United States men's national beach handball team

The United States national beach handball team (USA Beach Handball) is the national team of the United States. It is governed by USA Team Handball[1] and takes part in international beach handball competitions.[2]

United States
Shirt badge/Association crest
Information
AssociationUSA Team Handball
CoachMichael Hinson
Colours
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away
Results
World Championship
Appearances4 (First in 2016)
Best result11th (2016)
Last updated on Unknown.
United States men's national beach handball team
Medal record
Men's beach handball
Representing the  United States
Pan American Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Brazil
Gold medal – first place 2016 Venezuela
Bronze medal – third place 2018 United States
Gold medal – first place 2019 Trinidad and Tobago
Gold medal – first place 2022 Mexico

Restart of the program in 2015

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By winning the Pan American Championships, the USA men team qualified into the 12 team field of the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Being their first World Championships the international expectations were not high for any success. In the first game of the tournament, the USA Team shocked the international handball world by defeating the #5 team in the world, Ukraine in straight sets. Needing one more win in the next 4 games to qualify into the top 6, USA fell just short against defending World Champion Brazil, lost a close game against defending bronze medalist Qatar, then lost 2 extremely tight shootouts against Egypt and Bahrain. Finishing out of the medal rounds, USA then lost a close shootout to Oman and finished the tournament with an emotional win against Australia in the rain.[3]

Results

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World Championships

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Year Position
  2004 Did not qualify
  2006
  2008
  2010
  2012
  2014
  2016 11th
  2018 12th
  2022 12th
  2024 13th
Total 4/10

Pan American Championships

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Year Position
  1998 4th
  1999 3rd
  2004 Did not qualify
  2008
  2012
  2014
  2016 1st
  2018 3rd
  2019 1st
  2022 1st
  2024 1st
Total 5/9

References

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  1. ^ "Beach Handball". Team USA. Archived from the original on July 14, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  2. ^ 2018 World Championship roster
  3. ^ "About USA Beach Handball". USA Beach Handball. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
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