Top 5 beach handball facts of 2022

The EHF beach handball season 2023 included four events – each with a men’s and a women’s competition.

For clubs:

• ebt Finals 2022 (9-12 June in Isola delle Femmine, Palermo, ITA), men and women;
• Champions Cup 2022 (20-23 Octover in Porto Santo, Madeira, POR), men and women.

For national teams:

• YAC 16 Beach Handball EURO 2022 (7-10 July in Prague, CZE), men and women;
• Beach Handball Championships 2022 (7-10 July in Prague, CZE), men and women.

Here are five facts and figures to sum up the beach handball season: 

1. 422 matches, 113 teams

The four club and four national team competitions played in 2023 included a total of 422 matches, featuring 113 different teams.

2. 1,087 players

Thousand-eighty-seven! A huge number of players has taken part in the eight top-level beach handball events this year.

3. Germany first to win triple crown

What a year for German women’s national team! Already crowned European Champions in 2021, they won the World Championship in Heraklion (GRE) and The World Games in Birmingham (USA) to win the triple crown for the first time. On the men’s side, Croatia came close as they also won the world title and The World Games this year, but had lost the European championship final to Denmark in 2021

4. Double honours for Ivan Juric

Talking about Croatian men, Ivan Juric managed an unmatched feat as he was the only one to make the All-star Team at two events, named best defender at both the ebt Finals and Champions Cup as player of Spanish side CBMP Ciudad de Málaga.

5. New trophies for club events

To fittingly reward the achievements on the sandy courts, the EHF introduced all new trophies for both the ebt Finals and Champions Cup.