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

Group A Team Pld W L SW SL Pts  Croatia 5 5 0 10 0 10  Spain 5 4 1 8 2 8  Ukraine 5 3 2 6 5 6  Germany 5 2 3 4 7 4  Poland 5 1 4 3 8 2  Sweden 5 0 5 1 10 0 Team 1 Score Team 2 30 June 2015 Croatia  2−0  Germany Spain  2−0  Sweden Ukraine  2−0  Poland Sweden  0−2  Croatia Germany  0−2  Ukraine Poland  0−2  Spain 1 July 2015 Croatia  2−0  Poland Sweden  0−2  Germany Spain  2−0  Ukraine Croatia  2−0  Ukraine Spain  2−0  Germany Poland  2−0  Sweden 2 July 2015 Ukraine  2−1  Sweden Croatia  2−0  Spain Poland  1−2  Germany

Group B Team Pld W L SW SL Pts  Russia 5 5 0 10 2 10  Serbia 5 4 1 9 3 8  Hungary 5 3 2 8 4 6  Norway 5 2 3 4 7 4   Switzerland 5 1 4 3 8 2  Italy 5 0 5 0 10 0 Team 1 Score Team 2 30 June 2015 Russia  2−0  Italy Serbia  2−0   Switzerland Hungary  2−0  Norway Switzerland   0−2  Russia Italy  0−2  Hungary Norway  0−2  Serbia 1 July 2015 Russia  2−0  Norway Switzerland   2−0  Italy Serbia  2−1  Hungary Russia  2−1  Hungary Serbia  2−0  Italy Norway  2−1   Switzerland 2 July 2015 Hungary  2−0   Switzerland Russia  2−1  Serbia Norway  2−0  Italy

Main round Group I Team Pld W L SW SL Pts  Croatia 3 2 1 5 2 4  Serbia 3 2 1 5 3 4  Ukraine 3 2 1 4 3 4  Norway 3 0 3 0 6 0 Team 1 Score Team 2 3 July 2014 Norway  0−2  Croatia Serbia  1−2  Ukraine Ukraine  2−0  Norway Croatia  1−2  Serbia Group II Team Pld W L SW SL Pts  Spain 3 3 0 6 2 6  Russia 3 2 1 5 4 4  Hungary 3 1 2 4 4 2  Germany 3 0 3 1 6 0 Team 1 Score Team 2 3 July 2014 Germany  1−2  Russia Spain  2−1  Hungary Hungary  2−0  Germany Russia  1−2  Spain Placement round 9−12 Team Pld W L SW SL Pts  Poland 3 2 1 5 3 4  Sweden 3 2 1 5 3 4  Italy 3 1 2 3 5 2   Switzerland 3 1 2 3 5 2 Team 1 Score Team 2 3 July 2014 Poland  2−1  Sweden Switzerland   1−2  Italy 4 July 2014 Italy  0−2  Poland Switzerland   0−2  Sweden Sweden  2−1  Italy Poland  1−2   Switzerland Knockout stage Championship bracket Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final                     4 July − 12:00 −           Croatia  2 4 July − 17:00 −   Germany  0     Croatia  2 4 July − 13:00 −     Ukraine  1     Russia  1 5 July − 18:45 −   Ukraine  2     Croatia  2 4 July − 13:00 −     Spain  1   Serbia  1 4 July − 18:45 −   Hungary  2     Hungary  1 Third place 4 July − 12:00 −     Spain  2     Spain  2   Ukraine  2   Norway  1     Hungary  1 5 July − 17:00 − 5–8th place bracket   5–8th place semifinals 5th place                 4 July − 18:00 −      Germany 0   5 July − 15:00 −    Russia 2    Russia 2   4 July − 19:00 −    Serbia 1    Serbia 2      Norway 1   7th place     5 July − 15:00 −      Germany 1      Norway 2 Final Standings Place Team  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 6 5 1 11 3 10  Russia 6 5 1 11 5 10  Italy 6 5 1 10 5 10  Poland 6 3 3 8 6 6   Switzerland 6 2 4 4 7 4  Serbia 6 1 5 3 11 2  Germany 6 0 6 3 12 0 Team 1 Score Team 2 30 June 2015 Russia  2−1  Hungary Poland  0−2  Italy Germany  1−2  Serbia Hungary  2−0  Germany Italy  2−0  Serbia Switzerland   0−2  Russia Germany  0−2   Switzerland Italy  2−1  Russia Hungary  2−1  Poland 1 July 2015 Serbia  0−2  Russia Germany  1−2  Italy Poland  2−0   Switzerland Switzerland   0−2  Hungary Poland  2−0  Serbia Russia  2−1  Germany Poland  2−0  Germany Switzerland   2−1  Serbia Hungary  2−0  Italy 2 July 2015 Serbia  0−2  Hungary Italy  2−1   Switzerland Russia  2−1  Poland Group B Team Pld W L SW SL Pts  Norway 6 6 0 12 2 12  Spain 6 4 2 9 4 8  Netherlands 6 4 2 10 5 8  Ukraine 6 4 2 8 6 8  Croatia 6 2 4 6 8 4  Sweden 6 1 5 3 10 2  Montenegro 6 0 6 0 12 0 Team 1 Score Team 2 30 June 2015 Spain  0−2  Norway Sweden  0−2  Ukraine Netherlands  2−0  Montenegro Norway  2−1  Netherlands Ukraine  2−0  Montenegro Croatia  0−2  Spain Netherlands  2−0  Croatia Ukraine  0−2  Spain Norway  2−0  Sweden 1 July 2015 Montenegro  0−2  Spain Netherlands  1−2  Ukraine Sweden  1−2  Croatia Croatia  1−2  Norway Sweden  2−0  Montenegro Spain  1−2  Netherlands Sweden  0-2  Netherlands Croatia  2−0  Montenegro Norway  2−0  Ukraine 2 July 2015 Montenegro  0−2  Norway Ukraine  2−1  Croatia Spain  2−0  Sweden Main round Group I Team Pld W L SW SL Pts  Spain 3 3 0 6 1 6  Hungary 3 2 1 4 3 4  Ukraine 3 1 2 3 4 2  Italy 3 0 3 1 6 0 Team 1 Score Team 2 3 July 2014 Ukraine  1−2  Hungary Spain  2−1  Italy Italy  0−2  Ukraine Hungary  0−2  Spain Group II Team Pld W L SW SL Pts  Netherlands 3 2 1 5 3 4  Norway 3 2 1 5 4 4  Russia 3 2 1 4 4 4  Poland 3 0 3 3 6 0 Team 1 Score Team 2 3 July 2014 Poland  1−2  Norway Russia  0−2  Netherlands Netherlands  2−1  Poland Norway  2−1  Russia Placement round 9−14 Team Pld W L SW SL Pts  Croatia 5 5 0 10 1 10   Switzerland 5 4 1 8 3 8  Serbia 5 3 2 7 5 6  Sweden 5 2 3 5 6 4  Germany 5 1 4 3 8 2  Montenegro 5 0 5 0 10 0 Team 1 Score Team 2 3 July 2014 Switzerland   2−0  Montenegro Germany  0−2  Sweden Serbia  0−2  Croatia Sweden  0−2   Switzerland Montenegro  0−2  Serbia Croatia  2−0  Germany 4 July 2014 Germany  2−0  Montenegro Serbia  2−0  Sweden Switzerland   0−2  Croatia Knockout stage Championship bracket Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final                     4 July − 10:00 −           Spain  2 4 July − 18:00 −   Poland  0     Spain  1 4 July − 11:00 −     Norway  2     Norway  2 5 July − 19:30 −   Ukraine  1     Norway  1 4 July − 11:00 −     Hungary  2   Hungary  2 4 July − 16:00 −   Russia  1     Hungary  2 Third place 4 July − 10:00 −     Italy  1     Netherlands  1   Spain  1   Italy  2     Italy  2 5 July − 18:00 − 5–8th place bracket   5–8th place semifinals 5th place                 4 July − 16:00 −      Poland 2   5 July − 14:00 −    Ukraine 1    Poland 2   4 July − 17:00 −    Netherlands 0    Russia 0      Netherlands 2   7th place     5 July − 14:00 −      Ukraine 1      Russia 2 Final Standings Place Team  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 References