IHF Youth Beach Handball World Championship
| Current season, competition or edition: 2025 Youth Beach Handball World Championship | |
| Sport | Beach Handball |
|---|---|
| Founder | International Handball Federation |
| No. of teams | 16 |
| Confederation | 5 |
| Most recent champions | Men – Spain Women – Spain |
| Most titles | Men – Spain (2 Titles) Women – Spain (2 Titles) |
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 Hammamet (Tunisia) and crowned Spain as champions in men's and women's category respectively beating Germany and Germany by 2–0.[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 | ||
| 2025 Details |
Hammamet |
Spain |
2 – 0 | Germany |
Brazil |
2 – 1 | Hungary | ||
Men's medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Iran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Men's participating nations
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- × — Withdrew from the World Championship
- — Hosts
| Nation | 2017 |
2022 |
2025 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 3rd | 5th | 7th | 3 |
| Australia | 10th | x | x | 1 |
| Brazil | × | 2nd | 3rd | 2 |
| Chinese Taipei | 6th | x | x | 1 |
| Cook Islands | x | x | 15th[2] | 1 |
| Croatia | x | 1st | 10th | 2 |
| Czech Republic | x | 11th | x | 1 |
| France | x | 4th | x | 1 |
| Germany | x | 8th | 2nd | 2 |
| Greece | x | 13th | x | 1 |
| Hungary | x | x | 4th | 1 |
| Iran | x | 3rd | 16th[2] | 2 |
| Italy | 2nd | x | x | 1 |
| Jordan | x | 12th | x | 1 |
| Kenya | x | x | 14th | 1 |
| Mauritius | 12th | x | x | 1 |
| Mexico | x | x | 13th | 1 |
| New Zealand | 13th | x | x | 1 |
| Oman | x | x | 8th | 1 |
| Pakistan | 9th | x | x | 1 |
| Paraguay | 11th | x | x | 1 |
| Portugal | 7th | x | x | 1 |
| Puerto Rico | x | x | 11th | 1 |
| Qatar | x | 10th | x | 1 |
| Russia | 4th | x | x | 1 |
| South Africa | 15th | x | x | 1 |
| Senegal | x | x | 12th | 1 |
| Spain | 1st | 7th | 1st | 3 |
| Sweden | x | 9th | x | 1 |
| Thailand | 8th | x | 6th | 2 |
| Togo | 14th | 15th | x | 2 |
| Tunisia | x | x | 5th | 1 |
| Ukraine | x | 6th | x | 1 |
| United States | x | 16th | x | 1 |
| Uruguay | x | 14th | 9th | 2 |
| Venezuela | 5th | x | x | 1 |
| Total | 15 | 16 | 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 | ||
| 2025 Details |
Hammamet |
Spain |
2 – 0 | Germany |
Netherlands |
2 – 0 | Hungary | ||
Women's medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Women's participating nations
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- × — Withdrew from the World Championship
- — Hosts
| Nation | 2017 |
2022 |
2025 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Samoa | 12th | x | x | 1 |
| Argentina | 3rd | 5th | x | 1 |
| Australia | 13th | x | x | 1 |
| Brazil | × | 8th | 8th | 2 |
| Bulgaria | x | x | 13th | 1 |
| China | 7th | x | 9th | 2 |
| Chinese Taipei | 8th | x | x | 1 |
| Croatia | 9th | x | 7th | 2 |
| France | x | 6th | 6th | 2 |
| Germany | x | 7th | 2nd | 2 |
| Greece | x | 12th | x | 1 |
| Hong Kong | x | 16th | x | 1 |
| Hungary | 1st | 4th | 4th | 3 |
| India | x | 14th | x | 1 |
| Kenya | x | x | 12th | 1 |
| Mauritius | 14th | x | x | 1 |
| Mexico | x | x | 15th[2] | 1 |
| Netherlands | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3 |
| Paraguay | 11th | x | x | 1 |
| Poland | x | 3rd | x | 1 |
| Portugal | 4th | x | x | 1 |
| Puerto Rico | x | 15th | x | 1 |
| Romania | x | 9th | x | 1 |
| Senegal | x | x | 14th | 1 |
| Spain | 5th | 1st | 1st | 3 |
| Tanzania | x | x | 16th[2] | 1 |
| Thailand | 6th | 11th | 11th | 3 |
| Tunisia | x | x | 10th | 1 |
| Ukraine | × | 10th | x | 1 |
| Uruguay | × | 13th | 5th | 2 |
| Venezuela | 10th | x | x | 1 |
| Total | 14 | 16 | 16 |
See also
- Beach handball at the World Games
- Beach Handball World Championships
- Asian Youth Beach Handball Championship
- Pan American Youth Beach Handball Championship
References
- ^ "IHF | News". www.ihf.info. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
- ^ a b c d "IHF | Tunisia 2025 – Team and schedule update". www.ihf.info. Retrieved 20 February 2026.