Beach handball at the 2001 World Games – Men's tournament

Beach handball at the 2001 World Games
Honjō Marina
Venue
Location	Honjō, Japan
Date	23-25 August 2001
Nations	6
Medalists
Belarus   Spain   Brazil
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Men's tournament in beach handball was one of the invitational events in at the 2001 World Games in Akita. It was played from 23 to 25 August. The competition took place at in Honjō, Japan.^[1]

Competition format[]

A total of 6 teams entered the competition. In preliminary stage they play round-robin tournament. The best four teams advances to the semifinals.

Results[]

Preliminary stage[]

Rank	Team	M	W	L	PO	Net	BLR	ESP	BRA	IRI	TOG	JPN
1		5	5	0	152–103	+26	x	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–1
2		5	4	1	168–142	+49	0–2	x	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0
3		5	3	2	123–116	+7	0–2	0–2	x	2–0	2–0	2–1
4		5	2	3	111–143	–32	0–2	0–2	0–2	x	2–1	2–0
5		5	1	4	121–166	–45	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–2	x	2–1
6		5	0	5	116–121	–6	1–2	0–2	1–2	0–2	1–2	x

Semifinals[]

25 August 2001	Belarus	2–0	Iran	, Honjō
		(17–13,13–8)

25 August 2001	Spain	2–0	Brazil	, Honjō
		(20–13, 14–11)

Fifth place match[]

25 August 2001	Togo	0–2	Japan	, Honjō
		(12–13, 9–11)

Bronze medal match[]

25 August 2001	Iran	1–2	Brazil	, Honjō
		(9–19, 14–9, ?)

Gold medal match[]

25 August 2001	Belarus	2–1	Spain	, Honjō
		(18–15, 8–14, ?)

Final ranking[]

Rank	Team
	Belarus
	Spain
	Brazil
4	Iran
5	Japan
6	Togo

References[]

External links[]

• Results on IWGA website