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The 2004 Beach Handball World Championships are a nine-team tournament in both men's and women's beach handball, held at El Gouna in Egypt in 2004. This were the first ever beach handball world championships held in history of the sport. Matches are played in sets, the team that wins two sets is the winner of a match. When teams are equal in points the head-to-head result is decisive.

Men's tournament

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
Russia	6	3	3	0	6	1
Egypt	4	3	2	1	5	3
Hungary	2	3	1	2	3	4
Oman	0	3	0	3	0	6

Hungary - Russia 0:2 (12:17, 6:8)
Oman - Egypt 0:2 (12:15, 17:19)
Russia - Oman 2:0 (23:8, 18:14)
Egypt - Hungary 2: 1 (12:8, 9:10, 9:6)
Russia - Egypt 2:1 (11:15, 16:15, 7:6)
Oman - Hungary 0:2 (13:14, 10:15)

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
Croatia	6	4	3	1	7	2
Turkey	4	4	2	2	4	5
Ukraine	4	4	2	2	5	5
Bahrain	4	4	2	2	5	6
Brazil	2	4	1	3	4	6

Turkey - Ukraine 2:1 (12:4, 8:9, 7:6)
Brazil - Croatia 0:2 (10:21, 10:15)
Bahrain - Turkey 0:2 (17:21, 16:21)
Ukraine - Brazil 2:0 (14:12, 20:16)
Brazil - Bahrain 1:2 (15:14, 10:13, 8:9)
Croatia - Ukraine 2:0 (11:10, 17:16)
Ukraine - Bahrain 2:1 (23:10, 4:10, 12:10)
Croatia - Turkey 2:0 (20:18, 24:14)
Bahrain - Croatia 2:1 (14:12, 18:24, 9:4)
Turkey - Brazil 0:2 (13:14, 16:17)

• Note: Places 2–4 are determined by the results of head-to-head matches.

Quarter finals

Russia - Bahrain 2:1 (19:14, 16:19, 8:4)
Egypt - Ukraine 2:0 (21:10, 15:10)
Turkey - Hungary 2:1 (9:8, 5:9, 7:6)
Croatia - Oman 2:0 (27:9, 12:9)

5th—8th place semifinals

Bahrain - Hungary 0:2 (9:22, 18:20)
Ukraine - Oman 2:0 (13:3, 13:12)

Semi finals

Russia - Turkey 1:2 (16:17, 20:8, 2:5)
Egypt - Croatia 2:0 (18:14, 19:18)

7th place match

Bahrain - Oman 2:1 (14:18, 16:14, 5:4)

5th place match

Hungary - Ukraine 1:2 (20:10, 14:20, 6:8)

3rd place match

Russia - Croatia 2:1 (16:10, 18:19, 10:8)

Final

Egypt - Turkey 2:1 (19:13, 10:16, 5:0)

Awards

All-Star Team

• Hamdy Abdel Fatah
• Ozgur Eryilmaz
• Raid Al Marzooq
• Serguei Predybailov

Women's tournament

Group stage

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	SW	SL
Russia	12	7	6	1	13	3
Turkey	12	7	6	1	12	3
Italy	12	7	6	1	12	3
Croatia	6	7	3	4	7	9
Hungary	6	7	3	4	8	9
Brazil	6	7	3	4	8	9
Japan	2	7	1	6	2	12
Hong Kong	0	7	0	7	0	14

Russia - Hungary 2:0 (10:7, 13:6)
Croatia - Turkey 0:2 (14:19, 11:13)
Brazil - Italy 0:2 (11:12, 6:9)
Japan - Hong Kong 2:0
Turkey - Russia 0:2 (12:13, 15:18)
Hungary - Italy 0:2 (6:13, 11:12)
Hong Kong - Croatia 0:2
Brazil - Japan 2:0
Russia - Italy 1:2 (16:12, 10:11, 3:5)
Hong Kong - Turkey 0:2
Japan - Hungary 0:2
Croatia - Brazil 2:1
Hong Kong - Russia 0:2 (2:15, 1:23)
Italy - Japan 2:0 (16:7, 12:6)
Turkey - Brazil 2:0 (16:15, 13:9)
Hungary - Croatia 2:1 (16:20, 18:17, 6:4)
Russia - Japan 2:0 (14:9, 12:4)
Brazil - Hong Kong 2:0
Italy - Croatia 2:0 (13:11, 15:13)
Turkey - Hungary 2:1 (9:10, 12:8, 5:0)
Brazil - Russia 1:2 (13:12, 15:20, 5:8)
Croatia - Japan 2:0
Hong Kong - Hungary 0:2
Italy - Turkey 0:2 (8:12, 10:11)
Russia - Croatia 2:0 (16:5, 18:6)
Hungary - Brazil 1:2
Turkey - Japan 2:0
Hong Kong - Italy 0:2

• Note: Places 1–6 are determined by the results of head-to-head matches.

Final

Russia - Turkey 2:1 (13:8, 8:15, 4:2)

Awards

All-Star Team

• Mayssa Raquel
• Daniela Sposi
• Yeliz Ozel
• Natalia Evtoukhova

Final rankings

Men

POS	Team
	Egypt
	Turkey
	Russia
4.	Croatia
5.	Ukraine
6.	Hungary
7.	Bahrain
8.	Oman
9.	Brazil

Women

POS	Team
	Russia
	Turkey
	Italy
4.	Croatia
5.	Hungary
6.	Brazil
7.	Japan
8.	Hong Kong