2015 European Beach Handball Championship

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The 2015 European Beach Handball Championship was held in Lloret de Mar, Spain from 30 June to 5 July 2015.

Format[]

Men's competition contains twelve teams, split into two groups of six teams while women's competition contains fourteen teams, split in two groups of seven teams. After playing a round-robin, the four top ranked team advanced to the Main Round. Every team kept the points from preliminary round matches against teams who also advanced. In the main round every team had 2 games against the opponents they did not face in the preliminary round. All teams advanced to the Quarter-finals. The two bottom ranked team from each preliminary round group were packed into one group. The points won against the teams who were also in this group were valid.

Matches were played in sets, the team that wins two sets is the winner of a match. When teams are equal in points the head-to-head result was decisive.

Men[]

Seeding[]

Preliminary round[]

Group A[] Team Pld W L SW SL Pts  Croatia 5 5 0 10 0 10  Spain 5 4 1 8 2 8  Ukraine 5 3 2 6 5 6  Germany 5 2 3 4 7 4   5 1 4 3 8 2  Sweden 5 0 5 1 10 0 Team 1 Score Team 2 30 June 2015 Croatia  2−0 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine  Germany Spain  2−0 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine  Sweden Ukraine  2−0 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine   Sweden  0−2 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine  Croatia Germany  0−2 Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine  Ukraine   0−2 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine  Spain 1 July 2015 Croatia  2−0 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine   Sweden  0−2 Archived 2015-07-01 at the Wayback Machine  Germany Spain  2−0 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine  Ukraine Croatia  2−0 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine  Ukraine Spain  2−0 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine  Germany   2−0 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine  Sweden 2 July 2015 Ukraine  2−1 Archived 2015-07-03 at the Wayback Machine  Sweden Croatia  2−0 Archived 2015-07-04 at the Wayback Machine  Spain   1−2 Archived 2015-07-03 at the Wayback Machine  Germany

Group B[] Team Pld W L SW SL Pts  Russia 5 5 0 10 2 10  Serbia 5 4 1 9 3 8  Hungary 5 3 2 8 4 6   5 2 3 4 7 4    5 1 4 3 8 2   5 0 5 0 10 0 Team 1 Score Team 2 30 June 2015 Russia  2−0 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine   Serbia  2−0 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine    Hungary  2−0 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine      0−2 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine  Russia   0−2 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine  Hungary   0−2 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine  Serbia 1 July 2015 Russia  2−0 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine      2−0 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine   Serbia  2−1 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine  Hungary Russia  2−1 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine  Hungary Serbia  2−0 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine     2−1 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine    2 July 2015 Hungary  2−0 Archived 2015-07-04 at the Wayback Machine    Russia  2−1 Archived 2015-07-03 at the Wayback Machine  Serbia   2−0 Archived 2015-07-04 at the Wayback Machine

Main round[] Group I[] Team Pld W L SW SL Pts  Croatia 3 2 1 5 2 4  Serbia 3 2 1 5 3 4  Ukraine 3 2 1 4 3 4   3 0 3 0 6 0 Team 1 Score Team 2 3 July 2014   0−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine  Croatia Serbia  1−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine  Ukraine Ukraine  2−0 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine   Croatia  1−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine  Serbia Group II[] Team Pld W L SW SL Pts  Spain 3 3 0 6 2 6  Russia 3 2 1 5 4 4  Hungary 3 1 2 4 4 2  Germany 3 0 3 1 6 0 Team 1 Score Team 2 3 July 2014 Germany  1−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine  Russia Spain  2−1 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine  Hungary Hungary  2−0 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine  Germany Russia  1−2 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine  Spain Placement round 9−12[] Team Pld W L SW SL Pts   3 2 1 5 3 4  Sweden 3 2 1 5 3 4   3 1 2 3 5 2    3 1 2 3 5 2 Team 1 Score Team 2 3 July 2014   2−1 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine  Sweden    1−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine   4 July 2014   0−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine      0−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine  Sweden Sweden  2−1 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine     1−2 Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine    Knockout stage[] Championship bracket[]   Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final                         4 July − 12:00 − [1]      Croatia 2   4 July − 17:00 − [2]    Germany 0    Croatia 2   4 July − 13:00 − [3]    Ukraine 1    Russia 1   5 July − 18:45 − [4]    Ukraine 2    Croatia 2   4 July − 13:00 − [5]    Spain 1    Serbia 1   4 July − 18:45 − [6]    Hungary 2    Hungary 1   4 July − 12:00 − [7]    Spain 2 Third place    Spain 2   5 July − 17:00 − [8]     1    Ukraine 2      Hungary 1   5–8th place bracket   5–8th place semifinals 5th place                 4 July − 18:00 − [9]      Germany 0   5 July − 15:00 − [10]    Russia 2    Russia 2   4 July − 19:00 − [11]    Serbia 1    Serbia 2      Norway 1   7th place     5 July − 15:00 − [12]      Germany 1      Norway 2 Final Standings[] Place Team  Croatia  Spain  Ukraine 4  Hungary 5  Russia 6  Serbia 7   8  Germany 9   10  Sweden 11   12    Women[] Seeding[] Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6 Pot 7  Hungary  Norway  Italy  Ukraine  Russia  Spain     Croatia  Poland  Sweden  Serbia    Germany   Preliminary round[]      Team advance to Main Round      Team competes in Placement Round Group A[] Team Pld W L SW SL Pts  Hungary 6 5 1 11 3 10  Russia 6 5 1 11 5 10  Italy 6 5 1 10 5 10  Poland 6 3 3 8 6 6    6 2 4 4 7 4  Serbia 6 1 5 3 11 2  Germany 6 0 6 3 12 0 Team 1 Score Team 2 30 June 2015 Russia  2−1 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine  Hungary Poland  0−2 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine  Italy Germany  1−2 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine  Serbia Hungary  2−0 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine  Germany Italy  2−0 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine  Serbia    0−2 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine  Russia Germany  0−2 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine    Italy  2−1 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine  Russia Hungary  2−1 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine  Poland 1 July 2015 Serbia  0−2 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine  Russia Germany  1−2 Archived 2015-07-01 at the Wayback Machine  Italy Poland  2−0 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine       0−2 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine  Hungary Poland  2−0 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine  Serbia Russia  2−1 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine  Germany Poland  2−0 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine  Germany    2−1 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine  Serbia Hungary  2−0 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine  Italy 2 July 2015 Serbia  0−2 Archived 2015-07-04 at the Wayback Machine  Hungary Italy  2−1 Archived 2015-07-03 at the Wayback Machine    Russia  2−1 Archived 2015-07-03 at the Wayback Machine  Poland Group B[] Team Pld W L SW SL Pts  Norway 6 6 0 12 2 12  Spain 6 4 2 9 4 8   6 4 2 10 5 8  Ukraine 6 4 2 8 6 8  Croatia 6 2 4 6 8 4  Sweden 6 1 5 3 10 2   6 0 6 0 12 0 Team 1 Score Team 2 30 June 2015 Spain  0−2 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine  Norway Sweden  0−2 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine  Ukraine   2−0 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine   Norway  2−1 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine   Ukraine  2−0 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine   Croatia  0−2 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine  Spain   2−0 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine  Croatia Ukraine  0−2 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine  Spain Norway  2−0 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine  Sweden 1 July 2015   0−2 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine  Spain   1−2 Archived 2015-07-01 at the Wayback Machine  Ukraine Sweden  1−2 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine  Croatia Croatia  1−2 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine  Norway Sweden  2−0 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine   Spain  1−2 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine   Sweden  0-2 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine   Croatia  2−0 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine   Norway  2−0 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine  Ukraine 2 July 2015   0−2 Archived 2015-07-04 at the Wayback Machine  Norway Ukraine  2−1 Archived 2015-07-03 at the Wayback Machine  Croatia Spain  2−0 Archived 2015-07-04 at the Wayback Machine  Sweden Main round[] Group I[] Team Pld W L SW SL Pts  Spain 3 3 0 6 1 6  Hungary 3 2 1 4 3 4  Ukraine 3 1 2 3 4 2  Italy 3 0 3 1 6 0 Team 1 Score Team 2 3 July 2014 Ukraine  1−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine  Hungary Spain  2−1 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine  Italy Italy  0−2 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine  Ukraine Hungary  0−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine  Spain Group II[] Team Pld W L SW SL Pts   3 2 1 5 3 4  Norway 3 2 1 5 4 4  Russia 3 2 1 4 4 4  Poland 3 0 3 3 6 0 Team 1 Score Team 2 3 July 2014 Poland  1−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine  Norway Russia  0−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine     2−1 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine  Poland Norway  2−1 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine  Russia Placement round 9−14[] Team Pld W L SW SL Pts  Croatia 5 5 0 10 1 10    5 4 1 8 3 8  Serbia 5 3 2 7 5 6  Sweden 5 2 3 5 6 4  Germany 5 1 4 3 8 2   5 0 5 0 10 0 Team 1 Score Team 2 3 July 2014    2−0 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine   Germany  0−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine  Sweden Serbia  0−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine  Croatia Sweden  0−2 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine      0−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine  Serbia Croatia  2−0 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine  Germany 4 July 2014 Germany  2−0 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine   Serbia  2−0 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine  Sweden    0−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine  Croatia Knockout stage[] Championship bracket[]   Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final                         4 July − 10:00 − [13]      Spain 2   4 July − 18:00 − [14]    Poland 0    Spain 1   4 July − 11:00 − [15]    Norway 2    Norway 2   5 July − 19:30 − [16]    Ukraine 1    Norway 1   4 July − 11:00 − [17]    Hungary 2    Hungary 2   4 July − 16:00 − [18]    Russia 1    Hungary 2   4 July − 10:00 − [19]    Italy 1 Third place     1   5 July − 18:00 − [20]    Italy 2    Spain 1      Italy 2   5–8th place bracket   5–8th place semifinals 5th place                 4 July − 16:00 − [21]      Poland 2   5 July − 14:00 − [22]    Ukraine 1    Poland 2   4 July − 17:00 − [23]     0    Russia 0       2   7th place     5 July − 14:00 − [24]      Ukraine 1      Russia 2 Final Standings[] Place Team  Hungary  Norway  Italy 4  Spain 5  Poland 6   7  Russia 8  Ukraine 9  Croatia 10    11  Serbia 12  Sweden 13  Germany 14   References[]