The 2024 Men's Beach Handball World Championships were tenth edition of the championship, held from 18 to 23 June 2024 in China, under the aegis of International Handball Federation (IHF). The championship was held at the Pingtan International Beach Sports Base at Long Wangtou Ocean Park in Fuzhou.
Croatia won their fourth overall and second consecutive title after a win over Denmark.
Qualification Qualification Vacancies Qualified Host1 Defending champion1 Africa1 2023 Asian Beach Handball Championship2 2023 European Beach Handball Championship5 2023 Oceania Beach Handball Championship1 2024 South and Central American Beach Handball Championship3 2024 NACHC Beach Handball Championship2
Format The 16 teams will be drawn into four groups of four teams each where they will play a round-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 a knockout stage will be played. The last-placed teams from the first round will play a consolation round.
Draw The draw took place on 3 May 2024.
Seeding Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+8).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Consolation round
Main round Points obtained against teams from the same group are 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 Santiago Rodríguez 155 2 Norbert Gyene 144 3 Lucian Bura 130 4 Amir Nowraddine 130 5 Gonzalo Cervera 129 6 Martin Andersen 120 7 Ignacio Oleaga 117 8 Matheus Medeiros 112 9 Simon Moss 111 10 Ruben Ribeiro 105
Top goalkeepers Rank Name % Saves Shots 1 Wassim Zariat 34 21 61 2 Filip Hančić 31 45 144 3 Andreas Høgh 30 22 73 4 Bashar Al-Hinai 30 26 87 5 Hudhaifa Al-Siyabi 29 43 146 6 Ádám Balogh 29 35 1227 Stipe Maleničić28 27 96 Soussi Marwane 49 174 9 Cristiano Seben 27 56 208 10 Bryan Cook 26 40 153
Awards The awards were announced on 23 June 2024.
Position Player MVP Ivan Dumenčić Goalkeeper Ricardo Castro Right wing Lucian Bura Left wing Gonzalo Cervera Specialist Martin Andersen Pivot Martin Vilstrup Andersen Defender Severin Henrich Fair play award
References
External links Official website