2022 Youth Beach Handball World Championship

2nd IHF Men's & Women's Youth (U18) Beach Handball World Championship 2022
Tournament details
Host country	Greece
Venue(s)	Karteros Beach Sports Center (in Heraklion host cities)
Dates	14–19 June 2022
Teams	32 (from 6 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Men – Croatia ; Women – Spain
Runner-up	Men – Brazil ; Women – Netherlands
Third place	Men – Iran ; Women – Poland
Fourth place	Men – France ; Women – Hungary
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The 2022 IHF Youth Beach Handball World Championship will be the 2nd edition of the championship scheduled to be held in 14–19 June 2022 in Heraklion, Greece, under the aegis of the International Handball Federation (IHF).^[1]^[2]

Previously the championship was scheduled to be held in Nazaré, Portugal in July 2021. But on 19 February 2021, the IHF Council decided to move and postpone the event to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]

Bidding process

Only Greece entered bid for hosting the tournament.^[4] The event was awarded by the IHF Council during its meeting held on 4 November 2021.

Men's event

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Diff.	Pts	Qualification
Sweden	3	3	0	6	0	+6	6	Main round
Iran	3	2	1	4	2	+2	4	Main round
Qatar	3	1	2	2	4	-2	2	Main round
United States	3	0	3	0	6	-6	0	Consolation group

Team 1	Score	Team 2
14 June 2022
10:10
Sweden	2–0	Qatar
Iran	2–0	United States
15:40
Sweden	2–0	United States
Iran	2–0	Qatar
15 June 2022
14:00
Sweden	2–0	Iran
Qatar	2–0	United States

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Diff.	Pts	Qualification
France	3	3	0	6	1	+5	6	Main round
Croatia	3	2	1	4	2	+2	4	Main round
Brazil	3	1	2	3	4	-1	2	Main round
Togo	3	0	3	0	6	-6	0	Consolation group

Team 1	Score	Team 2
14 June 2022
11:50
France	2–0	Croatia
17:20
Croatia	2–0	Togo
17:35
France	2–1	Brazil
15 June 2022
10:20
Croatia	2–0	Brazil
France	2–0	Togo
17:20
Brazil	2–0	Togo

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Diff.	Pts	Qualification
Spain	3	2	1	5	2	+3	4	Main round
Jordan	3	2	1	4	4	0	4	Main round
Greece	3	1	2	3	4	-1	2	Main round
Czech Republic	3	1	2	3	5	-2	2	Consolation group

Team 1	Score	Team 2
14 June 2022
11:50
Greece	2–1	Czech Republic
14:00
Jordan	2–1	Spain
19:10
Jordan	2–1	Greece
20:00
Spain	2–0	Czech Republic
15 June 2022
16:30
Spain	2–0	Greece
Czech Republic	2–0	Jordan

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Diff.	Pts	Qualification
Germany	3	3	0	6	0	+6	6	Main round
Argentina	3	2	1	4	3	+1	4	Main round
Ukraine	3	1	2	3	5	-2	2	Main round
Uruguay	3	0	3	1	5	-4	2	Consolation group

Team 1	Score	Team 2
14 June 2022
10:10
Argentina	2–0	Uruguay
11:00
Germany	2–0	Ukraine
16:30
Germany	2–0	Argentina
Ukraine	2–1	Uruguay
15 June 2022
15:40
Germany	2–0	Uruguay
Argentina	2–1	Ukraine

Main Round

Group I

Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Diff.	Pts	Qualification
Croatia	5	4	1	8	4	+4	8	Quarterfinals
Iran	5	3	2	7	4	+3	6	Quarterfinals
France	5	3	2	6	6	0	6	Quarterfinals
Brazil	5	2	3	5	7	-2	4	Quarterfinals
Sweden	5	2	3	6	6	0	4	9th - 15th place
Qatar	5	1	4	3	8	-6	2	9th - 15th place

Team 1	Score	Team 2
16 June 2022
09:20
Brazil	2–1	Sweden
Qatar	2–0	France
Croatia	2–1	Iran
15:50
Croatia	2–0	Sweden
Iran	2–0	France
Brazil	2–0	Qatar
17 June 2022
15:50
France	2–1	Sweden
Iran	2–0	Brazil
Croatia	2–1	Qatar

Group II

Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Diff.	Pts	Qualification
Spain	5	4	1	9	4	+5	8	Quarterfinals
Germany	5	4	1	9	4	+5	8	Quarterfinals
Argentina	5	3	2	4	7	_3	6	Quarterfinals
Ukraine	5	2	3	6	6	0	4	Quarterfinals
Jordan	5	2	3	4	7	_3	4	9th - 15th place
Greece	5	0	5	2	10	-8	0	9th - 15th place

Team 1	Score	Team 2
16 June 2022
11:00
Germany	2–1	Greece
Spain	2–0	Argentina
Ukraine	2–0	Jordan
17:30
Ukraine	2–0	Greece
Spain	2–1	Germany
19:10
Argentina	2–0	Jordan
17 June 2022
11:00
Spain	2–1	Ukraine
16:40
Germany	2–1	Jordan
Argentina	2–0	Greece

Consolation Group

Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Diff.	Pts	Qualification
Czech Republic	3	3	0	6	0	+6	6	9th - 15th place
Uruguay	3	2	1	4	2	+2	4	9th - 15th place
United States	3	1	2	2	4	-2	2	9th - 15th place
Togo	3	0	3	0	6	-6	0	9th - 15th place

Team 1	Score	Team 2
16 June 2022
08:30
Uruguay	2–0	Togo
Czech Republic	2–0	United States
15:00
Uruguay	2–0	United States
Czech Republic	2–0	Togo
17 June 2022
08:30
United States	2–0	Togo
09:20
Czech Republic	2–0	Uruguay

Championship bracket


Fifth place match		5–8th place semifinals		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final



				Croatia	2

				Ukraine	0

		Ukraine	2			Croatia	2

		Germany	0			France	1

				France	2

				Germany	1

Ukraine	0							Croatia	2

Argentina	2							Brazil	1

				Brazil	2

				Spain	0

Seventh place match		Spain	1			Brazil	2	Third place match

		Argentina	2			Iran	1

Germany	1			Iran	2			France	0

Spain	2			Argentina	1			Iran	2

Placement bracket


13th place match		13–16th place bracket		9–16th place bracket		9–12th place bracket		ninth place match



				Sweden	2

				Togo	0

		Togo	0			Sweden	2

		Greece	2			Czech Republic	0

				Greece	0

				Czech Republic	2

Greece	2							Sweden	2

Uruguay	0							Qatar	0

				Qatar	2

				Uruguay	1

15th place match		United States	0			Jordan	1	11th place match

		Uruguay	2			Qatar	2

Togo	2			Jordan	2			Czech Republic	2

United States	1			United States	0			Jordan	0

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Croatia
	Brazil
	Iran
4	France
5	Argentina
6	Ukraine
7	Spain
8	Germany
9	Sweden
10	Qatar
11	Czech Republic
12	Jordan
13	Greece
14	Uruguay
15	Togo
16	United States

Women's event