IHF Youth Beach Handball World Championship

The IHF Youth Beach Handball World Championship is an international beach handball competition contested by the men's and women's youth national teams of the member federations of International Handball Federation, the sport's global governing body.

IHF Youth (U-17) Beach Handball World Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championship
SportBeach Handball
FounderInternational Handball Federation
No. of teams16
Confederation5
Most recent
champion(s)		Men –  Spain
Women –  Hungary
Most titlesMen –  Spain (1 Title)
Women –  Hungary (1 Title)

The tournament was established in 2017, taking place every two year. The current tournament format lasts over approximately 6 days and involves 16 men's and 16 women's teams initially competing in four groups of four teams. Three teams from each group will advance to main round and then semifinals are played. The losing semi-finalists play each other in a play-off match to determine the third and fourth-placed teams.

The most recent edition was held in Flic-en-Flac (Mauritius) and crowned Spain and Hungary as champions in men's and women's category respectively beating Italy and Netherlands by 2–1.[1]

Men

Summary
Year Host Gold medal match Bronze medal match
Gold Medalists Score Silver Medalists Bronze Medalists Score 4th place
2017
Details
Flic-en-Flac
Spain		 2 – 1
Italy
Argentina		 2 – 1
Russia
2021
Details
Lisbon

Men's medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Spain1001
2 Italy0101
3 Argentina0011
Totals (3 nations)1113

Men's participating nations
Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  •  ×  — Withdrew from the World Championship
  •    — Hosts
Nation
2017
2021		Years
 Argentina 3rd1
 Australia 10th1
 Brazil ×0
 Chinese Taipei 6th1
 Italy 2nd1
 Mauritius 12th1
 New Zealand 13th1
 Pakistan 9th1
 Paraguay 11th1
 Portugal 7thQ1
 Russia 4th1
 South Africa 15th1
 Spain 1st1
 Thailand 8th1
 Togo 14th1
 Venezuela 5th1
Total1516

Women

Summary
Year Host Gold medal match Bronze medal match
Gold Medalists Score Silver Medalists Bronze Medalists Score 4th place
2017
Details
Flic-en-Flac
Hungary		 2 – 1
Netherlands
Argentina		 2 – 1
Portugal
2021
Details
Lisbon

Women's medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Hungary1001
2 Netherlands0101
3 Argentina0011
Totals (3 nations)1113

Women's participating nations
Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  •  ×  — Withdrew from the World Championship
  •    — Hosts
Nation
2017
2021		Years
 American Samoa 12th1
 Argentina 3rd1
 Australia 13th1
 Brazil ×0
 China 7th1
 Chinese Taipei 8th1
 Croatia 9th1
 Hungary 1st1
 Mauritius 14th1
 Netherlands 2nd1
 Paraguay 11th1
 Portugal 4thQ1
 Spain 5th1
 Thailand 6th1
 Togo ×0
 Venezuela 10th1
Total1416
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See also

References
  1. "Men's and Women's Youth (U-17) Beach Handball World Championship". IHF. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
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