10 teams from five nations will travel to Rosario, Argentina for the 2026 edition of the South and Central America Handball Confederation (SCAHC) Men’s and Women’s Beach Handball Championships later this month.

From Saturday 14 to Tuesday 17 February, La Florida beach will welcome the men’s and women’s teams of Argentina (ARG), Brazil (BRA), Chile (CHI), Paraguay (PAR) and Uruguay (URU) as they seek to become continental champions and grab a qualification spot for the 2026 IHF Men’s and Women’s Beach Handball World Championships, set for Zagreb, Croatia in late June.

The championships will be played in an initial round-robin tournament format, with teams in each gender playing each other once. The top four teams then play off in the semi-finals, then respective gold and bronze medal matches.

The men’s competition will see both finalists take a spot in Zagreb. Brazil enter Rosario as favourites, thanks to their IHF Beach Handball Global Tour success late last year.

Thanks to Argentina’s women’s team recent impressive showings on the world stage – runners-up at the 2024 IHF Women’s Beach Handball World Championship in China and winners of The World Games – they enter the women’s competition as strong favourites, with the added incentive of being hosts too. 

2026 is the fourth edition of the continental event and takes place in a city which hosted the 2019 South American Beach Games and the 2022 South American Youth Games.

2026 SCAHC Men’s and Women’s Beach Handball Championships – Schedule
(All times local GMT-3)

Saturday 14 February

Women’s competition
0800 BRA-CHI
1100 URU-PAR
1600 PAR-BRA
1830 ARG-CHI

Men’s Competition
0900 BRA-PAR
1000 URU-CHI
1500 CHI-BRA
1700 ARG-PAR

Sunday 15 February

Women’s competition
0900 BRA-URU
1100 PAR-ARG
1600 CHI-PAR
1800 ARG-BRA

Men’s competition
0800 BRA-URU
1000 ARG-CHI
1500 PAR-CHI
1700 ARG-BRA

Monday 16 February

Women’s competition
0900 PAR-CHI
1100 URU-ARG
1600 Semi-Final 1
1800 Semi-Final 2

Men’s competition
0800 CHI-PAR
1000 ARG-URU
1500 Semi-Final 1
1700 Semi-Final 2

Tuesday 17 February

Women’s competition
0900 Bronze Medal Match
1100 Gold Medal Match

Men’s competition
0800 Bronze Medal Match
1000 Gold Medal Match

All games will be streamed live on the SCAHC YouTube Channel For more information about the SCAHC, visit here. 

*Please note: the daily schedule may be modified according to the progress of the competition.