The first day of the men’s and women’s beach handball at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games has completed in Senegal.

It was a day of big numbers: matches (16), courts (3 used), fans (1000s), plus big upsets too with the afternoon session adding to a spectacular opening day at the Saly Beach West (SBW) venue.

To read the Day 1, Session 1 Review, click HERE.

For information on how to watch and follow beach handball at Dakar 2026, click HERE.

Day 1, Session 2 – Monday 9 November 2026

Women’s competition

Results

Preliminary Group A
Mexico v Spain 0-2 (14:27, 16:24)
People’s Republic of China v Croatia 2-1 (20:14, 19:20, SO 7:4)

Preliminary Group B
Senegal v Uruguay 1-2 (13:22, 22:17, SO 4:6)
Kenya v France 0-2 (16:25, 7:18)

• China shock Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games silver medallists Croatia with a 7:4 shoot-out win thanks to a final save from goalkeeper Ao SUN, the Asian side had taken world champions Spain to a shoot-out in their session 1 match in the morning
• The Spanish end the day top of group A with two wins from two, Mexico are bottom with two losses
• Uruguay show their quality once more in group B, holding on against Senegal to win via shoot-out 6:4, the host nation had two very different sets but could not get their second win of the day as they did not score from three of their five shoot-out attempts
• Kenya end the day bottom, with two losses
• Spain are top scorers with 99 points, Uruguay have the best defence with just 61 conceded

Men’s competition

Results

Preliminary Group A
Thailand v Tunisia 0-2 (16:28, 12:19)
Cook Islands v Germany 0-2 (4:30, 12:24)

Preliminary Group B
Senegal v Brazil 1-2 (14:12, 21:24, SO 6:10)
Puerto Rico v Hungary 0-2 (12:22, 12:21)

• Both Tunisia and Germany top group A with two wins out of two, no sets conceded and four points each
• Cook Islands and Thailand end day with two losses apiece
• Senegal went to a shoot-out again in group B, this time losing to Brazil after missing two attempts, the world championship bronze medallists end the day top with two wins from two
• Hungary overturn disappointment of losing to Senegal in the morning session to power past Puerto Rico
• Brazil and Senegal top the points scoring after day one, with 99 points each, while Germany are ruthless in defence, conceding just 35 points across four sets