Beach handball at the 2025 World Games

Beach handball at the 2025 World Games
Venue	Xinglong Lake
Dates	7–12 August 2025
No. of events	2

The beach handball competition at the 2025 World Games took place from 7 to 12 August 2025 at the Xinglong Lake in Chengdu, China.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Qualification

A total of sixteen teams (eight per gender) qualified for the tournaments.^[7]

Event	Location	Dates	Total places	Qualified NOCs
Men's – 8 teams
Host nation	—N/a	—N/a	1	China
2024 Men's Beach Handball World Championships	Pingtan	18–23 June 2024	7	Croatia  Denmark  Portugal  Germany  Brazil  Spain  Tunisia
Women's – 8 teams
Host nation	—N/a	—N/a	1	China
2024 Women's Beach Handball World Championships	Pingtan	18–23 June 2024	7	Germany  Argentina  Netherlands  Denmark  Vietnam  Spain  Portugal

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament[8]	Germany Lennart Wormann Lennart Liebeck Lars Zelser Timo Gunther Jannis Herr Tobias Zeyen Severin Henrich Hendrik Prahst Robin John Moritz Ebert	Portugal Rodrigo Gomes Rui Rodrigues Simão Santos Tiago Costa Francisco Santos José Silva José Rebelo Miguel Ribeiro Diogo Ferreira Ricardo Castro	Brazil Cristiano Rossa Pedro da Silva Renan Carvalho André de Oliveira Nailson Amaral Bruno Oliveira Rai Gonçalves Hugo Fernandes Marcelo Tuller Gustavo Morais
Women's tournament[8]	Argentina Giuliana Gamba Lucila Balsas Fiorella Corimberto Alma Molina Zoe Turnes Agostina Arcajo Constanza Suárez Gisella Bonomi Florencia Gallo Luciana Scordamaglia	Germany Kirsten Walter Belen Gettwart Emma Pilz Isabel Kattner Julia Drachsler Lena Klinger Pauline Borrmann Nele Kurzke Lucie Kretzschmar Amelie Mollmann	Spain María Batista Mireia Torras María Trujillo Patricia Encinas Alba Díaz Miriam Sempere Violeta González Jimena Laguna Mariam González Gemma Sánchez

Men's tournament

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
1	Brazil	3	3	0	6	2	6
2	Portugal	3	2	1	5	3	4
3	Germany	3	1	2	4	5	2
4	Croatia	3	0	3	1	6	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
7 August 2025
10:50
Germany	2:1	Croatia
Portugal	1:2	Brazil
8 August 2025
18:00
Brazil	2:0	Croatia
Germany	1:2	Portugal
9 August 2025
16:20
Croatia	0:2	Portugal
Germany	1:2	Brazil

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
1	Spain	3	3	0	6	1	6
2	Denmark	3	2	1	5	2	4
3	Tunisia	3	1	2	2	4	2
4	China	3	0	3	0	6	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
7 August 2025
12:30
China	0:2 (14-16,12-13)	Tunisia
Denmark	1:2	Spain
8 August 2025
16:20
Spain	2:0	China
Tunisia	0:2	Denmark
9 August 2025
18:00
Denmark	2:0	China
Spain	2:0	Tunisia

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal
	10 August
	Spain	2
					11 August
	Croatia	0
					Spain	1
	10 August
					Portugal	2
	Portugal	2
									12 August
	Tunisia	1
									Portugal	1
	10 August
									Germany	2
	Brazil	2
					11 August
	China	0
					Brazil	1
	10 August
					Germany	2			Bronze medal
	Denmark	1
									12 August
	Germany	2
									Spain	1
									Brazil	2

Source: IHF Tournament Summary, IHF Statistics

Women's tournament

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
1	Germany	3	3	0	6	0	6
2	Spain	3	2	1	4	3	4
3	Denmark	3	1	2	2	4	2
4	Vietnam	3	0	3	1	6	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
7 August 2025
11:40
Germany	2:0	Spain
Denmark	2:0	Vietnam
8 August 2025
15:30
Vietnam	0:2	Germany
Spain	2:0	Denmark
9 August 2025
17:10
Germany	2:0	Denmark
Spain	2:1	Vietnam

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
1	Argentina	3	3	0	6	0	6
2	Croatia	3	1	2	3	4	2
3	Portugal	3	1	2	2	4	2
4	China	3	1	2	2	5	2

Team 1	Score	Team 2
7 August 2025
10:00
China	2:1	Croatia
Argentina	2:0	Portugal
8 August 2025
17:10
Portugal	2:0	China
Croatia	0:2	Argentina
9 August 2025
15:30
Argentina	2:0	China
Portugal	0:2	Croatia

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal
	10 August
	Argentina	2
					11 August
	Vietnam	0
					Argentina	2
	10 August
					Spain	1
	Spain	2
									12 August
	Portugal	0
									Argentina	2
	10 August
									Germany	1
	Germany	2
					11 August
	China	0
					Germany	2
	10 August
					Denmark	0			Bronze medal
	Croatia	0
									12 August
	Denmark	2
									Spain	2
									Denmark	0

Source: IHF Tournament Summary, IHF Statistics

References

External links

• The World Games 2025 Archived 2022-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
• Results Book