# 2016 Beach Handball World Championships

The 2016 Beach Handball World Championships was a twelve-team tournament in both men's and women's beach handball, held at Budapest, Hungary from 12 to 17 July 2016. It was the seventh edition of the event.
Croatia and Spain took home gold in the men's and women's event, both after defeating Brazil in the final.

## 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 advance. In the main round every team had three 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 were placement matches from 7th–12th place.
Matches were played in sets, the team that wins two sets is the winner of a match. When teams were equal in points the head-to-head result was decisive.

## Draw

The draw was held on 12 May 2016. The schedule was released on 16 June 2016.

### Seeding
#### Men

| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
| Brazil Croatia | Qatar Spain | Ukraine Hungary | Oman Egypt | United States Uruguay | Australia Bahrain |

#### Women

| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
| Brazil Hungary | Norway Italy | Spain Poland | Uruguay Thailand | Chinese Taipei Argentina | Australia Tunisia |

## Referees

Following 8 referee pairs were selected for the championship:
Referees :
| Argentina | Daniela Cajal / Lorena Mac Coll |
| Brazil | Sydney Antonio Dos Santos / Wanderson Oliveira |
| Greece | Mertinian / Syrepsios |
| Hungary | Dávid Palkovits / Gabor Szilvási |
Referees :
| Qatar | Al-Heel / Al-Yazeedi |
| Tunisia | Aymen Ben Salah / Mohamed Kamel Drissi |
| Turkey / Poland | Kursad Erdogan / Agnieszka Skowronek |
| United Arab Emirates | Baqer / Bin Hasher |

## Men

All times are local (UTC+2).

### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3.333 | 210 | 166 | 1.265 | Main round |
| 2 | Qatar | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | 201 | 151 | 1.331 | Main round |
| 3 | Ukraine | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0.714 | 179 | 206 | 0.869 | Main round |
| 4 | Egypt | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0.625 | 171 | 174 | 0.983 | Consolation round |
| 5 | Bahrain | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0.444 | 179 | 199 | 0.899 | Consolation round |
| 6 | United States | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0.500 | 176 | 220 | 0.800 | Consolation round |
* 1 2 Ukraine 2–0 Egypt
* 1 2 United States 1–2 Bahrain
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 12 July 2016 |||
| 10:00 |||
| Brazil | 2–1 | Egypt |
| Qatar | 2–0 | Bahrain |
| Ukraine | 0–2 | United States |
| 15:30 |||
| Bahrain | 1–2 | Ukraine |
| Egypt | 0–2 | Qatar |
| United States | 0–2 | Brazil |
| 13 July 2016 |||
| 11:40 |||
| Egypt | 2–1 | United States |
| Qatar | 2–0 | Ukraine |
| 12:30 |||
| Brazil | 2–0 | Bahrain |
| 17:20 |||
| Qatar | 2–0 | United States |
| 18:10 |||
| Bahrain | 1–2 | Egypt |
| 14 July 2016 |||
| 11:20 |||
| Ukraine | 1–2 | Brazil |
| 18:20 |||
| Brazil | 2–1 | Qatar |
| Ukraine | 2–0 | Egypt |
| United States | 1–2 | Bahrain |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Croatia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2.000 | 257 | 235 | 1.094 | Main round |
| 2 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1.600 | 216 | 187 | 1.155 | Main round |
| 3 | Hungary | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1.750 | 217 | 188 | 1.154 | Main round |
| 4 | Oman | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1.400 | 188 | 202 | 0.931 | Consolation round |
| 5 | Uruguay | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0.444 | 185 | 196 | 0.944 | Consolation round |
| 6 | Australia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0.200 | 143 | 198 | 0.722 | Consolation round |
* 1 2 3 Spain 2 Pts, 3–2 SW; Hungary 2 Pts, 2–2 SW; Oman 2 Pts, 2–3 SW
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 12 July 2016 |||
| 12:30 |||
| Hungary | 2–0 | Uruguay |
| Croatia | 2–1 | Oman |
| Spain | 2–0 | Australia |
| 18:00 |||
| Oman | 2–1 | Spain |
| 18:50 |||
| Uruguay | 1–2 | Croatia |
| 21:45 |||
| Australia | 0–2 | Hungary |
| 13 July 2016 |||
| 10:50 |||
| Spain | 2–0 | Hungary |
| Oman | 2–0 | Uruguay |
| Croatia | 2–1 | Australia |
| 17:20 |||
| Australia | 0–2 | Oman |
| 18:10 |||
| Hungary | 1–2 | Croatia |
| 19:50 |||
| Spain | 2–1 | Uruguay |
| 14 July 2016 |||
| 12:30 |||
| Hungary | 2–0 | Oman |
| Croatia | 2–1 | Spain |
| Uruguay | 2–1 | Australia |

### Main round

Points obtained against teams from the same group are carried over.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2.250 | 219 | 206 | 1.063 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Croatia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2.000 | 261 | 216 | 1.208 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Hungary | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1.000 | 193 | 198 | 0.975 | Semifinals |
| 4 | Qatar | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 156 | 142 | 1.099 | Semifinals |
| 5 | Spain | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0.833 | 206 | 200 | 1.030 | Fifth place game |
| 6 | Ukraine | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0.200 | 183 | 246 | 0.744 | Fifth place game |
* 1 2 Brazil 2–0 Croatia
* 1 2 Qatar 2–0 Spain
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 15 July 2016 |||
| 10:50 |||
| Brazil | 1–2 | Hungary |
| 11:40 |||
| Qatar | 2–0 | Spain |
| 12:30 |||
| Ukraine | 0–2 | Croatia |
| 18:10 |||
| Ukraine | 1–2 | Hungary |
| 19:00 |||
| Brazil | 2–0 | Spain |
| 19:50 |||
| Qatar | 0–2 | Croatia |
| 16 July 2016 |||
| 10:50 |||
| Brazil | 2–0 | Croatia |
| Qatar | 1–2 | Hungary |
| Ukraine | 0–2 | Spain |

### Consolation round

Points obtained against teams from the same group are carried over.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Oman | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 0.857 | 179 | 163 | 1.098 | Seventh place game |
| 2 | Egypt | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2.667 | 174 | 177 | 0.983 | Seventh place game |
| 3 | Uruguay | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1.167 | 207 | 186 | 1.113 | Ninth place game |
| 4 | Bahrain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1.600 | 205 | 190 | 1.079 | Ninth place game |
| 5 | Australia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0.714 | 160 | 182 | 0.879 | Eleventh place game |
| 6 | United States | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0.400 | 192 | 219 | 0.877 | Eleventh place game |
* 1 2 3 4 Oman 4 Pts, 4–2 SW; Egypt 4 Pts, 4–4 SW; Uruguay 2 Pts, 3–5 SW; Bahrain 2 Pts, 4–4 SW. Bahrain 1–2 Uruguay after the first tie is broken.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 15 July 2016 |||
| 11:40 |||
| Bahrain | 1–2 | Uruguay |
| 12:30 |||
| United States | 1–2 | Oman |
| Egypt | 0–2 | Australia |
| 15:40 |||
| Egypt | 2–1 | Uruguay |
| United States | 1–2 | Australia |
| Bahrain | 2–0 | Oman |
| 18:10 |||
| Egypt | 0–2 | Oman |
| 19:00 |||
| United States | 0–2 | Uruguay |
| Bahrain | 2–0 | Australia |

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

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 16 July 2016 |||
| 14:00 |||
| Australia | 0–2 | United States |

#### Ninth place game

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 16 July 2016 |||
| 14:50 |||
| Uruguay | 1–2 | Bahrain |

#### Seventh place game

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 16 July 2016 |||
| 15:40 |||
| Oman | 2–1 | Egypt |

#### Fifth place game

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 16 July 2016 |||
| 16:30 |||
| Spain | 2–0 | Ukraine |

### Knockout stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 16 July – 16:30 | 16 July – 16:30 |
| Brazil | 2 |
| Brazil | 2 | 16 July – 19:00 | 16 July – 19:00 |
| Qatar | 0 | 16 July – 19:00 | 16 July – 19:00 |
| Qatar | 0 | Brazil | 0 |
| 16 July – 15:40 | 16 July – 15:40 | | Brazil | 0 |
| 16 July – 15:40 | 16 July – 15:40 | Croatia | 2 |
| Croatia | 2 | Croatia | 2 |
| Hungary | 1 | | |
| Hungary | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 16 July – 17:00 | 16 July – 17:00 |
| | | Qatar | 2 |
| | | Hungary | 1 |

### Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Croatia |
| | Brazil |
| | Qatar |
| 4 | Hungary |
| 5 | Spain |
| 6 | Ukraine |
| 7 | Oman |
| 8 | Egypt |
| 9 | Bahrain |
| 10 | Uruguay |
| 11 | United States |
| 12 | Australia |

### Awards
#### MVP

* Ivan Jurić

#### Topscorer

* Anis Zouaoui (126 points)

#### All-star team

* Goalkeeper: Mohsin Yafai
* Right wing: Nailson Amaral
* Left wing: Ivan Jurić
* Pivot: Attila Kun
* Defender: Hagi Toure
* Specialist: Bruno Oliveira

#### Fair play award

* Spain

## Women
### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | MAX | 175 | 119 | 1.471 | Main round |
| 2 | Hungary | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2.000 | 169 | 163 | 1.037 | Main round |
| 3 | Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | 157 | 145 | 1.083 | Main round |
| 4 | Australia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0.714 | 152 | 158 | 0.962 | Consolation round |
| 5 | Argentina | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0.500 | 138 | 149 | 0.926 | Consolation round |
| 6 | Thailand | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.000 | 138 | 195 | 0.708 | Consolation round |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 12 July 2016 |||
| 11:40 |||
| Hungary | 2–0 | Thailand |
| Italy | 2–0 | Australia |
| Spain | 2–0 | Argentina |
| 17:10 |||
| Australia | 0–2 | Spain |
| Thailand | 0–2 | Italy |
| 19:40 |||
| Argentina | 1–2 | Hungary |
| 13 July 2016 |||
| 11:40 |||
| Hungary | 2–1 | Australia |
| 12:30 |||
| Thailand | 0–2 | Argentina |
| Italy | 0–2 | Spain |
| 19:00 |||
| Spain | 2–0 | Hungary |
| Australia | 2–0 | Thailand |
| 14 July 2016 |||
| 11:40 |||
| Italy | 2–0 | Argentina |
| 17:30 |||
| Hungary | 2–0 | Italy |
| Spain | 2–0 | Thailand |
| Argentina | 1–2 | Australia |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | MAX | 220 | 110 | 2.000 | Main round |
| 2 | Norway | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1.750 | 218 | 164 | 1.329 | Main round |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1.200 | 148 | 185 | 0.800 | Main round |
| 4 | Poland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 146 | 164 | 0.890 | Consolation round |
| 5 | Tunisia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0.333 | 123 | 175 | 0.703 | Consolation round |
| 6 | Uruguay | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0.200 | 121 | 170 | 0.712 | Consolation round |
* 1 2 3 Norway 2 Pts, 3–2 SW; Chinese Taipei 2 Pts, 2–2 SW; Poland 2 Pts, 2–3 SW
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 12 July 2016 |||
| 10:50 |||
| Brazil | 2–0 | Uruguay |
| Norway | 2–0 | Tunisia |
| Poland | 0–2 | Chinese Taipei |
| 16:20 |||
| Tunisia | 1–2 | Poland |
| Chinese Taipei | 0–2 | Brazil |
| Uruguay | 0–2 | Norway |
| 13 July 2016 |||
| 10:00 |||
| Uruguay | 1–2 | Chinese Taipei |
| Brazil | 2–0 | Tunisia |
| Norway | 1–2 | Poland |
| 16:30 |||
| Poland | 0–2 | Brazil |
| Norway | 2–0 | Chinese Taipei |
| Tunisia | 2–1 | Uruguay |
| 14 July 2016 |||
| 13:20 |||
| Brazil | 2–0 | Norway |
| Poland | 2–0 | Uruguay |
| Chinese Taipei | 2–0 | Tunisia |

### Main round

Points obtained against teams from the same group are 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 | 214 | 148 | 1.446 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Norway | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2.000 | 196 | 182 | 1.077 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1.750 | 178 | 150 | 1.187 | Semifinals |
| 4 | Hungary | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 167 | 166 | 1.006 | Semifinals |
| 5 | Italy | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 143 | 170 | 0.841 | Fifth place game |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0.100 | 145 | 226 | 0.642 | Fifth place game |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 15 July 2016 |||
| 10:00 |||
| Italy | 0–2 | Brazil |
| Hungary | 1–2 | Norway |
| 11:40 |||
| Spain | 2–0 | Chinese Taipei |
| 16:20 |||
| Italy | 2–1 | Chinese Taipei |
| 17:20 |||
| Hungary | 1–2 | Brazil |
| 20:40 |||
| Spain | 1–2 | Norway |
| 16 July 2016 |||
| 10:00 |||
| Spain | 0–2 | Brazil |
| Hungary | 2–0 | Chinese Taipei |
| Italy | 0–2 | Norway |

### Consolation round

Points obtained against teams from the same group are carried over.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2.667 | 134 | 124 | 1.081 | Seventh place game |
| 2 | Argentina | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2.250 | 160 | 146 | 1.096 | Seventh place game |
| 3 | Thailand | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1.200 | 154 | 176 | 0.875 | Ninth place game |
| 4 | Poland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1.600 | 163 | 157 | 1.038 | Ninth place game |
| 5 | Tunisia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0.333 | 140 | 163 | 0.859 | Eleventh place game |
| 6 | Uruguay | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0.200 | 142 | 146 | 0.973 | Eleventh place game |
* 1 2 Argentina 1–2 Australia
* 1 2 Thailand 2–1 Poland
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 15 July 2016 |||
| 10:00 |||
| Thailand | 2–1 | Poland |
| 10:50 |||
| Australia | 2–0 | Uruguay |
| Argentina | 2–0 | Tunisia |
| 14:50 |||
| Argentina | 2–1 | Poland |
| Thailand | 2–0 | Uruguay |
| Australia | 2–0 | Tunisia |
| 17:20 |||
| Australia | 0–2 | Poland |
| Thailand | 2–0 | Tunisia |
| 18:10 |||
| Argentina | 2–1 | Uruguay |

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

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 16 July 2016 |||
| 14:00 |||
| Tunisia | 0–2 | Uruguay |

#### Ninth place game

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 16 July 2016 |||
| 14:50 |||
| Thailand | 2–1 | Poland |

#### Seventh place game

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 16 July 2016 |||
| 15:40 |||
| Australia | 0–2 | Argentina |

#### Fifth place game

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 16 July 2016 |||
| 16:30 |||
| Italy | 2–0 | Chinese Taipei |

### Knockout stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 16 July – 14:50 | 16 July – 14:50 |
| Brazil | 2 |
| Brazil | 2 | 17 July – 18:00 | 17 July – 18:00 |
| Hungary | 0 | 17 July – 18:00 | 17 July – 18:00 |
| Hungary | 0 | Brazil | 1 |
| 16 July – 14:00 | 16 July – 14:00 | | Brazil | 1 |
| 16 July – 14:00 | 16 July – 14:00 | Spain | 2 |
| Norway | 1 | Spain | 2 |
| Spain | 2 | | |
| Spain | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 17 July – 16:00 | 17 July – 16:00 |
| | | Hungary | 1 |
| | | Norway | 2 |

### Final ranking

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

### Awards
#### MVP

* Camila Souza

#### Topscorer

* Fruzsina Kretz (99 points)

#### All-star team

* Goalkeeper: Regina Gulbrandsen
* Right wing: Raquel Caño
* Left wing: Nathalie Sena
* Pivot: Renata Santiago
* Defender: María García
* Specialist: Renáta Csiki

#### Fair play award

* Norway