The 2022 Women's
Beach Handball World Championships
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 gover ...
was the ninth edition of the championship, held from 21 to 26 June 2022 at
Heraklion
Heraklion or Iraklion ( ; el, Ηράκλειο, , ) is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion regional unit. It is the fourth largest city in Greece with a population of 211,370 (Urban A ...
,
Crete
Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and ...
. Greece under the aegis of
International Handball Federation
The International Handball Federation (IHF) is the administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball. IHF is responsible for the organisation of handball's major international tournaments, notably the IHF World Men's Handball C ...
(IHF). It was the first time in history that the championship will be organised by
Hellenic Handball Federation ''
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, iocnation= Hellenic Republic (GRE)
, url= www.Handball.org.gr
, sport= Handball
, othersport1= Beach handball
, othersport2= Wheelchair hand ...
.
Germany captured their first title with a finals win over Spain.
Qualification
Draw
The draw took place on 13 May 2022.
Preliminary round
''All times are local (
UTC+3
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Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Consolation round
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Main round
Points obtained against teams from the same group were carried over.
Group I
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Group II
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Knockout stage
Bracket
;Championship bracket
;Fifth place bracket
;9–16th place bracket
;13–16th place bracket
9–16th place quarterfinals
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Quarterfinals
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13–16th place semifinals
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9–12th place semifinals
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5–8th place semifinals
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Semifinals
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15th place game
13th place game
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking
Statistics and awards
Top goalscorers
Top goalkeepers
Awards
The awards were announced on 26 June 2022.
References
External links
IHF website
{{World championships in 2022
Beach World Championships
Beach Handball World Championships
Beach Handball World Championships
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 gover ...
Beach Handball World Championships
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 gover ...
Sport in Heraklion
Beach Handball
Beach handball is a team sport where two teams pass and bounce or roll a ball, trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. The game is similar to standard handball, but it is played on sand instead of on a solid floor. Because the ball ...