2024 Women's Beach Handball World Championships

Tournament details
Host country	China
Venue(s)	Pingtan Island,Fuzhou
Dates	18–23 June
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Germany(2nd title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Netherlands
Fourth place	Denmark
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Beatriz Cruz (170 points)
Awards
Best player	Line Larsen
Best goalkeeper	Patricia Encinas
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The2024 Women'sBeach Handball World Championships were tenth edition of the championship, held from 18 to 23 June 2024 in China, under the aegis ofInternational Handball Federation (IHF).^[1][2] The championship was held at the Pingtan International Beach Sports Base at Long Wangtou Ocean Park inFuzhou.^[3]

Germany won their second overall and consecutive title with a finals win over Argentina.^[4]

Qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	1	China
Defending champion	1	Germany
Africa	1	Tunisia
2023 Asian Beach Handball Championship[5]	2	Philippines  Vietnam
2023 European Beach Handball Championship	6	Denmark  Greece  Netherlands  Norway  Portugal  Spain
2023 Oceania Beach Handball Championship[6]	1	Australia
2024 South and Central American Beach Handball Championship	2	Argentina  Brazil
2024 NACHC Beach Handball Championship[7]	2	United States  Puerto Rico
Wildcard	1	Croatia

The 16 teams will be drawn into four groups of four teams each where they will play around-robin. The top three teams will advance to the main round, consisting of two groups of six teams, facing the teams they have not met in the preliminary round. The first four teams advance to the quarterfinals, from where on aknockout stage will be played. The last-placed teams from the first round will play a consolation round.^[8]

The draw took place on 3 May 2024.^[8][3]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Germany  Netherlands  Spain  Portugal	Norway  China  Brazil  Argentina	Greece  Denmark  Vietnam  Philippines	United States  Puerto Rico  Australia  Croatia

All times are local (UTC+8).^[9]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Portugal	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	114	63	1.810	Main round
2	Philippines	3	2	1	4	5	2	2.500	104	94	1.106
3	China(H)	3	1	2	2	2	5	0.400	79	101	0.782
4	Australia	3	0	3	0	1	6	0.167	72	111	0.649	Consolation round

18 June 2024 16:40	Portugal	2–1	Philippines	Court 4 Attendance: 50 Referees: Mathieu Fanack (FRA), Cédric Daré (FRA)
	(18–19, 22–10, 6–5) Report

18 June 2024 19:50	China	2–1	Australia	Central court Attendance: 600 Referees: Mery Diaz (ARG), Soledad Vignoni (ARG)
	(14–20, 16–11, 7–6) Report

19 June 2024 11:10	Philippines	2–0	China	Central court Attendance: 150 Referees: Jonas Primdahl (DEN), Nichlas Nygaard (DEN)
	(13–11, 13–10) Report

19 June 2024 11:10	Australia	0–2	Portugal	Court 2 Attendance: 10 Referees: Mathieu Fanack (FRA), Cédric Daré (FRA)
	(2–13, 6–17) Report

19 June 2024 19:10	Portugal	2–0	China	Central court Attendance: 500 Referees: Soleyman Payda (IRI), Mohammad Kiani (IRI)
	(18–14, 20–7) Report

19 June 2024 19:10	Philippines	2–0	Australia	Court 2 Attendance: 30 Referees: Sergio Martínez (ESP), Victor Rolland (ESP)
	(20–16, 24–11) Report

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	142	106	1.340	Main round
2	Spain	3	2	1	4	5	2	2.500	122	101	1.208
3	Croatia	3	1	2	2	2	4	0.500	106	126	0.841
4	Vietnam	3	0	3	0	0	6	0.000	96	133	0.722	Consolation round

18 June 2024 19:50	Spain	2–0	Vietnam	Court 2 Attendance: 10 Referees: José Galeano (PAR), José Rodrigues (PAR)
	(26–14, 14–12) Report

18 June 2024 20:40	Argentina	2–0	Croatia	Central court Attendance: 100 Referees: Cao Hongjun (CHN), Xu Jian (CHN)
	(24–14, 26–16) Report

19 June 2024 12:00	Vietnam	0–2	Argentina	Court 4 Attendance: 20 Referees: Bjarne Deiters (GER), Jesper Stumpfe (GER)
	(14–20, 16–26) Report

19 June 2024 12:00	Croatia	0–2	Spain	Court 3 Attendance: 20 Referees: José Galeano (PAR), José Rodrigues (PAR)
	(12–13, 17–23) Report

19 June 2024 20:50	Vietnam	0–2	Croatia	Court 2 Attendance: 10 Referees: Cao Hongjun (CHN), Xu Jian (CHN)
	(20–25, 20–22) Report

19 June 2024 20:50	Spain	1–2	Argentina	Central court Attendance: 470 Referees: Coriana Constantin (ROU), Daniela-Andreea Enache (ROU)
	(18–15, 20–21, 8–10) Report

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	127	107	1.187	Main round
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	4	5	3	1.667	154	105	1.467
3	Norway	3	1	2	2	3	4	0.750	111	135	0.822
4	United States	3	0	3	0	0	6	0.000	88	143	0.615	Consolation round

18 June 2024 15:50	Norway	2–0	United States	Court 2 Attendance: 20 Referees: Soleyman Payda (IRI), Mohammad Kiani (IRI)
	(22–12, 25–20) Report

18 June 2024 15:50	Netherlands	1–2	Denmark	Central court Attendance: 200 Referees: Coriana Constantin (ROU), Daniela-Andreea Enache (ROU)
	(16–17, 17–12, 14–16) Report

19 June 2024 10:20	United States	0–2	Netherlands	Court 2 Attendance: 50 Referees: Mery Diaz (ARG), Soledad Vignoni (ARG)
	(8–30, 6–20) Report

19 June 2024 10:20	Denmark	2–0	Norway	Central court Attendance: 80 Referees: Sergio Martínez (ESP), Victor Rolland (ESP)
	(21–10, 15–8) Report

19 June 2024 17:30	Denmark	2–0	United States	Court 2 Attendance: 80 Referees: Cao Hongjun (CHN), Xu Jian (CHN)
	(18–16, 28–26) Report

19 June 2024 17:30	Netherlands	2–1	Norway	Central court Attendance: 100 Referees: Bjarne Deiters (GER), Jesper Stumpfe (GER)
	(18–20, 32–20, 7–6) Report

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	120	71	1.690	Main round
2	Germany	3	2	1	4	5	2	2.500	140	102	1.373
3	Greece	3	1	2	2	2	4	0.500	103	104	0.990
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	3	0	0	6	0.000	60	146	0.411	Consolation round

18 June 2024 15:00	Germany	2–0	Greece	Court 3 Attendance: 55 Referees: Jonas Primdahl (DEN), Nichlas Nygaard (DEN)
	(24–14, 22–20) Report

18 June 2024 15:00	Brazil	2–0	Puerto Rico	Court 4 Attendance: 50 Referees: Cao Hongjun (CHN), Xu Jian (CHN)
	(22–6, 20–6) Report

19 June 2024 10:20	Puerto Rico	0–2	Germany	Court 3 Attendance: 10 Referees: José Galeano (PAR), José Rodrigues (PAR)
	(12–30, 6–22) Report

19 June 2024 10:20	Greece	0–2	Brazil	Court 4 Attendance: 10 Referees: Soleyman Payda (IRI), Mohammad Kiani (IRI)
	(10–16, 7–12) Report

19 June 2024 16:40	Germany	1–2	Brazil	Central court Attendance: 130 Referees: Jonas Primdahl (DEN), Nichlas Nygaard (DEN)
	(24–20, 14–23, 4–7) Report

19 June 2024 16:40	Greece	2–0	Puerto Rico	Court 2 Attendance: 20 Referees: Sergio Martínez (ESP), Victor Rolland (ESP)
	(28–20, 24–10) Report

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Vietnam	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	160	107	1.495
2	United States	3	2	1	4	4	3	1.333	132	132	1.000
3	Australia	3	1	2	2	3	4	0.750	102	128	0.797
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	3	0	0	6	0.000	98	125	0.784

20 June 2024 16:30	Australia	1–2	United States	Court 3 Attendance: 70 Referees: José Galeano (PAR), José Rodrigues (PAR)
	(17–18, 21–18, 4–6) Report

20 June 2024 16:30	Vietnam	2–0	Puerto Rico	Court 2 Attendance: 10 Referees: Cao Hongjun (CHN), Xu Jian (CHN)
	(18–12, 30–22) Report

21 June 2024 09:30	United States	0–2	Vietnam	Court 4 Attendance: 20 Referees: Cao Hongjun (CHN), Xu Jian (CHN)
	(22–25, 26–29) Report

21 June 2024 09:30	Puerto Rico	0–2	Australia	Court 3 Attendance: 10 Referees: Mery Diaz (ARG), Soledad Vignoni (ARG)
	(10–16, 18–19) Report

21 June 2024 16:30	United States	2–0	Puerto Rico	Court 3 Attendance: 10 Referees: Cao Hongjun (CHN), Xu Jian (CHN)
	(22–18, 20–18) Report

21 June 2024 17:20	Australia	0–2	Vietnam	Court 2 Attendance: 28 Referees: Coriana Constantin (ROU), Daniela-Andreea Enache (ROU)
	(14–30, 11–28) Report

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Argentina	5	5	0	10	10	1	10.000	244	158	1.544	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	5	4	1	8	9	2	4.500	210	148	1.419
3	Portugal	5	3	2	6	6	6	1.000	181	183	0.989
4	Croatia	5	2	3	4	5	7	0.714	186	188	0.989
5	Philippines	5	1	4	2	3	8	0.375	141	198	0.712
6	China(H)	5	0	5	0	1	10	0.100	121	208	0.582

20 June 2024 17:20	Philippines	0–2	Spain	Court 4 Attendance: 20 Referees: Mathieu Fanack (FRA), Cédric Daré (FRA)
	(10–22, 16–21) Report

20 June 2024 17:20	Portugal	2–1	Croatia	Court 3 Attendance: 20 Referees: Soleyman Payda (IRI), Mohammad Kiani (IRI)
	(16–10, 12–20, 7–6) Report

20 June 2024 18:10	China	0–2	Argentina	Central court Attendance: 200 Referees: José Galeano (PAR), José Rodrigues (PAR)
	(8–29, 8–29) Report

21 June 2024 10:20	Philippines	0–2	Argentina	Court 4 Attendance: 10 Referees: Jonas Primdahl (DEN), Nichlas Nygaard (DEN)
	(16–20, 12–23) Report

21 June 2024 11:10	Portugal	0–2	Spain	Court 4 Attendance: 4 Referees: Bjarne Deiters (GER), Jesper Stumpfe (GER)
	(10–28, 14–17) Report

21 June 2024 11:10	China	1–2	Croatia	Court 2 Attendance: 50 Referees: Soleyman Payda (IRI), Mohammad Kiani (IRI)
	(18–20, 18–16, 4–10) Report

21 June 2024 18:10	Portugal	0–2	Argentina	Court 2 Attendance: 10 Referees: Mathieu Fanack (FRA), Cédric Daré (FRA)
	(20–25, 18–22) Report

21 June 2024 18:10	China	0–2	Spain	Central court Attendance: 300 Referees: José Galeano (PAR), José Rodrigues (PAR)
	(10–24, 13–16) Report

21 June 2024 18:10	Philippines	0–2	Croatia	Court 3 Attendance: 30 Referees: Jonas Primdahl (DEN), Nichlas Nygaard (DEN)
	(15–24, 12–21) Report

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Denmark	5	5	0	10	10	2	5.000	215	171	1.257	Quarterfinals
2	Netherlands	5	3	2	6[a]	8	6	1.333	243	215	1.130
3	Germany	5	3	2	6[a]	7	6	1.167	212	211	1.005
4	Brazil	5	3	2	6[a]	7	6	1.167	211	198	1.066
5	Greece	5	1	4	2	3	9	0.333	179	226	0.792
6	Norway	5	0	5	0	4	10	0.400	209	248	0.843

20 June 2024 19:00	Norway	1–2	Brazil	Court 2 Attendance: 60 Referees: Mathieu Fanack (FRA), Cédric Daré (FRA)
	(20–18, 20–23, 6–7) Report

20 June 2024 19:50	Denmark	2–0	Greece	Central court Attendance: 600 Referees: Soleyman Payda (IRI), Mohammad Kiani (IRI)
	(23–18, 25–16) Report

20 June 2024 20:40	Netherlands	1–2	Germany	Central court Attendance: 550 Referees: Coriana Constantin (ROU), Daniela-Andreea Enache (ROU)
	(18–16, 18–20, 4–5) Report

21 June 2024 12:00	Netherlands	2–0	Brazil	Central court Attendance: 50 Referees: Coriana Constantin (ROU), Daniela-Andreea Enache (ROU)
	(28–24, 20–19) Report

21 June 2024 12:00	Denmark	2–0	Germany	Court 3 Attendance: 30 Referees: Sergio Martínez (ESP), Victor Rolland (ESP)
	(20–18, 21–12) Report

21 June 2024 12:00	Norway	1–2	Greece	Court 4 Attendance: 9 Referees: Mery Diaz (ARG), Soledad Vignoni (ARG)
	(20–24, 21–16, 12–14) Report

21 June 2024 19:50	Denmark	2–1	Brazil	Central court Attendance: 600 Referees: Mathieu Fanack (FRA), Cédric Daré (FRA)
	(14–16, 22–20, 9–6) Report

21 June 2024 19:50	Netherlands	2–1	Greece	Court 2 Attendance: 20 Referees: Mery Diaz (ARG), Soledad Vignoni (ARG)
	(24–12, 24–26, 3–2) Report

21 June 2024 20:40	Norway	1–2	Germany	Central court Attendance: 400 Referees: Sergio Martínez (ESP), Victor Rolland (ESP)
	(24–22, 18–23, 4–8) Report

Championship bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	22 June
	Argentina	2
					22 June
	Brazil	1
					Argentina	2
	22 June
					Netherlands	1
	Netherlands	2
									23 June
	Portugal	0
									Argentina	0
	22 June
									Germany	2
	Denmark	2
					22 June
	Croatia	0
					Denmark	1
	22 June
					Germany	2			Third place
	Spain	1
									23 June
	Germany	2
									Netherlands	2
									Denmark	0

Fifth place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place game
	22 June
	Brazil	1
					23 June
	Portugal	2
					Portugal	0
	22 June
					Spain	2
	Croatia	0
	Spain	2
					Seventh place game
					23 June
					Brazil	1
					Croatia	2

9–16th place bracket

	9–16th place quarterfinals				9–12th place semifinals				Ninth place game
	22 June
	Philippines	2
					22 June
	Puerto Rico	0
					Philippines	1
	22 June
					Vietnam	2
	China	0
									23 June
	Vietnam	2
									Vietnam	2
	22 June
									Greece	1
	Greece	2
					22 June
	Australia	0
					Greece	2
	22 June
					Norway	1			Eleventh place game
	Norway	2
									23 June
	United States	0
									Philippines	0
									Norway	2

13–16th place bracket

	13–16th place semifinals				13th place game
	22 June
	Puerto Rico	0
					23 June
	China	2
					China	1
	22 June
					Australia	2
	Australia	2
	United States	0
					15th place game
					23 June
					Puerto Rico	2
					United States	0

22 June 2024 09:30	China	0–2	Vietnam	Central court Attendance: 50 Referees: Soleyman Payda (IRI), Mohammad Kiani (IRI)
	(18–28, 14–20) Report

22 June 2024 09:30	Norway	2–0	United States	Court 3 Attendance: 20 Referees: Cao Hongjun (CHN), Xu Jian (CHN)
	(17–14, 24–14) Report

22 June 2024 09:30	Philippines	2–0	Puerto Rico	Court 4 Attendance: 20 Referees: Mery Diaz (ARG), Soledad Vignoni (ARG)
	(16–8, 18–16) Report

22 June 2024 09:30	Greece	2–0	Australia	Court 2 Attendance: 10 Referees: Coriana Constantin (ROU), Daniela-Andreea Enache (ROU)
	(26–14, 28–8) Report

22 June 2024 11:10	Argentina	2–1	Brazil	Court 2 Attendance: 30 Referees: Sergio Martínez (ESP), Victor Rolland (ESP)
	(18–19, 26–18, 13–12) Report

22 June 2024 11:10	Denmark	2–0	Croatia	Central court Attendance: 60 Referees: Coriana Constantin (ROU), Daniela-Andreea Enache (ROU)
	(27–22, 22–18) Report

22 June 2024 11:10	Netherlands	2–0	Portugal	Court 4 Attendance: 30 Referees: Mery Diaz (ARG), Soledad Vignoni (ARG)
	(28–18, 24–20) Report

22 June 2024 11:10	Spain	1–2	Germany	Court 3 Attendance: 30 Referees: Soleyman Payda (IRI), Mohammad Kiani (IRI)
	(17–12, 18–19, 10–12) Report

22 June 2024 16:00	Australia	2–0	United States	Court 4 Referees: Mery Diaz (ARG), Soledad Vignoni (ARG)
	(23–16, 22–13) Report

22 June 2024 16:00	Puerto Rico	0–2	China	Court 3 Attendance: 20 Referees: Jonas Primdahl (DEN), Nichlas Nygaard (DEN)
	(22–24, 20–25) Report

22 June 2024 16:00	Greece	2–1	Norway	Court 2 Attendance: 100 Referees: José Galeano (PAR), José Rodrigues (PAR)
	(25–16, 22–23, 8–6) Report

22 June 2024 16:00	Philippines	1–2	Vietnam	Central court Attendance: 10 Referees: Cao Hongjun (CHN), Xu Jian (CHN)
	(20–24, 24–20, 4–7) Report

22 June 2024 17:40	Croatia	0–2	Spain	Court 3 Attendance: 20 Referees: Mery Diaz (ARG), Soledad Vignoni (ARG)
	(14–25, 17–27) Report

22 June 2024 17:40	Brazil	1–2	Portugal	Court 2 Attendance: 40 Referees: Cao Hongjun (CHN), Xu Jian (CHN)
	(28–24, 20–23, 10–12) Report

22 June 2024 17:40	Denmark	1–2	Germany	Central court Attendance: 300 Referees: José Galeano (PAR), José Rodrigues (PAR)
	(22–25, 21–20, 8–9) Report

22 June 2024 18:30	Argentina	2–1	Netherlands	Central court Attendance: 300 Referees: Coriana Constantin (ROU), Daniela-Andreea Enache (ROU)
	(14–19, 27–20, 8–6) Report

23 June 2024 10:20	Puerto Rico	2–0	United States	Court 4 Attendance: 20 Referees: Coriana Constantin (ROU), Daniela-Andreea Enache (ROU)
	(15–12, 19–16) Report

23 June 2024 10:20	China	1–2	Australia	Court 3 Attendance: 70 Referees: Mery Diaz (ARG), Soledad Vignoni (ARG)
	(18–20, 21–18, 4–7) Report

23 June 2024 11:10	Philippines	0–2	Norway	Court 3 Attendance: 10 Referees: José Galeano (PAR), José Rodrigues (PAR)
	(6–13, 16–18) Report

23 June 2024 11:10	Vietnam	2–1	Greece	Court 2 Attendance: 10 Referees: Sergio Martínez (ESP), Victor Rolland (ESP)
	(30–28, 24–32, 8–6) Report

23 June 2024 10:20	Brazil	1–2	Croatia	Central court Attendance: 100 Referees: Cao Hongjun (CHN), Xu Jian (CHN)
	(15–20, 26–18, 10–12) Report

23 June 2024 12:00	Portugal	0–2	Spain	Central court Attendance: 60 Referees: Coriana Constantin (ROU), Daniela-Andreea Enache (ROU)
	(16–18, 8–18) Report

23 June 2024 16:30	Netherlands	2–0	Denmark	Central court Attendance: 200 Referees: Soleyman Payda (IRI), Mohammad Kiani (IRI)
	(19–18, 22–20) Report

23 June 2024 18:30	Argentina	0–2	Germany	Central court Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Mathieu Fanack (FRA), Cédric Daré (FRA)
	(16–24, 18–21) Report

Rank	Team
	Germany
	Argentina
	Netherlands
4	Denmark
5	Spain
6	Portugal
7	Croatia
8	Brazil
9	Vietnam
10	Greece
11	Norway
12	Philippines
13	Australia
14	China
15	Puerto Rico
16	United States

Top goalscorers [edit] Rank Name Points 1 Beatriz Cruz 170 2 Anna Buter 163 3 Christine Mansour 138 4 Gisella Bonomi 128 5 Isabel Kattner 126 6 Anja Vida Lukšić 122 7 Nathalia Prado 120 8 María Batista 117 9 Agustina Mirotta 112 10 Allira Hudson-Gofers 112 Source:IHF

Top goalkeepers [edit] Rank Name % Saves Shots 1 Patricia Encinas 40 64 160 2 Freja Fagerberg 32 35 109 3 Jemima Harbort 32 55 172 4 Mathilde Johansen 31 39 127 5 Nele Kurzke 30 58 191 6 Xu Shiyuan 30 56 189 7 Victoria Berg 29 29 99 8 Lisanne Bakker 28 32 114 9 Magdalini Kepesidou 28 75 270 10 Ingrid de Souza 27 64 233 Source:IHF

The awards were announced on 23 June 2024.^[10]

Position	Player
MVP	Line Larsen
Goalkeeper	Patricia Encinas
Right wing	Meike Kruijer
Left wing	Fiorella Corimberto
Specialist	Lucila Balsas
Pivot	Isabel Kattner
Defender	Lucie-Marie Kretzschmar
Fair play award	Spain

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