2014 Beach Handball World Championships

The 2014 Beach Handball World Championships were a twelve-team tournament in both men's and women's beach handball, held at Recife, Brazil from 22–27 July, 2014.[1] It was the sixth edition of the event.

Just like two years ago, Brazil again won the gold medal in both, the men's and women's competition.[2]

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 advanced. In the main round every team had 3 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 wereplacement matches from 7th–12th place.

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.

Draw

The draw was held on 9 May.[3]

Men

Participating nations

Group A Group B

Preliminary round

     Team advance to Main Round
     Team competes in Consolation Round

Placement matches

Eleventh place game

26 July 2014
Team 1 Score Team 2
Oman  1–2  Australia

Ninth place game

26 July 2014
Team 1 Score Team 2
Argentina  0–2  Uruguay

Seventh place game

26 July 2014
Team 1 Score Team 2
Egypt  0–2  Russia

Fifth place game

26 July 2014
Team 1 Score Team 2
Spain  2–0  Serbia

Finals

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 July
 
 
 Brazil2
 
27 July
 
 Qatar0
 
 Brazil2
 
26 July
 
 Croatia1
 
 Denmark1
 
 
 Croatia2
 
Third place
 
 
27 July
 
 
 Qatar2
 
 
 Denmark1

Final ranking

RankTeam
 Brazil
 Croatia
 Qatar
4  Denmark
5  Spain
6  Serbia
7  Russia
8  Egypt
9  Uruguay
10  Argentina
11  Australia
12  Oman

Awards

MVP
  •  Martin Andersen (DEN)
Topscorer
  •  Juan Vásquez Díz (ESP)
All-star team
  • Goalkeeper:  Igor Totić (CRO)
  • Right wing:  Nailson Amaral (BRA)
  • Left wing:  Juan Vásquez Díz (ESP)
  • Pivot:  Gil Pires (BRA)
  • Defender:  Ahmed Morgan (QAT)
  • Specialist:  Martin Andersen (DEN)
Fair play award

Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info

Women

Participating nations

Group A Group B

Preliminary round

     Team advance to Main Round
     Team competes in Consolation Round

Placement matches

Eleventh place game

26 July 2014
Team 1 Score Team 2
Australia  0–2  Argentina

Ninth place game

26 July 2014
Team 1 Score Team 2
Thailand  2–0  Chinese Taipei

Seventh place game

26 July 2014
Team 1 Score Team 2
Denmark  2–0  Uruguay

Fifth place game

26 July 2014
Team 1 Score Team 2
Spain  2–0  Italy

Finals

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 July
 
 
 Brazil2
 
27 July
 
 Norway1
 
 Brazil2
 
26 July
 
 Hungary0
 
 Hungary2
 
 
 Ukraine0
 
Third place
 
 
27 July
 
 
 Norway2
 
 
 Ukraine1

Final ranking

RankTeam
 Brazil
 Hungary
 Norway
4  Ukraine
5  Spain
6  Italy
7  Denmark
8  Uruguay
9  Thailand
10  Chinese Taipei
11  Argentina
12  Australia

Awards

MVP
  •  Camila Souza (BRA)
Topscorer
  •  Catherine Kornvald (NOR)
All-star team
  • Goalkeeper:  Ágnes Győri (HUN)
  • Right wing:  Olga Lajuk (UKR)
  • Left wing:  Catherine Kornvald (NOR)
  • Pivot:  Renata Santiago (BRA)
  • Defender:  Anika Niederwieser (ITA)
  • Specialist:  Maj Thornoe Johansen (DEN)
Fair play award

Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info

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