2015 European Beach Handball Championship
# 2015 European Beach Handball Championship

The 2015 European Beach Handball Championship was held in Lloret de Mar, Spain from 30 June to 5 July 2015.

## Format

Men's competition contains twelve teams, split into two groups of six teams while women's competition contains fourteen teams, split in two groups of seven teams. After playing a round-robin, the four 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 2 games against the opponents they did not face in the preliminary round. All teams advanced to the Quarter-finals. The two 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.

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.

## Men

### Seeding

| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Croatia  Russia | Spain  Serbia | Ukraine  Hungary | Poland  Norway | Sweden  Switzerland | Germany  Italy |

### Preliminary round

* Team advance to Main Round
* Team competes in Placement Round

Main round

Group I

Team

Pld

W

L

SW

SL

Pts

 Croatia

321524

 Serbia

321534

 Ukraine

321434

 Norway

303060

Team 1

Score

Team 2

3 July 2014

Norway 

0−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

 Croatia

Serbia 

1−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

 Ukraine

Ukraine 

2−0 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

 Norway

Croatia 

1−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

 Serbia

Group II

Team

Pld

W

L

SW

SL

Pts

 Spain

330626

 Russia

321544

 Hungary

312442

 Germany

303160

Team 1

Score

Team 2

3 July 2014

Germany 

1−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

 Russia

Spain 

2−1 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

 Hungary

Hungary 

2−0 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

 Germany

Russia 

1−2 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

 Spain

Placement round 9−12

Team

Pld

W

L

SW

SL

Pts

 Poland

321534

 Sweden

321534

 Italy

312352

 Switzerland

312352

Team 1

Score

Team 2

3 July 2014

Poland 

2−1 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

 Sweden

Switzerland 

1−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

 Italy

4 July 2014

Italy 

0−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

 Poland

Switzerland 

0−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

 Sweden

Sweden 

2−1 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

 Italy

Poland 

1−2 Archived 2015-07-06 at the Wayback Machine

 Switzerland

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

 Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal            4 July − 12:00 −    Croatia2 4 July − 17:00 −   Germany0

  Croatia2 4 July − 13:00 −   Ukraine1

  Russia1 5 July − 18:45 −   Ukraine2

  Croatia2 4 July − 13:00 −   Spain1

  Serbia1 4 July − 18:45 −   Hungary2

  Hungary1 4 July − 12:00 −   Spain2

Third place  Spain2 5 July − 17:00 −   Norway1

  Ukraine2   Hungary1

5–8th place bracket

 5–8th place semifinals5th place        4 July − 18:00 −    Germany0 5 July − 15:00 −   Russia2

  Russia2 4 July − 19:00 −   Serbia1

  Serbia2   Norway1

 7th place  5 July − 15:00 −    Germany1   Norway2

Final standings

PlaceTeam

 Croatia

 Spain

 Ukraine

4 Hungary

5 Russia

6 Serbia

7 Norway

8 Germany

9 Poland

10 Sweden

11 Italy

12 Switzerland

Women

Seeding

Pot 1

Pot 2

Pot 3

Pot 4

Pot 5

Pot 6

Pot 7

 Hungary

 Norway

 Italy

 Ukraine

 Russia

 Spain

 Switzerland

 Croatia

 Poland

 Sweden

 Serbia

 Montenegro

 Germany

 Netherlands

Preliminary round

Team advance to Main Round

Team competes in Placement Round

Group A

Team

Pld

W

L

SW

SL

Pts

 Hungary

65111310

 Russia

65111510

 Italy

65110510

 Poland

633866

 Switzerland

624474

 Serbia

6153112

 Germany

6063120

Team 1

Score

Team 2

30 June 2015

Russia 

2−1 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

 Hungary

Poland 

0−2 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

 Italy

Germany 

1−2 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

 Serbia

Hungary 

2−0 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

 Germany

Italy 

2−0 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

 Serbia

Switzerland 

0−2 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

 Russia

Germany 

0−2 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

 Switzerland

Italy 

2−1 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

 Russia

Hungary 

2−1 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

 Poland

1 July 2015

Serbia 

0−2 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine

 Russia

Germany 

1−2 Archived 2015-07-01 at the Wayback Machine

 Italy

Poland 

2−0 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine

 Switzerland

Switzerland 

0−2 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine

 Hungary

Poland 

2−0 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine

 Serbia

Russia 

2−1 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine

 Germany

Poland 

2−0 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine

 Germany

Switzerland 

2−1 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine

 Serbia

Hungary 

2−0 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine

 Italy

2 July 2015

Serbia 

0−2 Archived 2015-07-04 at the Wayback Machine

 Hungary

Italy 

2−1 Archived 2015-07-03 at the Wayback Machine

 Switzerland

Russia 

2−1 Archived 2015-07-03 at the Wayback Machine

 Poland

Group B

Team

Pld

W

L

SW

SL

Pts

 Norway

66012212

 Spain

642948

 Netherlands

6421058

 Ukraine

642868

 Croatia

624684

 Sweden

6153102

 Montenegro

6060120

Team 1

Score

Team 2

30 June 2015

Spain 

0−2 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

 Norway

Sweden 

0−2 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

 Ukraine

Netherlands 

2−0 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

 Montenegro

Norway 

2−1 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

 Netherlands

Ukraine 

2−0 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

 Montenegro

Croatia 

0−2 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

 Spain

Netherlands 

2−0 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

 Croatia

Ukraine 

0−2 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

 Spain

Norway 

2−0 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

 Sweden

1 July 2015

Montenegro 

0−2 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine

 Spain

Netherlands 

1−2 Archived 2015-07-01 at the Wayback Machine

 Ukraine

Sweden 

1−2 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine

 Croatia

Croatia 

1−2 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine

 Norway

Sweden 

2−0 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine

 Montenegro

Spain 

1−2 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine

 Netherlands

Sweden 

0-2 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine

 Netherlands

Croatia 

2−0 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine

 Montenegro

Norway 

2−0 Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine

 Ukraine

2 July 2015

Montenegro 

0−2 Archived 2015-07-04 at the Wayback Machine

 Norway

Ukraine 

2−1 Archived 2015-07-03 at the Wayback Machine

 Croatia

Spain 

2−0 Archived 2015-07-04 at the Wayback Machine

 Sweden

Main round

Group I

Team

Pld

W

L

SW

SL

Pts

 Spain

330616

 Hungary

321434

 Ukraine

312342

 Italy

303160

Team 1

Score

Team 2

3 July 2014

Ukraine 

1−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

 Hungary

Spain 

2−1 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

 Italy

Italy 

0−2 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

 Ukraine

Hungary 

0−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

 Spain

Group II

Team

Pld

W

L

SW

SL

Pts

 Netherlands

321534

 Norway

321544

 Russia

321444

 Poland

303360

Team 1

Score

Team 2

3 July 2014

Poland 

1−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

 Norway

Russia 

0−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

 Netherlands

Netherlands 

2−1 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

 Poland

Norway 

2−1 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

 Russia

Placement round 9−14

Team

Pld

W

L

SW

SL

Pts

 Croatia

55010110

 Switzerland

541838

 Serbia

532756

 Sweden

523564

 Germany

514382

 Montenegro

5050100

Team 1

Score

Team 2

3 July 2014

Switzerland 

2−0 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

 Montenegro

Germany 

0−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

 Sweden

Serbia 

0−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

 Croatia

Sweden 

0−2 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

 Switzerland

Montenegro 

0−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

 Serbia

Croatia 

2−0 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

 Germany

4 July 2014

Germany 

2−0 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

 Montenegro

Serbia 

2−0 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

 Sweden

Switzerland 

0−2 Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

 Croatia

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

 Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal            4 July − 10:00 −    Spain2 4 July − 18:00 −   Poland0

  Spain1 4 July − 11:00 −   Norway2

  Norway2 5 July − 19:30 −   Ukraine1

  Norway1 4 July − 11:00 −   Hungary2

  Hungary2 4 July − 16:00 −   Russia1

  Hungary2 4 July − 10:00 −   Italy1

Third place  Netherlands1 5 July − 18:00 −   Italy2

  Spain1   Italy2

5–8th place bracket

 5–8th place semifinals5th place        4 July − 16:00 −    Poland2 5 July − 14:00 −   Ukraine1

  Poland2 4 July − 17:00 −   Netherlands0

  Russia0   Netherlands2

 7th place  5 July − 14:00 −    Ukraine1   Russia2

Final standings

PlaceTeam

 Hungary

 Norway

 Italy

4 Spain

5 Poland

6 Netherlands

7 Russia

8 Ukraine

9 Croatia

10 Switzerland

11 Serbia

12 Sweden

13 Germany

14 Montenegro

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