Qatar welcomes back Beach Handball Global Tour: Finals – 2024 edition set for Doha
10 Oct. 2024
The 2024 IHF Beach Handball Global Tour: Final Stage will take place in Doha, Qatar from 6 to 7 November.
Four men’s teams will participate in the event at the Al Gharafa Beach Stadium, which will see winners of each competition in Doha crowned the 2024 IHF Beach Handball Global Tour champions.
The event in the Asian nation is the third and last stage of the 2024 IHF Beach Handball Global Tour which will visit three continents – South America, Europe and now Asia – following stage 1 in South America (Maricá, Brazil) and stage 2 in Europe (Cádiz, Spain).
Winners from both of the men’s and women’s previous stages, plus the host nation and current IHF Men’s and Women’s Beach Handball World Championship title-holders, automatically qualified for the event in Doha.
In the women’s competition, Brazil (stage 1 winners), Spain (stage 2 winners), Germany (world champions) and Portugal (as replacement for Qatar, who currently do not have a women’s team) will feature.
The men’s competition also features Brazil as stage 1 winners. They are joined by host nation Qatar, stage 2 winners Germany and world champions Croatia.
Last year saw Brazil’s women win 2023 IHF Beach Handball Global Tour: Finals in Doha, seeing off Tunisia, Poland and the People's Republic of China, while host nation Qatar were crowned men’s champions ahead of Brazil, Tunisia and Denmark.
The schedule and IHF officials for the 2024 IHF Beach Handball Global Tour: Finals will be announced on IHF.info in due course.
About the IHF Beach Handball Global Tour
The IHF Beach Handball Global Tour was launched at the 2022 IHF Men’s and Women’s Beach Handball World Championships in Greece and debuted in Gdansk, Poland with Croatia winning the men’s tournament and Spain taking the top spot in the women’s tournament.
The 2023 IHF Beach Handball Global Tour visited Brazil, Tunisia and Poland before the Finals Stage was held in Doha, Qatar in November, with Qatar’s men and Brazil’s women taking the overall titles.
The 2024 IHF Beach Handball Global Tour commenced in May with Stage 1 in Maricá, Brazil. The host nation won both the men’s and women’s competitions. Stage 2 took place in Cádiz, Spain, with the host nation winning the women’s tournament and the men’s tournament won by Germany.