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.
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 Hammamet (Tunisia) and crowned Spain as champions in men's and women's category respectively beating Germany and Germany by 2–0.
Men Summary YearHostGold medal matchBronze medal matchGold MedalistsScoreSilver Medalists Bronze MedalistsScore4th place2017DetailsFlic-en-Flac2 – 12 – 12022DetailsHeraklion2 – 12 – 02025DetailsHammamet2 – 02 – 1
Men's medal table
Men's participating nations ;Legend – Champions – Runners-up – Third place — Withdrew from the World Championship — Hosts Nation 2017 2022 2025 Years3rd 5th 7th 3 10th x x 1 × 2nd 3rd 2 6th x x 1 x x 15th 1 x 1st 10th 2 x 11th x 1 x 4th x 1 x 8th 2nd 2 x 13th x 1 x x 4th 1 x 3rd 16th 22nd x x 1 x 12th x 1 x x 14th 112th x x 1 x x 13th 1 13th x x 1 x x 8th 1 9th x x 1 11th x x 1 7th x x 1 x x 11th 1 x 10th x 1 4th x x 1 15th x x 1 x x 12th 11st 7th 1st 3 x 9th x 1 8th x 6th 2 14th 15th x 2 x x 5th 1 x 6th x 1 x 16th x 1 x 14th 9th 2 5th x x 1 Total 15 16 16
Women Summary YearHostGold medal matchBronze medal matchGold MedalistsScoreSilver Medalists Bronze MedalistsScore4th place2017DetailsFlic-en-Flac2 – 12 – 12022DetailsHeraklion2 – 12 – 12025DetailsHammamet2 – 02 – 0
Women's medal table
Women's participating nations ;Legend – Champions – Runners-up – Third place — Withdrew from the World Championship — Hosts Nation 2017 2022 2025 Years 12th x x 13rd 5th x 1 13th x x 1 × 8th 8th 2 x x 13th 1 7th x 9th 2 8th x x 1 9th x 7th 2 x 6th 6th 2 x 7th 2nd 2 x 12th x 1 x 16th x 11st 4th 4th 3 x 14th x 1 x x 12th 114th x x 1 x x 15th 12nd 2nd 3rd 3 11th x x 1 x 3rd x 1 4th x x 1 x 15th x 1 x 9th x 1 x x 14th 1 5th 1st 1st 3 x x 16th 1 6th 11th 11th 3 x x 10th 1 × 10th x 1 × 13th 5th 2 10th x x 1 Total 14 16 16
See also Beach handball at the World Games Beach Handball World Championships Asian Youth Beach Handball Championship Pan American Youth Beach Handball Championship
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