The second day of the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games men’s and women’s beach handball competitions will see eight games played at Saly Beach West on Tuesday (10 November) as the preliminary group stage concludes and quarter-finals line-up confirmed.

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Day 2 – Tuesday 10 November 2026
All times UTC, local

Men’s competition

Preliminary Group A
1000     Germany v Tunisia, Thailand v Cook Islands
Preliminary Group B
1140     Puerto Rico v Senegal, Brazil v Hungary

• Tunisia 2025 IHF Men’s Youth Beach Handball World Championship silver medallists Germany play fifth-placed Tunisia with the winners securing top-spot in group A with both currently joint-top on four points each
• Thailand face Cook Islands once again having beaten them 2-0 (19:12, 23:12) at the world championships last year, both sides are looking for their first win at Dakar 2026
• Puerto Rico face the host nation in group B looking for first points and will be hoping to repeat Tunisia 2025 success, having beaten Senegal 2-0 (18:12, 14:8) to finish 11th
• With two wins from two, Brazil top group and take on Hungary, who they beat to win bronze at Tunisia 2025 via shoot-out, 2-1 (24:18, 18:20, SO 14:12)

Women’s competition

Preliminary Group A
1050     Spain v Croatia, People’s Republic of China v Mexico
Preliminary Group B
1230     Kenya v Senegal, Uruguay v France

• Croatia face Spain once again, a side who have beaten them at the last three youth events – in the preliminary group stage at the world championship, Tunisia 2025 (0-2), 2025 European championship quarter-final (1-2) and 2026 European Championship twice, in the main round (0-2) and semi-final (1-2), Spain lead group A with four points from four
• China, who beat Croatia and narrowly lost to Spain via shoot-outs on day one, take on winless Mexico
• All-African clash between bottom side Kenya and host nation Senegal in group B is a repeat of their Tunisia 2025 9-16 placement clash, won by Kenya 2-1 (17:19, 22:16, SO 3:0)
• Impressive Uruguay look to maintain top-spot in group B and maximum points against France, a repeat of the 5/6 placement match at the world championship last year, won by the South American side 2-1 (25:22, 14:15, SO 5:4)