2020 IHF Men's Beach Handball World Championship
Tournament details
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)

The 2020 Men's Beach Handball World Championships would have been the ninth edition of the tournament.[1][2] Originally scheduled for 30 June to 5 July 2020 in Pescara, Italy, the tournament was planned to be rescheduled and moved to another host country, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

On 22 February 2021, the tournament was cancelled.[4]

Qualification

Qualification Vacancies Qualified
Host 1  Italy
Defending champion 1  Brazil
2019 African Beach Games 1  Tunisia
2019 Asian Beach Handball Championship 2  Oman
 Qatar
2019 European Beach Handball Championship 5  Croatia
 Denmark
 Hungary
 Norway
 Russia
2019 Oceania Beach Handball Championship 1  Australia
2019 South and Central American Beach Handball Championship 2  Argentina
 Uruguay
2019 Nor.ca Beach Handball Championship 2  Mexico
 United States
Wildcard 1  Germany[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Italy will host the 2020 beach Handball World Championship". beachhandball2020.com. 13 November 2017. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "2020 Beach Handball World Championship presentation in Pescara". ihf.info. 17 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "IHF events to be re-scheduled". ihf.info. 24 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "Key decisions made on IHF events at IHF Council meeting". ihf.info. 22 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "Norway women and Germany men take final two spots at Pescara 2020". ihf.info. 11 February 2020.
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