IHF Youth (U-17) Beach Handball World Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2022 Youth Beach Handball World Championship
Sport	Beach Handball
Founder	International Handball Federation
No. of teams	16
Confederation	5
Most recent champion(s)	Men –  Croatia Women –  Spain
Most titles	Men –  Spain &  Croatia (1 Title) Women –  Hungary &  Spain (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 Italy and Netherlands 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	Italy		Argentina	2 – 1	Russia
2022 Details	Heraklion		Croatia	2 – 1	Brazil		Iran	2 – 0	France

Men's medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Croatia	1	0	0	1
	Spain	1	0	0	1
3	Brazil	0	1	0	1
	Italy	0	1	0	1
5	Argentina	0	0	1	1
	Iran	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		2	2	2	6

Men's participating nations

Legend

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

Nation	2017	2022	Years
Argentina	3rd	5th	2
Australia	10th	x	1
Brazil	×	2nd	1
Chinese Taipei	6th	x	1
Croatia	x	1st	1
Czech Republic	x	11th	1
France	x	4th	1
Germany	x	8th	1
Greece	x	13th	1
Iran	x	3rd	1
Italy	2nd	x	1
Jordan	x	12th	1
Mauritius	12th	x	1
New Zealand	13th	x	1
Pakistan	9th	x	1
Paraguay	11th	x	1
Portugal	7th	x	1
Qatar	x	10th	1
Russia	4th	x	1
South Africa	15th	x	1
Spain	1st	7th	2
Sweden	x	9th	1
Thailand	8th	x	1
Togo	14th	15th	2
Ukraine	x	6th	1
United States	x	16th	1
Uruguay	x	14th	1
Venezuela	5th	x	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	Netherlands		Argentina	2 – 1	Portugal
2022 Details	Heraklion		Spain	2 – 1	Netherlands		Poland	2 – 1	Hungary

Women's medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hungary	1	0	0	1
	Spain	1	0	0	1
3	Netherlands	0	2	0	2
4	Argentina	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		2	2	2	6

Women's participating nations

Legend

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

Nation	2017	2022	Years
American Samoa	12th	x	1
Argentina	3rd	5th	1
Australia	13th	x	1
Brazil	×	8th	1
China	7th	x	1
Chinese Taipei	8th	x	1
Croatia	9th	x	1
France	x	6th	1
Germany	x	7th	1
Greece	x	12th	1
Hong Kong	x	16th	1
Hungary	1st	4th	2
India	x	14th	1
Mauritius	14th	x	1
Netherlands	2nd	2nd	2
Paraguay	11th	x	1
Poland	x	3rd	1
Portugal	4th	x	1
Puerto Rico	x	15th	1
Romania	x	9th	1
Spain	5th	1st	2
Thailand	6th	11th	2
Ukraine	×	10th	1
Uruguay	×	13th	1
Venezuela	10th	x	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