2004 Beach Handball World Championships

The 2004 Beach Handball World Championships are a nine-team tournament in both men's and women's beach handball, held at El Gouna in Egypt in 2004. This were the first ever beach handball world championships held in history of the sport. Matches are 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 is decisive.

Men's tournament

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W L SW SL
 Russia 6 3 3 0 6 1
 Egypt 4 3 2 1 5 3
 Hungary 2 3 1 2 3 4
 Oman 0 3 0 3 0 6
Hungary - Russia 0:2 (12:17, 6:8)
Oman - Egypt 0:2 (12:15, 17:19)
Russia - Oman 2:0 (23:8, 18:14)
Egypt - Hungary 2: 1 (12:8, 9:10, 9:6)
Russia - Egypt 2:1 (11:15, 16:15, 7:6)
Oman - Hungary 0:2 (13:14, 10:15)

Group B

Team Pts Pld W L SW SL
 Croatia 6 4 3 1 7 2
 Turkey 4 4 2 2 4 5
 Ukraine 4 4 2 2 5 5
 Bahrain 4 4 2 2 5 6
 Brazil 2 4 1 3 4 6
Turkey - Ukraine 2:1 (12:4, 8:9, 7:6)
Brazil - Croatia 0:2 (10:21, 10:15)
Bahrain - Turkey 0:2 (17:21, 16:21)
Ukraine - Brazil 2:0 (14:12, 20:16)
Brazil - Bahrain 1:2 (15:14, 10:13, 8:9)
Croatia - Ukraine 2:0 (11:10, 17:16)
Ukraine - Bahrain 2:1 (23:10, 4:10, 12:10)
Croatia - Turkey 2:0 (20:18, 24:14)
Bahrain - Croatia 2:1 (14:12, 18:24, 9:4)
Turkey - Brazil 0:2 (13:14, 16:17)
  • Note: Places 2–4 are determined by the results of head-to-head matches.

Quarter finals

Russia - Bahrain 2:1 (19:14, 16:19, 8:4)
Egypt - Ukraine 2:0 (21:10, 15:10)
Turkey - Hungary 2:1 (9:8, 5:9, 7:6)
Croatia - Oman 2:0 (27:9, 12:9)

5th—8th place semifinals

Bahrain - Hungary 0:2 (9:22, 18:20)
Ukraine - Oman 2:0 (13:3, 13:12)

Semi finals

Russia - Turkey 1:2 (16:17, 20:8, 2:5)
Egypt - Croatia 2:0 (18:14, 19:18)

7th place match

Bahrain - Oman 2:1 (14:18, 16:14, 5:4)

5th place match

Hungary - Ukraine 1:2 (20:10, 14:20, 6:8)

3rd place match

Russia - Croatia 2:1 (16:10, 18:19, 10:8)

Final

Egypt - Turkey 2:1 (19:13, 10:16, 5:0)

Awards

All-Star Team

  • Egypt Hamdy Abdel Fatah
  • Turkey Ozgur Eryilmaz
  • Bahrain Raid Al Marzooq
  • Russia Serguei Predybailov

Women's tournament

Group stage

Team Pts Pld W L SW SL
 Russia 12 7 6 1 13 3
 Turkey 12 7 6 1 12 3
 Italy 12 7 6 1 12 3
 Croatia 6 7 3 4 7 9
 Hungary 6 7 3 4 8 9
 Brazil 6 7 3 4 8 9
 Japan 2 7 1 6 2 12
 Hong Kong 0 7 0 7 0 14
Russia - Hungary 2:0 (10:7, 13:6)
Croatia - Turkey 0:2 (14:19, 11:13)
Brazil - Italy 0:2 (11:12, 6:9)
Japan - Hong Kong 2:0
Turkey - Russia 0:2 (12:13, 15:18)
Hungary - Italy 0:2 (6:13, 11:12)
Hong Kong - Croatia 0:2
Brazil - Japan 2:0
Russia - Italy 1:2 (16:12, 10:11, 3:5)
Hong Kong - Turkey 0:2
Japan - Hungary 0:2
Croatia - Brazil 2:1
Hong Kong - Russia 0:2 (2:15, 1:23)
Italy - Japan 2:0 (16:7, 12:6)
Turkey - Brazil 2:0 (16:15, 13:9)
Hungary - Croatia 2:1 (16:20, 18:17, 6:4)
Russia - Japan 2:0 (14:9, 12:4)
Brazil - Hong Kong 2:0
Italy - Croatia 2:0 (13:11, 15:13)
Turkey - Hungary 2:1 (9:10, 12:8, 5:0)
Brazil - Russia 1:2 (13:12, 15:20, 5:8)
Croatia - Japan 2:0
Hong Kong - Hungary 0:2
Italy - Turkey 0:2 (8:12, 10:11)
Russia - Croatia 2:0 (16:5, 18:6)
Hungary - Brazil 1:2
Turkey - Japan 2:0
Hong Kong - Italy 0:2
  • Note: Places 1–6 are determined by the results of head-to-head matches.

Final

Russia - Turkey 2:1 (13:8, 8:15, 4:2)

Awards

All-Star Team

  • Brazil Mayssa Raquel
  • Italy Daniela Sposi
  • Turkey Yeliz Ozel
  • Russia Natalia Evtoukhova

Final rankings

Men

POS Team[1]
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Egypt
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Turkey
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Russia
4.  Croatia
5.  Ukraine
6.  Hungary
7.  Bahrain
8.  Oman
9.  Brazil

Women

POS Team[2]
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Turkey
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy
4.  Croatia
5.  Hungary
6.  Brazil
7.  Japan
8.  Hong Kong

References

  1. ^ "I Men's and Women's Beach Handball World Championships 2004 > Statistics > Men". International Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  2. ^ "I Men's and Women's Beach Handball World Championships 2004 > Statistics > Women". International Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 January 2015.