# 2024 Women's Beach Handball World Championships

The 2024 Women's Beach Handball World Championships were tenth edition of the championship, held from 18 to 23 June 2024 in China, under the aegis of International Handball Federation (IHF). The championship was held at the Pingtan International Beach Sports Base at Long Wangtou Ocean Park in Fuzhou.
Germany won their second overall and consecutite title with a finals win over Argentina.

## Qualification

| Qualification | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host | 1 | China |
| Defending champion | 1 | Germany |
| Africa | 1 | Tunisia |
| 2023 Asian Beach Handball Championship | 2 | Philippines Vietnam |
| 2023 European Beach Handball Championship | 6 | Denmark Greece Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain |
| 2023 Oceania Beach Handball Championship | 1 | Australia |
| 2024 South and Central American Beach Handball Championship | 2 | Argentina Brazil |
| 2024 NACHC Beach Handball Championship | 2 | United States Puerto Rico |
| Wildcard | 1 | Croatia |

## Format

The 16 teams will be drawn into four groups of four teams each where they will play a round-robin. The top three teams will advance to the main round, consisting of two groups of six teams, facing the teams they have not met in the preliminary round. The first four teams advance to the quarterfinals, from where on a knockout stage will be played. The last-placed teams from the first round will play a consolation round.

## Draw

The draw took place on 3 May 2024.

### Seeding

| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Germany Netherlands Spain Portugal | Norway China Brazil Argentina | Greece Denmark Vietnam Philippines | United States Puerto Rico Australia Croatia |

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+8).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Portugal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | 114 | 63 | 1.810 | Main round |
| 2 | Philippines | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2.500 | 104 | 94 | 1.106 | Main round |
| 3 | China (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0.400 | 79 | 101 | 0.782 | Main round |
| 4 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 72 | 111 | 0.649 | Consolation round |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | 142 | 106 | 1.340 | Main round |
| 2 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2.500 | 122 | 101 | 1.208 | Main round |
| 3 | Croatia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.500 | 106 | 126 | 0.841 | Main round |
| 4 | Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 96 | 133 | 0.722 | Consolation round |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Denmark | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | 127 | 107 | 1.187 | Main round |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1.667 | 154 | 105 | 1.467 | Main round |
| 3 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 111 | 135 | 0.822 | Main round |
| 4 | United States | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 88 | 143 | 0.615 | Consolation round |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6.000 | 120 | 71 | 1.690 | Main round |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2.500 | 140 | 102 | 1.373 | Main round |
| 3 | Greece | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.500 | 103 | 104 | 0.990 | Main round |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 60 | 146 | 0.411 | Consolation round |

## Consolation round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| 1 | Vietnam | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 160 | 107 | 1.495 |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1.333 | 132 | 132 | 1.000 |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 102 | 128 | 0.797 |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 98 | 125 | 0.784 |

## Main round

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

### Group I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 10.000 | 244 | 158 | 1.544 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Spain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | 210 | 148 | 1.419 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Portugal | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 181 | 183 | 0.989 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Croatia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0.714 | 186 | 188 | 0.989 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Philippines | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0.375 | 141 | 198 | 0.712 | |
| 6 | China (H) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0.100 | 121 | 208 | 0.582 | |

### Group II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Denmark | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5.000 | 215 | 171 | 1.257 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1.333 | 243 | 215 | 1.130 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Germany | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1.167 | 212 | 211 | 1.005 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Brazil | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1.167 | 211 | 198 | 1.066 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Greece | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0.333 | 179 | 226 | 0.792 | |
| 6 | Norway | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0.400 | 209 | 248 | 0.843 | |
* 1 2 3 Netherlands 2 Pts, +1 SD; Germany ±0 SD; Brazil 2 Pts, −1 SD.

## Knockout stage
### Bracket
#### Championship bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 22 June | 22 June | | | |
| Argentina | 2 | | | |
| Argentina | 2 | 22 June | 22 June | | |
| Brazil | 1 | 22 June | 22 June | |
| Brazil | 1 | Argentina | 2 | |
| 22 June | 22 June | | Argentina | 2 | |
| 22 June | 22 June | Netherlands | 1 | |
| Netherlands | 2 | Netherlands | 1 | |
| Netherlands | 2 | | | | 23 June | 23 June |
| Portugal | 0 | | | | 23 June | 23 June |
| Portugal | 0 | | | | Argentina | 0 |
| 22 June | 22 June | | | | | Argentina | 0 |
| 22 June | 22 June | | | | Germany | 2 |
| Denmark | 2 | | | | Germany | 2 |
| Denmark | 2 | 22 June | 22 June | | | |
| Croatia | 0 | 22 June | 22 June | | | |
| Croatia | 0 | Denmark | 1 | | | |
| 22 June | 22 June | | Denmark | 1 | | | |
| 22 June | 22 June | Germany | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| Spain | 1 | Germany | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| Spain | 1 | | | | 23 June | 23 June |
| Germany | 2 | | | | 23 June | 23 June |
| Germany | 2 | | | | Netherlands | 2 |
| | | | | | Denmark | 0 |

#### Fifth place bracket

| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place game | Fifth place game |
| 22 June | 22 June |
| Brazil | 1 |
| Brazil | 1 | 23 June | 23 June |
| Portugal | 2 | 23 June | 23 June |
| Portugal | 2 | Portugal | 0 |
| 22 June | 22 June | | Portugal | 0 |
| 22 June | 22 June | Spain | 2 |
| Croatia | 0 | Spain | 2 |
| Spain | 2 | | |
| Spain | 2 | Seventh place game | Seventh place game |
| | | 23 June | 23 June |
| | | Brazil | 1 |
| | | Croatia | 2 |

#### 9–16th place bracket

| 9–16th place quarterfinals | 9–16th place quarterfinals | 9–12th place semifinals | 9–12th place semifinals | | Ninth place game | Ninth place game |
| 22 June | 22 June | | | |
| Philippines | 2 | | | |
| Philippines | 2 | 22 June | 22 June | | |
| Puerto Rico | 0 | 22 June | 22 June | |
| Puerto Rico | 0 | Philippines | 1 | |
| 22 June | 22 June | | Philippines | 1 | |
| 22 June | 22 June | Vietnam | 2 | |
| China | 0 | Vietnam | 2 | |
| China | 0 | | | | 23 June | 23 June |
| Vietnam | 2 | | | | 23 June | 23 June |
| Vietnam | 2 | | | | Vietnam | 2 |
| 22 June | 22 June | | | | | Vietnam | 2 |
| 22 June | 22 June | | | | Greece | 1 |
| Greece | 2 | | | | Greece | 1 |
| Greece | 2 | 22 June | 22 June | | | |
| Australia | 0 | 22 June | 22 June | | | |
| Australia | 0 | Greece | 2 | | | |
| 22 June | 22 June | | Greece | 2 | | | |
| 22 June | 22 June | Norway | 1 | | Eleventh place game | Eleventh place game |
| Norway | 2 | Norway | 1 | | Eleventh place game | Eleventh place game |
| Norway | 2 | | | | 23 June | 23 June |
| United States | 0 | | | | 23 June | 23 June |
| United States | 0 | | | | Philippines | 0 |
| | | | | | Norway | 2 |

#### 13–16th place bracket

| 13–16th place semifinals | 13–16th place semifinals | 13th place game | 13th place game |
| 22 June | 22 June |
| Puerto Rico | 0 |
| Puerto Rico | 0 | 23 June | 23 June |
| China | 2 | 23 June | 23 June |
| China | 2 | China | 1 |
| 22 June | 22 June | | China | 1 |
| 22 June | 22 June | Australia | 2 |
| Australia | 2 | Australia | 2 |
| United States | 0 | | |
| United States | 0 | 15th place game | 15th place game |
| | | 23 June | 23 June |
| | | Puerto Rico | 2 |
| | | United States | 0 |

### Final
## Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Germany |
| | Argentina |
| | Netherlands |
| 4 | Denmark |
| 5 | Spain |
| 6 | Portugal |
| 7 | Croatia |
| 8 | Brazil |
| 9 | Vietnam |
| 10 | Greece |
| 11 | Norway |
| 12 | Philippines |
| 13 | Australia |
| 14 | China |
| 15 | Puerto Rico |
| 16 | United States |

## Statistics and awards
### Awards

The awards were announced on 23 June 2024.
| Position | Player |
| MVP | Line Larsen |
| Goalkeeper | Patricia Encinas |
| Right wing | Meike Kruijer |
| Left wing | Fiorella Corimberto |
| Specialist | Lucila Balsas |
| Pivot | Isabel Kattner |
| Defender | Lucie-Marie Kretzschmar |
| Fair play award | Spain |