The 2022 Men's IHF Beach Handball World Championships was the ninth edition of the championship, held from 21 to 26 June 2022 at Crete, Greece under the aegis of International Handball Federation (IHF). It was the first time in history that the championship is organised by Hellenic Handball Federation.
Croatia won their third title after defeating Denmark in the final.
Qualification Qualification Vacancies Qualified Host 1 Defending champion 1 2022 African Beach Handball Championship 1 2022 Asian Beach Handball Championship 2 2021 European Beach Handball Championship 5 2022 South and Central American Beach Handball Championship 3 2022 Oceania Beach Handball Championship 1 2022 Nor.ca Beach Handball Championship 2 Russia was excluded due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Draw The draw took place on 13 May 2022.
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+3).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Consolation round
Main round Points obtained against teams from the same group were carried over.
Group I
Group II
Knockout stage Bracket Championship bracket
Fifth place bracket
9–16th place bracket
13–16th place bracket
9–16th place quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
13–16th place semifinals
9–12th place semifinals
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
15th place game
13th place game
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Statistics and awards
Top goalscorers Rank Name Points 1 Lucian Bura 164 2 Diogo Oliveira 149 3 Amir Nowraddine 147 4 Paul Ireland 135 Santiago Rodríguez 6 Gil Pires 126 7 Jorge Pérez 114 8 Georgios Eleftheriadis 113 9 Kristoffer Henriksen 111 10 Eduardo Quiñónez 110 Cody Dominik
Top goalkeepers Rank Name % Saves Shots 1 Paula Soliman 33 28 85 2 Cristiano Seben 32 68 212 3 Simon Jensen 29 66 231 4 Konstantinos Gourgoumis 28 45 153 5 Eleftherios Papazoglou 26 35 135 Carlos Donderis 55 209 7 Lautaro Fernández 25 21 85 Dominik Marković 56 226 Mohsen Mohammed 47 187 10 Javad Sadeghi 24 52 214
Awards The awards were announced on 26 June 2022.
Position Player Goalkeeper Simon Jensen Right wing Lucian Bura Left wing Georgios Elefthriadis Specialist Martin Andersen Pivot Gil Pires Defender Jeppe Villumsen MVP Lucian Bura Fair play award
References
External links IHF website