# 2014 Beach Handball World Championships

The 2014 Beach Handball World Championships were a twelve-team tournament in both men's and women's beach handball, held at Recife, Brazil from 22–27 July, 2014. It was the sixth edition of the event.
Just like two years prior, Brazil again won the gold medal in both, the men's and women's competition.

## Format

The twelve teams were split into two groups of six teams. After playing a round-robin, the three top ranked team advanced to the Main Round. Every team kept the points from preliminary round matches against teams who also advanced. In the main round every team had 3 games against the opponents they did not face in the preliminary round. The top four teams advanced to the Semifinals. The three bottom ranked team from each preliminary round group were packed into one group. The points won against the teams who were also in this group were valid. Every team played three games and after those round there wereplacement matches from 7th–12th place.
Matches were played in sets, the team that wins two sets is the winner of a match. When teams are equal in points the head-to-head result was decisive.

## Draw

The draw was held on 9 May.

## Men
### Participating nations

| Group A | Group B |
| Uruguay  Oman  Serbia  Denmark  Australia  Brazil | Argentina  Qatar  Egypt  Russia  Spain  Croatia |

### Preliminary round

* Team advance to Main Round
* Team competes in Consolation Round

### Placement matches
#### Eleventh place game

26 July 2014 :
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Oman | 1–2 | Australia |

#### Ninth place game

26 July 2014 :
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Argentina | 0–2 | Uruguay |

#### Seventh place game

26 July 2014 :
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Egypt | 0–2 | Russia |

#### Fifth place game

26 July 2014 :
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Spain | 2–0 | Serbia |

### Finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 26 July | 26 July |
| Brazil | 2 |
| Brazil | 2 | 27 July | 27 July |
| Qatar | 0 | 27 July | 27 July |
| Qatar | 0 | Brazil | 2 |
| 26 July | 26 July | | Brazil | 2 |
| 26 July | 26 July | Croatia | 1 |
| Denmark | 1 | Croatia | 1 |
| Croatia | 2 | | |
| Croatia | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 27 July | 27 July |
| | | Qatar | 2 |
| | | Denmark | 1 |

### Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Brazil |
| | Croatia |
| | Qatar |
| 4 | Denmark |
| 5 | Spain |
| 6 | Serbia |
| 7 | Russia |
| 8 | Egypt |
| 9 | Uruguay |
| 10 | Argentina |
| 11 | Australia |
| 12 | Oman |

### Awards
#### MVP

* Martin Andersen (DEN)

#### Topscorer

* Juan Vásquez Díz (ESP)

#### All-star team

* Goalkeeper: Igor Totić (CRO)
* Right wing: Nailson Amaral (BRA)
* Left wing: Juan Vásquez Díz (ESP)
* Pivot: Gil Pires (BRA)
* Defender: Ahmed Morgan (QAT)
* Specialist: Martin Andersen (DEN)

#### Fair play award

* Spain
Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info

## Women
### Participating nations

| Group A | Group B |
| Italy  Chinese Taipei  Australia  Uruguay  Norway  Brazil | Spain  Thailand  Argentina  Ukraine  Denmark  Hungary |

### Preliminary round

* Team advance to Main Round
* Team competes in Consolation Round

### Placement matches
#### Eleventh place game

26 July 2014 :
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Australia | 0–2 | Argentina |

#### Ninth place game

26 July 2014 :
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Thailand | 2–0 | Chinese Taipei |

#### Seventh place game

26 July 2014 :
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Denmark | 2–0 | Uruguay |

#### Fifth place game

26 July 2014 :
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Spain | 2–0 | Italy |

### Finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 26 July | 26 July |
| Brazil | 2 |
| Brazil | 2 | 27 July | 27 July |
| Norway | 1 | 27 July | 27 July |
| Norway | 1 | Brazil | 2 |
| 26 July | 26 July | | Brazil | 2 |
| 26 July | 26 July | Hungary | 0 |
| Hungary | 2 | Hungary | 0 |
| Ukraine | 0 | | |
| Ukraine | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 27 July | 27 July |
| | | Norway | 2 |
| | | Ukraine | 1 |

### Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Brazil |
| | Hungary |
| | Norway |
| 4 | Ukraine |
| 5 | Spain |
| 6 | Italy |
| 7 | Denmark |
| 8 | Uruguay |
| 9 | Thailand |
| 10 | Chinese Taipei |
| 11 | Argentina |
| 12 | Australia |

### Awards
#### MVP

* Camila Souza (BRA)

#### Topscorer

* Catherine Kornvald (NOR)

#### All-star team

* Goalkeeper: Ágnes Győri (HUN)
* Right wing: Olga Lajuk (UKR)
* Left wing: Catherine Kornvald (NOR)
* Pivot: Renata Santiago (BRA)
* Defender: Anika Niederwieser (ITA)
* Specialist: Maj Thornoe Johansen (DEN)

#### Fair play award

* Hungary
Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info