China 2024: All-star Teams announced

23 Jun. 2024

China 2024: All-star Teams announced

On the final day of the 2024 IHF Men’s and Women's Beach Handball World Championship, the China 2024 Men’s and Women's All-star Teams have been selected by the IHF Beach Handball Working Group. The selection is based on performance of the players throughout the tournament.

In the men’s competition, Croatia’s Lucian Bura (right wing) and Denmark’s Martin Vilstrup Andersen (specialist) win their positional awards for the second world championship in a row, after Greece 2022, the same for women’s best goalkeeper, Patricia Encinas Guardado (Spain) and specialist Lucila Candela Balsas (Argentina).

All-star Teams – China 2024

Men’s competition
MVP:
Ivan Dumencic, Croatia
Best goalkeeper: Ricardo Castro, Portugal
Best left wing: Gonzalo Cervera, Spain
Best right wing: Lucian Bura, Croatia
Best specialist: Martin Vilstrup Andersen, Denmark
Best pivot: Simon Moss, Denmark
Best defender: Severin Henrich, Germany
Top scorer: Santy Rodriguez, Uruguay (155 points)
Fair Play Award: Croatia

Women’s competition
MVP:
Line Larsen, Denmark
Best goalkeeper: Patricia Encinas Guardado, Spain
Best left wing: Fiorella Corimberto, Argentina
Best right wing: Meike Kruijer, Netherlands
Best specialist: Lucila Candela Balsas, Argentina
Best pivot: Isabel Kattner, Germany
Best defender: Lucie-Marie Kretzschmar, Germany
Top scorer: Beatriz Cruz, Brazil (170 points)
Fair Play Award: Spain
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