The 2014 Beach Handball World Championships were a twelve-team tournament in both men's and women's beach handball, held at Recife, Brazil from 22–27 July, 2014.[1] It was the sixth edition of the event.
Just like two years prior, Brazil again won the gold medal in both, the men's and women's competition.[2]
Format edit
The twelve teams were split into two groups of six teams. After playing a round-robin, the three 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 3 games against the opponents they did not face in the preliminary round. The top four teams advanced to the Semifinals. The three 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. Every team played three games and after those round there wereplacement matches from 7th–12th place.
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.
Draw edit
The draw was held on 9 May.[3]
Men edit
Participating nations edit
| Group A | Group B |
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Preliminary round edit
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| Team competes in Consolation Round |
Group A edit
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Group B edit
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Main round (Group C) edit
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Consolation round (Group D) edit
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Placement matches edit
Eleventh place game edit
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| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
Oman 
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1–2 |  Australia
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Ninth place game edit
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| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
Argentina 
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0–2 |  Uruguay
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Seventh place game edit
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| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
Egypt 
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0–2 |  Russia
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Fifth place game edit
| 26 July 2014 | ||
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| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
Spain 
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2–0 |  Serbia
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Finals edit
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
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 Brazil | 2 | |||||
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 Qatar | 0 | |||||
| Brazil | 2 | |||||
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 Croatia | 1 | |||||
 Denmark | 1 | |||||
| Croatia | 2 | |||||
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| Qatar | 2 | |||||
| Denmark | 1 | |||||
Final ranking edit
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Brazil
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Croatia
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Qatar
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| 4 | Denmark
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| 5 | Spain
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| 6 | Serbia
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| 7 | Russia
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| 8 | Egypt
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| 9 | Uruguay
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| 10 | Argentina
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| 11 | Australia
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| 12 | Oman
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Awards edit
- MVP
Martin Andersen (DEN)
- Topscorer
Juan Vásquez Díz (ESP)
- All-star team
- Goalkeeper:
Igor Totić (CRO) - Right wing:
Nailson Amaral (BRA) - Left wing: Juan Vásquez Díz (ESP)
- Pivot: Gil Pires (BRA)
- Defender:
Ahmed Morgan (QAT) - Specialist: Martin Andersen (DEN)
- Fair play award
Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info
Women edit
Participating nations edit
| Group A | Group B |
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Preliminary round edit
| Team advance to Main Round | |
| Team competes in Consolation Round |
Main round (Group C) edit
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Consolation round (Group D) edit
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Placement matches edit
Eleventh place game edit
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| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Australia
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0–2 | Argentina
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Ninth place game edit
| 26 July 2014 | ||
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| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
Thailand 
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2–0 |  Chinese Taipei
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Seventh place game edit
| 26 July 2014 | ||
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| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Denmark
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2–0 | Uruguay
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Fifth place game edit
| 26 July 2014 | ||
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| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Spain
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2–0 |  Italy
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Finals edit
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
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| Brazil | 2 | |||||
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 Norway | 1 | |||||
| Brazil | 2 | |||||
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 Hungary | 0 | |||||
| Hungary | 2 | |||||
 Ukraine | 0 | |||||
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| Norway | 2 | |||||
| Ukraine | 1 | |||||
Final ranking edit
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Brazil
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Hungary
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Norway
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| 4 | Ukraine
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| 5 | Spain
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| 6 | Italy
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| 7 | Denmark
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| 8 | Uruguay
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| 9 | Thailand
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| 10 | Chinese Taipei
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| 11 | Argentina
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| 12 | Australia
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Awards edit
- MVP
- Camila Souza (BRA)
- Topscorer
Catherine Kornvald (NOR)
- All-star team
- Goalkeeper:
Ágnes Győri (HUN) - Right wing:
Olga Lajuk (UKR) - Left wing: Catherine Kornvald (NOR)
- Pivot: Renata Santiago (BRA)
- Defender:
Anika Niederwieser (ITA) - Specialist: Maj Thornoe Johansen (DEN)
- Fair play award
Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info
References edit
- ^ "Beach Handball WcH in Brazil: 100 days – Countdown begins". handball-planet.com. 2014-04-15.
- ^ "Beach Handball Carnival on the beach of Recife". ihf.info. 2014-07-27.
- ^ "Groups for Men's and Women's World Championships drawn in Recife". ihf.info. 2014-05-09.