2012 Beach Handball World Championships

The 2012 Beach Handball World Championships was a twelve-team tournament in both men's and women's beach handball, held at Muscat, Oman from July 8–13, 2012.^[1] It was the fifth edition of the event. Matches were played in sets, the team that won two sets was the winner of a match. When teams were equal in points the head-to-head result would be decisive.

Brazil won both editions, the men and women competition.^[2]^[3]

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 were placement matches from 7th–12th place.

Men

The draw was held on May 14.^[4]^[5]

Participating nations

Group A	Group B
Brazil Russia Ukraine Oman Bahrain Australia	Croatia Egypt Spain Qatar Uruguay Kuwait

Preliminary round

	Team advance to Main Round
	Team competes in Consolation Round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Russia	5	4	1	9	3	8
Brazil	5	4	1	9	2	8
Ukraine	5	3	2	6	5	6
Oman	5	3	2	7	6	6
Bahrain	5	1	5	3	8	2
Australia	5	0	5	0	10	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
8 July 2012
Ukraine	2–0	Bahrain
Russia	2–0	Australia
Brazil	2–0	Oman
Bahrain	0–2	Brazil
Australia	0–2	Ukraine
Oman	2–1	Russia
9 July 2012
Oman	2–1	Bahrain
Russia	2–0	Ukraine
Brazil	2–0	Australia
Russia	2–0	Bahrain
Ukraine	0–2	Brazil
Australia	0–2	Oman
10 July 2012
Bahrain	2–0	Australia
Brazil	1–2	Russia
Ukraine	2–1	Oman

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Croatia	5	4	1	9	3	8
Egypt	5	4	1	8	5	8
Spain	5	3	2	7	4	6
Qatar	5	3	2	7	5	6
Kuwait	5	1	4	3	9	2
Uruguay	5	0	5	2	10	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
8 July 2012
Croatia	1–2	Qatar
Spain	2–0	Uruguay
Egypt	2–1	Kuwait
Kuwait	0–2	Spain
Qatar	1–2	Egypt
Uruguay	0–2	Croatia
9 July 2012
Qatar	2–0	Uruguay
Egypt	2–0	Spain
Croatia	2–0	Kuwait
Spain	1–2	Croatia
Kuwait	0–2	Qatar
Egypt	2–1	Uruguay
10 July 2012
Spain	2–0	Qatar
Uruguay	1–2	Kuwait
Croatia	2–0	Egypt

Main round (Group C)

Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Russia	5	5	0	10	2	10
Brazil	5	4	1	9	5	8
Croatia	5	3	2	8	5	6
Ukraine	5	2	3	4	8	4
Egypt	5	1	4	4	8	2
Spain	5	0	5	3	10	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
11 July 2012
Russia	2–0	Spain
Brazil	2–1	Egypt
Ukraine	0–2	Croatia
Russia	2–0	Egypt
Brazil	2–1	Croatia
Ukraine	2–1	Spain
12 July 2012
Russia	2–1	Croatia
Ukraine	2–1	Egypt
Brazil	2–1	Spain

Consolation round (Group D)

Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Pts
Oman	5	5	0	10	2	10
Qatar	5	4	1	9	2	8
Kuwait	5	3	2	6	6	6
Bahrain	5	2	3	6	7	4
Uruguay	5	1	4	4	8	2
Australia	5	0	5	0	10	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
11 July 2012
Oman	2–0	Uruguay
Bahrain	1–2	Kuwait
Australia	0–2	Qatar
12 July 2012
Australia	0–2	Uruguay
Oman	2–0	Kuwait
Bahrain	2–1	Qatar
Australia	0–2	Kuwait
Oman	2–1	Qatar
Bahrain	2–1	Uruguay

Placement matches

Eleventh place game

13 July 2012
Team 1	Score	Team 2
Uruguay	2–0	Australia

Ninth place game

13 July 2012
Team 1	Score	Team 2
Kuwait	0–2	Bahrain

Seventh place game

13 July 2012
Team 1	Score	Team 2
Oman	1–2	Qatar

Fifth place game

13 July 2012
Team 1	Score	Team 2
Egypt	1–2	Spain

Finals

Semi-finals		Final

12 July

Russia	1
		13 July
Ukraine	2
		Ukraine	1
12 July
		Brazil	2
Brazil	2

Croatia	0
		Third place

		13 July

		Russia	0

		Croatia	2

Semifinals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
12 July 2012
Russia	1–2	Ukraine
Brazil	2–0	Croatia

Third place game

13 July 2012
Team 1	Score	Team 2
Russia	0–2	Croatia

Final

13 July 2012
Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ukraine	1–2	Brazil

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Ukraine
	Croatia
4	Russia
5	Spain
6	Egypt
7	Qatar
8	Oman
9	Bahrain
10	Kuwait
11	Uruguay
12	Australia

Awards

MVP

Viktor Ladiko (UKR)

Topscorer

Alexandr Tatarintsev (RUS)

All-star team

Goalkeeper: Igor Totić (CRO)
Left wing: Said Hamed Saud (OMN)
Pivot: Alexandr Tatarintsev (RUS)
Right wing: Gulliver Wellington (BRA)
Specialist: Viktor Ladiko (UKR)
Defender: Diogo Vieria (BRA)

Fair play award

Spain

Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info

Women