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The 2020 Women's IHF Beach Handball World Championships would have been the ninth edition of the tournament. Originally scheduled for 30 June to 5 July 2020 in Pescara, Italy, the tournament was planned to be rescheduled and moved to another host country, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 22 February 2021, the tournament was cancelled.

Qualification

Qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	1	Italy
Defending champion	1	Greece
2019 African Beach Games	1	Tunisia
2019 Asian Beach Handball Championship	2	China  Vietnam
2019 European Beach Handball Championship	5	Croatia  Denmark  Hungary  Netherlands  Spain
2019 Oceania Beach Handball Championship	1	Australia
2019 South and Central American Beach Handball Championship	2	Argentina  Brazil
2019 Nor.ca Beach Handball Championship	2	Mexico  United States
Wildcard	1	Norway

References

1. "Italy will host the 2020 beach Handball World Championship". beachhandball2020.com. 13 November 2017. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
2. "2020 Beach Handball World Championship presentation in Pescara". ihf.info. 17 December 2019.
3. "IHF events to be re-scheduled". ihf.info. 24 April 2020.
4. "Key decisions made on IHF events at IHF Council meeting". ihf.info. 22 February 2021.
5. "Norway women and Germany men take final two spots at Pescara 2020". ihf.info. 11 February 2020.

External links

• Official website Archived 2019-12-17 at the Wayback Machine

• 2020 in handball
• Beach Handball World Championships
• Handball events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Handball events cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic