The preliminary group stage of the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games men’s and women’s beach handball competitions concluded at Saly Beach West on Tuesday (10 November).

The result mean that the quarter-final match-ups are now confirmed, scheduled to take place on Wednesday (11 November),

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Day 2 – Tuesday 10 November 2026

Men’s competition
Preliminary Group A
Germany v Tunisia 2-0 (19:12, 19:8)
Thailand v Cook Islands 2-0 (21:18, 28:18)

Preliminary Group B
Puerto Rico v Senegal 0-2 (12:24, 16:26)
Brazil v Hungary 2-0 (22:18 18:16)

• Germany and Brazil justify their pre-event favourites tags as they end their preliminary group campaigns with three wins from three games to top their respective groups
• Tunisia 2025 IHF Men’s Youth Beach Handball World Championship silver medallists Germany saw off Tunisia in group A to end on a maximum six points
• Bronze medallists last year, Brazil, top group B seeing off world championship fourth-placed Hungary 2-0 after the European side were one second too late with a potential second set equaliser
• Cook Islands lose to Thailand, but close the gap on their Tunisia 2025 loss
• First win for the Asian side at Dakar 2026 puts them third in group A ahead of the side from Oceania
• Puerto Rico end group B in bottom place after sustaining their third, successive loss
• After losing to Senegal on day one and Brazil today, Hungary finish third
• Results mean quarter-finals are set: Germany v Puerto Rico, Senegal v Thailand, Tunisia v Hungary, Brazil v Cook Islands
• Tunisia's Yahia MAKHLOUF ends the preliminary group stage with 44 points scored to finish in number one spot, two points ahead of Mouhamed THIAM (Senegal) and four ahead of Brazil’s Luiz FERREIRA
• Germany’s Mads KRUEGER tops the assists, with 15
• Teammate Lennart OTTE is top of the goal save percentages with 43% (21 saves from 49 shots), Senegal’s Mamadou SONKO has saved more (24) but faced more shots
• Senegal finish the preliminary stage with 149 points scored to finish top of the table, while Germany have conceded just 55 points, almost 40 ahead of the second-placed Tunisia (92) 

Women’s competition
Preliminary Group A
Spain v Croatia 2-0 (21:16, 21:20)
People’s Republic of China v Mexico 2-1 (28:12, 20:23, SO 8:4)

Preliminary Group B
Kenya v Senegal 0-2 (10:23, 13:24)
Uruguay v France 2-1 (18:29, 25:24, SO 8:6)

• Spain beat Croatia again – their fifth victory in a row for this generation across four tournaments – to end group A in top spot
• Croatia finish third with one win in their preliminary group games
• People’s Republic of China get taken to shoot-out by Mexico, but prevail to win 8:4 and finish second
• In group B host nation Senegal add their second victory of the competition, beating Kenya 2-0 to finish second
• The home side finish below the impressive Uruguay who finish top of group B thanks to a tough shoot-out win against France, who missed their last shot
• Results mean quarter-finals are set: Spain v Kenya, People’s Republic of China v France, Senegal v Croatia, Uruguay v Mexico
• Uruguay’s Julietta VILLAR LOGO ends preliminary round as top-scorer on 53 points, followed by Spain’s Marta BOUZO ALONSO (50) and France’s Eloise LABORDE (48)
• Josefina ODERA DE SOUZA LEAL is the assist leader with 14 for Uruguay, double the amount of the second-placed Yiyi WANG (China)
• Senegal goalkeeper Fatimata Boucar SOW tops the save charts with 21 from 62 shots faced (34%)
• France and Senegal finish the preliminary stage with 148 points each, scoring the most, while Croatia and Spain have the meanest defence, conceding just 112 points each