The 2008

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 ...

are a twelve-team tournament in both men's and women's

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 ...

, held in the Cadiz at Cadiz beach in

Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a "historical nationality". The t ...

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

between July 9 and July 13 .

Men

; Final ranking

Women

; Final ranking

External links

* * {{Beach Handball World Championships Beach Handball World Championships

International handball competitions hosted by Spain Sport in Cádiz 2008 in Spanish sport