2018 Women's Beach Handball World Championships

For the men's tournament, see 2018 Men's Beach Handball World Championships.

The 2018 Women's Beach Handball World Championships were the eighth edition of the tournament, held at Kazan, Russia from 24 to 29 July 2018.^[1]

2018 IHF Women's Beach Handball World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	24–29 July
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Greece (1st title)
Runners-up	Norway
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Edna Uresti (123 points)
Awards
Best player	Juliana Oliveira
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Greece won the title on their first ever participation, defeating Norway in the final.^[2]

Qualification

Qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	1	Russia
Defending champion	1	Spain
2017 Asian Beach Handball Championship	3	Thailand  Vietnam  Chinese Taipei
2017 European Beach Handball Championship	4	Norway  Poland  Denmark  Greece
2018 Oceania Beach Handball Championship	1	Australia
2018 Pan American Men's Beach Handball Championship	4	Brazil  Mexico  Paraguay  Uruguay
Substitute for Africa continent[3]	1	France
Wildcard[3]	1	United States

Draw

The draw was held on 15 May 2018 at Kazan, Russia.^[4][5]

Seeding

The seedings were announced on 14 May 2018.^[6]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Spain  Brazil  Norway  Poland	Denmark  Thailand  Uruguay  Australia	Greece  France  Vietnam  Russia	Chinese Taipei  Paraguay  Mexico  United States

All times are local (UTC+3).^[7]

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	99	69	1.435	Main round
2	Greece	3	2	1	4	5	4	1.250	99	93	1.065
3	Paraguay	3	1	2	2	3	5	0.600	87	109	0.798
4	Australia	3	0	3	0	2	6	0.333	79	93	0.849	Consolation round

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head set difference; 4) Head-to-head points won; 5) Set difference; 6) Points won; 7) Draw.

24 July 2018 12:20	Spain	2–1	Greece	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Pablo Martínez, Luiz Monico (URU)
	(10–20, 14–8, 2–0) Report

24 July 2018 12:20	Australia	1–2	Paraguay	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Cao Hongjun, Xu Jian (CHN)
	(13–12, 10–11, 4–8) Report

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24 July 2018 16:30	Greece	2–1	Australia	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Wanderson Oliveira, Fabiano Carvalho (BRA)
	(18–16, 10–12, 6–4) Report

24 July 2018 17:20	Paraguay	0–2	Spain	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Dávid Palkovits, Gabor Szilvási (HUN)
	(15–24, 6–21) Report

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25 July 2018 10:20	Spain	2–0	Australia	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Khaled Al-Heel, Ali-Al Yazeedi (QAT)
	(10–8, 18–12) Report

25 July 2018 10:20	Greece	2–1	Paraguay	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Ana Carina Barbosa, Nadia Machado (POR)
	(17–14, 14–17, 6–4) Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	115	84	1.369	Main round
2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	4	4	4	1.000	111	134	0.828
3	Uruguay	3	1	2	2	3	5	0.600	100	103	0.971
4	France	3	0	3	0	2	6	0.333	109	114	0.956	Consolation round

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head set difference; 4) Head-to-head points won; 5) Set difference; 6) Points won; 7) Draw.

24 July 2018 12:20	Uruguay	1–2	Chinese Taipei	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Laura Buchón-Perea, Patricia del Valle-Encuentra (ESP)
	(15–17, 20–15, 4–5) Report

24 July 2018 13:10	Poland	2–0	France	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Wanderson Oliveira, Fabiano Carvalho (BRA)
	(20–10, 18–15) Report

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24 July 2018 17:20	France	1–2	Uruguay	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Khaled Al-Heel, Ali Al-Yazeedi (QAT)
	(17–14, 12–13, 6–7) Report

24 July 2018 20:20	Chinese Taipei	0–2	Poland	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Ana Carina Barbosa, Nadia Machado (POR)
	(18–29, 14–17) Report

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25 July 2018 12:00	Poland	2–0	Uruguay	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Cao Hongjun, Xu Jian (CHN)
	(15–13, 16–14) Report

25 July 2018 12:00	France	1–2	Chinese Taipei	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Dávid Palkovits, Gabor Szilvási (HUN)
	(21–22, 18–9, 10–11) Report

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	129	70	1.843	Main round
2	Russia (H)	3	2	1	4	4	2	2.000	105	70	1.500
3	Thailand	3	1	2	2	2	4	0.500	81	116	0.698
4	United States	3	0	3	0	0	6	0.000	67	126	0.532	Consolation round

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head set difference; 4) Head-to-head points won; 5) Set difference; 6) Points won; 7) Draw.
(H) Host

24 July 2018 10:40	Brazil	2–0	Russia	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Khaled Al-Heel, Ali Al-Yazeedi (QAT)
	(14–11, 14–12) Report

24 July 2018 10:40	Thailand	2–0	United States	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Ana Carina Barbosa, Nadia Machado (POR)
	(17–11, 16–15) Report

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24 July 2018 15:40	United States	0–2	Brazil	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Laura Buchón-Perea, Patricia del Valle-Encuentra (ESP)
	(11–25, 12–24) Report

24 July 2018 17:20	Russia	2–0	Thailand	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Mohammed Drissi, Mohammed Ben Salah (TUN)
	(18–10, 20–14) Report

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25 July 2018 17:30	Russia	2–0	United States	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Pablo Martínez, Luiz Monico (URU)
	(24–10, 20–8) Report

25 July 2018 17:30	Brazil	2–0	Thailand	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Cao Hongjun, Xu Jian (CHN)
	(20–14, 32–10) Report

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Norway	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	125	96	1.302	Main round
2	Denmark	3	2	1	4	4	2	2.000	121	84	1.440
3	Vietnam	3	1	2	2	2	5	0.400	92	112	0.821
4	Mexico	3	0	3	0	1	6	0.167	92	138	0.667	Consolation round

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head set difference; 4) Head-to-head points won; 5) Set difference; 6) Points won; 7) Draw.

24 July 2018 09:00	Norway	2–0	Vietnam	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Attendance: 50 Referees: Khaled Al-Heel, Ali Al-Yazeedi (QAT)
	(14–11, 17–15) Report

24 July 2018 09:50	Denmark	2–0	Mexico	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Laura Buchón-Perea, Patricia del Valle-Encuentra (ESP)
	(18–10, 28–6) Report

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24 July 2018 14:50	Vietnam	0–2	Denmark	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Ana Carina Barbosa, Nadia Machado (POR)
	(9–19, 18–22) Report

24 July 2018 14:50	Mexico	0–2	Norway	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Cao Hongjun, Xu Jian (CHN)
	(17–27, 19–26) Report

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25 July 2018 15:50	Norway	2–0	Denmark	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Wanderson Oliveira, Fabiano Carvalho (BRA)
	(20–16, 21–18) Report

25 July 2018 15:50	Vietnam	2–1	Mexico	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Michail Mertinian, Evangelos Syrepisios (GRE)
	(12–16, 22–20, 5–4) Report

Consolation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	France	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	93	56	1.661
2	Australia	3	2	1	4	4	3	1.333	105	99	1.061
3	Mexico	3	1	2	2	3	4	0.750	109	103	1.058
4	United States	3	0	3	0	0	6	0.000	55	104	0.529

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head set difference; 4) Head-to-head points won; 5) Set difference; 6) Points won; 7) Draw.

26 July 2018 09:00	Australia	2–0	United States	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Wanderson Oliveira, Fabiano Carvalho (BRA)
	(22–12, 14–9) Report

26 July 2018 13:10	France	2–0	Mexico	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Mohammed Drissi, Mohammed Ben Salah (TUN)
	(18–16, 12–10) Report

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26 July 2018 17:20	United States	0–2	France	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Ana Carina Barbosa, Nadia Machado (POR)
	(3–12, 8–20) Report

26 July 2018 18:10	Mexico	1–2	Australia	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Cao Hongjun, Xu Jian (CHN)
	(19–16, 12–16, 16–18) Report

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27 July 2018 10:40	Australia	0–2	France	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Pablo Martínez, Luiz Monico (URU)
	(8–17, 11–14) Report

27 July 2018 11:30	United States	0–2	Mexico	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Laura Buchón-Perea, Patricia del Valle-Encuentra (ESP)
	(13–20, 10–16) Report

Main round

Group I

Points obtained against teams from the same group were carried over.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Spain	5	5	0	10	10	1	10.000	189	128	1.477	Quarterfinals
2	Poland	5	3	2	6[a]	7	4	1.750	175	153	1.144
3	Greece	5	3	2	6[a]	7	6	1.167	175	147	1.190
4	Paraguay	5	2	3	4	5	7	0.714	157	197	0.797
5	Chinese Taipei	5	1	4	2[b]	3	9	0.333	166	217	0.765
6	Uruguay	5	1	4	2[b]	4	9	0.444	151	171	0.883

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head set difference; 4) Head-to-head points won; 5) Set difference; 6) Points won; 7) Draw.
Notes:

1. Greece 0–2 Poland
2. Uruguay 1–2 Chinese Taipei

26 July 2018 10:40	Spain	2–0	Uruguay	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Ana Carina Barbosa, Nadia Machado (POR)
	(14–7, 18–11) Report

26 July 2018 10:40	Greece	2–0	Chinese Taipei	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Wanderson Oliveira, Fabiano Carvalho (BRA)
	(22–14, 20–10) Report

26 July 2018 10:40	Paraguay	2–1	Poland	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Dávid Palkovits, Gabor Szilvási (HUN)
	(9–17, 12–8, 6–5) Report

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26 July 2018 15:40	Greece	0–2	Poland	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Mohammed Drissi, Mohammed Ben Salah (TUN)
	(18–20, 10–16) Report

26 July 2018 15:40	Spain	2–0	Chinese Taipei	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Dávid Palkovits, Gabor Szilvási (HUN)
	(26–18, 21–11) Report

26 July 2018 15:40	Paraguay	1–2	Uruguay	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Khaled Al-Heel, Ali Al-Yazeedi (QAT)
	(6–16, 19–18, 6–7) Report

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27 July 2018 15:00	Spain	2–0	Poland	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Wanderson Oliveira, Fabiano Carvalho (BRA)
	(19–16, 20–16) Report

27 July 2018 15:00	Greece	2–1	Uruguay	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Dávid Palkovits, Gabor Szilvási (HUN)
	(10–14, 21–6, 9–6) Report

27 July 2018 15:00	Paraguay	2–1	Chinese Taipei	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Ana Carina Barbosa, Nadia Machado (POR)
	(13–25, 21–13, 9–6) Report

Group II

Points obtained against teams from the same group were carried over.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	10	10	1	10.000	198	147	1.347	Quarterfinals
2	Russia (H)	5	4	1	8	8	2	4.000	164	124	1.323
3	Norway	5	3	2	6	6	4	1.500	165	149	1.107
4	Denmark	5	2	3	4	4	6	0.667	162	164	0.988
5	Vietnam	5	1	4	2	3	8	0.375	149	183	0.814
6	Thailand	5	0	5	0	0	10	0.000	123	194	0.634

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head set difference; 4) Head-to-head points won; 5) Set difference; 6) Points won; 7) Draw.
(H) Host

26 July 2018 12:20	Brazil	2–1	Vietnam	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Khaled Al-Heel, Ali Al-Yazeedi (QAT)
	(12–10, 18–19, 6–4) Report

26 July 2018 12:20	Russia	2–0	Denmark	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Laura Buchón-Perea, Patricia del Valle-Encuentra (ESP)
	(20–18, 11–10) Report

26 July 2018 12:20	Thailand	0–2	Norway	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Ana Carina Barbosa, Nadia Machado (POR)
	(11–18, 10–16) Report

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26 July 2018 17:20	Brazil	2–0	Denmark	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Mohammed Drissi, Mohammed Ben Salah (TUN)
	(22–12, 18–16) Report

26 July 2018 17:20	Thailand	0–2	Vietnam	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Pablo Martínez, Luiz Monico (URU)
	(14–19, 15–20) Report

26 July 2018 18:10	Russia	2–0	Norway	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Michail Mertinian, Evangelos Syrepisios (GRE)
	(12–8, 14–12) Report

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27 July 2018 17:30	Brazil	2–0	Norway	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Laura Buchón-Perea, Patricia del Valle-Encuentra (ESP)
	(17–16, 25–23) Report

27 July 2018 17:30	Russia	2–0	Vietnam	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Dávid Palkovits, Gabor Szilvási (HUN)
	(22–8, 24–16) Report

27 July 2018 17:30	Thailand	0–2	Denmark	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Cao Hongjun, Xu Jian (CHN)
	(12–13, 13–18) Report

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Spain	2
	Denmark	1
					Spain	1
					Greece	2
	Russia	1
	Greece	2
									Greece	2
									Norway	1
	Poland	1
	Norway	2
					Norway	2
					Brazil	0			Third place
	Brazil	2
	Paraguay	0
									Spain	0
									Brazil	2

Fifth place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place game
	Denmark	2
	Russia	0
					Denmark	2
					Poland	1
	Poland	2
	Paraguay	0
					Seventh place game
					Russia	2
					Paraguay	0

9–16th place bracket

	9–16th place quarterfinals				9–12th place semifinals				Ninth place game
	Vietnam	2
	United States	0
					Vietnam	2
					France	1
	Thailand	0
	France	2
									Vietnam	2
									Uruguay	0
	Chinese Taipei	1
	Mexico	2
					Mexico	0
					Uruguay	2			Eleventh place game
	Uruguay	2
	Australia	1
									France	2
									Mexico	0

13–16th place bracket

	13–16th place semifinals				13th place game
	United States	2
	Thailand	0
					United States	0
					Chinese Taipei	2
	Chinese Taipei	2
	Australia	0
					15th place game
					Thailand	2
					Australia	1

9–16th place quarterfinals

28 July 2018 09:50	Vietnam	2–0	United States	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Mohammed Drissi, Mohammed Ben Salah (TUN)
	(15–12, 19–18) Report

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28 July 2018 10:40	Thailand	0–2	France	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Wanderson Oliveira, Fabiano Carvalho (BRA)
	(18–19, 18–24) Report

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28 July 2018 12:20	Chinese Taipei	1–2	Mexico	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Khaled Al-Heel, Ali Al-Yazeedi (QAT)
	(17–23, 23–17, 4–7) Report

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28 July 2018 13:10	Uruguay	2–1	Australia	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Laura Buchón-Perea, Patricia del Valle-Encuentra (ESP)
	(19–7, 11–16, 9–8) Report

Quarterfinals

28 July 2018 09:50	Paraguay	0–2	Brazil	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Cao Hongjun, Xu Jian (CHN)
	(11–16, 12–17) Report

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28 July 2018 09:50	Poland	1–2	Norway	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Pablo Martínez, Luiz Monico (URU)
	(17–16, 9–24, 4–6) Report

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28 July 2018 12:20	Spain	2–1	Denmark	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Ana Carina Barbosa, Nadia Machado (POR)
	(22–20, 11–15, 9–6) Report

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28 July 2018 12:20	Greece	2–1	Russia	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Wanderson Oliveira, Fabiano Carvalho (BRA)
	(20–25, 22–18, 12–10) Report

13–16th place semifinals

28 July 2018 15:00	United States	2–0	Thailand	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Khaled Al-Heel, Ali Al-Yazeedi (QAT)
	(14–12, 19–18) Report

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28 July 2018 16:40	Chinese Taipei	2–0	Australia	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Michail Mertinian, Evangelos Syrepisios (GRE)
	(20–14, 21–18) Report

9–12th place semifinals

28 July 2018 15:00	Vietnam	2–1	France	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Laura Buchón-Perea, Patricia del Valle-Encuentra (ESP)
	(20–30, 21–17, 7–6) Report

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28 July 2018 16:40	Mexico	0–2	Uruguay	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Cao Hongjun, Xu Jian (CHN)
	(14–17, 6–7) Report

5–8th place semifinals

28 July 2018 15:00	Paraguay	0–2	Poland	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Michail Mertinian, Evangelos Syrepisios (GRE)
	(12–13, 16–19) Report

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28 July 2018 16:40	Denmark	2–0	Russia	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Pablo Martínez, Luiz Monico (URU)
	(18–12, 19–10) Report

Semifinals

28 July 2018 18:20	Brazil	0–2	Norway	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Laura Buchón-Perea, Patricia del Valle-Encuentra (ESP)
	(18–19, 20–22) Report

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28 July 2018 20:00	Spain	1–2	Greece	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Ana Carina Barbosa, Nadia Machado (POR)
	(18–14, 16–18, 2–6) Report

15th place game

29 July 2018 09:50	Thailand	2–1	Australia	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Cao Hongjun, Xu Jian (CHN)
	(16–12, 10–17, 8–6) Report

13th place game

29 July 2018 11:30	United States	0–2	Chinese Taipei	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Ana Carina Barbosa, Nadia Machado (POR)
	(16–20, 12–24) Report

Eleventh place game

29 July 2018 09:50	France	2–0	Mexico	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Laura Buchón-Perea, Patricia del Valle-Encuentra (ESP)
	(18–17, 20–15) Report

Ninth place game

29 July 2018 11:30	Vietnam	2–0	Uruguay	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Cao Hongjun, Xu Jian (CHN)
	(19–12, 18–16) Report

Seventh place game

29 July 2018 09:50	Russia	2–0	Paraguay	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Ana Carina Barbosa, Nadia Machado (POR)
	(20–9, 18–13) Report

Fifth place game

29 July 2018 11:30	Denmark	2–1	Poland	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Laura Buchón-Perea, Patricia del Valle-Encuentra (ESP)
	(28–14, 13–14, 6–4) Report

Third place game

29 July 2018 15:00	Brazil	2–0	Spain	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Dávid Palkovits, Gabor Szilvási (HUN)
	(14–10, 15–10) Report

Final

29 July 2018 17:00	Norway	1–2	Greece	Beach Sports Complex, Kazan Referees: Pablo Martínez, Luiz Monico (URU)
	(14–18, 24–15, 2–5) Report

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Greece
	Norway
	Brazil
4	Spain
5	Denmark
6	Poland
7	Russia
8	Paraguay
9	Vietnam
10	Uruguay
11	France
12	Mexico
13	Chinese Taipei
14	United States
15	Thailand
16	Australia

Awards

MVP^[8]

• Juliana Oliveira

Topscorer

• Edna Uresti (123 points)

All-star team

• Goalkeeper: Magdalini Kepesidou
• Right wing: Patricia Scheppa
• Left wing: Maren Nyland Aardahl
• Pivot: Maria Batista
• Defender: Elisabeth Hammerstad
• Specialist: Vasiliki Skara

Fair play award

•  Norway