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2014 Beach Handball World Championships

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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.[1] 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.[2]

Format

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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

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The draw was held on 9 May.[3]

Men

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Participating nations

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Group A Group B

Preliminary round

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     Team advance to Main Round
     Team competes in Consolation Round

Placement matches

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Eleventh place game

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26 July 2014
Team 1 Score Team 2
Oman  1–2  Australia

Ninth place game

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26 July 2014
Team 1 Score Team 2
Argentina  0–2  Uruguay

Seventh place game

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26 July 2014
Team 1 Score Team 2
Egypt  0–2  Russia

Fifth place game

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26 July 2014
Team 1 Score Team 2
Spain  2–0  Serbia

Finals

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 July
 
 
 Brazil2
 
27 July
 
 Qatar0
 
 Brazil2
 
26 July
 
 Croatia1
 
 Denmark1
 
 
 Croatia2
 
Third place
 
 
27 July
 
 
 Qatar2
 
 
 Denmark1

Final ranking

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Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Brazil
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Croatia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Qatar
4  Denmark
5  Spain
6  Serbia
7  Russia
8  Egypt
9  Uruguay
10  Argentina
11  Australia
12  Oman

Awards

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MVP
Topscorer
All-star team
Fair play award

Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info

Women

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Participating nations

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Group A Group B

Preliminary round

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     Team advance to Main Round
     Team competes in Consolation Round

Placement matches

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Eleventh place game

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26 July 2014
Team 1 Score Team 2
Australia  0–2  Argentina

Ninth place game

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26 July 2014
Team 1 Score Team 2
Thailand  2–0  Chinese Taipei

Seventh place game

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26 July 2014
Team 1 Score Team 2
Denmark  2–0  Uruguay

Fifth place game

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26 July 2014
Team 1 Score Team 2
Spain  2–0  Italy

Finals

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 July
 
 
 Brazil2
 
27 July
 
 Norway1
 
 Brazil2
 
26 July
 
 Hungary0
 
 Hungary2
 
 
 Ukraine0
 
Third place
 
 
27 July
 
 
 Norway2
 
 
 Ukraine1

Final ranking

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Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Brazil
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Norway
4  Ukraine
5  Spain
6  Italy
7  Denmark
8  Uruguay
9  Thailand
10  Chinese Taipei
11  Argentina
12  Australia

Awards

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MVP
Topscorer
All-star team
Fair play award

Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info

References

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  1. ^ "Beach Handball WcH in Brazil: 100 days – Countdown begins". handball-planet.com. 2014-04-15.
  2. ^ "Beach Handball Carnival on the beach of Recife". ihf.info. 2014-07-27.
  3. ^ "Groups for Men's and Women's World Championships drawn in Recife". ihf.info. 2014-05-09.
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