2017 West Asian Women's Handball Championship

2017 West Asian Women's Handball Championship

Logo of 2nd West Asian Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Jordan
Dates	15 – 21 February 2018
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iran (1st title)
Runner-up	Jordan
Third place	Syria
Fourth place	Qatar (Defending Champion)
Tournament statistics
Matches	15
Goals scored	705 (47 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ones Ammari (LIB) (79 Goals)
Best player	Ones Ammari (LIB)
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‌The 2017 West Asian Women's Handball Championship was the second edition of the championship held under the aegis of the Asian Handball Federation. The championship was hosted by the Jordan Handball Federation at Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman (Jordan) from 15 to 21 February 2018.^[1]

The championship was previously awarded to Bahrain and scheduled to take place in December 2017 but due to unavoidable circumstances the championship was postponed and then awarded to the Jordan.

Participating teams

Country	Previous appearances in championship
Iran	0 (debut)
Iraq	1 (2016)
Jordan	1 (2016)
Lebanon	0 (debut)
Qatar	1 (2016)
Syria	0 (debut)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italics indicates host.

Referees

The following four referee pairs were selected for the championship.

Referees  Iran Ahmad Gheisarian Amir Gheisarian  Jordan Khaled Hamdan Mohammad Al-Ramadena

Referees  Oman Khamis Al-Wahibi Omer Al-Shahi  Saudi Arabia Hussain Al-Kuaibi Mohammed Malaekah

Round-robin

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	5	5	0	0	161	66	+95	10
Jordan	5	4	0	1	137	101	+36	8
Syria	5	3	0	2	113	107	+6	6
Qatar	5	1	1	3	120	131	−11	3
Lebanon	5	1	1	3	115	137	−22	3
Iraq	5	0	0	5	59	163	−104	0

15 February 2018 15:00	Iraq	8 – 43	Iran	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
	Mohammed 3	(3 – 22)	Bapiri 9
	2× 4×		3× 3×

15 February 2018 17:00	Jordan	34 – 23	Lebanon	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman Referees: Al-Kuaibi, Malaekah (KSA)
	Naser 9	(15 – 13)	Ammari 13
	5× 3×		5× 4×

15 February 2018 19:00	Qatar	24 – 27	Syria	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman Referees: Gheisarian, Gheisarian (IRI)
	Al-Khulaifi 6	(11 – 14)	Morad 12
	8× 4× 1×		4× 3×

16 February 2018 15:00	Iran	29 – 19	Lebanon	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
	Yuosefi 7	(16 – 8)	Ammari 16
	5× 3×		1× 3×

16 February 2018 17:00	Syria	19 – 27	Jordan	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman Referees: Gheisarian, Gheisarian (IRI)
	Soliman 5	(6 – 13)	Rawashdeh, Obiedat 5
	1× 2×		3×

16 February 2018 19:00	Qatar	33 – 4	Iraq	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman Referees: Hamdan, Al-Ramadena (JOR)
	Soliman, Khalfan 5	(13 – 2)	Mohammed 2
			6× 3×

18 February 2018 15:00	Syria	26 – 18	Lebanon	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman Referees: Gheisarian, Gheisarian (IRI)
	Ismael 8	(13 – 11)	Ammari 13
	6× 4×		7× 3×

18 February 2018 17:00	Iraq	14 – 29	Jordan	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman Referees: Al-Kuaibi, Malaekah (KSA)
	Mohammed 5	(8 – 13)	Obiedat 11
	5× 3×		2× 1×

18 February 2018 19:00	Iran	38 – 16	Qatar	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
	three players 7	(16 – 7)	Khalfan 4
	3× 3×		1× 2×

19 February 2018 15:00	Iraq	15 – 33	Syria	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman Referees: Hamdan, Al-Ramadena (JOR)
	Hameed 4	(6 – 21)	Hallom 8
	5× 3×		2× 1×

19 February 2018 17:00	Lebanon	30 – 30	Qatar	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman Referees: Gheisarian, Gheisarian (IRI)
	Ammari 21	(12 – 13)	Khalfan 11
	3× 2×		5× 3×

19 February 2018 19:00	Jordan	15 – 28	Iran	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
	Sanduqa 5	(9 – 16)	Fallahi 5
	3× 2×		3× 3×

21 February 2018 12:00	Iran	23 – 8	Syria	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman Referees: Al-Kuaibi, Malaekah (KSA)
	Bapiri 6	(8 – 4)	Al-Dalati, Soliman 2
	1× 3×		1× 2×

21 February 2018 14:00	Lebanon	25 – 18	Iraq	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman Referees: Gheisarian, Gheisarian (IRI)
	Ammari 16	(14 – 10)	Karim, Abdalla 5
	3× 2×		8× 3×

21 February 2018 16:00	Jordan	32 – 17	Qatar	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
	Naser 11	(12 – 10)	Khalfan 7
	2× 3×		3× 1×

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Iran (1st Title)
	Jordan
	Syria
4	Qatar
5	Lebanon
6	Iraq

Medal summary

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Iran Fatemehsadat Mousavi Sheida Fallahi Sheida Abolghasemi Samireh Ali Ramaei Maryam Yuosefi Fatemeh Khalili Behfar Shaghayegh Bapiri Mina Vatanparast Zeinab Bazrafkan Roya Noroozi Shima Zare Seyran Ahmadi Zahra Faghihi Elnaz Ghasemi Sanaz Rajabi Mozhgan Ghahremani Team Officials Kameli Fatemeh Shafeyan Nashmin Barzkar Masoumeh	Jordan Ayah Obiedat Nahed Rawashdeh Yasmeen Al-Zawahreh Roaa Naser Amal Obiedat Sondos Obiedat Hanadi Al-Ash Lubna Salameh Fallak Obiedat Mera Gammoh Leema Abeda Sara Al-Halabeih Dina Sanduqa Sham Al-Damen Aysheh Al-Majali Raneem Abdelhadi Rozana Al-Ash Faten Al-Hamaidaeh Team Officials Adnene Belhareth Muwafag Malkawi Wlla Al-Said Shadi Al-Sakran	Syria Madlean Khanem Khetam Ismael Nasrin Al-Dalati Shereen Al-Hazzam Ola Abo Ghazala Heba Ghadir Enas Al-Aisami Eman Morad Abeer Sallat Rouah Al-Asaad Riman Soliman Hanan Amaya Nadra Jajoul Nawar Hallom Najla Al-Sharki Alaa Al-Mhamid Team Officials Samer Abouebed Mahmood Sasila Arwa Al-Kasar

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Shots	%
1	Ones Ammari	Lebanon	79	113	69.9
2	Rouza Khalfan	Qatar	36	64	56.3
3	Shaghayegh Bapiri	Iran	31	35	88.6
	Roaa Naser	Jordan	31	53	58.5
5	Aya Soliman	Qatar	25	43	58.1
6	Amal Obiedat	Jordan	24	42	57.1
7	Sanaz Rajabi	Iran	23	34	67.6
8	Nehad Rawashdeh	Jordan	22	32	68.8
9	Sondos Obiedat	Jordan	20	37	54.1
10	Sheida Fallahi	Iran	19	28	67.9

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	Team	%	Saves	Shots
1	Seyran Ahmadi	Iran	65.4	34	52
2	Leema Abeda	Jordan	63.2	12	19
3	Fatemeh Khalili Behfar	Iran	50	26	52
4	Zeinab Bazrafkan	Iran	48.8	21	43
5	Ayah Obiedat	Jordan	45.7	64	140
6	Rouah Al-Asaad	Syria	35.4	17	48
7	Madlean Khanem	Syria	33.3	38	114
	Sham Al-Damen	Jordan		9	27
9	Sara Petkouska	Lebanon	31.4	38	121
10	Bashae Al-Kuwari	Qatar	25.9	14	54

References

External links

• Official Website