The final matchday of the men’s and women’s beach handball competitions at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games will see four games played, with the bronze and gold medal matches in each competition taking place at Saly Beach West on Thursday (12 November) in a morning session.

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Day 5 – Friday 13 November 2026
All times UTC, local

Women’s competition

Gold Medal
1130 Spain v Uruguay

• The two teams played in the preliminary group of the 2025 IHF Women's Youth World Championship, Uruguay taking a then shock 2-1 (30:24, 20:26, SO 7:6) victory
• Spain went on to become world champions while Uruguay finished fifth
• “Gold. Only gold is what we want,” said Uruguay’s Clara FAJARDO FILIPPINI. “I love Uruguay. Now we just think about…winning. We are so happy to be here, we have been training for this all year. And we are here, in the final. It is becoming a dream.”
•  “We will fight until the end for the gold,” said Spain coach Inmaculada NAVARETTE. “If we go home with the silver, it will be more satisfactory with time, but we will give our everything for the gold.”

Bronze Medal
0930 Senegal v France

• Repeat of teams’ opening game at Dakar 2026, won by Senegal 2-1 (16:11, 18:21, SO 15:14)
• Senegal coached by three-time France indoor handball Olympian Valerie NICOLAS
• France have lost three times at Dakar 2026 so far, Senegal twice

Men’s competition
Gold Medal
1230 Germany v Brazil

• Germany missing key leader, Mads KRUEGER, after direct red card in semi-final
• The two teams from this generation have not met previously and come into final as highest-ranked teams in world at Dakar 2026 (Germany were 2nd at 2025 world championship, Brazil 3rd)
• Europeans have best defence in whole tournament, conceding just 103 points
• “It will our first game [at Dakar 2026[ where we are the underdog because of our personnel situation and the suspension so we will have to make a new plan,” said Germany coach Konrad BANSA. “We will try to do again a very good defence with a very good goalkeeper so we have the freedom to play in attack. Brazil’s strengths are good wingers and a good defence so it will be very hard for us.
• “It sounds unbelievable to me, it’s a childhood dream and there no words to describe it,” said Brazil’s Tulio CASTRO to IHF.info about being in an Olympic Games final. “We have a dream to win the gold medal. I don’t know how we will beat Germany but we came to find the gold medal.”

Bronze Medal
1030 Senegal v Hungary

• First meeting between the two teams who will be looking to overcome their semi-final disappointments
• Hungary’s men are the only team remaining at Dakar 2026 who had a presence at Buenos Aires 2018, when the Europeans finished fifth