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 ...
was one of the invitational sports at the
2001 World Games
The 2001 World Games ( ja, 2001年ワールドゲームズ, 2001-Nen wārudogēmuzu), the sixth World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in Akita, Japan.
Titles
140 titles (invitational sports not included) were awarded in the ...
in
Akita
is a Japanese name and may refer to:
Places
* 8182 Akita, a main-belt asteroid
* Akita Castle, a Nara period fortified settlement in Akita, Japan
* Akita Domain, also known as Kubota Domain, feudal domain in Edo period Japan
* Akita, Kumamoto, ...
and was played between 23 and 25 August.
Athletes from 9 nations participated in the tournament.The competition took place at
Honjō Marina Honjō or Honjo may refer to:
Places
* Honjō, Akita
* Honjō, Nagano
* Honjō, Ōita
* Honjō, Saitama
* Honjo, Tokyo
* Honjo Stadium
* Honjo, Yutaro
People
* , Japanese samurai
* , Japanese general
*, Japanese immunologist
Fictional characters ...
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Honjō.
Participating nations
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Medal table
Events
References
External links
International Handball FederationBeach handball on IWGA website
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2001 World Games
2001
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Yurihonjō