COSCABAL referees at the Junior Beach Handball World Championship, Tunisia 2025. José María Galeano and José María Rodríguez from Paraguay will be officiating.
From June 17 to 22 the Beach Handball World Championship will be played in the youth category, female and male. The venue will be in the city of Hammamet in Tunisia; but before that it will host the fourth edition of the IHF Beach Handball Global Tour to be played this Friday 13 and Saturday 14 June.
Paraguayan arbitration
The refereeing duo of José María Galeano and José María Rodríguez will be present during the first stop of the Global Tour.
The experienced Paraguayan referees, who last year officiated at the Global Tour in Maricá, Brazil and also at the Beach Handball World Cup in China, are part of the staff of referees who will officiate at the world championship in the youth category.
“We are very happy to represent COSCABAL again in the most important competitions in the world, expectations are high, we had a very good preparation first with the Metropolitan Beach Handball League in Paraguay and also at COSCABAL level with participations in the recent Open held in Iquique. Always with the follow up and support of Luiz Felipe Caldas”, said José María Galeano.
In addition, there will also be a representative from Uruguay as technical delegate, Luis Monico.
“I am very happy to have received the designation, it is the first time I will go to a world championship as a delegate. I am willing to continue learning since it is a very dynamic sport. In this type of tournaments one brings a lot of experience that we hope can be transmitted to the COSCABAL referee staff”.
Luis Monico has an extensive career as a beach handball referee, since 2010 he has participated with Pablo Martinez (who was his referee partner) in different world competitions. After the pandemic he decided to take up the job of technical delegate.
In 2024, he served as a delegate in the junior beach qualifier tournament held in Iquique, Chile.
The delegate’s role is one of total responsibility, “We work at the control table, we are responsible for the time, the game sheets, the order on the court and we collaborate with the referees. Once the match is over, a feedback is given, the objective of which is always to continue growing beach refereeing”. closed Monico
The competition brings together 16 women’s teams, including Brazil and Uruguay; in the men’s category, the 16 participants include Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay..
Follow all the men’s competition at: IHF men’s fixture and all the women’s tournament at Women’s IHF fixture
The groups of the men’s branch
Group A is made up of Iran (2022 bronze medalist), Spain (2027 gold medalist and 2018 Olympic Games champion), Oman and Puerto Rico.
Group B will be contested by Tanzania, Kenya, Hungary (debut) and Germany. Group C includes Tunisia, Thailand, Mexico (debut) and Cook Islands.
Brazil (silver medalist in Greece 2022), Argentina (bronze in 2017 and bronze at the Olympic Games Bs As 2018) and Uruguay make up group D along with Senegal.
Women’s groups
In the women’s division, group A consisted of Thailand, France, Brazil and Tanzania. In group B are the Netherlands (silver medalist in 2017 and 2022), Germany, People’s Republic of China and Kenya.
The locals, Tunisia integrate group C along with Hungary (2017 champion, bronze at the Olympic Games Bs As 2018), Mexico and Senegal (both debut).
Group D includes Spain, Croatia (silver medalist at the 2028 Olympic Games in Buenos Aires), Uruguay and Bulgaria.
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Photos: COSCABAL / Germán Paez /Camilo Rotela (cover)
By Loly Coria
