2004 Beach Handball World Championships

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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.

Final rankings[edit]

Men[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  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.