The 2016 Beach Handball World Championships was a twelve-team tournament in both men's and women's beach handball, held at Budapest, Hungary from 12 to 17 July 2016.
Croatia and Spain took home gold in the men's and women's event, both after defeating Brazil in the final.
After playing a round-robin, the three top ranked team advanced to the main round.
Every team played three games and after those round there were placement matches from 7th–12th place.
When teams were equal in points the head-to-head result was decisive.