Beach handball at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games | |
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Venue | Parque Sarmiento |
Dates | 7–13 October |
No. of events | 2 (1 boys and 1 girls) |
Competitors | 215 (108 boys and 107 girls) from 15 nations |
Beach handball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 7 to 13 October in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
20 beach handball teams, total of 200 athletes, participated in the tournament. The beach handball competition took place at the Parque Sarmiento in Saavedra.
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) is limited to participation in 1 team sports (Futsal, Beach handball, Field Hockey, and Rugby Sevens) per each gender with the exception of the host country who can enter one team per sport. Also at Beach handball each NOC can enter a maximum of 1 team of 10 athletes per both genders. To be eligible to participate in the Youth Olympics, athletes must have been born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2003.[1]
As hosts, Argentina has the right to directly qualify 1 team per both genders on account of PATHF (Pan-America) quota. The best ranked NOC in each of the 5 continents from Youth Beach Handball World Championship will obtain quota place.[1]
Mean of qualification | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
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Host nation | — | — | 1 | ![]() |
African Qualifier | 11–16 July 2017 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
Americas Qualifier | 2 | ![]() ![]() | ||
Asian Qualifier | 2 | ![]() ![]() | ||
European Qualifier | 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
Oceanian Qualifier | — | |||
Reallocation | — | — | 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Total | 12 |
Mean of qualification | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
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Host nation | — | — | 1 | ![]() |
African Qualifier | 11–16 July 2017 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
Americas Qualifier | 2 | ![]() ![]() | ||
Asian Qualifier | 2 | ![]() ![]() | ||
European Qualifier | 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
Oceanian Qualifier | 1 | ![]() | ||
Reallocation | — | — | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
Total | 12 |
* Host nation (Argentina)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Boys |
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Girls |
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