2022 Wheelchair Handball World Championship

The 2022 IHF Wheelchair Handball World Championship is the first edition of the tournament. It was held in Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall in the 6th of October City, Egypt from 22 to 25 September 2022.^[1]

1st IHF Four-a-Side Wheelchair Handball World Championship 2022

Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	22–25 September 2022
Teams	6 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up	Egypt
Third place	Slovenia
Fourth place	Chile
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The competition features six teams, i.e., the host, one from Asia, and two each from Europe, and South and Central America. The competition is played with mixed teams, i.e., each team must have at least two female players, while at least one female player per team must be on the court at any time.^[2]

Qualification

Event	Vacancies	Qualified
IHF Executive Committee Meeting	1	Egypt
Asia	1	India
Europe	2	Netherlands  Slovenia
South and Central America	2	Brazil  Chile

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	10	10	0	MAX	91	26	3.500	Final
2	Egypt (H)	5	4	1	8	8	2	4.000	65	42	1.548
3	Chile	5	2	3	4[a]	4	6	0.667	41	64	0.641	Third place game
4	Slovenia	5	2	3	4[a]	4	8	0.500	51	62	0.823
5	India[b]	5	1	4	3[c]	3	8	0.375	39	67	0.582	Fifth place game
6	Netherlands[b]	5	1	4	3[c]	3	8	0.375	40	66	0.606

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
Notes:

1. Chile 2–0 Slovenia
2. The Netherlands and India have one extra point because they won a set at the lose against Slovenia.
3. India 2–0 Netherlands

22 September 2022 10:00	Chile	0–2	Netherlands	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall 2, 6th of October Referees: Magalhaes (BRA), Manas (PAK)
	Hernández 4	(3–5, 4–6)	Van den Ende 9
	1×	Report

22 September 2022 10:00	Brazil	2–0	Slovenia	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall 1, 6th of October Referees: Caçador (POR), Bubalo (AUT)
	Lourenço 6	(7–3, 7–2)	Arh 3
		Report	1×

22 September 2022 12:00	Egypt	2–0	India	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall 1, 6th of October Referees: Asztalos (HUN), Kashiwaba (JPN)
	Talaat Abdo Abbas 11	(11–1, 5–1)	Choudhari & Ramavath 1
		Report

22 September 2022 16:30	India	0–2	Chile	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall1, 6th of October Referees: Sanors (POR), Sultan (PAK)
	Shanmugam 5	(2–3, 5–6)	Angel Hernández 3
	1×	Report

22 September 2022 16:30	Netherlands	0–2	Brazil	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall 2, 6th of October Referees: Asztalos (HUN), Caçador (POR)
	Van Haaster 3	(3–9, 4–12)	Rodrigues 7
		Report

22 September 2022 18:30	Slovenia	0–2	Egypt	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall 1, 6th of October Referees: Bubalo (AUT), Manas (PAK)
	Slapničar 4	(5–9, 5–6)	Talaat Abdo Abbas 8
	1× 1×	Report	2×

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23 September 2022 10:00	Netherlands	1–2	Slovenia	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall 1, 6th of October Referees: Magalhaes (BRA), Sultan (PAK)
	Van den Ende 4	(4–3, 1–5, 1–2)	Arh & Škorjanc 4
	2× 1×	Report

23 September 2022 10:00	Brazil	2–0	India	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall 2, 6th of October Referees: Asztalos (HUN), Santos (POR)
	Rodrigues 6	(5–4, 12–0)	Choudhari 4
		Report

23 September 2022 12:00	Chile	0–2	Egypt	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall 1, 6th of October Referees: Kashiwaba (JPN), Manas (PAK)
	Carrasco 3	(5–8, 2–5)	3 players 3
	1×	Report	2× 1×

23 September 2022 16:30	India	2–0	Netherlands	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall 1, 6th of October Referees: Magalhaes (BRA), Santos (POR)
	Choudhari 9	(7–6, 7–2)	Van Haaster 4
	1×	Report	1× 1×

23 September 2022 16:30	Chile	2–0	Slovenia	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall 2, 6th of October Referees: Kashiwaba (JPN), Sultan (PAK)
	Angel Hernández 6	(9–4, 6–5)	Arh & Škorjanc 3
		Report

23 September 2022 18:30	Egypt	0–2	Brazil	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall 1, 6th of October Referees: Bubalo (AUT), Caçador (POR)
	3 players 4	(4–5, 3–10)	Lourenço 6
	2×	Report	1×

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24 September 2022 15:00	Brazil	2–0	Chile	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall 1, 6th of October Referees: Bubalo (AUT), Aszatalos (HUN)
	Amaral 9	(12–1, 12–2)	3 players 1
		Report

24 September 2022 17:00	India	1–2	Slovenia	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall 1, 6th of October Referees: Caçador (POR), Santos (POR)
	Shanmugam 8	(7–6, 3–7, 2–4)	Arh 9
	1×	Report

24 September 2022 19:00	Netherlands	0–2	Egypt	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall 1, 6th of October Referees: Magalhaes (BRA), Kashiwaba (JPN)
	Van den Ende 4	(5–7, 3–7)	3 players 4
		Report

Knockout stage

Fifth place game

25 September 2022 15:00	India	1–2	Netherlands	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall 1, 6th of October Referees: Manas (PAK), Santos (POR)
		(5–7, 10–3, 0–2)
		Report

Third place game

25 September 2022 17:00	Chile	0–2	Slovenia	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall 1, 6th of October Referees: Magalhaes (BRA), Caçador (POR)
		(6–7, 2–6)
		Report

Final

25 September 2022 19:00	Brazil	2–1	Egypt	Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall 1, 6th of October Referees: Bubalo (AUT), Asztalos (HUN)
		(8–3, 6–7, 6–3)
		Report

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Egypt
	Slovenia
4	Chile
5	Netherlands
6	India

Team rosters

Brazil

Head coach: Samuel Vieira, Assistant coach: Gévelyn Almeida, Official: Rudney Uezu^[3]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 4 P Eliana Lima (W) (1980-12-15) 15 December 1980 (age 44) 1.63 m 0 0 5 LB Shirlei Januário (W) (1990-05-30) 30 May 1990 (age 35) 1.65 m 0 0 6 LB Jordean Rodrigues (M) (1986-06-11) 11 June 1986 (age 39) 1.75 m 0 0 7 P Cristiane Navarro (W) (1979-01-06) 6 January 1979 (age 46) 1.67 m 1 0 8 GK Anderson Ferreira (M) (1979-03-21) 21 March 1979 (age 46) 1.55 m 0 0 9 RW Paulo Franco (M) (1992-03-25) 25 March 1992 (age 33) 1.71 m 15 17 11 LW Guilherme Lourenço (M) (1993-06-10) 10 June 1993 (age 32) 1.83 m 0 0 13 CB Aline de Sousa (W) (1980-06-06) 6 June 1980 (age 45) 1.64 m 1 10 14 CB Marcelo Amaral (M) (1980-06-14) 14 June 1980 (age 45) 1.95 m 0 0 15 GK Claudinei Marques Dias (M) (1972-10-26) 26 October 1972 (age 52) 1.72 m 11 20 Average age 38.7 1.71 m 2.8 4.7

Chile

Head coach: William Andrade, Physician: Raul Smith, Physiotherapist: Amaya Iribarren^[4]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 RB Luz Carrasco (W) (1992-06-02) 2 June 1992 (age 33) 1.40 m 0 0 DACh 6 P Angel Hernández (M) (2002-11-06) 6 November 2002 (age 22) 1.64 m 0 0 DACh 7 CB Catalina Jimeno (W) (1981-11-13) 13 November 1981 (age 43) 1.49 m 0 0 DACh 9 P Pablo Suarez (M) (1980-05-14) 14 May 1980 (age 45) 1.66 m 0 0 BioBio 10 RB Carlos Jara (M) (1986-01-04) 4 January 1986 (age 39) 1.75 m 0 0 Gladiadores 11 CB Alexis Caballero (M) (1989-07-29) 29 July 1989 (age 36) 1.70 m 0 0 DACh 12 GK Juan Peña (M) (1988-02-04) 4 February 1988 (age 37) 1.67 m 0 0 Vikingos Adaptados 18 GK Jonathan Veas (M) (1981-06-24) 24 June 1981 (age 44) 1.74 m 0 0 Vikingos Adaptados 24 CB Daniela Zapata (W) (1988-04-06) 6 April 1988 (age 37) 1.50 m 0 0 DACh 46 LB Alvaro Naranjo (M) (1982-05-19) 19 May 1982 (age 43) 1.60 m 0 0 Vikingos Adaptados Average age 34.9 1.62 m 0 0

Egypt

Head coach: Wael Abdelaaty Sayed Aly, Assistant coach: Ibrahim Mohamed Nasreldin Younes, Official: Karam Mohamed Morsy Abdelkader, Physiotherapist: Romany Nabil Welson Hanna^[5]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 Ayyat Ahmed Said Mohamed Ibrahim (W) (2003-03-03) 3 March 2003 (age 22) 1.60 m 0 0 9 Ahmed Essam Khalil Abdelrahman (M) (1996-06-03) 3 June 1996 (age 29) 1.83 m 0 0 10 Samy Mansour Abdelrahman Elsabaawy (M) (1981-02-06) 6 February 1981 (age 44) 1.60 m 0 0 13 Rabie Hosni Hassanein Gouda (M) (1980-02-16) 16 February 1980 (age 45) 1.80 m 0 0 28 Wafaa Mohamed Abdallah Younis (W) (1975-12-07) 7 December 1975 (age 49) 1.55 m 0 0 44 Touba Magdi Mahmoud Issa (M) (1985-10-12) 12 October 1985 (age 39) 1.55 m 0 0 45 Mohamed Mohamed Hassabelnabi Ahmed (M) (1989-04-29) 29 April 1989 (age 36) 1.80 m 0 0 55 Magdy Talaat Abdo Abbas (M) (1996-03-06) 6 March 1996 (age 29) 1.20 m 0 0 66 Mohamed Anwar Ahmed Hassanein (M) (1982-11-05) 5 November 1982 (age 42) 1.82 m 0 0 99 Mohamed Farag Gomaa Abdelaziz (M) (1978-02-09) 9 February 1978 (age 47) 1.63 m 0 0 Average age 35.2 1.64 m 0 0

India

Head coach: Anand Bajirao Mane, Assistant coach: Louis George Meprath, Official: Harjit Kaur Singh, Official: Kapil Kailash Agarwal^[6]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Ramesh Shanmugam (M) (1994-04-09) 9 April 1994 (age 31) 1.64 m 0 0 5 LB Anil Kumar Kachhi (M) (1985-05-12) 12 May 1985 (age 40) 1.65 m 0 0 6 RB Ajit Kumar Shukla (M) (1980-01-01) 1 January 1980 (age 45) 1.67 m 0 0 7 LW Javed Ramjan Choudhari (M) (1994-04-01) 1 April 1994 (age 31) 1.80 m 0 0 8 LW Suchitra Parida (W) (1993-01-26) 26 January 1993 (age 32) 1.73 m 0 0 9 CB Suresh Kumar Karki (M) (1974-09-23) 23 September 1974 (age 50) 1.73 m 0 0 10 RW Minakshi Harichandra Jadhav (W) (1988-08-13) 13 August 1988 (age 37) 1.64 m 0 0 12 GK Koteshwar Ramavath (M) (1991-05-08) 8 May 1991 (age 34) 1.80 m 0 0 15 LB Sudhanshu Pintu Patel (M) (1997-09-29) 29 September 1997 (age 27) 1.64 m 0 0 20 CB Geeta Pannalal Chouhan (W) (1987-10-07) 7 October 1987 (age 37) 1.59 m 0 0 Average age 33.5 1.69 m 0 0

Netherlands

Head coach: Menno de Klerk, Official: Wilma Reincke, Official: Henne Van Es^[7]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Joyce Van Haaster (W) (1977-06-10) 10 June 1977 (age 48) 1.83 m 16 1 C.S.V. Handbal 2 P William Van den Ende (M) (1971-01-27) 27 January 1971 (age 54) 1.87 m 12 27 Quintus 3 LW Marcel Jansen (M) (1977-04-01) 1 April 1977 (age 48) 1.95 m 3 2 C.S.V. Handbal 5 RW Bas Jonker (M) (1982-07-23) 23 July 1982 (age 43) 2.00 m 4 4 Quintus 7 LW Irene Beemster (W) (1984-12-21) 21 December 1984 (age 40) 1.72 m 0 0 C.S.V. Handbal 8 LW Maurice Poot (M) (1978-02-21) 21 February 1978 (age 47) 1.87 m 8 3 Quintus 9 LW Sanne Dolstra (W) (1984-04-04) 4 April 1984 (age 41) 1.63 m 0 0 Najaden 12 GK Leendert Stoel (M) (1992-11-30) 30 November 1992 (age 32) 1.92 m 0 0 Foreholte 13 RW John Schot (M) (1975-11-27) 27 November 1975 (age 49) 1.87 m 4 7 C.S.V. Handbal 16 LW Mieke Van Chastelet (W) (1966-12-30) 30 December 1966 (age 58) 1.78 m 8 1 C.S.V. Handbal Average age 43.0 1.84 m 5.5 4.5

Slovenia

Head coach: Tone Barič, Official: Maja Užmah, Support staff: Jožef Jeraj, Physiotherapist: Azra Imamović^[8]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 LB Aljoša Škaper (M) (1985-12-27) 27 December 1985 (age 39) 1.97 m 4 10 5 LB Milan Slapničar (M) (1988-08-05) 5 August 1988 (age 37) 1.83 m 0 0 7 RW Tanja Cerkvenik (W) (1976-05-17) 17 May 1976 (age 49) 1.68 m 0 0 10 CB Jovita Jeglič (W) (1970-01-31) 31 January 1970 (age 55) 1.66 m 0 0 13 CB Klemen Lokar (M) (1984-10-18) 18 October 1984 (age 40) 1.75 m 1 0 23 P Anton Zakrajšek (M) (1976-12-11) 11 December 1976 (age 48) 1.76 m 4 2 33 LW Matej Arh (M) (1993-12-11) 11 December 1993 (age 31) 1.85 m 0 0 66 P Nenad Stojaković (M) (1966-08-11) 11 August 1966 (age 59) 1.90 m 4 6 77 RB David Škorjanc (M) (1999-11-22) 22 November 1999 (age 25) 1.85 m 0 0 Average age 39.6 1.81 m 1.4 2.0