# 2022 Youth Beach Handball World Championship

The 2022 IHF Youth Beach Handball World Championship will be the 2nd edition of the championship scheduled to be held in 14–19 June 2022 in Heraklion, Greece, under the aegis of the International Handball Federation (IHF).
Previously the championship was scheduled to be held in Nazaré, Portugal in July 2021. But on 19 February 2021, the IHF Council decided to move and postpone the event to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Bidding process

Only Greece entered bid for hosting the tournament. The event was awarded by the IHF Council during its meeting held on 4 November 2021.

## Men's event
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Diff. | Pts | Qualification |
| Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 6 | Main round |
| Iran | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Main round |
| Qatar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 | Main round |
| United States | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 0 | Consolation group |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 14 June 2022 |||
| 10:10 |||
| Sweden | 2–0 | Qatar |
| Iran | 2–0 | United States |
| 15:40 |||
| Sweden | 2–0 | United States |
| Iran | 2–0 | Qatar |
| 15 June 2022 |||
| 14:00 |||
| Sweden | 2–0 | Iran |
| Qatar | 2–0 | United States |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Diff. | Pts | Qualification |
| France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | Main round |
| Croatia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Main round |
| Brazil | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 | Main round |
| Togo | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 0 | Consolation group |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 14 June 2022 |||
| 11:50 |||
| France | 2–0 | Croatia |
| 17:20 |||
| Croatia | 2–0 | Togo |
| 17:35 |||
| France | 2–1 | Brazil |
| 15 June 2022 |||
| 10:20 |||
| Croatia | 2–0 | Brazil |
| France | 2–0 | Togo |
| 17:20 |||
| Brazil | 2–0 | Togo |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Diff. | Pts | Qualification |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | Main round |
| Jordan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Main round |
| Greece | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 | Main round |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 2 | Consolation group |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 14 June 2022 |||
| 11:50 |||
| Greece | 2–1 | Czech Republic |
| 14:00 |||
| Jordan | 2–1 | Spain |
| 19:10 |||
| Jordan | 2–1 | Greece |
| 20:00 |||
| Spain | 2–0 | Czech Republic |
| 15 June 2022 |||
| 16:30 |||
| Spain | 2–0 | Greece |
| Czech Republic | 2–0 | Jordan |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Diff. | Pts | Qualification |
| Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 6 | Main round |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Main round |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 2 | Main round |
| Uruguay | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 2 | Consolation group |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 14 June 2022 |||
| 10:10 |||
| Argentina | 2–0 | Uruguay |
| 11:00 |||
| Germany | 2–0 | Ukraine |
| 16:30 |||
| Germany | 2–0 | Argentina |
| Ukraine | 2–1 | Uruguay |
| 15 June 2022 |||
| 15:40 |||
| Germany | 2–0 | Uruguay |
| Argentina | 2–1 | Ukraine |

### Group I

| Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Diff. | Pts | Qualification |
| Croatia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| Iran | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| France | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| Brazil | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| Sweden | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 9th - 15th place |
| Qatar | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 2 | 9th - 15th place |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 16 June 2022 |||
| 09:20 |||
| Brazil | 2–1 | Sweden |
| Qatar | 2–0 | France |
| Croatia | 2–1 | Iran |
| 15:50 |||
| Croatia | 2–0 | Sweden |
| Iran | 2–0 | France |
| Brazil | 2–0 | Qatar |
| 17 June 2022 |||
| 15:50 |||
| France | 2–1 | Sweden |
| Iran | 2–0 | Brazil |
| Croatia | 2–1 | Qatar |

### Group II

| Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Diff. | Pts | Qualification |
| Spain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| Germany | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| Argentina | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | _3 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| Ukraine | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| Jordan | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | _3 | 4 | 9th - 15th place |
| Greece | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 0 | 9th - 15th place |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 16 June 2022 |||
| 11:00 |||
| Germany | 2–1 | Greece |
| Spain | 2–0 | Argentina |
| Ukraine | 2–0 | Jordan |
| 17:30 |||
| Ukraine | 2–0 | Greece |
| Spain | 2–1 | Germany |
| 19:10 |||
| Argentina | 2–0 | Jordan |
| 17 June 2022 |||
| 11:00 |||
| Spain | 2–1 | Ukraine |
| 16:40 |||
| Germany | 2–1 | Jordan |
| Argentina | 2–0 | Greece |

### Consolation Group

| Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Diff. | Pts | Qualification |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 6 | 9th - 15th place |
| Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 9th - 15th place |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 | 9th - 15th place |
| Togo | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 0 | 9th - 15th place |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 16 June 2022 |||
| 08:30 |||
| Uruguay | 2–0 | Togo |
| Czech Republic | 2–0 | United States |
| 15:00 |||
| Uruguay | 2–0 | United States |
| Czech Republic | 2–0 | Togo |
| 17 June 2022 |||
| 08:30 |||
| United States | 2–0 | Togo |
| 09:20 |||
| Czech Republic | 2–0 | Uruguay |

### Championship bracket

| Fifth place match | Fifth place match | Fifth place match | 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | | Croatia | Croatia | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Ukraine | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Ukraine | Ukraine | 2 | | | | Croatia | Croatia | 2 | | | | |
| | | | Germany | Germany | 0 | | | | | France | France | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | | France | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Germany | Germany | | | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Ukraine | Ukraine | 0 | | | | | | | | Croatia | Croatia | | | | 2 |
| Argentina | Argentina | 2 | | | | | | | | Croatia | | | | | Brazil | Brazil | 1 |
| | | | | | | Brazil | Brazil | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Spain | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Seventh place match | Seventh place match | Seventh place match | Spain | Spain | 1 | | | | Brazil | Brazil | 2 | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match | | |
| | | | Argentina | Argentina | 2 | | | | | Iran | Iran | 1 | | | | | |
| Germany | Germany | 1 | | | | Iran | Iran | | | 2 | | | | France | France | 0 |
| Spain | Spain | 2 | | | | Argentina | Argentina | 1 | | | | | | | Iran | Iran | 2 |

### Placement bracket

| 13th place match | 13th place match | 13th place match | 13–16th place bracket | 13–16th place bracket | 13–16th place bracket | 9–16th place bracket | 9–16th place bracket | 9–16th place bracket | | 9–12th place bracket | 9–12th place bracket | 9–12th place bracket | | | ninth place match | ninth place match | ninth place match |
| | | | | | | Sweden | Sweden | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Togo | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Togo | Togo | 0 | | | | Sweden | Sweden | 2 | | | | |
| | | | Greece | Greece | 2 | | | | | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | | Greece | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | | | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Greece | Greece | 2 | | | | | | | | Sweden | Sweden | | | | 2 |
| Uruguay | Uruguay | 0 | | | | | | | | Sweden | | | | | Qatar | Qatar | 0 |
| | | | | | | Qatar | Qatar | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Uruguay | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15th place match | 15th place match | 15th place match | United States | United States | 0 | | | | Jordan | Jordan | 1 | 11th place match | 11th place match | 11th place match | | |
| | | | Uruguay | Uruguay | 2 | | | | | Qatar | Qatar | 2 | | | | | |
| Togo | Togo | 2 | | | | Jordan | Jordan | | | 2 | | | | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 2 |
| United States | United States | 1 | | | | United States | United States | 0 | | | | | | | Jordan | Jordan | 0 |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Croatia |
| | Brazil |
| | Iran |
| 4 | France |
| 5 | Argentina |
| 6 | Ukraine |
| 7 | Spain |
| 8 | Germany |
| 9 | Sweden |
| 10 | Qatar |
| 11 | Czech Republic |
| 12 | Jordan |
| 13 | Greece |
| 14 | Uruguay |
| 15 | Togo |
| 16 | United States |

## Women's event
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Diff. | Pts | Qualification |
| Hungary | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 6 | Main round |
| Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Main round |
| Thailand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 2 | Main round |
| Uruguay | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 | Consolation group |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 14 June 2022 |||
| 09:30 |||
| Hungary | 2–0 | Poland |
| Thailand | 2–1 | Uruguay |
| 15:00 |||
| Uruguay | 0–2 | Hungary |
| Poland | 2–0 | Thailand |
| 15 June 2022 |||
| 10:30 |||
| Hungary | 2–0 | Thailand |
| Poland | 2–0 | Uruguay |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Diff. | Pts | Qualification |
| Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 6 | Main round |
| Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Main round |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 | Main round |
| India | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 0 | Consolation group |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 14 June 2022 |||
| 15:50 |||
| Ukraine | 0–2 | Spain |
| 15 June 2022 |||
| 09:40 |||
| Spain | 2–0 | Brazil |
| India | 0–2 | Ukraine |
| 13:00 |||
| Brazil | 2–0 | India |
| 18:20 |||
| Brazil | 2–1 | Ukraine |
| Spain | 2–0 | India |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Diff. | Pts | Qualification |
| Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 8 | Main round |
| Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | Main round |
| France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 2 | Main round |
| Romania | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 0 | Consolation group |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 14 June 2022 |||
| 09:30 |||
| Germany | 2–0 | Romania |
| 10:20 |||
| Argentina | 2–1 | France |
| 15:50 |||
| France | 0–2 | Germany |
| Romania | 1–2 | Argentina |
| 15 June 2022 |||
| 15:50 |||
| Argentina | 2–1 | Germany |
| France | 2–1 | Romania |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Diff. | Pts | Qualification |
| Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 6 | Main round |
| Greece | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Main round |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 2 | Main round |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 | Consolation group |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 14 June 2022 |||
| 12:00 |||
| Greece | 2–0 | Puerto Rico |
| Netherlands | 2–0 | Hong Kong |
| 17:30 |||
| Puerto Rico | 0–2 | Netherlands |
| 18:20 |||
| Hong Kong | 0–2 | Greece |
| 15 June 2022 |||
| 12:10 |||
| Netherlands | 2–0 | Greece |
| Hong Kong | 1–2 | Puerto Rico |

### Group I

| Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Diff. | Pts | Qualification |
| Hungary | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| Spain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| Brazil | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| Poland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| Thailand | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 2 | 9th - 15th place |
| Ukraine | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 0 | 9th - 15th place |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 16 June 2022 |||
| 11:10 |||
| Poland | 1–2 | Brazil |
| Hungary | 2–0 | Ukraine |
| Thailand | 0–2 | Spain |
| 17:40 |||
| Hungary | 2–1 | Brazil |
| Poland | 0–2 | Spain |
| Thailand | 2–1 | Ukraine |
| 17 June 2022 |||
| 13:00 |||
| Hungary | 2–1 | Spain |
| Thailand | 0–2 | Brazil |
| Poland | 2–1 | Ukraine |

### Group II

| Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Diff. | Pts | Qualification |
| Germany | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| Argentina | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| France | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| Greece | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 2 | 9th - 15th place |
| Puerto Rico | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | -10 | 0 | 9th - 15th place |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 16 June 2022 |||
| 12:50 |||
| Argentina | 2–0 | Puerto Rico |
| France | 0–2 | Netherlands |
| Germany | 2–0 | Greece |
| 19:20 |||
| Germany | 2–0 | Netherlands |
| France | 2–0 | Puerto Rico |
| 21:00 |||
| Argentina | 2–0 | Greece |
| 17 June 2022 |||
| 18:30 |||
| Germany | 2–0 | Puerto Rico |
| Argentina | 0–2 | Netherlands |
| France | 2–0 | Greece |

### Consolation Group

| Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Diff. | Pts | Qualification |
| Romania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | 9th - 15th place |
| Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | 9th - 15th place |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 | 9th - 15th place |
| India | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 0 | 9th - 15th place |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 16 June 2022 |||
| 09:30 |||
| Uruguay | 1–2 | Romania |
| 15:10 |||
| India | 0–2 | Hong Kong |
| 18:30 |||
| Hong Kong | 0–2 | Uruguay |
| 19:20 |||
| Romania | 2–0 | India |
| 17 June 2022 |||
| 11:10 |||
| Uruguay | 2–0 | India |
| 12:00 |||
| Romania | 2–0 | Hong Kong |

### Championship bracket

| Fifth place match | Fifth place match | Fifth place match | 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | | Hungary | Hungary | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | France | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | France | France | 2 | | | | Hungary | Hungary | 0 | | | | |
| | | | Brazil | Brazil | 1 | | | | | Netherlands | Netherlands | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | Brazil | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Netherlands | Netherlands | | | 2 | | | | | | | |
| France | France | 1 | | | | | | | | Netherlands | Netherlands | | | | 1 |
| Argentina | Argentina | 2 | | | | | | | | Netherlands | | | | | Spain | Spain | 2 |
| | | | | | | Poland | Poland | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Germany | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Seventh place match | Seventh place match | Seventh place match | Germany | Germany | 1 | | | | Poland | Poland | 1 | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match | | |
| | | | Argentina | Argentina | 2 | | | | | Spain | Spain | 2 | | | | | |
| Brazil | Brazil | 1 | | | | Spain | Spain | | | 2 | | | | Hungary | Hungary | 1 |
| Germany | Germany | 2 | | | | Argentina | Argentina | 0 | | | | | | | Poland | Poland | 2 |

### Placement bracket

| 13th place match | 13th place match | 13th place match | 13–16th place bracket | 13–16th place bracket | 13–16th place bracket | 9–16th place bracket | 9–16th place bracket | 9–16th place bracket | | 9–12th place bracket | 9–12th place bracket | 9–12th place bracket | | | ninth place match | ninth place match | ninth place match |
| | | | | | | Greece | Greece | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | India | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | India | India | 2 | | | | Greece | Greece | 0 | | | | |
| | | | Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | 0 | | | | | Romania | Romania | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | Puerto Rico | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Romania | Romania | | | 2 | | | | | | | |
| India | India | 0 | | | | | | | | Romania | Romania | | | | 2 |
| Uruguay | Uruguay | 2 | | | | | | | | Romania | | | | | Ukraine | Ukraine | 1 |
| | | | | | | Ukraine | Ukraine | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Uruguay | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15th place match | 15th place match | 15th place match | Uruguay | Uruguay | 2 | | | | Ukraine | Ukraine | 2 | 11th place match | 11th place match | 11th place match | | |
| | | | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 0 | | | | | Thailand | Thailand | 0 | | | | | |
| Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | 2 | | | | Thailand | Thailand | | | 2 | | | | Greece | Greece | 1 |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 1 | | | | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 0 | | | | | | | Thailand | Thailand | 2 |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Spain |
| | Netherlands |
| | Poland |
| 4 | Hungary |
| 5 | Argentina |
| 6 | France |
| 7 | Germany |
| 8 | Brazil |
| 9 | Romania |
| 10 | Ukraine |
| 11 | Thailand |
| 12 | Greece |
| 13 | Uruguay |
| 14 | India |
| 15 | Puerto Rico |
| 16 | Hong Kong |