The 2022 Women's IHF Beach Handball World Championships was the ninth edition of the championship, held from 21 to 26 June 2022 at Heraklion, Crete. Greece under the aegis of International Handball Federation (IHF). It was the first time in history that the championship will be organised by Hellenic Handball Federation.
Germany captured their first title with a finals win over Spain.
Qualification Qualification Vacancies Qualified Host 1 Runner-up of 2018 World Championship 1 2022 Asian Beach Handball Championship 2 2021 European Beach Handball Championship 6 2022 South and Central American Beach Handball Championship 3 2022 Oceania Beach Handball Championship 1 2022 Nor.ca Beach Handball Championship 2
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 Christine Mansour 164 2 Marielle Martinsen 152 3 Anna Buter 130 4 María Batista 124 5 Line Gyldenløve Kristensen 121 6 Cristiana Morgado 117 7 Renáta Csiki 111 8 Guillermina Rodríguez 104 9 Meike Kruijer 103 10 Niphaphon Pansopa 102
Top goalkeepers Rank Name % Saves Shots 1 Juliana Xavier 48 16 33 2 Patricia Encinas 40 74 187 3 Katharina Filter 34 65 189 4 Gréta Hadfi 33 34 102 Dalma Mátéfi 43 132 6 Magdalini Kepesidou 30 73 246 7 Jemima Harbort 27 66 243 8 Ingrid de Souza 26 51 193 9 Kathrine Sæthre 25 30 120 Emma Johnson 41 161
Awards The awards were announced on 26 June 2022.
Position Player Goalkeeper Patricia Encinas Right wing Amelie Möllmann Left wing Ntafini Dimitri Specialist Lucila Candela Pivot Asuncion Batista Defender Rianne Mol MVP Asuncion Batista Fair play award
References
External links IHF website