7]

Seeding[edit]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Croatia Hungary Germany Brazil	Denmark China Qatar Argentina	Portugal Spain Oman Uruguay	United States Australia Tunisia Puerto Rico

Preliminary round[edit]

All times are local (UTC+8).^[8]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	123	88	1.398	Main round
2	Denmark	3	2	1	4	5	2	2.500	121	93	1.301
3	Oman	3	1	2	2	2	4	0.500	78	78	1.000
4	Australia	3	0	3	0	0	6	0.000	69	132	0.523	Consolation round

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head set difference; 4) Head-to-head points won; 5) Set difference; 6) Points won; 7) Draw.

18 June 2024 15:50	Denmark	2–0	Australia	Court 3 Attendance: 30 Referees: Mery Diaz (ARG), Soledad Vignoni (ARG)
	(22–12, 33–16) Report

18 June 2024 15:50	Hungary	2–0	Oman	Court 4 Attendance: 80 Referees: José Galiano (PAR), José Rodrigues (PAR)
	(17–12, 16–14) Report

19 June 2024 11:10	Oman	0–2	Denmark	Court 4 Attendance: 10 Referees: Coriana Constantin (ROU), Daniela-Andreea Enache (ROU)
	(6–8, 11–14) Report

19 June 2024 11:10	Australia	0–2	Hungary	Court 3 Attendance: 10 Referees: Cao Hongjun (CHN), Xu Jian (CHN)
	(8–18, 10–24) Report

19 June 2024 18:20	Oman	2–0	Australia	Court 2 Attendance: 20 Referees: Mery Diaz (ARG), Soledad Vignoni (ARG)
	(20–14, 15–9) Report

19 June 2024 18:20	Hungary	2–1	Denmark	Central court Attendance: 150 Referees: Mathieu Fanack (FRA), Cédric Daré (FRA)
	(17–18, 22–20, 9–6) Report

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	134	80	1.675	Main round
2	Spain	3	2	1	4	5	2	2.500	127	100	1.270
3	Tunisia	3	1	2	2	2	5	0.400	107	128	0.836
4	China (H)	3	0	3	0	1	6	0.167	85	145	0.586	Consolation round

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head set difference; 4) Head-to-head points won; 5) Set difference; 6) Points won; 7) Draw.
(H) Host

18 June 2024 16:40	Brazil	2–1	Spain	Central court Attendance: 320 Referees: Bjarne Deiters (GER), Jesper Stumpfe (GER)
	(16–18, 19–18, 6–4) Report

18 June 2024 17:30	China	1–2	Tunisia	Central court Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Soleyman Payda (IRI), Mohammad Kiani (IRI)
	(18–16, 22–24, 6–7) Report

19 June 2024 12:00	Tunisia	0–2	Brazil	Court 2 Attendance: 30 Referees: Mery Diaz (ARG), Soledad Vignoni (ARG)
	(10–18, 10–20) Report

19 June 2024 12:00	Spain	2–0	China	Central court Attendance: 80 Referees: Soleyman Payda (IRI), Mohammad Kiani (IRI)
	(22–7, 21–12) Report

19 June 2024 20:00	Spain	2–0	Tunisia	Court 2 Attendance: 10 Referees: José Galeano (PAR), José Rodrigues (PAR)
	(22–20, 22–20) Report

19 June 2024 20:00	Brazil	2–0	China	Central court Attendance: 500 Referees: Bjarne Deiters (GER), Jesper Stumpfe (GER)
	(25–10, 30–10) Report

Group C[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	111	80	1.388	Main round
2	Portugal	3	2	1	4	4	2	2.000	129	87	1.483
3	Argentina	3	1	2	2	2	4	0.500	89	104	0.856
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	3	0	0	6	0.000	62	120	0.517	Consolation round

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head set difference; 4) Head-to-head points won; 5) Set difference; 6) Points won; 7) Draw.

18 June 2024 15:00	Croatia	2–0	Portugal	Court 2 Referees: Sergio Martínez (ESP), Victor Rolland (ESP)
	(16–12, 22–20) Report

18 June 2024 15:00	Argentina	2–0	Puerto Rico	Central court Attendance: 100 Referees: Mathieu Fanack (FRA), Cédric Daré (FRA)
	(16–10, 16–12) Report

19 June 2024 09:30	Puerto Rico	0–2	Croatia	Court 3 Attendance: 10 Referees: Jonas Primdahl (DEN), Nichlas Nygaard (DEN)
	(8–14, 12–20) Report

19 June 2024 09:30	Portugal	2–0	Argentina	Court 4 Attendance: 100 Referees: Bjarne Deiters (GER), Jesper Stumpfe (GER)
	(20–15, 23–14) Report

19 June 2024 15:50	Croatia	2–0	Argentina	Central court Attendance: 60 Referees: Coriana Constantin (ROU), Daniela-Andreea Enache (ROU)
	(20–16, 19–12) Report

19 June 2024 15:50	Portugal	2–0	Puerto Rico	Court 2 Attendance: 10 Referees: Soleyman Payda (IRI), Mohammad Kiani (IRI)
	(26–12, 28–8) Report

Group D[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	146	103	1.417	Main round
2	United States	3	2	1	4	4	4	1.000	127	129	0.984
3	Qatar	3	1	2	2	3	4	0.750	121	141	0.858
4	Uruguay	3	0	3	0	1	6	0.167	120	141	0.851	Consolation round

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head set difference; 4) Head-to-head points won; 5) Set difference; 6) Points won; 7) Draw.

18 June 2024 16:40	Germany	2–0	Uruguay	Court 3 Attendance: 66 Referees: Sergio Martínez (ESP), Victor Rolland (ESP)
	(24–20, 23–17) Report

18 June 2024 16:40	Qatar	1–2	United States	Court 2 Attendance: 20 Referees: Jonas Primdahl (DEN), Nichlas Nygaard (DEN)
	(18–28, 20–12, 2–8) Report

19 June 2024 09:30	Uruguay	0–2	Qatar	Court 2 Attendance: 50 Referees: Mathieu Fanack (FRA), Cédric Daré (FRA)
	(18–22, 22–23) Report

19 June 2024 09:30	United States	0–2	Germany	Central court Attendance: 20 Referees: Coriana Constantin (ROU), Daniela-Andreea Enache (ROU)
	(12–26, 18–20) Report

19 June 2024 15:00	Uruguay	1–2	United States	Court 2 Attendance: 10 Referees: Jonas Primdahl (DEN), Nichlas Nygaard (DEN)
	(18–27, 18–14, 7–8) Report

19 June 2024 15:00	Germany	2–0	Qatar	Central court Attendance: 50 Referees: Mathieu Fanack (FRA), Cédric Daré (FRA)
	(27–20, 26–16) Report

Consolation round[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Uruguay	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	149	111	1.342
2	Australia	3	1	2	2^[a]	2	4	0.500	114	127	0.898
3	Puerto Rico	3	1	2	2^[a]	2	4	0.500	114	131	0.870
4	China (H)	3	1	2	2^[a]	3	4	0.750	125	133	0.940

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head set difference; 4) Head-to-head points won; 5) Set difference; 6) Points won; 7) Draw.
(H) Host
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Australia 2 Pts, ±0 SD, +3 SP; Puerto Rico, 2 Pts, ±0 SD, −1 PD; China 2 Pts, ±0 SD, −2 PD.

20 June 2024 15:40	China	1–2	Uruguay	Central court Attendance: 100 Referees: Sergio Martínez (ESP), Victor Rolland (ESP)
	(23–20, 18–26, 4–5) Report

20 June 2024 16:30	Australia	2–0	Puerto Rico	Court 4 Attendance: 10 Referees: Jonas Primdahl (DEN), Nichlas Nygaard (DEN)
	(20–16, 24–20) Report

21 June 2024 09:30	Uruguay	2–0	Australia	Court 2 Attendance: 15 Referees: Bjarne Deiters (GER), Jesper Stumpfe (GER)
	(28–16, 24–20) Report

21 June 2024 10:20	Puerto Rico	2–0	China	Court 2 Attendance: 10 Referees: Sergio Martínez (ESP), Victor Rolland (ESP)
	(26–25, 22–16) Report

21 June 2024 16:30	Puerto Rico	0–2	Uruguay	Court 4 Attendance: 10 Referees: Mery Diaz (ARG), Soledad Vignoni (ARG)
	(22–24, 8–22) Report

21 June 2024 16:30	Australia	0–2	China	Court 2 Attendance: 50 Referees: Jonas Primdahl (DEN), Nichlas Nygaard (DEN)
	(20–21, 14–18) Report

Main round[edit]

Points obtained against teams from the same group are carried over.

Group I[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Denmark	5	4	1	8^[a]	9	3	3.000	202	179	1.128	Quarterfinals
2	Brazil	5	4	1	8^[a]	9	3	3.000	204	158	1.291
3	Spain	5	3	2	6^[b]	7	5	1.400	235	211	1.114
4	Hungary	5	3	2	6^[b]	6	5	1.200	204	188	1.085
5	Tunisia	5	1	4	2	2	8	0.250	148	196	0.755
6	Oman	5	0	5	0	1	10	0.100	136	187	0.727

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head set difference; 4) Head-to-head points won; 5) Set difference; 6) Points won; 7) Draw.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Denmark 2–1 Brazil
^ ^a ^b Hungary 0–2 Spain

20 June 2024 16:30	Denmark	2–0	Spain	Central court Attendance: 100 Referees: Bjarne Deiters (GER), Jesper Stumpfe (GER)
	(25–16, 23–22) Report

20 June 2024 17:20	Hungary	2–0	Tunisia	Central court Attendance: 100 Referees: Coriana Constantin (ROU), Daniela-Andreea Enache (ROU)
	(26–12, 20–18) Report

20 June 2024 17:20	Oman	0–2	Brazil	Court 2 Attendance: 50 Referees: Mery Diaz (ARG), Soledad Vignoni (ARG)
	(14–20, 4–20) Report

21 June 2024 09:30	Hungary	0–2	Spain	Central court Attendance: 50 Referees: Mathieu Fanack (FRA), Cédric Daré (FRA)
	(23–26, 22–27) Report

21 June 2024 10:20	Denmark	2–1	Brazil	Central court Attendance: 100 Referees: Coriana Constantin (ROU), Daniela-Andreea Enache (ROU)
	(14–18, 25–24, 9–8) Report

21 June 2024 10:20	Oman	0–2	Tunisia	Court 3 Attendance: 20 Referees: José Galeano (PAR), José Rodrigues (PAR)
	(14–16, 14–16) Report

21 June 2024 16:30	Denmark	2–0	Tunisia	Central court Attendance: 80 Referees: José Galeano (PAR), José Rodrigues (PAR)
	(20–18, 20–8) Report

21 June 2024 17:20	Hungary	0–2	Brazil	Central court Attendance: 120 Referees: Soleyman Payda (IRI), Mohammad Kiani (IRI)
	(18–19, 14–16) Report

21 June 2024 17:20	Oman	1–2	Spain	Court 3 Attendance: 30 Referees: Bjarne Deiters (GER), Jesper Stumpfe (GER)
	(20–32, 21–20, 6–8) Report

Group II[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Croatia	5	5	0	10	10	1	10.000	216	183	1.180	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	5	4	1	8	8	2	4.000	224	169	1.325
3	Portugal	5	3	2	6	6	5	1.200	199	188	1.059
4	Argentina	5	2	3	4	4	8	0.500	183	217	0.843
5	United States	5	1	4	2	4	9	0.444	206	237	0.869
6	Qatar	5	0	5	0	3	10	0.300	202	236	0.856

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head set difference; 4) Head-to-head points won; 5) Set difference; 6) Points won; 7) Draw.

20 June 2024 18:10	Portugal	2–0	United States	Court 3 Attendance: 50 Referees: Cao Hongjun (CHN), Xu Jian (CHN)
	(23–18, 23–17) Report

20 June 2024 18:10	Croatia	2–0	Qatar	Court 2 Attendance: 100 Referees: Sergio Martínez (ESP), Victor Rolland (ESP)
	(20–18, 20–19) Report

20 June 2024 19:00	Argentina	0–2	Germany	Central court Attendance: 450 Referees: Jonas Primdahl (DEN), Nichlas Nygaard (DEN)
	(14–21, 12–18) Report

21 June 2024 11:10	Croatia	2–1	United States	Court 3 Attendance: 30 Referees: Cao Hongjun (CHN), Xu Jian (CHN)
	(20–22, 26–16, 6–4) Report

21 June 2024 11:10	Argentina	2–1	Qatar	Central court Attendance: 50 Referees: Mathieu Fanack (FRA), Cédric Daré (FRA)
	(20–18, 16–17, 11–10) Report

21 June 2024 12:00	Portugal	0–2	Germany	Court 2 Attendance: 30 Referees: José Galeano (PAR), José Rodrigues (PAR)
	(18–25, 12–17) Report

21 June 2024 19:00	Argentina	2–1	United States	Central court Attendance: 500 Referees: Soleyman Payda (IRI), Mohammad Kiani (IRI)
	(18–19, 26–24, 9–8) Report

21 June 2024 19:00	Portugal	2–1	Qatar	Court 3 Attendance: 50 Referees: Coriana Constantin (ROU), Daniela-Andreea Enache (ROU)
	(18–20, 23–18, 7–6) Report

21 June 2024 19:00	Croatia	2–0	Germany	Court 2 Attendance: 100 Referees: Sergio Martínez (ESP), Victor Rolland (ESP)
	(25–24, 22–20) Report

Knockout stage[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Championship bracket

Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final

22 June

Denmark
	22 June
Argentina

22 June

Germany
		23 June
Spain

22 June

Brazil
	22 June
Portugal

22 June
		Third place
Croatia
		23 June
Hungary

Fifth place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place game

	22 June


					23 June


	22 June




					Seventh place game

					23 June

9–16th place bracket

9–16th place quarterfinals	9–12th place semifinals	Ninth place game

22 June

United States
	22 June
China

22 June

Oman
		23 June
Uruguay

22 June

Tunisia
	22 June
Puerto Rico

22 June
		Eleventh place game
Qatar
		23 June
Australia

13–16th place bracket

	13–16th place semifinals				13th place game

	22 June


					23 June


	22 June




					15th place game

					23 June

9–16th place quarterfinals[edit]

22 June 2024 10:20	Oman	v	Uruguay	Court 4
	Report

22 June 2024 10:20	Qatar	v	Australia	Court 3
	Report

22 June 2024 10:20	United States	v	China	Central court
	Report

22 June 2024 10:20	Tunisia	v	Puerto Rico	Court 2
	Report

Quarterfinals[edit]

22 June 2024 12:00	Denmark	v	Argentina	Central court
	Report

22 June 2024 12:00	Croatia	v	Hungary	Court 2
	Report

22 June 2024 12:00	Germany	v	Spain	Court 4
	Report

22 June 2024 12:00	Brazil	v	Portugal	Court 3
	Report

13–16th place semifinals[edit]

22 June 2024 16:50	LQF1	v	LQF2	Court 4
	Report

22 June 2024 16:50	LQF3	v	LQF4	Court 3
	Report

9–12th place semifinals[edit]

22 June 2024 16:50	WQF1	v	WQF2	Central court
	Report

22 June 2024 16:50	WQF3	v	WQF4	Court 2
	Report

5–8th place semifinals[edit]

22 June 2024 18:30	LQF1	v	LQF2	Court 3
	Report

22 June 2024 18:30	LQF3	v	LQF4	Court 2
	Report

Semifinals[edit]

22 June 2024 19:20	WQF1	v	WQF2	Central court
	Report

22 June 2024 20:10	WQF3	v	WQF4	Central court
	Report

15th place game[edit]

23 June 2024 09:30	LSF1	v	LSF2	Court 3
	Report

13th place game[edit]

23 June 2024 09:30	WSF1	v	WSF2	Court 4
	Report

Eleventh place game[edit]

23 June 2024 09:30	LSF1	v	LSF2	Court 2
	Report

Ninth place game[edit]

23 June 2024 10:20	WSF1	v	WSF2	Court 2
	Report

Seventh place game[edit]

23 June 2024 09:30	LSF1	v	LSF2	Central court
	Report

Fifth place game[edit]

23 June 2024 11:10	WSF1	v	WSF2	Central court
	Report

Third place game[edit]

23 June 2024 17:30	LSF1	v	LSF2	Central court
	Report

Final[edit]

23 June 2024 19:30	WSF1	v	WSF2	Central court
	Report

Final ranking[edit]

Rank	Team



4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

References[edit]

^ "P. R. China takes centre stage: Hosting IHF World Championships". asianhandball.org. 16 August 2023.
^ "China set to "amaze" for 20-year anniversary of IHF Beach Handball World Championships". ihf.info. 1 February 2024.
^ "Oman set up title clash with Qatar in Asian Beach Handball Championships". timesofoman.com. 18 March 2023.
^ "Australian teams triumph in Oceania Beach Handball Championships, securing spots in 2023 ANOC World Beach Games". handballaustralia.org.au. 28 April 2023.
^ "USA take double gold in NACHC beach champs, book tickets to China". ihf.info. 18 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b "2024 IHF Beach Handball World Championships draw event this week". ihf.info. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
^ "China 2024 IHF Beach Handball World Championships draw completed in Basel". ihf.info. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
^ "2024 IHF Men's and Women's Beach Handball World Championships match schedule released". ihf.info. Retrieved 5 June 2024.

External links[edit]

Official website

[table_hth_AUS0.22657138864816-9] Australia 2 Pts, ±0 SD, +3 SP; Puerto Rico, 2 Pts, ±0 SD, −1 PD; China 2 Pts, ±0 SD, −2 PD.

[table_hth_DEN0.34500606048154-10] Denmark 2–1 Brazil

[table_hth_ESP0.34500606048154-11] Hungary 0–2 Spain

[1] "P. R. China takes centre stage: Hosting IHF World Championships". asianhandball.org. 16 August 2023.

[2] "China set to "amaze" for 20-year anniversary of IHF Beach Handball World Championships". ihf.info. 1 February 2024.

[3] "Oman set up title clash with Qatar in Asian Beach Handball Championships". timesofoman.com. 18 March 2023.

[4] "Australian teams triumph in Oceania Beach Handball Championships, securing spots in 2023 ANOC World Beach Games". handballaustralia.org.au. 28 April 2023.

[5] "USA take double gold in NACHC beach champs, book tickets to China". ihf.info. 18 April 2024.

[Draw-6] "2024 IHF Beach Handball World Championships draw event this week". ihf.info. Retrieved 30 April 2024.

[7] "China 2024 IHF Beach Handball World Championships draw completed in Basel". ihf.info. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

[8] "2024 IHF Men's and Women's Beach Handball World Championships match schedule released". ihf.info. Retrieved 5 June 2024.

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