Rotterdam Handbal Beach

Rotterdam Handball is one of the leading beach handball clubs in the Netherlands.

Back in 2004, the women’s team attempted to set a world record for endurance on sand: 24 hours of beach handball. They succeeded with great success! In 2011, the HA youth team attempted another world record for endurance on sand, combining cage handball and field handball. The boys remained with their toes in the sand for 24 hours, 24 minutes, and 24 seconds. What a feat!

Since 2011, they have a large sand court at outdoor facility where the club plays beach handball in all weathers. In recent years, they have gradually expanded the sand court, so much so that they have three beach handball courts.

In the future, they hope to expand it further to be able to organize beach handball tournaments as well. Thanks to these excellent facilities, they’ve been able to lay a solid foundation for beach handball in recent years.

Young athletes are introduced to the sand and the rules of the game from the earliest stages of training, which has allowed talented players to regularly be called up for national (youth) selections.

They’re also well represented every year at the Dutch National Beach Handball Championships and the EBT Beach Tour.

In 2023, this allowed to win the Dutch National Senior Men’s Beach Handball Championship, allowing the men’s team to also participate in the Champions Cup in Porto Santo. Last year, they also triumphed in Hungary at the EBT Lupa Beach tournament.