2014 Beach Handball World Championships

The 2014 Beach Handball World Championships were a twelve-team tournament in both men's and women's beach handball, held at Recife, Brazil from 22–27 July, 2014.^[1] It was the sixth edition of the event.

Just like two years ago, Brazil again won the gold medal in both, the men's and women's competition.^[2]

Format

The twelve teams were split into two groups of six teams. After playing a round-robin, the three top ranked team advanced to the Main Round. Every team kept the points from preliminary round matches against teams who also advanced. In the main round every team had 3 games against the opponents they did not face in the preliminary round. The top four teams advanced to the Semifinals. The three bottom ranked team from each preliminary round group were packed into one group. The points won against the teams who were also in this group were valid. Every team played three games and after those round there wereplacement matches from 7th–12th place.

Matches were played in sets, the team that wins two sets is the winner of a match. When teams are equal in points the head-to-head result was decisive.

Draw

The draw was held on 9 May.^[3]

Men

Participating nations

Group A	Group B
Uruguay Oman Serbia Denmark Australia Brazil	Argentina Qatar Egypt Russia Spain Croatia

Preliminary round

	Team advance to Main Round
	Team competes in Consolation Round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Brazil	5	5	0	10	0	10
Denmark	5	4	1	8	2	8
Serbia	5	3	2	6	6	6
Uruguay	5	2	3	5	7	4
Oman	5	1	4	3	8	2
Australia	5	0	5	1	10	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
22 July 2014
Brazil	2–0	Oman
Denmark	2–0	Australia
Serbia	2–1	Uruguay
Uruguay	0–2	Brazil
Australia	1–2	Serbia
Oman	0–2	Denmark
23 July 2014
Denmark	2–0	Serbia
Oman	1–2	Uruguay
Brazil	2–0	Australia
24 July 2014
Australia	0–2	Oman
Serbia	0–2	Brazil
Denmark	2–0	Uruguay
Uruguay	2–0	Australia
Brazil	2–0	Denmark
Serbia	2–0	Oman

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Croatia	5	4	1	8	4	8
Qatar	5	4	1	8	4	8
Spain	5	3	2	7	4	6
Egypt	5	2	3	4	6	4
Russia	5	2	3	6	8	4
Argentina	5	0	5	3	10	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
22 July 2014
Croatia	2–0	Qatar
Russia	2–1	Spain
Egypt	2–0	Argentina
Argentina	1–2	Croatia
Spain	2–0	Egypt
Qatar	2–1	Russia
23 July 2014
Russia	0–2	Egypt
Qatar	2–1	Argentina
Croatia	0–2	Spain
24 July 2014
Spain	0–2	Qatar
Egypt	0–2	Croatia
Russia	2–1	Argentina
Argentina	0–2	Spain
Croatia	2–1	Russia
Egypt	0–2	Qatar

Main round (Group C)

Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Brazil	5	5	0	10	2	10
Denmark	5	4	1	8	4	8
Croatia	5	2	3	5	6	4
Qatar	5	2	3	5	7	4
Spain	5	2	3	6	6	4
Serbia	5	0	5	1	10	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
25 July 2014
Serbia	0–2	Croatia
Denmark	2–0	Qatar
Brazil	2–1	Spain
Brazil	2–1	Qatar
Serbia	0–2	Spain
Denmark	2–1	Croatia
26 July 2014
Denmark	2–1	Spain
Serbia	1–2	Qatar
Brazil	2–0	Croatia

Consolation round (Group D)

Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Egypt	5	4	1	8	3	8
Russia	5	4	1	8	3	8
Argentina	5	3	2	7	4	6
Uruguay	5	2	3	5	7	4
Oman	5	2	3	5	6	4
Australia	5	0	5	0	10	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
25 July 2014
Oman	0–2	Russia
Uruguay	0–2	Argentina
Australia	0–2	Egypt
Uruguay	0–2	Russia
Oman	2–0	Egypt
Australia	0–2	Argentina
26 July 2014
Oman	0–2	Argentina
Australia	0–2	Russia
Uruguay	1–2	Egypt

Placement matches

Eleventh place game

26 July 2014
Team 1	Score	Team 2
Oman	1–2	Australia

Ninth place game

26 July 2014
Team 1	Score	Team 2
Argentina	0–2	Uruguay

Seventh place game

26 July 2014
Team 1	Score	Team 2
Egypt	0–2	Russia

Fifth place game

26 July 2014
Team 1	Score	Team 2
Spain	2–0	Serbia

Finals

Semi-finals			Final

26 July
Brazil	2
Qatar	0

			27 July
			Brazil	2
			Croatia	1


			Third place
26 July		27 July
Denmark	1	Qatar	2
Croatia	2		Denmark	1

Final ranking

Rank	Team
01 !	Brazil
02 !	Croatia
03 !	Qatar
4	Denmark
5	Spain
6	Serbia
7	Russia
8	Egypt
9	Uruguay
10	Argentina
11	Australia
12	Oman

Awards

MVP

Martin Andersen (DEN)

Topscorer

Juan Vásquez Díz (ESP)

All-star team

Goalkeeper: Igor Totić (CRO)
Right wing: Nailson Amaral (BRA)
Left wing: Juan Vásquez Díz (ESP)
Pivot: Gil Pires (BRA)
Defender: Ahmed Morgan (QAT)
Specialist: Martin Andersen (DEN)

Fair play award

Spain

Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info

Women