The IHF Youth Beach Handball World Championship is an international beach handball competition contested by the men's and women's youth national teams of the member federations of International Handball Federation, the sport's global governing body.

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IHF Youth (U-17) Beach Handball World Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2022 Youth Beach Handball World Championship
Sport	Beach Handball
Founder	International Handball Federation
No. of teams	16
Confederation	5
Most recent champion(s)	Men –  Croatia Women –  Spain
Most titles	Men –  Spain &  Croatia (1 Title) Women –  Hungary &  Spain (1 Title)

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The tournament was established in 2017, taking place every two year. The current tournament format lasts over approximately 6 days and involves 16 men's and 16 women's teams initially competing in four groups of four teams. Three teams from each group will advance to main round and then semifinals are played. The losing semi-finalists play each other in a play-off match to determine the third and fourth-placed teams.

The most recent edition was held in Flic-en-Flac (Mauritius) and crowned Spain and Hungary as champions in men's and women's category respectively beating Italy and Netherlands by 2–1.^[1]

• Beach handball at the World Games
• Beach Handball World Championships
• Asian Youth Beach Handball Championship
• Oceania Youth Beach Handball Championship
• Pan American Youth Beach Handball Championship