2022 Women's Beach Handball World Championships

For the men's tournament, see 2022 Men's Beach Handball World Championships.

2022 Women's Beach Handball World Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Greece
Venue(s)	Karteros Beach Sports Center
Dates	21–26 June
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (1st title)
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	Netherlands
Fourth place	Greece
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Christine Mansour (164 points)
Best player	Asuncion Batista

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).^[1] It was the first time in history that the championship will be organised by Hellenic Handball Federation.^[2]

Germany captured their first title with a finals win over Spain.^[3]

Qualification

Qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	1	Greece
Runner-up of 2018 World Championship	1	Norway
2022 Asian Beach Handball Championship[4]	2	Thailand  Vietnam
2021 European Beach Handball Championship	6	Denmark  Germany  Hungary  Netherlands  Portugal  Spain
2022 South and Central American Beach Handball Championship[5]	3	Argentina  Brazil  Uruguay
2022 Oceania Beach Handball Championship[6]	1	Australia
2022 Nor.ca Beach Handball Championship[7]	2	United States  Mexico

Draw

The draw took place on 13 May 2022.^[8][9]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Greece (H)	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	138	114	1.211	Main round
2	Portugal	3	2	1	4	4	3	1.333	106	104	1.019
3	Thailand	3	1	2	2	3	4	0.750	114	128	0.891
4	Mexico	3	0	3	0	1	6	0.167	115	127	0.906	Consolation round

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head set difference; 4) Head-to-head points won; 5) Set difference; 6) Points won; 7) Draw.
(H) Host

21 June 2022 11:30	Portugal	2–1	Thailand	Court 2 Referees: Dario Rupčić (CRO), Ivica Botinčan (CRO)
	(10–16, 21–14, 8–4) Report

21 June 2022 11:30	Greece	2–1	Mexico	Center court Referees: Khalid Al-Hail (QAT), Ali Al-Yafei (QAT)
	(23–18, 18–22, 7–6) Report

21 June 2022 16:40	Mexico	0–2	Portugal	Court 3 Referees: Sydiney Dos Santos (BRA), Flavio Asis (BRA)
	(18–23, 16–18) Report

21 June 2022 21:50	Thailand	0–2	Greece	Center court Referees: Mathieu Fanack (FRA), Cédric Daré (FRA)
	(24–27, 18–27) Report

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22 June 2022 19:10	Greece	2–0	Portugal	Center court Referees: Pedro Ortega (VEN), Miguel Aular (VEN)
	(15–12, 21–14) Report

22 June 2022 19:10	Mexico	0–2	Thailand	Court 2 Referees: Luciano Cardone (ITA), Sebatiano Manuele (ITA)
	(19–20, 16–18) Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	120	1.250	Main round
2	Spain	3	2	1	4	4	2	2.000	136	101	1.347
3	United States	3	1	2	2	2	5	0.400	118	158	0.747
4	Vietnam	3	0	3	0	1	6	0.167	111	136	0.816	Consolation round

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head set difference; 4) Head-to-head points won; 5) Set difference; 6) Points won; 7) Draw.

21 June 2022 12:20	Spain	2–0	United States	Court 3 Referees: Pedro Ortega (VEN), Miguel Aular (VEN)
	(32–20, 19–13) Report

21 June 2022 13:10	Denmark	2–0	Vietnam	Center court Referees: Sydiney Dos Santos (BRA), Flavio Asis (BRA)
	(25–16, 24–21) Report

21 June 2022 18:20	Vietnam	0–2	Spain	Court 3 Referees: Dario Rupčić (CRO), Ivica Botinčan (CRO)
	(12–24, 12–19) Report

21 June 2022 21:00	United States	0–2	Denmark	Center court Referees: Ana Barbosa (POR), Nádia Lemos (POR)
	(25–33, 16–24) Report

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22 June 2022 17:30	Vietnam	1–2	United States	Court 2 Referees: Mathieu Fanack (FRA), Cédric Daré (FRA)
	(20–24, 23–12, 7–8) Report

22 June 2022 17:30	Denmark	2–0	Spain	Center court Referees: Johan Gomér (SWE), Martin Gomér (SWE)
	(21–20, 23–22) Report

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	143	98	1.459	Main round
2	Argentina	3	2	1	4	4	2	2.000	122	96	1.271
3	Uruguay	3	1	2	2	2	4	0.500	93	97	0.959
4	Australia	3	0	3	0	0	6	0.000	67	125	0.536	Consolation round

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head set difference; 4) Head-to-head points won; 5) Set difference; 6) Points won; 7) Draw.

21 June 2022 10:40	Argentina	2–0	Uruguay	Court 3 Referees: Mathieu Fanack (FRA), Cédric Daré (FRA)
	(20–16, 18–14) Report

21 June 2022 12:20	Netherlands	2–0	Australia	Center court Referees: Johan Gomér (SWE), Martin Gomér (SWE)
	(24–14, 28–10) Report

21 June 2022 17:30	Australia	0–2	Argentina	Court 2 Referees: Pedro Ortega (VEN), Miguel Aular (VEN)
	(8–26, 14–16) Report

21 June 2022 18:20	Uruguay	0–2	Netherlands	Center court Referees: Luciano Cardone (ITA), Sebatiano Manuele (ITA)
	(16–19, 16–19) Report

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22 June 2022 10:30	Uruguay	2–0	Australia	Court 2 Referees: Sylwia Bartkowiak (POL), Weronika Łakomy (POL)
	(15–11, 16–10) Report

22 June 2022 10:30	Argentina	0–2	Netherlands	Center court Referees: Dario Rupčić (CRO), Ivica Botinčan (CRO)
	(18–28, 24–26) Report

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	126	49	2.571	Main round
2	Brazil	3	2	1	4	4	4	1.000	103	121	0.851
3	Norway	3	1	2	2	3	5	0.600	89	135	0.659
4	Hungary	3	0	3	0	2	6	0.333	113	126	0.897	Consolation round

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head set difference; 4) Head-to-head points won; 5) Set difference; 6) Points won; 7) Draw.

21 June 2022 10:40	Norway	2–1	Hungary	Center court Referees: Ana Barbosa (POR), Nádia Lemos (POR)
	(20–15, 20–22, 9–6) Report

21 June 2022 10:40	Germany	2–0	Brazil	Court 2 Referees: Sylwia Bartkowiak (POL), Weronika Łakomy (POL)
	(26–14, 16–4) Report

21 June 2022 16:40	Hungary	0–2	Germany	Center court Referees: Dario Rupčić (CRO), Ivica Botinčan (CRO)
	(14–18, 17–20) Report

21 June 2022 17:30	Brazil	2–1	Norway	Center court Referees: Khalid Al-Hail (QAT), Ali Al-Yafei (QAT)
	(18–14, 18–20, 10–6) Report

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22 June 2022 15:50	Germany	2–0	Norway	Center court Referees: Pedro Ortega (VEN), Miguel Aular (VEN)
	(19–14, 27–20) Report

22 June 2022 16:40	Brazil	2–1	Hungary	Center court Referees: Mathieu Fanack (FRA), Cédric Daré (FRA)
	(10–15, 19–18, 10–6) Report

Consolation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Hungary	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	133	83	1.602
2	Vietnam	3	2	1	4	4	3	1.333	125	122	1.025
3	Mexico	3	1	2	2	2	4	0.500	99	108	0.917
4	Australia	3	0	3	0	1	6	0.167	78	122	0.639

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head set difference; 4) Head-to-head points won; 5) Set difference; 6) Points won; 7) Draw.

23 June 2022 13:10	Mexico	2–0	Australia	Court 2 Referees: Mohamed Ben Salah (TUN), Mohamed Drissi (TUN)
	(20–9, 15–12) Report

23 June 2022 14:00	Vietnam	0–2	Hungary	Center court Referees: Pedro Ortega (VEN), Miguel Aular (VEN)
	(19–26, 18–21) Report

23 June 2022 18:50	Australia	1–2	Vietnam	Court 2 Referees: Ana Barbosa (POR), Nádia Lemos (POR)
	(12–16, 20–19, 4–7) Report

23 June 2022 21:20	Hungary	2–0	Mexico	Center court Referees: Sydiney Dos Santos (BRA), Flavio Asis (BRA)
	(21–10, 20–15) Report

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24 June 2022 09:30	Australia	0–2	Hungary	Center court Referees: Mohamed Ben Salah (TUN), Mohamed Drissi (TUN)
	(12–20, 9–25) Report

24 June 2022 10:20	Mexico	0–2	Vietnam	Court 2 Referees: Luciano Cardone (ITA), Sebatiano Manuele (ITA)
	(16–21, 23–25) Report

Main round

Points obtained against teams from the same group were carried over.

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Greece (H)	5	5	0	10	10	2	5.000	237	205	1.156	Quarterfinals
2	Denmark	5	4	1	8	9	2	4.500	240	208	1.154
3	Spain	5	3	2	6	7	5	1.400	240	207	1.159
4	Portugal	5	2	3	4	4	7	0.571	169	186	0.909
5	Thailand	5	1	4	2	4	9	0.444	221	249	0.888
6	United States	5	0	5	0	1	10	0.100	197	249	0.791

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head set difference; 4) Head-to-head points won; 5) Set difference; 6) Points won; 7) Draw.
(H) Host

23 June 2022 09:00	Thailand	0–2	Denmark	Center court Referees: Mohamed Ben Salah (TUN), Mohamed Drissi (TUN)
	(24–30, 18–24) Report

23 June 2022 09:00	Portugal	0–2	Spain	Court 2 Referees: Sylwia Bartkowiak (POL), Weronika Łakomy (POL)
	(16–23, 14–18) Report

23 June 2022 13:10	Greece	2–0	United States	Center court Referees: Sydiney Dos Santos (BRA), Flavio Asis (BRA)
	(21–18, 23–14) Report

23 June 2022 18:00	Portugal	0–2	Denmark	Center court Referees: Mathieu Fanack (FRA), Cédric Daré (FRA)
	(18–22, 18–19) Report

23 June 2022 18:00	Thailand	2–1	United States	Court 2 Referees: Pedro Ortega (VEN), Miguel Aular (VEN)
	(24–23, 23–24, 12–10) Report

23 June 2022 19:40	Greece	2–1	Spain	Center court Referees: Dario Rupčić (CRO), Ivica Botinčan (CRO)
	(27–26, 15–23, 14–12) Report

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24 June 2022 18:00	Greece	2–1	Denmark	Center court Referees: Khalid Al-Hail (QAT), Ali Al-Yafei (QAT)
	(27–14, 12–24, 8–6) Report

24 June 2022 18:00	Thailand	1–2	Spain	Court 3 Referees: Mathieu Fanack (FRA), Cédric Daré (FRA)
	(18–21, 20–17, 6–7) Report

24 June 2022 18:00	Portugal	2–0	United States	Court 2 Referees: Dario Rupčić (CRO), Ivica Botinčan (CRO)
	(16–14, 22–20) Report

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Germany	5	5	0	10	10	0	MAX	220	137	1.606	Quarterfinals
2	Brazil	5	4	1	8	8	5	1.600	186	193	0.964
3	Netherlands	5	3	2	6	7	4	1.750	207	202	1.025
4	Argentina	5	2	3	4	4	7	0.571	170	171	0.994
5	Norway	5	1	4	2	4	8	0.500	203	232	0.875
6	Uruguay	5	0	5	0	1	10	0.100	183	248	0.738

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head set difference; 4) Head-to-head points won; 5) Set difference; 6) Points won; 7) Draw.

23 June 2022 09:50	Netherlands	2–0	Norway	Center court Referees: Luciano Cardone (ITA), Sebatiano Manuele (ITA)
	(20–18, 26–20) Report

23 June 2022 09:50	Uruguay	0–2	Germany	Court 3 Referees: Mathieu Fanack (FRA), Cédric Daré (FRA)
	(12–22, 14–24) Report

23 June 2022 09:50	Argentina	0–2	Brazil	Court 2 Referees: Ana Barbosa (POR), Nádia Lemos (POR)
	(20–21, 14–16) Report

23 June 2022 15:30	Netherlands	1–2	Brazil	Center court Referees: Dario Rupčić (CRO), Ivica Botinčan (CRO)
	(14–18, 19–14, 8–9) Report

23 June 2022 16:20	Argentina	0–2	Germany	Court 3 Referees: Mohamed Ben Salah (TUN), Mohamed Drissi (TUN)
	(16–18, 15–19) Report

23 June 2022 18:50	Uruguay	0–2	Norway	Center court Referees: Luciano Cardone (ITA), Sebatiano Manuele (ITA)
	(18–24, 20–21) Report

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24 June 2022 15:30	Netherlands	0–2	Germany	Center court Referees: Ana Barbosa (POR), Nádia Lemos (POR)
	(14–23, 14–26) Report

24 June 2022 16:20	Argentina	2–1	Norway	Center court Referees: Sylwia Bartkowiak (POL), Weronika Łakomy (POL)
	(28–24, 20–22, 8–4) Report

24 June 2022 17:10	Uruguay	1–2	Brazil	Center court Referees: Luciano Cardone (ITA), Sebatiano Manuele (ITA)
	(12–22, 18–14, 6–8) Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

Championship bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	25 June
	Greece	2
					25 June
	Argentina	1
					Greece	0
	25 June
					Spain	2
	Brazil	0
									26 June
	Spain	2
									Spain	0
	25 June
									Germany	2
	Denmark	1
					25 June
	Netherlands	2
					Netherlands	0
	25 June
					Germany	2			Third place
	Germany	2
									26 June
	Portugal	0
									Greece	1
									Netherlands	2

Fifth place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place game
	25 June
	Argentina	0
					26 June
	Brazil	2
					Brazil	1
	25 June
					Denmark	2
	Denmark	2
	Portugal	1
					Seventh place game
					26 June
					Argentina	2
					Portugal	0

9–16th place bracket

	9–16th place quarterfinals				9–12th place semifinals				Ninth place game
	25 June
	Norway	2
					25 June
	Australia	0
					Norway	1
	25 June
					Hungary	2
	United States	0
									26 June
	Hungary	2
									Hungary	2
	25 June
									Thailand	0
	Thailand	2
					25 June
	Mexico	0
					Thailand	2
	25 June
					Uruguay	1			Eleventh place game
	Uruguay	2
									26 June
	Vietnam	0
									Norway	2
									Uruguay	1

13–16th place bracket

	13–16th place semifinals				13th place game
	25 June
	Australia	1
					26 June
	United States	2
					United States	1
	25 June
					Vietnam	2
	Mexico	1
	Vietnam	2
					15th place game
					26 June
					Australia	0
					Mexico	2

9–16th place quarterfinals

25 June 2022 09:00	United States	0–2	Hungary	Center court Referees: Pedro Ortega (VEN), Miguel Aular (VEN)
	(20–30, 11–17) Report

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25 June 2022 09:00	Norway	2–0	Australia	Court 3 Referees: Ana Barbosa (POR), Nádia Lemos (POR)
	(26–8, 18–12) Report

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25 June 2022 09:00	Thailand	2–0	Mexico	Court 2 Referees: Mohamed Ben Salah (TUN), Mohamed Drissi (TUN)
	(21–18, 21–18) Report

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25 June 2022 09:50	Uruguay	2–0	Vietnam	Court 2 Referees: Sylwia Bartkowiak (POL), Weronika Łakomy (POL)
	(21–20, 21–16) Report

Quarterfinals

25 June 2022 12:20	Greece	2–1	Argentina	Center court Referees: Luciano Cardone (ITA), Sebatiano Manuele (ITA)
	(22–33, 19–16, 8–6) Report

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25 June 2022 12:20	Spain	2–0	Brazil	Court 2 Referees: Ana Barbosa (POR), Nádia Lemos (POR)
	(13–11, 18–16) Report

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25 June 2022 12:20	Portugal	0–2	Germany	Court 2 Referees: Sylwia Bartkowiak (POL), Weronika Łakomy (POL)
	(12–20, 8–10) Report

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25 June 2022 13:10	Denmark	1–2	Netherlands	Center court Referees: Sydiney Dos Santos (BRA), Flavio Asis (BRA)
	(24–26, 25–24, 10–11) Report

13–16th place semifinals

25 June 2022 15:00	Australia	1–2	United States	Court 3 Referees: Mohamed Ben Salah (TUN), Mohamed Drissi (TUN)
	(20–22, 16–10, 10–11) Report

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25 June 2022 15:50	Mexico	1–2	Vietnam	Court 2 Referees: Luciano Cardone (ITA), Sebatiano Manuele (ITA)
	(23–20, 18–20, 2–3) Report

9–12th place semifinals

25 June 2022 15:00	Norway	1–2	Hungary	Center court Referees: Sylwia Bartkowiak (POL), Weronika Łakomy (POL)
	(15–17, 20–15, 2–5) Report

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25 June 2022 15:00	Thailand	2–1	Uruguay	Court 2 Referees: Ana Barbosa (POR), Nádia Lemos (POR)
	(29–26, 22–23, 9–8) Report

5–8th place semifinals

25 June 2022 16:40	Argentina	0–2	Brazil	Center court Referees: Khalid Al-Hail (QAT), Ali Al-Yafei (QAT)
	(18–19, 16–25) Report

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25 June 2022 19:10	Portugal	1–2	Denmark	Court 2 Referees: Johan Gomér (SWE), Martin Gomér (SWE)
	(20–19, 14–21, 4–7) Report

Semifinals

25 June 2022 19:10	Germany	2–0	Netherlands	Center court Referees: Ana Barbosa (POR), Nádia Lemos (POR)
	(18–10, 25–16) Report

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25 June 2022 20:00	Greece	0–2	Spain	Center court Referees: Pedro Ortega (VEN), Miguel Aular (VEN)
	(16–25, 4–17) Report

15th place game

26 June 2022 10:20	Australia	0–2	Mexico	Court 3 Referees: Ana Barbosa (POR), Nádia Lemos (POR)
	(13–17, 12–14) Report

13th place game

26 June 2022 12:00	United States	1–2	Vietnam	Court 3 Referees: Khalid Al-Hail (QAT), Ali Al-Yafei (QAT)
	(20–21, 22–20, 12–13) Report

Eleventh place game

26 June 2022 10:20	Norway	2–1	Uruguay	Court 2 Referees: Khalid Al-Hail (QAT), Ali Al-Yafei (QAT)
	(20–21, 22–16, 16–14) Report

Ninth place game

26 June 2022 12:00	Hungary	2–0	Thailand	Court 2 Referees: Ana Barbosa (POR), Nádia Lemos (POR)
	(17–14, 17–12) Report

Seventh place game

26 June 2022 10:20	Argentina	2–0	Portugal	Center court Referees: Luciano Cardone (ITA), Sebatiano Manuele (ITA)
	(22–18, 18–16) Report

Fifth place game

26 June 2022 12:00	Brazil	1–2	Denmark	Court 2 Referees: Mohamed Ben Salah (TUN), Mohamed Drissi (TUN)
	(18–14, 16–20, 6–7) Report

Third place game

26 June 2022 16:00	Greece	1–2	Netherlands	Center court Referees: Sydiney Dos Santos (BRA), Flavio Asis (BRA)
	(22–23, 19–16, 8–9) Report

Final

26 June 2022 18:00	Spain	0–2	Germany	Center court Referees: Dario Rupčić (CRO), Ivica Botinčan (CRO)
	(14–15, 20–22) Report

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Germany
	Spain
	Netherlands
4	Greece
5	Denmark
6	Brazil
7	Argentina
8	Portugal
9	Hungary
10	Thailand
11	Norway
12	Uruguay
13	Vietnam
14	United States
15	Mexico
16	Australia

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 Kristensen 121 6 Cristiana Morgado 117 7 Renáta Csiki 111 8 Guillermina Rodríguez 104 9 Meike Kruijer 103 10 Niphaphon Pansopa 102 Source: IHF

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 Source: IHF

Awards

The awards were announced on 26 June 2022.^[10]

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	Hungary

References

1. "Greece to host IHF Beach Handball World Championships in 2022". www.ihf.info. 12 November 2021.
2. "Dates set for the IHF Beach Handball World Championships in Heraklion". ihf.info. 10 February 2022.
3. "Greece 2022: Germany – World Champions". ihf.info. 26 June 2022.
4. "Vietnam and Thailand take continental wins on Bangkok sand". ihf.info. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
5. "Argentina finally overcome Brazil on the beach". ihf.info. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
6. "Honours split as Oceania confirms teams for global beach handball events". ihf.info. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
7. "USA men and Mexico women celebrate continental beach handball titles". ihf.info. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
8. "Draw set for flagship beach handball events at Greece 2022". ihf.info. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
9. "Draw for Greece 2022 IHF Beach Handball World Championships complete". ihf.info. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
10. "Greece 2022 Women's All-star Team". ihf.info. Retrieved 26 June 2022.

External links

• IHF website