# 2018 Women'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.
Greece won the title on their first ever participation, defeating Norway in the final.

## 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 | 1 | France |
| Wildcard | 1 | United States |

## Draw

The draw was held on 15 May 2018 at Kazan, Russia.

### Seeding

The seedings were announced on 14 May 2018.
| 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).

## 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 | Main round |
| 3 | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.600 | 87 | 109 | 0.798 | Main round |
| 4 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | 79 | 93 | 0.849 | Consolation round |

### 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 | Main round |
| 3 | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.600 | 100 | 103 | 0.971 | Main round |
| 4 | France | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | 109 | 114 | 0.956 | Consolation round |

### 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 | Main round |
| 3 | Thailand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.500 | 81 | 116 | 0.698 | Main round |
| 4 | United States | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 67 | 126 | 0.532 | Consolation round |

### 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 | Main round |
| 3 | Vietnam | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0.400 | 92 | 112 | 0.821 | Main round |
| 4 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 92 | 138 | 0.667 | Consolation round |

## 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 |

## 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 | 7 | 4 | 1.750 | 175 | 153 | 1.144 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Greece | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1.167 | 175 | 147 | 1.190 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Paraguay | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0.714 | 157 | 197 | 0.797 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0.333 | 166 | 217 | 0.765 | |
| 6 | Uruguay | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0.444 | 151 | 171 | 0.883 | |
* 1 2 Greece 0–2 Poland
* 1 2 Uruguay 1–2 Chinese Taipei

### 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 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Norway | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | 165 | 149 | 1.107 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Denmark | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 | 162 | 164 | 0.988 | Quarterfinals |
| 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 | |

## Knockout stage
### Championship bracket

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

### Fifth place bracket

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

### 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 |
| Vietnam | 2 | | |
| United States | 0 | | |
| United States | 0 | Vietnam | 2 |
| | | France | 1 |
| Thailand | 0 | France | 1 |
| France | 2 | | | | |
| France | 2 | | | Vietnam | 2 |
| | | | | Uruguay | 0 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | | | Uruguay | 0 |
| Mexico | 2 | | | | |
| Mexico | 2 | Mexico | 0 | | |
| | | Uruguay | 2 | Eleventh place game | Eleventh place game |
| Uruguay | 2 | Uruguay | 2 | Eleventh place game | Eleventh place game |
| Australia | 1 | | | | |
| Australia | 1 | | | France | 2 |
| | | | | Mexico | 0 |

### 13–16th place bracket

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

### Final
## 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

* 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