Beach handball at the 2023 European Games – Women's tournament

Beach handball at the 2023 European Games – Women's tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Poland
Venue(s)	Tarnów Beach Arena
Dates	20–22 June
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Denmark (1st title)
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	Germany
Fourth place	Norway
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Line Kristensen; (56 goals)
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The women's beach handball tournament at the 2023 European Games was held from 20 to 22 June at the Tarnów Beach Arena.^[2]^[3]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	PW	PL	PD	GF	GA	GD
1	Denmark	3	3	0	6	6	1	+5	149	123	+26
2	Spain	3	1	2	2^[a]	3	4	−1	148	131	+17
3	Poland (H)	3	1	2	2^[a]	3	5	−2	118	139	−21
4	Norway	3	1	2	2^[a]	4	5	−1	125	147	−22

Source: EG2023
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head period difference; 4) Head-to-head goal point difference; 5) Head-to-head number of plus goal points; 6) Period difference; 7) Number of plus periods; 8) Goal point difference; 9) Number of plus goal points; 10) Draw.
(H) Host
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Spain 2 Pts, 0 PD, +23 GD; Poland 2 Pts, 0 PD, –9 GD; Norway 2 Pts, 0 PD, –14 GD

20 June 2023 12:00	Spain	0–2	Denmark	Tarnów Beach Arena 2
	(22–27, 22–23) Report

20 June 2023 12:00	Poland	1–2	Norway	Tarnów Beach Arena 2
	(25–21, 10–18, 4–5) Report

20 June 2023 19:00	Norway	1–2	Spain	Tarnów Beach Arena 2
	(22–20, 12–23, 0–10) Report

20 June 2023 19:00	Denmark	2–0	Poland	Tarnów Beach Arena 1
	(20–14, 24–18) Report

21 June 2023 10:00	Spain	1–2	Poland	Tarnów Beach Arena 1
	(19–20, 26–18, 6–9) Report

21 June 2023 10:00	Norway	1–2	Denmark	Tarnów Beach Arena 2
	(22–25, 23–22, 2–8) Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	PW	PL	PD	GF	GA	GD
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	6	6	0	+6	145	98	+47
2	Germany	3	2	1	4	4	2	+2	142	126	+16
3	Greece	3	1	2	2	2	5	−3	116	142	−26
4	Portugal	3	0	3	0	1	6	−5	102	139	−37

Source: EG2023
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head period difference; 4) Head-to-head goal point difference; 5) Head-to-head number of plus goal points; 6) Period difference; 7) Number of plus periods; 8) Goal point difference; 9) Number of plus goal points; 10) Draw.

20 June 2023 13:00	Germany	2–0	Greece	Tarnów Beach Arena 1
	(25–24, 28–17) Report

20 June 2023 13:00	Netherlands	2–0	Poland	Tarnów Beach Arena 2
	(17–16, 28–12) Report

20 June 2023 20:00	Portugal	0–2	Germany	Tarnów Beach Arena 1
	(22–23, 17–32) Report

20 June 2023 20:00	Greece	0–2	Netherlands	Tarnów Beach Arena 2
	(22–24, 14–30) Report

21 June 2023 09:00	Germany	2–0	Netherlands	Tarnów Beach Arena 1
	(12–19, 22–27) Report

21 June 2023 09:00	Portugal	1–2	Greece	Tarnów Beach Arena 2
	(12–23, 15–7, 8–9) Report

Final round

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semifinals		Gold medal game

21 June

Denmark	2
		22 June
Portugal	0
		Denmark	2
21 June
		Germany	0
Germany	2
				22 June
Poland	0
				Denmark	2
21 June
				Spain	1
Netherlands	0
		22 June
Norway	2
		Norway	0
21 June
		Spain	2	Bronze medal game
Spain	2
				22 June
Greece	1
				Germany	2

				Norway	0

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place game

22 June

Portugal	2
		22 June
Poland	1
		Portugal	0
22 June
		Netherlands	2
Netherlands	2

Greece	1
		Seventh place game

		22 June

		Poland	0

		Greece	2

Quarterfinals

21 June 2023 14:00	Denmark	2–0	Portugal	Tarnów Beach Arena 1
	(23–14, 25–22) Report

21 June 2023 14:00	Spain	2–1	Greece	Tarnów Beach Arena 2
	(19–21, 17–16, 6–2) Report

21 June 2023 15:00	Netherlands	0–2	Norway	Tarnów Beach Arena 2
	(21–22, 22–28) Report

21 June 2023 15:00	Germany	2–0	Poland	Tarnów Beach Arena 1
	(22–14, 32–16) Report

5–8th place semifinals

22 June 2023 12:00	Portugal	2–1	Poland	Tarnów Beach Arena 2
	(18–23, 22–21, 18–16) Report

22 June 2023 13:00	Netherlands	2–1	Greece	Tarnów Beach Arena 2
	(22–12, 21–26, 8–6) Report

Semifinals

22 June 2023 12:00	Denmark	2–0	Germany	Tarnów Beach Arena 1
	(28–26, 33–32) Report

22 June 2023 13:00	Norway	0–2	Spain	Tarnów Beach Arena 1
	(20–23, 22–25) Report

Seventh place game

22 June 2023 17:30	Poland	0–2	Greece	Tarnów Beach Arena 2
	(18–24, 20–21) Report

Fifth place game

22 June 2023 17:30	Portugal	0–2	Netherlands	Tarnów Beach Arena 1
	(12–21, 18–19) Report

Bronze medal game

22 June 2023 19:30	Germany	2–0	Norway	Tarnów Beach Arena 1
	(26–18, 27–26) Report

Gold medal game

22 June 2023 21:30	Denmark	2–1	Spain	Tarnów Beach Arena 1
	(22–20, 20–21, 10–8) Report

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Denmark
	Spain
	Germany
4	Norway
5	Netherlands
6	Portugal
7	Greece
8	Poland

References

^ "Beach Handball – Women's – Individual Statistics" (PDF). european-games.org. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
^ "Beach Handball – Women's – Competition Schedule" (PDF). european-games.org. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
^ "Beach Handball to make European Games debut this week". IHF. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.

[table_hth_ESP0.36964574985655-4] Spain 2 Pts, 0 PD, +23 GD; Poland 2 Pts, 0 PD, –9 GD; Norway 2 Pts, 0 PD, –14 GD

[1] "Beach Handball – Women's – Individual Statistics" (PDF). european-games.org. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.

[2] "Beach Handball – Women's – Competition Schedule" (PDF). european-games.org. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.

[3] "Beach Handball to make European Games debut this week". IHF. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.

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