IHF Beach Handball World Championships

IHF Men's & Women's Beach Handball World Championships
Current season, competition or edition:; 2024 Men's Beach Handball World Championships; 2024 Women's Beach Handball World Championships
Sport	Beach Handball
Founded	2004
Founder	International Handball Federation
First season	2004
No. of teams	16
Continents	5
Most recent; champion(s)	Croatia (men); Germany (women)
Most titles	Brazil (men; 5 titles); Brazil; (women; 3 titles)

The IHF Beach Handball World Championships is an international beach handball competition contested by the men's and women's national teams of the member federations/associations of International Handball Federation (IHF), the sport's global governing body.

The tournament was established in 2004, taking place every two years to allow continental tournaments to flourish without the burden of the World Championship qualifiers crowding the schedule every 12 months. The current tournament format lasts over approximately 6 days and involves 16 teams initially competing in four groups of four teams. The group winners and runners-up advance to a series of knock-out stages until the champion is crowned. The losing semi-finalists play each other in a play-off match to determine the third and fourth-placed teams.

The most recent edition was held in Kazan (Russia), and crowned Brazil as champions defeating defending champions Croatia by 2–0 in the final of men's category. Debutants Greece claimed title in women's category by defeating Norway in the final by 2–1.^[1]

Men's tournament

Summary

Year	Host	Final			Bronze match
Year	Host	Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
2004 Details	El Gouna	Egypt	2–1	Turkey	Russia	2–1	Croatia
2006 Details	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	2–0	Turkey	Spain	2–1	Egypt
2008 Details	Cadiz	Croatia	2–1 (p.s.)	Brazil	Serbia	2–0	Egypt
2010 Details	Antalya	Brazil	2–0	Hungary	Turkey	2–1	Egypt
2012 Details	Muscat	Brazil	2–1	Ukraine	Croatia	2–0	Russia
2014 Details	Recife	Brazil	2–1	Croatia	Qatar	2–1	Denmark
2016 Details	Budapest^[2]	Croatia	2–0	Brazil	Qatar	2–1	Hungary
2018 Details	Kazan^[2]	Brazil	2–0	Croatia	Hungary	2–0	Sweden
2020 Details	Pescara^[3]	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[4]			Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Details	Crete^[5]	Croatia	2–0	Denmark	Brazil	2–0	Greece
2024 Details	Pingtan Island^[6]	Croatia	2–1	Denmark	Portugal	2–0	Germany

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	5	2	1	8
2	Croatia	4	2	1	7
3	Egypt	1	0	0	1
4	Turkey	0	2	1	3
5	Denmark	0	2	0	2
6	Hungary	0	1	1	2
7	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
8	Qatar	0	0	2	2
9	Portugal	0	0	1	1
	Russia	0	0	1	1
	Serbia	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		10	10	10	30

Participating nations

Nation	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2022	2024	Years
Argentina						10th		11th	11th	8th	4
Australia				12th	12th	11th	12th	13th		14th	6
Bahrain	7th	6th			9th		9th				4
Brazil	9th	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	3rd	6th	10
China										12th	1
Croatia	4th	7th	1st	7th	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	1st	10
Denmark				5th		4th		7th	2nd	2nd	5
Dominican Republic		10th									1
Ecuador									13th		1
Egypt	1st	4th	4th	4th	6th	8th	8th		15th		8
Germany		8th								4th	2
Greece									4th		1
Hungary	6th	5th	7th	2nd			4th	3rd		7th	7
Iran			11th					8th	9th		3
Kuwait					10th						1
Libya			12th	11th							2
Norway									8th		1
New Zealand								16th	14th		2
Oman	8th			9th	8th	12th	7th	10th		15th	7
Pakistan			10th								1
Portugal									10th	3rd	2
Puerto Rico									16th	16th	2
Qatar				10th	7th	3rd	3rd	9th	5th	10th	7
Russia	3rd	9th	8th	6th	4th	7th		6th	DQ		7
Serbia			3rd			6th					2
Spain		3rd	5th	8th	5th	5th	5th	5th	7th	5th	9
Sweden								4th			1
Tunisia										11th	1
Turkey	2nd	2nd	6th	3rd							4
United States							11th	12th	12th	13th	4
Ukraine	5th				2nd		6th				3
Uruguay			9th		11th	9th	10th	15th	6th	9th	7
Vietnam								14th			1
Total	9	10	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16