2014 Beach Handball World Championships

International beach handball competition The 2014 Beach Handball World Championships were a twelve-team tournament in both men's and women's beach handball, held at Recife, Brazil from 22–27 July, 2014.http://www.handball-planet.com/beach-handball-wch-in-brazil-100-days-countdown-begins/ Beach Handball WcH in Brazil: 100 days – Countdown begins 2014-04-15 handball-planet.com It was the sixth edition of the event. Just like two years prior, Brazil again won the gold medal in both, the men's and women's competition.https://archive.ihf.info/MediaCenter/News/NewsDetails/tabid/130/Default.aspx?ID=2072 Beach Handball Carnival on the beach of Recife 2014-07-27 ihf.info Format The twelve teams were split into two groups of six teams. After playing a round-robin, the three top ranked team advanced to the Main Round. Every team kept the points from preliminary round matches against teams who also advanced. In the main round every team had 3 games against the opponents they did not face in the preliminary round. The top four teams advanced to the Semifinals. The three bottom ranked team from each preliminary round group were packed into one group. The points won against the teams who were also in this group were valid. Every team played three games and after those round there wereplacement matches from 7th–12th place. Matches were played in sets, the team that wins two sets is the winner of a match. When teams are equal in points the head-to-head result was decisive. Draw The draw was held on 9 May.https://archive.ihf.info/MediaCenter/News/NewsDetails/tabid/130/Default.aspx?ID=1922 Groups for Men's and Women's World Championships drawn in Recife 2014-05-09 ihf.info Men Participating nations Group AGroup BURU OMN SRB DEN AUS BRAARG QAT EGY RUS ESP CRO Preliminary round     Team advance to Main Round     Team competes in Consolation Round Group A TeamPldWLSWSLPtsBRA55010010DEN541828SRB532666URU523574OMN514382AUS5051100 Team 1ScoreTeam 222 July 2014BRA2–0OMADEN2–0AUSSRB2–1URUURU0–2BRAAUS1–2SRBOMA0–2DEN23 July 2014DEN2–0SRBOMA1–2URUBRA2–0AUS24 July 2014AUS0–2OMASRB0–2BRADEN2–0URUURU2–0AUSBRA2–0DENSRB2–0OMA Group B TeamPldWLSWSLPtsCRO541848QAT541848ESP532746EGY523464RUS523684ARG5053100 Team 1ScoreTeam 222 July 2014CRO2–0QATRUS2–1ESPEGY2–0ARGARG1–2CROESP2–0EGYQAT2–1RUS23 July 2014RUS0–2EGYQAT2–1ARGCRO0–2ESP24 July 2014ESP0–2QATEGY0–2CRORUS2–1ARGARG0–2ESPCRO2–1RUSEGY0–2QAT Main round (Group C) TeamPldWLSWSLPtsBRA55010210DEN541848CRO523564QAT523574ESP523664SRB5051100 Team 1ScoreTeam 225 July 2014SRB0–2CRODEN2–0QATBRA2–1ESPBRA2–1QATSRB0–2ESPDEN2–1CRO26 July 2014DEN2–1ESPSRB1–2QATBRA2–0CRO Consolation round (Group D) TeamPldWLSWSLPtsEGY541838RUS541838ARG532746URU523574OMN523564AUS5050100 Team 1ScoreTeam 225 July 2014OMN0–2RUSURU0–2ARGAUS0–2EGYURU0–2RUSOMN2–0EGYAUS0–2ARG26 July 2014OMN0–2ARGAUS0–2RUSURU1–2EGY Placement matches Eleventh place game 26 July 2014Team 1ScoreTeam 2OMN1–2AUS Ninth place game 26 July 2014Team 1ScoreTeam 2ARG0–2URU Seventh place game 26 July 2014Team 1ScoreTeam 2EGY0–2RUS Fifth place game 26 July 2014Team 1ScoreTeam 2ESP2–0SRB Finals 26 July BRA 2 QAT 0 26 July DEN 1 CRO 2 27 July BRA 2 CRO 1 27 July QAT 2 DEN 1 Final ranking Rank TeamBRACROQAT4DEN5ESP6SRB7RUS8EGY9URU10ARG11AUS12OMN Awards MVP Martin Andersen DEN Topscorer Juan Vásquez Díz ESP All-star team Goalkeeper: Igor Totić CRO Right wing: Nailson Amaral BRA Left wing: Juan Vásquez Díz ESP Pivot: Gil Pires BRA Defender: Ahmed Morgan QAT Specialist: Martin Andersen DEN Fair play award ESP Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info Women Participating nations Group AGroup BITA TPE AUS URU NOR BRAESP THA ARG UKR DEN HUN Preliminary round     Team advance to Main Round     Team competes in Consolation Round Group A TeamPldWLSWSLPtsBRA55010010NOR541838ITA532656URU523464TPE514392AUS5052100 Team 1ScoreTeam 222 July 2014BRA2–0AUSNOR2–0ITAURU2–0TPETPE0–2BRAITA2–0URUAUS1–2NOR23 July 2014NOR2–0URUAUS1–2TPEBRA2–0ITAITA2–0AUSURU0–2BRANOR2–0TPE24 July 2014TPE1–2ITABRA2–0NORURU2–0AUS Group B TeamPldWLSWSLPtsHUN541838UKR532756ESP532846DEN532646THA514292ARG514392 Team 1ScoreTeam 222 July 2014HUN2–0THADEN0–2ESPUKR1–2ARGARG0–2HUNESP1–2UKRTHA0–2DEN23 July 2014DEN0–2UKRTHA2–1ARGHUN2–1ESP24 July 2014ESP2–0THAUKR0–2HUNDEN2–0ARGARG0–2ESPHUN0–2DENUKR2–0THA Main round (Group C) TeamPldWLSWSLPtsBRA55010010HUN541848UKR532666NOR523664ESP514482ITA5050100 Team 1ScoreTeam 225 July 2014NOR1–2UKRITA0–2HUNBRA2–0ESPNOR1–2HUNBRA2–0UKRITA0–2ESP26 July 2014ITA0–2UKRNOR2–0ESPBRA2–0HUN Consolation round (Group D) TeamPldWLSWSLPtsDEN55010110URU532846THA523584TPE523574AUS523574ARG514392 Team 1ScoreTeam 225 July 2014AUS0–2DENURU1–2ARGTPE1–2THATPE0–2DENAUS2–0ARGURU2–0THA26 July 2014TPE2–0ARGAUS2–1THAURU1–2DEN Placement matches Eleventh place game 26 July 2014Team 1ScoreTeam 2AUS0–2ARG Ninth place game 26 July 2014Team 1ScoreTeam 2THA2–0TPE Seventh place game 26 July 2014Team 1ScoreTeam 2DEN2–0URU Fifth place game 26 July 2014Team 1ScoreTeam 2ESP2–0ITA Finals 26 July BRA 2 NOR 1 26 July HUN 2 UKR 0 27 July BRA 2 HUN 0 27 July NOR 2 UKR 1 Final ranking Rank TeamBRAHUNNOR4UKR5ESP6ITA7DEN8URU9THA10TPE11ARG12AUS Awards MVP Camila Souza BRA Topscorer Catherine Kornvald NOR All-star team Goalkeeper: Ágnes Győri HUN Right wing: Olga Laiuk UKR Left wing: Catherine Kornvald NOR Pivot: Renata Santiago BRA Defender: Anika Niederwieser ITA Specialist: Maj Tornøe Johansen DEN Fair play award HUN Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info References External links Official website Men's tournament on IHF Women's tournament on IHF Beach World Championships 2014 Beach Handball World Championships Beach Handball World Championships Beach Handball World Championships