The United States national beach handball team (USA Beach Handball) is the national team of the United States. It is governed by USA Team Handball and takes part in international beach handball competitions.2018 World Championship roster
Restart of the program in 2015 By winning the Pan American Championships, the USA men team qualified into the 12 team field of the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Being their first World Championships the international expectations were not high for any success. In the first game of the tournament, the USA Team shocked the international handball world by defeating the #5 team in the world, Ukraine in straight sets. Needing one more win in the next 4 games to qualify into the top 6, USA fell just short against defending World Champion Brazil, lost a close game against defending bronze medalist Qatar, then lost 2 extremely tight shootouts against Egypt and Bahrain. Finishing out of the medal rounds, USA then lost a close shootout to Oman and finished the tournament with an emotional win against Australia in the rain.
Results World Championships YearPosition 2004Did not qualify 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 11th 2018 12th 2022 12th 2024 13th 2026 13thTotal5/11
Pan American Championships YearPosition 1998 4th 19993rd 2004Did not qualify 2008 2012 2014 20161st 20183rd 20191st 20221st 20241stTotal5/9
References
External links
IHF profile