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United States men's national beach handball team

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United States
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Information
AssociationUSA Team Handball
CoachMichael Hinson
Colours
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away
Results
World Championship
Appearances4 (First in 2016)
Best result11th (2016)
Last updated on Unknown.
United States men's national beach handball team
Medal record
Men's beach handball
Representing the  United States
Pan American Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Brazil
Gold medal – first place 2016 Venezuela
Bronze medal – third place 2018 United States
Gold medal – first place 2019 Trinidad and Tobago
Gold medal – first place 2022 Mexico

The United States national beach handball team (USA Beach Handball) is the national team of the United States. It is governed by USA Team Handball[1] and takes part in international beach handball competitions.[2]

Restart of the program in 2015

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By winning the Pan American Championships, the USA men team qualified into the 12 team field of the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Being their first World Championships the international expectations were not high for any success. In the first game of the tournament, the USA Team shocked the international handball world by defeating the #5 team in the world, Ukraine in straight sets. Needing one more win in the next 4 games to qualify into the top 6, USA fell just short against defending World Champion Brazil, lost a close game against defending bronze medalist Qatar, then lost 2 extremely tight shootouts against Egypt and Bahrain. Finishing out of the medal rounds, USA then lost a close shootout to Oman and finished the tournament with an emotional win against Australia in the rain.[3]

Results

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World Championships

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Year Position
Egypt 2004 Did not qualify
Brazil 2006
Spain 2008
Turkey 2010
Oman 2012
Brazil 2014
Hungary 2016 11th
Russia 2018 12th
Greece 2022 12th
China 2024 13th
Total 4/10

Pan American Championships

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Year Position
Brazil 1998 4th
Brazil 1999 3rd
Argentina 2004 Did not qualify
Argentina 2008
Argentina 2012
Paraguay 2014
Venezuela 2016 1st
United States 2018 3rd
Trinidad and Tobago 2019 1st
Mexico 2022 1st
Puerto Rico 2024 1st
Total 5/9

References

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  1. ^ "Beach Handball". Team USA. Archived from the original on July 14, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  2. ^ 2018 World Championship roster
  3. ^ "About USA Beach Handball". USA Beach Handball. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
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