IHF Youth Beach Handball World Championship

IHF Youth (U-17) Beach Handball World Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2017 Youth Beach Handball World Championship
Sport	Beach Handball
Founder	International Handball Federation
No. of teams	16
Confederation	5
Most recent champion(s)	Men –  Spain Women –  Hungary
Most titles	Men –  Spain (1 Title) Women –  Hungary (1 Title)

The IHF Youth Beach Handball World Championship is an international beach handball competition contested by the men's and women's youth national teams of the member federations of International Handball Federation, the sport's global governing body.

The tournament was established in 2017, taking place every two year. The current tournament format lasts over approximately 6 days and involves 16 men's and 16 women's teams initially competing in four groups of four teams. Three teams from each group will advance to main round and then semifinals are played. The losing semi-finalists play each other in a play-off match to determine the third and fourth-placed teams.

The most recent edition was held in Flic-en-Flac (Mauritius) and crowned Spain and Hungary as champions in men's and women's category respectively beating and by 2–1.^[1]

Men[]

Summary[]

Year	Host		Gold medal match				Bronze medal match
			Gold Medalists	Score	Silver Medalists		Bronze Medalists	Score	4th place
2017 Details	Flic-en-Flac		Spain	2 – 1			Argentina	2 – 1	Russia
2021 Details	Lisbon

Men's medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Spain	1	0	0	1
2		0	1	0	1
3	Argentina	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 nations)		1	1	1	3

Men's participating nations[]

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
•  ×  — Withdrew from the World Championship
•    — Hosts

Nation	2017	2021	Years
Argentina	3rd		1
Australia	10th		1
Brazil	×		0
	6th		1
	2nd		1
	12th		1
New Zealand	13th		1
Pakistan	9th		1
	11th		1
	7th	Q	1
Russia	4th		1
	15th		1
Spain	1st		1
	8th		1
	14th		1
	5th		1
Total	15	16

Women[]

Summary[]

Year	Host		Gold medal match				Bronze medal match
			Gold Medalists	Score	Silver Medalists		Bronze Medalists	Score	4th place
2017 Details	Flic-en-Flac		Hungary	2 – 1			Argentina	2 – 1
2021 Details	Lisbon

Women's medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hungary	1	0	0	1
2		0	1	0	1
3	Argentina	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 nations)		1	1	1	3

Women's participating nations[]

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
•  ×  — Withdrew from the World Championship
•    — Hosts

Nation	2017	2021	Years
	12th		1
Argentina	3rd		1
Australia	13th		1
Brazil	×		0
China	7th		1
Chinese Taipei	8th		1
Croatia	9th		1
Hungary	1st		1
	14th		1
	2nd		1
Paraguay	11th		1
	4th	Q	1
Spain	5th		1
Thailand	6th		1
	×		0
	10th		1
Total	14	16

See also[]

• Beach handball at the World Games
• Beach Handball World Championships
• Asian Youth Beach Handball Championship
• Oceania Youth Beach Handball Championship
• Pan American Youth Beach Handball Championship

References[]