The 2016 Beach Handball World Championships was a twelve-team tournament in both men's and women's beach handball, held at Budapest, Hungary from 12 to 17 July 2016. It was the seventh edition of the event.
Croatia and Spain took home gold in the men's and women's event, both after defeating Brazil in the final.
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 advance. In the main round every team had three 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 were placement matches from 7th–12th place.
Matches were played in sets, the team that wins two sets is the winner of a match. When teams were equal in points the head-to-head result was decisive.
Draw The draw was held on 12 May 2016. The schedule was released on 16 June 2016.
Seeding Men Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5Pot 6
Women Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5Pot 6 Referees Following 8 referee pairs were selected for the championship:
Referees Daniela Cajal / Lorena Mac Coll Sydney Antonio Dos Santos / Wanderson Oliveira Mertinian / Syrepsios Dávid Palkovits / Gabor Szilvási
Referees Al-Heel / Al-Yazeedi Aymen Ben Salah / Mohamed Kamel Drissi / Kursad Erdogan / Agnieszka Skowronek Baqer / Bin Hasher
Men All times are local (UTC+2).
Preliminary round Group A
Team 1ScoreTeam 212 July 201610:002–12–00–215:301–20–20–213 July 201611:402–12–012:302–017:202–018:101–214 July 201611:201–218:202–12–01–2
Group B
Team 1ScoreTeam 212 July 201612:302–02–12–018:002–118:501–221:450–213 July 201610:502–02–02–117:200–218:101–219:502–114 July 201612:302–02–12–1
Main round Points obtained against teams from the same group are carried over.
Team 1ScoreTeam 215 July 201610:501–211:402–012:300–218:101–219:002–019:500–216 July 201610:502–01–20–2
Consolation round Points obtained against teams from the same group are carried over.
Team 1ScoreTeam 215 July 201611:401–212:301–20–215:402–11–22–018:100–219:000–22–0
Placement matches Eleventh place game Team 1ScoreTeam 216 July 201614:000–2
Ninth place game Team 1ScoreTeam 216 July 201614:501–2
Seventh place game Team 1ScoreTeam 216 July 201615:402–1
Fifth place game Team 1ScoreTeam 216 July 201616:302–0
Knockout stage
Final ranking Rank Team456789101112
Awards MVP Ivan Jurić
Topscorer Anis Zouaoui (126 points)
All-star team Goalkeeper: Mohsin Yafai Right wing: Nailson Amaral Left wing: Ivan Jurić Pivot: Attila Kun Defender: Hagi Toure Specialist: Bruno Oliveira
Fair play award
Women Preliminary round Group A
Team 1ScoreTeam 212 July 201611:402–02–02–017:100–20–219:401–213 July 201611:402–112:300–20–219:002–02–014 July 201611:402–017:302–02–01–2
Group B
Team 1ScoreTeam 212 July 201610:502–02–00–216:201–20–20–213 July 201610:001–22–01–216:300–22–02–114 July 201613:202–02–02–0
Main round Points obtained against teams from the same group are carried over.
Team 1ScoreTeam 215 July 201610:000–21–211:402–016:202–117:201–220:401–216 July 201610:000–22–00–2
Consolation round Points obtained against teams from the same group are carried over.
Team 1ScoreTeam 215 July 201610:002–110:502–02–014:502–12–02–017:200–22–018:102–1
Placement matches Eleventh place game Team 1ScoreTeam 216 July 201614:000–2
Ninth place game Team 1ScoreTeam 216 July 201614:502–1
Seventh place game Team 1ScoreTeam 216 July 201615:400–2
Fifth place game Team 1ScoreTeam 216 July 201616:302–0
Knockout stage
Final ranking Rank Team456789101112
Awards MVP Camila Souza
Topscorer Fruzsina Kretz (99 points)
All-star team Goalkeeper: Regina Gulbrandsen Right wing: Raquel Caño Left wing: Nathalie Sena Pivot: Renata Santiago Defender: María García Specialist: Renáta Csiki
Fair play award
References
External links Official website