Beach Handball World Championships

The IHF Beach Handball World Championships is an international beach handball competition contested by the men's and women's national teams of the member federations/associations of International Handball Federation (IHF), the sport's global governing body.

IHF Men's & Women's Beach Handball World Championships

Current season, competition or edition: 2018 Men's Beach Handball World Championships 2018 Women's Beach Handball World Championships
Sport	Beach Handball
Founded	2004
Founder	International Handball Federation
Inaugural season	2004
No. of teams	16
Continents	5
Most recent champion(s)	M:  Brazil (5th title) W:  Greece (1st title)
Most titles	M:  Brazil (5 titles) W:  Brazil (3 titles)

The tournament was established in 2004, taking place every two years to allow continental tournaments to flourish without the burden of the World Championship qualifiers crowding the schedule every 12 months. The current tournament format lasts over approximately 6 days and involves 16 teams initially competing in four groups of four teams. The group winners and runners-up advance to a series of knock-out stages until the champion is crowned. The losing semi-finalists play each other in a play-off match to determine the third and fourth-placed teams.

The most recent edition was held in Kazan (Russia), and crowned Brazil as champions defeating defending champions Croatia by 2–0 in the final of men's category. Debutants Greece claimed title in women's category by defeating Norway in the final by 2–1.[1]