Beach handball at the World Games
Honjō Marina
Venue	Honjō Marina, Honjō, Japan
Date	23–25 August 2001
Competitors	from 6 nations
Medalists
Belarus  Spain  Brazil
2005 →

Men's tournament in beach handball was one of the invitational events in at the 2001 World Games in Akita. It was played from 23 to 25 August. The competition took place at Honjō Marina in Honjō, Japan.^[1]

A total of 6 teams entered the competition. In preliminary stage they play round-robin tournament. The best four teams advances to the semifinals.

Rank	Team	M	W	L	PO	Net	BLR	ESP	BRA	IRI	TOG	JPN
1	Belarus	5	5	0	152–103	+26	x	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–1
2	Spain	5	4	1	168–142	+49	0–2	x	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0
3	Brazil	5	3	2	123–116	+7	0–2	0–2	x	2–0	2–0	2–1
4	Iran	5	2	3	111–143	–32	0–2	0–2	0–2	x	2–1	2–0
5	Togo	5	1	4	121–166	–45	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–2	x	2–1
6	Japan	5	0	5	116–121	–6	1–2	0–2	1–2	0–2	1–2	x

25 August 2001	Belarus	2–0	Iran	Honjō Marina, Honjō
		(17–13,13–8)

25 August 2001	Spain	2–0	Brazil	Honjō Marina, Honjō
		(20–13, 14–11)

25 August 2001	Togo	0–2	Japan	Honjō Marina, Honjō
		(12–13, 9–11)

25 August 2001	Iran	1–2	Brazil	Honjō Marina, Honjō
		(9–19, 14–9, ?)

25 August 2001	Belarus	2–1	Spain	Honjō Marina, Honjō
		(18–15, 8–14, ?)

Rank	Team
	Belarus
	Spain
	Brazil
4	Iran
5	Japan
6	Togo

• Results on IWGA website