At the end of the 2026 Women's World Beach Handball Championship, the Vietnamese Women's Beach Handball Team won 11th place.
In the final match on June 28 local time in Croatia, Vietnamese players defeated the Philippines team with a score of 2-1.
The Vietnamese women's beach handball team lost the first half with a score of 14-16. In the second half, coach Huynh Minh Ngon's students won 16-12. The two teams played penalties to determine the final result and we won 8-4.
Throughout the tournament, the Vietnamese women's beach handball team played 3 group stage matches but lost with the same result of 1-2 respectively against Germany, the Netherlands and Uruguay.
In the remaining qualifying rounds, the Vietnamese women's beach handball team won against the USA, Cook Islands, Benin and Puerto Rico. After that, the Vietnamese women's beach handball team lost to Norway 1-2 but won against the Philippines 2-1 to maintain 11th place overall.
This year's tournament has 16 teams qualified to participate. The Argentine team won the championship and the runner-up is Denmark. Asia only has 2 participating teams, Vietnam and the Philippines.
According to statistics from the Organizing Committee, goalkeeper Nguyen Thi Nhung of the Vietnamese women's handball team is ranked 7th in the list of 10 best defenders of the tournament.
