Beach handball world championship men 2018

The 8th Men's Beach Handball World Championship 2018 was held from July 24 to 29, 2018 in Kazan , Russia . At the same time, the title holder for women was determined.

Brazil defeated Croatia in the final. It was the third final pairing of the two teams in a row.

qualification

qualification	Starting places	Nations
host	1	Russia
Defending champion	1	Croatia
Beach handball Asian Championships 2017	4th	Qatar Oman Iran Vietnam
Beach handball European Championships 2017	3	Spain Hungary Sweden
Beach Handball Oceania Championships 2017	1	Australia
Beach Handball Pan American Championships 2017	4th	Argentina Brazil United States Uruguay
Replacement starter for Africa	1	Denmark
Wildcard	1	New Zealand

draw

The groups were drawn on May 15, 2018 in Kazan.

Lottery pots The composition of the lottery pots was announced on May 14, 2018.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Croatia Brazil Qatar Spain	Russia Hungary Oman Iran	Uruguay Vietnam United States Australia	Sweden Denmark Argentina New Zealand

All times refer to the local primeval time ( UTC + 3 ).

Regulations

The teams are placed in the respective groups in the following order:

1. more sentence points scored
2. Number of sentence points achieved in direct comparison
3. Number of sentences won in direct comparison
4. Number of hit points achieved in direct comparison
5. general rate difference
6. generally scored points
7. Drawing of lots

Preliminary round

Group A

space	team	G	V	Pooh	S +	S-	SQ	Pu +	Pu-
1	Croatia	3	0	6th	6th	1	6,000	144	119
2	Uruguay	1	2	2	4th	5	0.800	121	116
3	Iran	1	2	2	3	5	0.600	101	109
4th	Argentina	1	2	2	3	5	0.600	092	114

July 24, 2018 9:50 am	Croatia	2–1	Uruguay	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Michail Mertinian, Evangelos Syrepisios (GRE)
	(22-17, 20-23, 7-6) report

July 24, 2018 10:40 am	Iran	1-2	Argentina	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Cao Hongjun, Xu Jian (CHN)
	(13-10, 8-12, 4-6) report

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July 24, 2018 14:50	Uruguay	1-2	Iran	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Dávid Palkovits, Gabor Szilvási (HUN)
	(16-15, 14-15, 5-6) report

July 24, 2018 3:40 pm	Argentina	0-2	Croatia	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Khaled Al-Heel, Ali Al-Yazeedi (QAT)
	(18-26, 16-24) report

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July 25, 2018 11:10 AM	Croatia	2–0	Iran	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Laura Buchón-Perea, Patricia del Valle-Encuentra (ESP)
	(23-22, 22-17) report

July 25, 2018 11:10 AM	Uruguay	2–1	Argentina	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Mohammed Drissi, Mohammed Ben Salah (TUN)
	(16-19, 15-5, 8-6) report

Group B

space	team	G	V	Pooh	S +	S-	SQ	Pu +	Pu-
1	Spain	3	0	6th	6th	1	6,000	133	093
2	Hungary	2	1	4th	5	2	2,500	140	106
3	Vietnam	1	2	2	2	5	0.400	092	119
4th	New Zealand	0	3	0	1	6th	0.167	082	129

July 24, 2018 9:50 am	Spain	2–0	Vietnam	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Mohammed Drissi, Mohammed Ben Salah (TUN)
	(23-9, 15-10) report

July 24, 2018 11:30 am	Hungary	2–0	New Zealand	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Wanderson Oliveira, Fabiano Carvalho (BRA)
	(19-12, 24-12) report

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July 24, 2018 3:40 pm	Vietnam	0-2	Hungary	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Pablo Martínez, Luiz Monico (URY)
	(16-20, 17-25) report

July 24, 2018 4:30 p.m.	New Zealand	0-2	Spain	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Ana Carina Barbosa, Nadia Machado (POR)
	(10-24, 12-22) report

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July 25, 2018 9:30 am	Spain	2–1	Hungary	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Michail Mertinian, Evangelos Syrepisios (GRE)
	(19-18, 16-22, 14-12) report

July 25, 2018 9:30 am	Vietnam	2–1	New Zealand	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Dávid Palkovits, Gabor Szilvási (HUN)
	(18-14, 16-17, 6-5) report

Group C

space	team	G	V	Pooh	S +	S-	SQ	Pu +	Pu-
1	Qatar	2	1	4th	5	2	2,500	135	102
2	Denmark	2	1	4th	4th	2	2,000	095	087
3	Oman	2	1	4th	4th	4th	1,000	100	107
4th	Australia	0	3	0	1	6th	0.167	076	110

July 24, 2018 9:00 am	Oman	0-2	Denmark	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Dávid Palkovits, Gabor Szilvási (HUN)
	(6-13, 11-12) report

July 24, 2018 9:00 am	Qatar	2–0	Australia	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Mohammed Drissi, Mohammed Ben Salah (TUN)
	(21-10, 21-7) report

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July 24, 2018 14:00	Denmark	0-2	Qatar	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Michail Mertinian, Evangelos Syrepisios (GRE)
	(15-18, 20-22) report

July 24, 2018 14:00	Australia	1-2	Oman	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Laura Buchón-Perea, Patricia del Valle-Encuentra (ESP)
	(8-16, 15-8, 6-9) report

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July 25, 2018 15:00	Qatar	1-2	Oman	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Wanderson Oliveira, Fabiano Carvalho (BRA)
	(18-20, 21-15, 14-15) report

July 25, 2018 15:00	Australia	0-2	Denmark	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Mohammed Drissi, Mohammed Ben Salah (TUN)
	(18-19, 12-16) report

Group D

space	team	G	V	Pooh	S +	S-	SQ	Pu +	Pu-
1	Sweden	3	0	6th	6th	3	2,000	141	131
2	Russia	2	1	4th	5	3	1.667	139	134
3	Brazil	1	2	2	3	4th	0.750	124	109
4th	United States	0	3	0	2	6th	0.333	130	160

July 24, 2018 11:30 am	Russia	1-2	Sweden	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Pablo Martínez, Luiz Monico (URY)
	(20-13, 18-23, 6-9) report

July 24, 2018 11:30 am	Brazil	2–0	United States	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Mohammed Drissi, Mohammed Ben Salah (TUN)
	(23-10, 26-19) report

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July 24, 2018 4:30 p.m.	Sweden	2–1	Brazil	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Cao Hongjun, Xu Jian (CHN)
	(18-16, 13-16, 12-10) report

July 24, 2018 7:30 p.m.	United States	1-2	Russia	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Michail Mertinian, Evangelos Syrepisios (GRE)
	(20-23, 28-26, 8-9) report

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July 25, 2018 4:40 pm	Brazil	0-2	Russia	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Dávid Palkovits, Gabor Szilvási (HUN)
	(13-16, 20-21) report

July 25, 2018 4:40 pm	United States	1-2	Sweden	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Khaled Al-Heel, Ali Al-Yazeedi (QAT)
	(16-24, 21-20, 8-9) report

Consolation round

space	team	G	V	Pooh	S +	S-	SQ	Pu +	Pu-
1	United States	3	0	6th	6th	0	6,000	131	118
2	Australia	2	1	4th	4th	2	2,000	122	113
3	Argentina	1	2	2	2	4th	0.500	104	111
4th	New Zealand	0	3	0	0	6th	0.000	103	118

July 26, 2018 9:00 am	Argentina	0-2	Australia	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Laura Buchón-Perea, Patricia del Valle-Encuentra (ESP)
	(17-20, 12-15) report

July 26, 2018 9:00 am	New Zealand	0-2	United States	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Michail Mertinian, Evangelos Syrepisios (GRE)
	(18-20, 16-20) report

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July 26, 2018 14:00	United States	2–0	Argentina	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Ana Carina Barbosa, Nadia Machado (POR)
	(19-16, 22-20) report

July 26, 2018 14:00	Australia	2–0	New Zealand	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Cao Hongjun, Xu Jian (CHN)
	(17-16, 22-18) report

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July 27, 2018 09:00	Argentina	2–0	New Zealand	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Ana Carina Barbosa, Nadia Machado (POR)
	(20-17, 19-18) report

July 27, 2018 09:00	Australia	0-2	United States	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Cao Hongjun, Xu Jian (CHN)
	(26-27, 22-23) report

Main round

Points from games against teams in the respective groups from the preliminary round were taken away, the games were not played again.

Group I.

space	team	G	V	Pooh	S +	S-	SQ	Pu +	Pu-
1	Croatia	5	0	10	10	02	5,000	236	216
2	Spain	4th	1	08th	09	03	3,000	220	170
3	Hungary	3	2	06th	07th	06th	1.167	232	201
4th	Iran	2	3	04th	05	07th	0.714	162	191
5	Uruguay	1	4th	02	05	08th	0.625	183	204
6th	Vietnam	0	5	00	00	10	0.000	143	194

July 26, 2018 9:50 am	Croatia	2–0	Vietnam	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Cao Hongjun, Xu Jian (CHN)
	(23-20, 21-18) report

July 26, 2018 9:50 am	Uruguay	1-2	Hungary	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Khaled Al-Heel, Ali Al-Yazeedi (QAT)
	(18-17, 12-20, 6-7) report

July 26, 2018 9:50 am	Iran	0-2	Spain	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Pablo Martínez, Luiz Monico (URU)
	(16-22, 6-15) report

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July 26, 2018 2:50 p.m.	Uruguay	0-2	Spain	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Michail Mertinian, Evangelos Syrepisios (GRE)
	(17-21, 14-24) report

July 26, 2018 2:50 p.m.	Croatia	2–0	Hungary	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Wanderson Oliveira, Fabiano Carvalho (BRA)
	(25-18, 27-24) report

July 26, 2018 2:50 p.m.	Iran	2–0	Vietnam	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Khaled Al-Heel, Ali Al-Yazeedi (QAT)
	(15-14, 18-10) report

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July 27, 2018 3:50 pm	Croatia	2–1	Spain	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Khaled Al-Heel, Ali Al-Yazeedi (QAT)
	(18-17, 19-26, 9-8) report

July 27, 2018 3:50 pm	Uruguay	2–0	Vietnam	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Wanderson Oliveira, Fabiano Carvalho (BRA)
	(18-14, 16-15) report

July 27, 2018 3:50 pm	Iran	1-2	Hungary	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Mohammed Drissi, Mohammed Ben Salah (TUN)
	(14-12, 13-32, 4-5) report

Group II

space	team	G	V	Pooh	S +	S-	SQ	Pu +	Pu-
1	Sweden	4th	1	8th	8th	4th	2,000	192	188
2	Russia	3	2	6th	8th	6th	1.333	227	208
3	Brazil	2	3	4th	6th	6th	1,000	208	189
4th	Denmark	2	3	4th	5	7th	0.714	182	192
5	Qatar	2	3	4th	6th	6th	1,000	218	204
6th	Oman	2	3	4th	4th	8th	0.500	161	207

July 26, 2018 11:30 am	Qatar	0-2	Brazil	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Michail Mertinian, Evangelos Syrepisios (GRE)
	(16-18, 18-23) report

July 26, 2018 11:30 am	Denmark	1-2	Russia	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Pablo Martínez, Luiz Monico (URU)
	(17-12, 21-28, 6-7) report

July 26, 2018 11:30 am	Oman	0-2	Sweden	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Mohammed Drissi, Mohammed Ben Salah (TUN)
	(12-14, 14-26) report

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July 26, 2018 4:30 p.m.	Oman	0-2	Brazil	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Laura Buchón-Perea, Patricia del Valle-Encuentra (ESP)
	(15-16, 14-24) report

July 26, 2018 4:30 p.m.	Denmark	0-2	Sweden	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Dávid Palkovits, Gabor Szilvási (HUN)
	(10-12, 22-24) report

July 26, 2018 7:00 p.m.	Qatar	1-2	Russia	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Dávid Palkovits, Gabor Szilvási (HUN)
	(17-16, 16-19, 14-15) report

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July 27, 2018 4:40 pm	Qatar	2–0	Sweden	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Pablo Martínez, Luiz Monico (URU)
	(26-12, 18-16) report

July 27, 2018 4:40 pm	Denmark	2–1	Brazil	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Mohammed Drissi, Mohammed Ben Salah (TUN)
	(10-20, 29-26, 7-6) report

July 27, 2018 4:40 pm	Oman	2–1	Russia	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Michail Mertinian, Evangelos Syrepisios (GRE)
	(12-24, 16-15, 11-10) report

KO phase

Play for the title

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Croatia	2
	Denmark	1
					Croatia	2
					Hungary	0
	Russia	0
	Hungary	2
									Croatia	0
									Brazil	2
	Spain	1
	Brazil	2
					Brazil	2
					Sweden	0			Small finale
	Sweden	2
	Iran	0
									Hungary	2
									Sweden	0

Play for fifth place

	Placement games rank five to eight				Game for fifth place
	Denmark	1
	Russia	2
					Russia	0
					Spain	2
	Spain	2
	Iran	0
					Game for seventh place
					Denmark	2
					Iran	0

Placement games for places nine to 16

	Placement games ninth to 16th				Placement games rank nine to 12				Game for ninth place
	Qatar	2
	New Zealand	0
					Qatar	2
					United States	0
	Vietnam	0
	United States	2
									Qatar	2
									Oman	1
	Uruguay	0
	Argentina	2
					Argentina	0
					Oman	2			Game for eleventh place
	Oman	2
	Australia	1
									United States	1
									Argentina	2

Placement games for places 13 to 16

	Placement games rank 13 to 16				Game for 13th place
	New Zealand	0
	Vietnam	2
					Vietnam	0
					Australia	2
	Uruguay	1
	Australia	2
					Play for 15th place
					New Zealand	0
					Uruguay	2

Placement games for places nine to 16

July 28, 2018 9:00 am	Qatar	2–0	New Zealand	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Ana Carina Barbosa, Nadia Machado (POR)
	(20-16, 20-8) report

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July 28, 2018 10:40 am	Vietnam	0-2	United States	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Michail Mertinian, Evangelos Syrepisios (GRE)
	(15-19, 22-23) report

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July 28, 2018 11:30 am	Uruguay	0-2	Argentina	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Dávid Palkovits, Gabor Szilvási (HUN)
	(16-19, 22-23) report

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July 28, 2018 11:30 am	Oman	2–1	Australia	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Cao Hongjun, Xu Jian (CHN)
	(21-14, 8-13, 8-4) report

Quarter finals

July 28, 2018 9:00 am	Iran	0-2	Sweden	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Michail Mertinian, Evangelos Syrepisios (GRE)
	(1-18, 14-15) report

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July 28, 2018 9:00 am	Spain	1-2	Brazil	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Dávid Palkovits, Gabor Szilvási (HUN)
	(18-25, 22-21, 14-16) report

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July 28, 2018 10:40 am	Croatia	2–1	Denmark	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Laura Buchón-Perea, Patricia del Valle-Encuentra (ESP)
	(25-22, 17-24, 8-6) report

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July 28, 2018 11:30 am	Hungary	0-2	Russia	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Khaled Al-Heel, Ali Al-Yazeedi (QAT)
	(21-20, 21-14) report

Placement games for places 13 to 16

July 28, 2018 2:10 PM	New Zealand	0-2	Vietnam	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Pablo Martínez, Luiz Monico (URU)
	(14-16, 8-15) report

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July 28, 2018 3:50 pm	Uruguay	1-2	Australia	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Mohammed Drissi, Mohammed Ben Salah (TUN)
	(22-16, 12-16, 6-9) report

Placement games for places nine to 12

July 28, 2018 2:10 PM	Qatar	2–0	United States	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Cao Hongjun, Xu Jian (CHN)
	(26-14, 19-18) report

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July 28, 2018 3:50 pm	Argentina	0-2	Oman	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Ana Carina Barbosa, Nadia Machado (POR)
	(15-22, 16-22) report

Placement games for places five to eight

July 28, 2018 2:10 PM	Iran	0-2	Spain	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Wanderson Oliveira, Fabiano Carvalho (BRA)
	(9-18, 12-20) report

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July 28, 2018 3:50 pm	Denmark	1-2	Russia	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Dávid Palkovits, Gabor Szilvási (HUN)
	(18-24, 23-22, 6-7) report

Semifinals

July 28, 2018 5:30 p.m.	Sweden	0-2	Brazil	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Mohammed Drissi, Mohammed Ben Salah (TUN)
	(14-17, 12-20) report

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July 28, 2018 7:10 PM	Croatia	2–0	Hungary	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Wanderson Oliveira, Fabiano Carvalho (BRA)
	(26-18, 28-22) report

Play for 15th place

July 29, 2018 9:00 am	New Zealand	0-2	Uruguay	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Wanderson Oliveira, Fabiano Carvalho (BRA)
	(18-21, 20-23) report

Game for 13th place

29 July 2018 10:40	Vietnam	0-2	Australia	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Mohammed Drissi, Mohammed Ben Salah (TUN)
	(12-16, 10-20) report

Game for eleventh place

July 29, 2018 9:00 am	United States	1-2	Argentina	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Khaled Al-Heel, Ali Al-Yazeedi (QAT)
	(24-16, 18-22, 4-7) report

They fell for ninth place

29 July 2018 10:40	Qatar	2–1	Oman	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Dávid Palkovits, Gabor Szilvási (HUN)
	(18-10, 11-12, 9-6) report

Game for seventh place

July 29, 2018 9:00 am	Denmark	2–0	Iran	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Mohammed Drissi, Mohammed Ben Salah (TUN)
	(14-12, 20-23) report

Game for fifth place

29 July 2018 10:40	Russia	0-2	Spain	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Wanderson Oliveira, Fabiano Carvalho (BRA)
	(14-23, 22-23) report

Bronze game

July 29, 2018 16:00	Sweden	0-2	Hungary	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Michail Mertinian, Evangelos Syrepisios (GRE)
	(12-18, 16-17) report

final

July 29, 2018 6:00 PM	Brazil	2–0	Croatia	Beach Sports Complex , Kazan Referees: Khaled Al-Heel, Ali Al-Yazeedi (QAT)
	(19-18, 22-20) report

Final score

rank	team
01	Brazil
02	Croatia
03	Hungary
04th	Sweden
05	Spain
06th	Russia
07th	Denmark
08th	Iran
09	Qatar
10	Oman
11	Argentina
12	United States
13	Australia
14th	Vietnam
15th	Uruguay
16	New Zealand

Awards

Most Valuable Player ( MVP )

•  Brazil Bruno Oliveira

Top scorer

•  Denmark Martin Andersen (149 points)

All-star team

• Goalkeeper: Qatar Mohamed Abidi 
• Right wing: Croatia Lucijan Bura 
• Left wing: Croatia Ivan Jurić 
• Circle: Hungary Attila Kun 
• Defensive player: Brazil Thiago Barcellos 
• Specialist: Brazil Bruno Oliveira 

Fair play award

•  Australia

Web links

• Official website
• IHF website

Remarks

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