# 2015 European Beach Handball Championship

The 2015 European Beach Handball Championship was held in Lloret de Mar, Spain from 30 June to 5 July 2015.

## Format

Men's competition contains twelve teams, split into two groups of six teams while women's competition contains fourteen teams, split in two groups of seven teams. After playing a round-robin, the four 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 2 games against the opponents they did not face in the preliminary round. All teams advanced to the Quarter-finals. The two 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.
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.

## Men
### Seeding

| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
| Croatia  Russia | Spain  Serbia | Ukraine  Hungary | Poland  Norway | Sweden  Switzerland | Germany  Italy |

### Preliminary round

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

### Placement round 9−12

| Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Pts |
| Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Sweden | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 3 July 2014 |||
| Poland | 2−1 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine | Sweden |
| Switzerland | 1−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine | Italy |
| 4 July 2014 |||
| Italy | 0−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine | Poland |
| Switzerland | 0−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine | Sweden |
| Sweden | 2−1 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine | Italy |
| Poland | 1−2 Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine | Switzerland |

### Knockout stage
#### Championship bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 4 July − 12:00 − | 4 July − 12:00 − | | | |
| Croatia | 2 | | | |
| Croatia | 2 | 4 July − 17:00 − | 4 July − 17:00 − | | |
| Germany | 0 | 4 July − 17:00 − | 4 July − 17:00 − | |
| Germany | 0 | Croatia | 2 | |
| 4 July − 13:00 − | 4 July − 13:00 − | | Croatia | 2 | |
| 4 July − 13:00 − | 4 July − 13:00 − | Ukraine | 1 | |
| Russia | 1 | Ukraine | 1 | |
| Russia | 1 | | | | 5 July − 18:45 − | 5 July − 18:45 − |
| Ukraine | 2 | | | | 5 July − 18:45 − | 5 July − 18:45 − |
| Ukraine | 2 | | | | Croatia | 2 |
| 4 July − 13:00 − | 4 July − 13:00 − | | | | | Croatia | 2 |
| 4 July − 13:00 − | 4 July − 13:00 − | | | | Spain | 1 |
| Serbia | 1 | | | | Spain | 1 |
| Serbia | 1 | 4 July − 18:45 − | 4 July − 18:45 − | | | |
| Hungary | 2 | 4 July − 18:45 − | 4 July − 18:45 − | | | |
| Hungary | 2 | Hungary | 1 | | | |
| 4 July − 12:00 − | 4 July − 12:00 − | | Hungary | 1 | | | |
| 4 July − 12:00 − | 4 July − 12:00 − | Spain | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| Spain | 2 | Spain | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| Spain | 2 | | | | 5 July − 17:00 − | 5 July − 17:00 − |
| Norway | 1 | | | | 5 July − 17:00 − | 5 July − 17:00 − |
| Norway | 1 | | | | Ukraine | 2 |
| | | | | | Hungary | 1 |

##### 5–8th place bracket

| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | 5th place | 5th place |
| 4 July − 18:00 − | 4 July − 18:00 − |
| Germany | 0 |
| Germany | 0 | 5 July − 15:00 − | 5 July − 15:00 − |
| Russia | 2 | 5 July − 15:00 − | 5 July − 15:00 − |
| Russia | 2 | Russia | 2 |
| 4 July − 19:00 − | 4 July − 19:00 − | | Russia | 2 |
| 4 July − 19:00 − | 4 July − 19:00 − | Serbia | 1 |
| Serbia | 2 | Serbia | 1 |
| Norway | 1 | | |
| Norway | 1 | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | 5 July − 15:00 − | 5 July − 15:00 − |
| | | Germany | 1 |
| | | Norway | 2 |

### Final standings

| Place | Team |
| | Croatia |
| | Spain |
| | Ukraine |
| 4 | Hungary |
| 5 | Russia |
| 6 | Serbia |
| 7 | Norway |
| 8 | Germany |
| 9 | Poland |
| 10 | Sweden |
| 11 | Italy |
| 12 | Switzerland |

## Women
### Seeding

| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 | Pot 7 |
| Hungary  Norway | Italy  Ukraine | Russia  Spain | Switzerland  Croatia | Poland  Sweden | Serbia  Montenegro | Germany  Netherlands |

### Preliminary round

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

### Placement round 9−14

| Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Pts |
| Croatia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 |
| Serbia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| Sweden | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Germany | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| Montenegro | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 3 July 2014 |||
| Switzerland | 2−0 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine | Montenegro |
| Germany | 0−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine | Sweden |
| Serbia | 0−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine | Croatia |
| Sweden | 0−2 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine | Switzerland |
| Montenegro | 0−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine | Serbia |
| Croatia | 2−0 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine | Germany |
| 4 July 2014 |||
| Germany | 2−0 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine | Montenegro |
| Serbia | 2−0 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine | Sweden |
| Switzerland | 0−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine | Croatia |

### Knockout stage
#### Championship bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 4 July − 10:00 − | 4 July − 10:00 − | | | |
| Spain | 2 | | | |
| Spain | 2 | 4 July − 18:00 − | 4 July − 18:00 − | | |
| Poland | 0 | 4 July − 18:00 − | 4 July − 18:00 − | |
| Poland | 0 | Spain | 1 | |
| 4 July − 11:00 − | 4 July − 11:00 − | | Spain | 1 | |
| 4 July − 11:00 − | 4 July − 11:00 − | Norway | 2 | |
| Norway | 2 | Norway | 2 | |
| Norway | 2 | | | | 5 July − 19:30 − | 5 July − 19:30 − |
| Ukraine | 1 | | | | 5 July − 19:30 − | 5 July − 19:30 − |
| Ukraine | 1 | | | | Norway | 1 |
| 4 July − 11:00 − | 4 July − 11:00 − | | | | | Norway | 1 |
| 4 July − 11:00 − | 4 July − 11:00 − | | | | Hungary | 2 |
| Hungary | 2 | | | | Hungary | 2 |
| Hungary | 2 | 4 July − 16:00 − | 4 July − 16:00 − | | | |
| Russia | 1 | 4 July − 16:00 − | 4 July − 16:00 − | | | |
| Russia | 1 | Hungary | 2 | | | |
| 4 July − 10:00 − | 4 July − 10:00 − | | Hungary | 2 | | | |
| 4 July − 10:00 − | 4 July − 10:00 − | Italy | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
| Netherlands | 1 | Italy | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
| Netherlands | 1 | | | | 5 July − 18:00 − | 5 July − 18:00 − |
| Italy | 2 | | | | 5 July − 18:00 − | 5 July − 18:00 − |
| Italy | 2 | | | | Spain | 1 |
| | | | | | Italy | 2 |

##### 5–8th place bracket

| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | 5th place | 5th place |
| 4 July − 16:00 − | 4 July − 16:00 − |
| Poland | 2 |
| Poland | 2 | 5 July − 14:00 − | 5 July − 14:00 − |
| Ukraine | 1 | 5 July − 14:00 − | 5 July − 14:00 − |
| Ukraine | 1 | Poland | 2 |
| 4 July − 17:00 − | 4 July − 17:00 − | | Poland | 2 |
| 4 July − 17:00 − | 4 July − 17:00 − | Netherlands | 0 |
| Russia | 0 | Netherlands | 0 |
| Netherlands | 2 | | |
| Netherlands | 2 | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | 5 July − 14:00 − | 5 July − 14:00 − |
| | | Ukraine | 1 |
| | | Russia | 2 |

### Final standings

| Place | Team |
| | Hungary |
| | Norway |
| | Italy |
| 4 | Spain |
| 5 | Poland |
| 6 | Netherlands |
| 7 | Russia |
| 8 | Ukraine |
| 9 | Croatia |
| 10 | Switzerland |
| 11 | Serbia |
| 12 | Sweden |
| 13 | Germany |
| 14 | Montenegro |