Incontinence article in the form of briefs for receiving body excretions, with a front stomach portion and a rear back portion which, to form a stomach and back band which is continuous in the transverse or waist-encircling direction and has a waist opening that is closed in the waist-encircling direction, are connected to one another at the manufacturer's at side seam regions on both sides, and with a crotch portion, which has an absorbent body and has longitudinal peripheries and longitudinal ends (98, 100) and extends in a longitudinal direction between the stomach portion with a crotch-facing transverse periphery and the back portion with a crotch-facing transverse periphery, wherein the crotch portion overlaps with the stomach portion in a front overlapping region and the crotch portion overlaps with the back portion in a rear overlapping region while forming a respective buildup of plies in the Z direction, wherein the crotch portion is inseparably joined to the stomach portion in a front connecting region and the crotch portion is inseparably joined to the back portion in a rear connecting region, wherein not only the crotch portion but also the stomach portion and the back portion bound leg openings of the incontinence article, wherein first elasticating means are provided in the stomach portion and the back portion, extend at a distance from one another and parallel to one another in the transverse or waist-encircling direction and thus elasticate the stomach portion and the back portion over their surface area, wherein second elasticating means (40, 42) are provided in a crotch-side region (22, 26) of the stomach portion and of the back portion that is facing the leg openings, wherein the crotch portion comprises a liquid-impermeable backsheet material, and wherein the absorbent body is arranged between the backsheet material and a topsheet material and the absorbent body has longitudinal peripheries, wherein the backsheet material or the topsheet material and the backsheet material form in the transverse direction an overhang (66a, 66b) extending respectively outside the longitudinal peripheries of the absorbent body, wherein the sum of the overhang (66a, 66b) in the transverse direction, that is to say on both sides of the longitudinal peripheries of the absorbent body, is at least 25% with respect to the greatest width of the crotch portion, wherein the overhang (66a, 66b) on both sides of the longitudinal peripheries of the absorbent body respectively has first regions (65a, 65a', 65b, 65b') and a second region (67a, 67b), wherein the first regions (65a, 65a', 65b, 65b') respectively extend within the overlapping regions (36, 38) and the second region (67a, 67b) extends in the longitudinal direction between the crotch-facing transverse peripheries (58, 60) of the stomach portion and back portion, wherein the connecting regions (306, 308) of the stomach portion and of the back portion respectively comprise a first joining region (310, 312) and second joining regions (314a, 314b, 316a, 316b), wherein the first joining region (310, 312) extends at least in certain portions in the region of the absorbent body, and wherein the second joining regions (314a, 314b, 316a, 316b) are arranged at least within the first regions (65a, 65a', 65b, 65b') of the overhang (66a, 66b) of the crotch portion, so that the second joining regions (314a, 314b, 316a, 316b) form reinforcing regions (334a, 334b, 336a, 336b), characterized in that an adhesive is used as joining means in a first joining region and non-adhesive joining means are used for a second joining region, in that the first regions (65a, 65a', 65b, 65b') of the overhang (66a, 66b) have openings extending through the buildup of plies in the Z direction in the front or rear overlapping region (36, 38), the openings forming air-permeable regions (350a, 350b, 351a, 351b), and the openings being arranged at least within the second joining regions (314a, 314b, 316a, 316b), the openings being formed by joining means in the form of welding locations, in particular ultrasonic welding locations, thermal welding locations and/or calender welding locations.