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Beach handball at the 2023 European Games – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Poland
Venue(s)	Tarnów Beach Arena
Dates	20–22 June
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runner-up	Hungary
Third place	Denmark
Fourth place	Portugal
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Kristoffer Henriksen; (49 goals)
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The men'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	Croatia	3	3	0	6	6	0	+6	149	116	+33
2	Hungary	3	2	1	4	4	3	+1	135	141	−6
3	Germany	3	1	2	2	3	5	−2	148	155	−7
4	Portugal	3	0	3	0	1	6	−5	121	141	−20

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 10:00	Croatia	2–0	Germany	Tarnów Beach Arena 1
	(27–24, 24–16) Report

20 June 2023 10:00	Hungary	2–0	Portugal	Tarnów Beach Arena 2
	(26–16, 18–16) Report

20 June 2023 17:00	Portugal	0–2	Croatia	Tarnów Beach Arena 1
	(24–26, 15–18) Report

20 June 2023 17:00	Germany	1–2	Hungary	Tarnów Beach Arena 2
	(24–25, 23–20, 8–9) Report

21 June 2023 12:00	Croatia	2–0	Hungary	Tarnów Beach Arena 1
	(26–19, 28–18) Report

21 June 2023 12:00	Portugal	1–2	Germany	Tarnów Beach Arena 2
	(24–31, 18–12, 8–10) Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	PW	PL	PD	GF	GA	GD
1	Norway	3	2	1	4^[a]	4	2	+2	133	131	+2
2	Spain	3	2	1	4^[a]	4	2	+2	128	110	+18
3	Poland (H)	3	1	2	2^[b]	2	5	−3	127	144	−17
4	Denmark	3	1	2	2^[b]	3	4	−1	142	145	−3

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 Spain 0–2 Norway
^ ^a ^b Denmark 1–2 Poland

20 June 2023 11:00	Spain	0–2	Norway	Tarnów Beach Arena 2
	(20–21, 20–22) Report

20 June 2023 11:00	Denmark	1–2	Poland	Tarnów Beach Arena 2
	(24–26, 22–17, 10–12) Report

20 June 2023 18:00	Poland	0–2	Spain	Tarnów Beach Arena 1
	(12–22, 18–22) Report

20 June 2023 18:00	Norway	0–2	Denmark	Tarnów Beach Arena 2
	(18–19, 28–30) Report

21 June 2023 11:00	Spain	2–0	Denmark	Tarnów Beach Arena 2
	(21–19, 23–18) Report

21 June 2023 11:00	Poland	0–2	Norway	Tarnów Beach Arena 1
	(20–21, 22–23) Report

Final round

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semifinals		Gold medal game

21 June

Croatia	1
		22 June
Denmark	2
		Denmark	1
21 June
		Spain	2
Spain	2
				22 June
Germany	1
				Spain	2
21 June
				Hungary	1
Norway	1
		22 June
Portugal	2
		Portugal	0
21 June
		Hungary	2	Bronze medal game
Hungary	2
				22 June
Poland	1
				Denmark	2

				Portugal	1

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place game

22 June

Croatia	2
		22 June
Germany	0
		Croatia	2
22 June
		Norway	1
Norway	2

Poland	0
		Seventh place game

		22 June

		Germany	2

		Poland	1

Quarterfinals

21 June 2023 16:45	Croatia	1–2	Denmark	Tarnów Beach Arena 2
	(22–25, 23–20, 12–13) Report

21 June 2023 16:45	Hungary	2–1	Poland	Tarnów Beach Arena 1
	(25–16, 20–21, 6–4) Report

21 June 2023 17:45	Norway	1–2	Portugal	Tarnów Beach Arena 1
	(22–20, 17–20, 4–8) Report

21 June 2023 17:45	Spain	2–1	Germany	Tarnów Beach Arena 2
	(23–20, 24–25, 9–8) Report

5–8th place semifinals

22 June 2023 10:00	Croatia	2–0	Germany	Tarnów Beach Arena 2
	(28–23, 31–26) Report

22 June 2023 11:00	Norway	2–0	Poland	Tarnów Beach Arena 2
	(19–12, 23–20) Report

Semifinals

22 June 2023 10:00	Denmark	1–2	Spain	Tarnów Beach Arena 1
	(20–21, 25–20, 8–9) Report

22 June 2023 11:00	Portugal	0–2	Hungary	Tarnów Beach Arena 1
	(20–22, 14–20) Report

Seventh place game

22 June 2023 16:30	Germany	2–1	Poland	Tarnów Beach Arena 2
	(21–18, 20–24, 9–8) Report

Fifth place game

22 June 2023 16:30	Croatia	2–1	Norway	Tarnów Beach Arena 1
	(29–22, 22–23, 7–4) Report

Bronze medal game

22 June 2023 18:30	Denmark	2–1	Portugal	Tarnów Beach Arena 1
	(10–20, 23–18, 8–6) Report

Gold medal game

22 June 2023 20:30	Spain	2–1	Hungary	Tarnów Beach Arena 1
	(23–22, 24–25, 13–12) Report

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Spain
	Hungary
	Denmark
4	Portugal
5	Croatia
6	Norway
7	Germany
8	Poland

References

^ "Beach Handball – Men's – Individual Statistics" (PDF). european-games.org. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
^ "Beach Handball – Men'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_NOR0.084591534028105-4] Spain 0–2 Norway

[table_hth_POL0.084591534028105-5] Denmark 1–2 Poland

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

[2] "Beach Handball – Men'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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