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2020 Men's Beach Handball World Championships

For the women's tournament, see 2020 Women's Beach Handball World Championships.

The 2020 Men's Beach Handball World Championships would have been the ninth edition of the tournament.[1][2] Originally scheduled for 30 June to 5 July 2020 in Pescara, Italy, the tournament was planned to be rescheduled and moved to another host country, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

2020 IHF Men's Beach Handball World Championship
Tournament details
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
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On 22 February 2021, the tournament was cancelled.[4]

Qualification edit

Qualification Vacancies Qualified
Host 1   Italy
Defending champion 1   Brazil
2019 African Beach Games 1   Tunisia
2019 Asian Beach Handball Championship 2   Oman
  Qatar
2019 European Beach Handball Championship 5   Croatia
  Denmark
  Hungary
  Norway
  Russia
2019 Oceania Beach Handball Championship 1   Australia
2019 South and Central American Beach Handball Championship 2   Argentina
  Uruguay
2019 Nor.ca Beach Handball Championship 2   Mexico
  United States
Wildcard 1   Germany[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Italy will host the 2020 beach Handball World Championship". beachhandball2020.com. 13 November 2017. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  2. ^ "2020 Beach Handball World Championship presentation in Pescara". ihf.info. 17 December 2019.
  3. ^ "IHF events to be re-scheduled". ihf.info. 24 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Key decisions made on IHF events at IHF Council meeting". ihf.info. 22 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Norway women and Germany men take final two spots at Pescara 2020". ihf.info. 11 February 2020.

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