Beach handball at the World Games

Beach handball is part of the World Games as an invitational sport since the 2001 edition. It has become an official sport of the World Games program since 2013.^[1]

Men's tournament

From 2001 to 2009 Beach Handball was contested as a demonstration event. Since the 2013 edition the sport has been formally recognized as part of the World Games program.^[2]

Year	Host		Gold-medal match				Bronze-medal match
		Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
2001 Details	Akita	Belarus	2 – 1	Spain	Brazil	2 – 1	Iran
2005 Details	Duisburg	Russia	2 – 0	Spain	Croatia	2 – 1	Germany
2009 Details	Kaohsiung	Brazil	2 – 0	Hungary	Croatia	2 – 0	Oman
2013 Details	Cali	Brazil	2 – 0	Russia	Croatia	2 – 1	Qatar
2017 Details	Wrocław	Brazil	2 – 1	Croatia	Qatar	2 – 1	Hungary
2022 Details	Birmingham	Croatia	2 – 1	Qatar	Brazil	2 – 0	United States

Women's tournament

From 2001 to 2009 Beach Handball was contested as a demonstration event. Since the 2013 edition the sport is formally recognized as part of the World Games program.

Year	Host		Gold-medal match				Bronze-medal match
		Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
2001 Details	Akita	Ukraine	2 – 1	Germany	Brazil	2 – 0	Japan
2005 Details	Duisburg	Brazil	2 – 0	Hungary	Turkey	2 – 0	Croatia
2009 Details	Kaohsiung	Italy	2 – 1	Croatia	Brazil	2 – 0	Macedonia
2013 Details	Cali	Brazil	2 – 1	Hungary	Norway	2 – 0	Chinese Taipei
2017 Details	Wrocław	Brazil	2 – 0	Argentina	Spain	2 – 1	Norway
2022 Details	Birmingham	Germany	2 – 0	Norway	Argentina	2 – 0	United States

See also

• Beach Handball World Championships

References

1. "Beach Handball and Softball are on the official sports programme". worldgames2013.com.co. Retrieved 7 June 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. "Beach handball - The World Games" (PDF). ihf.info. Retrieved 7 June 2012.

• https://web.archive.org/web/20150923221134/http://www.duisburg.de/worldgames_archiv/infosystem/?lang=en