# Beach handball at the 2022 World Games

The beach handball competition at the 2022 World Games took place 11–15 July 2022, in Birmingham in United States, at the Sloss Furnaces. Originally scheduled to take place in July 2021, the Games were rescheduled for July 2022 as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Qualification
### Men's tournament

| Means of qualification | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host country | 1 | United States |
| 2018 World Championships | 1 | Brazil |
| 2021 European Championship | 1 | Croatia |
| 2022 Asian Championship | 1 | Qatar |
| 2022 South and Central American Championship | 1 | Argentina |
| 2022 Oceania Championship | 1 | New Zealand |
| 2022 Nor.ca Championship | 1 | Puerto Rico |

### Women's tournament

| Means of qualification | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host country | 1 | United States |
| 2018 World Championships | 1 | Norway |
| 2021 European Championship | 1 | Germany |
| 2022 South and Central American Championship | 1 | Argentina |
| 2022 Oceania Championship | 1 | Australia |
| 2022 Nor.ca Championship | 1 | Mexico |

## Schedule

| G | Preliminary Round | G2 | Main Round | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal | F | Final |
| DateEvent | Mon 11 | Thu 12 | Wed 13 | Thu 14 | Fri 15 | Fri 15 | Sat 16 |
| Men | G | G | G2 | ¼ | ½ | B | F |
| Women | G | G | G2 | ¼ | ½ | B | F |

## Men's tournament
### Group A Preliminary round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Pts |
| 1 | Croatia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Qatar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 11 July 2022 |||
| 12:00 |||
| New Zealand | 0–2 | Croatia |
| 17:30 |||
| Qatar | 2–0 | New Zealand |
| 12 July 2022 |||
| 10:00 |||
| Croatia | 2–0 | Qatar |

### Group B Preliminary round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Pts |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 2 |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -6 | 0 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 11 July 2022 |||
| 11:10 |||
| United States | 2–0 | Puerto Rico |
| Brazil | 2–0 | Argentina |
| 16:40 |||
| Argentina | 0–2 | United States |
| Puerto Rico | 0–2 | Brazil |
| 12 July 2022 |||
| 10:50 |||
| Brazil | 2–0 | United States |
| 11:40 |||
| Argentina | 2–0 | Puerto Rico |

### Group I Main round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Pts |
| 1 | Croatia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Qatar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -6 | 0 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 13 July 2022 |||
| 11:10 |||
| Croatia | 2–0 | Puerto Rico |
| 12:00 |||
| Qatar | 2–0 | Argentina |
| 18:00 |||
| Argentina | 2–1 | Croatia |
| Puerto Rico | 0–2 | Qatar |

### Group II Main Round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Pts |
| 1 | Brazil | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 13 July 2022 |||
| 11:10 |||
| United States | 2–0 | New Zealand |
| 17:10 |||
| Brazil | 2–0 | New Zealand |

### Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| 14 July | 14 July |
| Croatia | 2 |
| Croatia | 2 | 15 July | 15 July |
| United States | 1 | 15 July | 15 July |
| United States | 1 | Croatia | 2 |
| 14 July | 14 July | | Croatia | 2 |
| 14 July | 14 July | Qatar | 1 |
| Brazil | 1 | Qatar | 1 |
| Qatar | 2 | | |
| Qatar | 2 | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| | | 15 July | 15 July |
| | | United States | 0 |
| | | Brazil | 2 |

### Placement round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Pts |
| 5 | Argentina | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Puerto Rico | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 14 July 2022 |||
| 14:40 |||
| Puerto Rico | 2–0 | New Zealand |
| 18:00 |||
| New Zealand | 0–2 | Argentina |
| 15 July 2022 |||
| 12:50 |||
| Argentina | 2-0 | Puerto Rico |

### Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Croatia |
| | Qatar |
| | Brazil |
| 4 | United States |
| 5 | Argentina |
| 6 | Puerto Rico |
| 7 | New Zealand |

## Women's tournament
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Pts |
| 1 | Germany | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Norway | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Argentina | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | United States | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| 5 | Mexico | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| 6 | Australia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 11 July 2022 |||
| 09:30 |||
| Germany | 2–0 | Mexico |
| Argentina | 2–0 | Australia |
| 10:20 |||
| Norway | 2–0 | United States |
| 15:00 |||
| Argentina | 1–2 | Germany |
| 15:50 |||
| United States | 2–0 | Australia |
| Mexico | 0–2 | Norway |
| 12 July 2022 |||
| 16:30 |||
| Norway | 1–2 | Germany |
| 17:20 |||
| Argentina | 2–0 | United States |
| 18:10 |||
| Australia | 0–2 | Mexico |
| 13 July 2022 |||
| 09:30 |||
| Germany | 2–0 | Australia |
| Norway | 2–1 | Argentina |
| 10:20 |||
| United States | 2–0 | Mexico |
| 15:30 |||
| Australia | 0–2 | Norway |
| Mexico | 0–2 | Argentina |
| 16:20 |||
| Germany | 2–0 | United States |

### Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| 14 July | 14 July |
| Norway | 2 |
| Norway | 2 | 15 July | 15 July |
| Argentina | 0 | 15 July | 15 July |
| Argentina | 0 | Norway | 0 |
| 14 July | 14 July | | Norway | 0 |
| 14 July | 14 July | Germany | 2 |
| Germany | 2 | Germany | 2 |
| United States | 0 | | |
| United States | 0 | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| | | 15 July | 15 July |
| | | Argentina | 2 |
| | | United States | 0 |

### 5th-place match

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 15 July 2022 |||
| 13:40 |||
| Mexico | 2–0 | Australia |

### Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Germany |
| | Norway |
| | Argentina |
| 4 | United States |
| 5 | Mexico |
| 6 | Australia |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's tournament | Croatia | Qatar | Brazil |
| Women's tournament | Germany | Norway | Argentina |