title: 2013 European Beach Handball Championship
text: # 2013 European Beach Handball Championship
  
  The 2013 European Beach Handball Championship was held in Randers, Denmark from 9–14 July. The men's competition was won by Croatia, while the women's tournament was won by Hungary.
  
  ## Men's tournament
  
  ### Preliminary round
  
  **Group A**
  
  | Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Croatia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 8 |
  | Hungary | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 |
  | Ukraine | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 |
  | Serbia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
  | Sweden | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
  | Turkey | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | 9 July 2013 |||
  | Sweden | 0–2 | Croatia |
  | Ukraine | 2–0 | Turkey |
  | Hungary | 2–1 | Serbia |
  | Turkey | 0-2 | Croatia |
  | Sweden | 0-2 | Hungary |
  | Serbia | 0-2 | Ukraine |
  | 10 July 2013 |||
  | Croatia | 2-0 | Serbia |
  | Turkey | 2-1 | Sweden |
  | Ukraine | 0-2 | Hungary |
  | Croatia | 2-0 | Hungary |
  | Ukraine | 2-0 | Sweden |
  | Serbia | 2-0 | Turkey |
  | 11 July 2013 |||
  | Hungary | 2-1 | Turkey |
  | Croatia | 1-2 | Ukraine |
  | Serbia | 1-2 | Sweden |
  
  **Group B**
  
  | Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Norway | 6 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 10 |
  | Russia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 10 |
  | Denmark | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 |
  | Spain | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
  | Poland | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
  | Switzerland | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 2 |
  | Italy | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | 9 July 2013 |||
  | Denmark | 2-1 | Spain |
  | Poland | 1-2 | Russia |
  | Italy | 0-2 | Norway |
  | Russia | 2-0 | Denmark |
  | Italy | 1-2 | Spain |
  | Norway | 0-2 | Switzerland |
  | 10 July 2013 |||
  | Italy | 1-2 | Switzerland |
  | Spain | 2-0 | Poland |
  | Norway | 1-2 | Denmark |
  | Norway | 2-1 | Spain |
  | Switzerland | 0-2 | Russia |
  | Denmark | 1-2 | Poland |
  | Russia | 2-0 | Italy |
  | Spain | 2-0 | Switzerland |
  | Poland | 0-2 | Norway |
  | 11 July 2013 |||
  | Russia | 1-2 | Norway |
  | Switzerland | 0-2 | Denmark |
  | Poland | 2-0 | Italy |
  | Spain | 0-2 | Russia |
  | Denmark | 2-0 | Italy |
  | Switzerland | 1-2 | Poland |
  
  ### Main round
  
  **Group I**
  
  | Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
  | Croatia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
  | Russia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
  | Spain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | 11 July 2013 |||
  | Croatia | 1-2 | Ukraine |
  | Spain | 0-2 | Russia |
  | 12 July 2013 |||
  | Spain | 1-2 | Croatia |
  | Ukraine | 2-0 | Russia |
  | Spain | 2-0 | Ukraine |
  | Croatia | 2-1 | Russia |
  
  **Group II**
  
  | Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Denmark | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
  | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
  | Norway | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
  | Serbia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | 11 July 2013 |||
  | Denmark | 2-1 | Norway |
  | Hungary | 2-1 | Serbia |
  | 12 July 2013 |||
  | Serbia | 1-2 | Norway |
  | Denmark | 2-0 | Hungary |
  | Serbia | 1-2 | Denmark |
  | Norway | 0-2 | Hungary |
  
  ### Consolation round
  
  | Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Poland | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 |
  | Turkey | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
  | Sweden | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
  | Switzerland | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
  | Italy | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | 12 July 2013 |||
  | Poland | 2-0 | Turkey |
  | Switzerland | 2-1 | Italy |
  | Sweden | 2-0 | Switzerland |
  | Turkey | 2-0 | Italy |
  | Sweden | 2-0 | Italy |
  | Poland | 2-0 | Switzerland |
  | 13 July 2013 |||
  | Sweden | 0-2 | Turkey |
  | Poland | 2-0 | Italy |
  | Sweden | 2-1 | Poland |
  | Turkey | 2-1 | Switzerland |
  
  ### Knockout stage
  
  **Championship bracket**
  
  | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 13 July | 13 July | | | |
  | Ukraine | 1 | | | |
  | Ukraine | 1 | 13 July | 13 July | | |
  | Serbia | 2 | 13 July | 13 July | |
  | Serbia | 2 | Serbia | 1 | |
  | 13-July | 13-July | | Serbia | 1 | |
  | 13-July | 13-July | Russia | 2 | |
  | Russia | 2 | Russia | 2 | |
  | Russia | 2 | | | | 14 July | 14 July |
  | Hungary | 1 | | | | 14 July | 14 July |
  | Hungary | 1 | | | | Russia | 0 |
  | 13 July | 13 July | | | | | Russia | 0 |
  | 13 July | 13 July | | | | Croatia | 2 |
  | Spain | 1 | | | | Croatia | 2 |
  | Spain | 1 | 13 July | 13 July | | | |
  | Denmark | 2 | 13 July | 13 July | | | |
  | Denmark | 2 | Denmark | 1 | | | |
  | 13 July | 13 July | | Denmark | 1 | | | |
  | 13 July | 13 July | Croatia | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
  | Croatia | 2 | Croatia | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
  | Croatia | 2 | | | | 14 July | 14 July |
  | Norway | 1 | | | | 14 July | 14 July |
  | Norway | 1 | | | | Serbia | 1 |
  | | | | | | Denmark | 2 |
  
  **5th-8th place**
  
  | 5th-8th place | 5th-8th place | 5th-8th place | 5th place | 5th place | 5th place |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ukraine | Ukraine | 2 | | | |
  | Hungary | Hungary | 0 | | | |
  | Hungary | Hungary | 0 | Ukraine | Ukraine | 0 |
  | | | | Spain | Spain | 2 |
  | Norway | Norway | 1 | Spain | Spain | 2 |
  | Spain | Spain | 2 | 7th place | 7th place | 7th place |
  | | | | Hungary | Hungary | 2 |
  | | | | Norway | Norway | 0 |
  
  ### Final standings
  
  | Place | Team |
  | - | - |
  | | Croatia |
  | | Russia |
  | | Denmark |
  | 4 | Serbia |
  | 5 | Spain |
  | 6 | Ukraine |
  | 7 | Hungary |
  | 8 | Norway |
  | 9 | Poland |
  | 10 | Turkey |
  | 11 | Sweden |
  | 12 | Switzerland |
  | 13 | Italy |
  
  ## Women's tournament
  
  ### Preliminary round
  
  **Group A**
  
  | Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Hungary | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 10 |
  | Ukraine | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 |
  | Russia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
  | Norway | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
  | Croatia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
  | Poland | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | 9 July 2013 |||
  | Russia | 2-1 | Croatia |
  | Norway | 1-2 | Ukraine |
  | Hungary | 2–0 | Poland |
  | Ukraine | 2-0 | Croatia |
  | Hungary | 0-2 | Russia |
  | Poland | 0-2 | Norway |
  | 10 July 2013 |||
  | Croatia | 2-0 | Poland |
  | Ukraine | 2-0 | Russia |
  | Norway | 1-2 | Hungary |
  | Croatia | 0-2 | Hungary |
  | Norway | 1-2 | Russia |
  | Poland | 0-2 | Ukraine |
  | 11 July 2013 |||
  | Hungary | 2-1 | Ukraine |
  | Croatia | 0-2 | Norway |
  | Poland | 1-2 | Russia |
  
  **Group B**
  
  | Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Denmark | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 12 |
  | Spain | 6 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 10 |
  | Italy | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 8 |
  | Turkey | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
  | Greece | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 |
  | Switzerland | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
  | Sweden | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | 9 July 2013 |||
  | Turkey | 0-2 | Italy |
  | Switzerland | 0-2 | Denmark |
  | Sweden | 0-2 | Italy |
  | Spain | 2-0 | Greece |
  | 10 July 2013 |||
  | Sweden | 0-2 | Greece |
  | Italy | 2-0 | Switzerland |
  | Spain | 2-0 | Turkey |
  | Spain | 2-0 | Italy |
  | Greece | 0-2 | Denmark |
  | Turkey | 2-0 | Switzerland |
  | Denmark | 2-0 | Sweden |
  | Italy | 2-0 | Greece |
  | Switzerland | 2-0 | Spain |
  | 11 July 2013 |||
  | Denmark | 2-1 | Spain |
  | Greece | 2-1 | Turkey |
  | Switzerland | 2-0 | Sweden |
  | Italy | 1-2 | Denmark |
  | Turkey | 2-0 | Sweden |
  | Greece | 1-2 | Switzerland |
  | Denmark | 2-0 | Italy |
  | Switzerland | 1-2 | Poland |
  
  ### Main round
  
  **Group I**
  
  | Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Hungary | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
  | Russia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
  | Spain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
  | Turkey | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | 11 July 2013 |||
  | Russia | 0-2 | Hungary |
  | Spain | 2-0 | Turkey |
  | 12 July 2013 |||
  | Turkey | 0-2 | Hungary |
  | Russia | 2-0 | Spain |
  | Turkey | 2-1 | Russia |
  | Hungary | 2-0 | Spain |
  
  **Group II**
  
  | Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ukraine | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
  | Norway | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
  | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
  | Italy | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | 11 July 2013 |||
  | Italy | 1-2 | Denmark |
  | Norway | 1-2 | Ukraine |
  | 12 July 2013 |||
  | Norway | 2-0 | Denmark |
  | Italy | 0-2 | Ukraine |
  | Norway | 2-0 | Italy |
  | Denmark | 1-2 | Ukraine |
  
  ### Consolation round
  
  | Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Croatia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
  | Switzerland | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
  | Greece | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
  | Poland | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
  | Sweden | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | 12 July 2013 |||
  | Greece | 2-0 | Poland |
  | Switzerland | 2-1 | Sweden |
  | Croatia | 2-0 | Switzerland |
  | Poland | 2-0 | Sweden |
  | Croatia | 2-0 | Sweden |
  | Greece | 1-2 | Switzerland |
  | 13 July 2013 |||
  | Croatia | 2-0 | Poland |
  | Greece | 2-0 | Sweden |
  | Croatia | 2-0 | Sweden |
  | Poland | 1-2 | Switzerland |
  
  ### Knockout stage
  
  **Championship bracket**
  
  | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 13 July | 13 July | | | |
  | Hungary | 2 | | | |
  | Hungary | 2 | 13 July | 13 July | | |
  | Italy | 0 | 13 July | 13 July | |
  | Italy | 0 | Hungary | 2 | |
  | 13 July | 13 July | | Hungary | 2 | |
  | 13 July | 13 July | Norway | 0 | |
  | Spain | 0 | Norway | 0 | |
  | Spain | 0 | | | | 14 July | 14 July |
  | Norway | 2 | | | | 14 July | 14 July |
  | Norway | 2 | | | | Hungary | 2 |
  | 13 July | 13 July | | | | | Hungary | 2 |
  | 13 July | 13 July | | | | Denmark | 1 |
  | Turkey | 0 | | | | Denmark | 1 |
  | Turkey | 0 | 13 July | 13 July | | | |
  | Ukraine | 2 | 13 July | 13 July | | | |
  | Ukraine | 2 | Ukraine | 0 | | | |
  | 13 July | 13 July | | Ukraine | 0 | | | |
  | 13 July | 13 July | Denmark | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
  | Russia | 0 | Denmark | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
  | Russia | 0 | | | | 14 July | 14 July |
  | Denmark | 2 | | | | 14 July | 14 July |
  | Denmark | 2 | | | | Norway | 2 |
  | | | | | | Ukraine | 1 |
  
  **5th-8th place**
  
  | 5th-8th place | 5th-8th place | 5th-8th place | 5th place | 5th place | 5th place |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Italy | Italy | 2 | | | |
  | Spain | Spain | 1 | | | |
  | Spain | Spain | 1 | Italy | Italy | 2 |
  | | | | Russia | Russia | 0 |
  | Turkey | Turkey | 1 | Russia | Russia | 0 |
  | Russia | Russia | 2 | 7th place | 7th place | 7th place |
  | | | | Spain | Spain | 2 |
  | | | | Turkey | Turkey | 0 |
  
  ### Final standings
  
  | Place | Team |
  | - | - |
  | | Hungary |
  | | Denmark |
  | | Norway |
  | 4 | Ukraine |
  | 5 | Italy |
  | 6 | Russia |
  | 7 | Spain |
  | 8 | Turkey |
  | 9 | Croatia |
  | 10 | Switzerland |
  | 11 | Greece |
  | 12 | Poland |
  | 13 | Sweden |
  