2018 Asian Men's Handball Championship

2018 Asian Championship
Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
Dates	18–28 January
Teams	14
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Qatar (3rd title)
Runner-up	Bahrain
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches	45
Goals scored	2428 (53.96 per match)
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The 2018 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the 18th edition of the championship held under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. The championship was hosted at Suwon, South Korea from 18 to 28 January 2018. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship. For the first time, Australia, New Zealand and Bangladesh participated.^[1]^[2]

Qatar won their third title after defeating Bahrain 33–31 in the final.^[3]^[4]

Venues

Suwon
	Suwon Gymnasium Capacity: 5,145	Seo-Suwon Chilbo Gymnasium Capacity: 4,411

Draw

The draw took place on 13 September 2017 at 11:00.

Iraq withdrew on 4 January 2018 due to unavoidable circumstances. Iraq's withdrawal left only two teams in Group A, therefore Uzbekistan was moved from Group B to Group A to balance the number of teams in each group.

Referees

The following ten referee pairs were selected.

Referees
Bahrain	Hussain Al-Mawt Samir Marhoon
China	Cheng Yufeng Zhou Yunlei
Germany	Robert Schulze Tobias Tönnies
Iran	Alireza Mousavian Majid Kolahduzan
Iraq	Fadhil Imran Khalid Hussein

Referees
Japan	Kiyoshi Hizaki Tomokazu Ikebuchi
Jordan	Akram Al-Zayat Yasser Awad
Montenegro	Ivan Pavićević Miloš Ražnatović
South Korea	Koo Bo-nok Lee Se-ok
South Korea	Lee Gae-ul Lee Eun-ha

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+9).^[5]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	2	2	0	74	50	+24	4	Main round
2	Japan	2	1	1	70	64	+6	2	Main round
3	Uzbekistan	2	0	2	45	75	−30	0

Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

18 January 2018 19:00	Uzbekistan	27–38	Japan	Seo-Suwon Chilbo Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
	Khusanbaev 14	(12–19)	Baig 8
	4× 3×	Report	3× 2×

19 January 2018 15:00	Iran	37–18	Uzbekistan	Seo-Suwon Chilbo Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Imran, Hussein (IRQ)
	Norouzinejad 6	(19–12)	Khusanbaev 6
	1× 3×	Report	1× 2×

20 January 2018 17:00	Japan	32–37	Iran	Seo-Suwon Chilbo Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Tokuda 10	(14–19)	Masaeli 8
	3× 2×	Report	4× 3×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bahrain	2	2	0	63	33	+30	4	Main round
2	Oman	2	1	1	56	49	+7	2	Main round
3	Australia	2	0	2	29	66	−37	0

Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

18 January 2018 19:00	Australia	10–33	Bahrain	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Schulze, Tönnier (GER)
	Anderson 3	(6–12)	Fadhul 8
	2× 2×	Report	2× 3×

19 January 2018 17:00	Oman	33–19	Australia	Seo-Suwon Chilbo Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Al-Dughaishi 7	(16–8)	Bastin 6
	7× 4× 1×	Report	5× 3× 1×

20 January 2018 15:00	Bahrain	30–23	Oman	Seo-Suwon Chilbo Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	M. Abdulqader 7	(19–8)	A. Al-Hasanj 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	102	63	+39	6	Main round
2	United Arab Emirates	3	2	1	97	59	+38	4	Main round
3	India	3	1	2	87	87	0	2
4	Bangladesh	3	0	3	46	123	−77	0

Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

18 January 2018 15:00	Bangladesh	20–46	South Korea	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Imran, Hussein (IRQ)
	three players 4	(8–21)	Sim 8
	4× 2×	Report

18 January 2018 17:00	India	23–41	United Arab Emirates	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Mawt, Marhoon (BHR)
	Harender 6	(10–20)	S. Al-Blooshi 6
	3× 2×	Report	4× 3×

19 January 2018 17:00	India	23–35	South Korea	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	A. Khatkar 5	(11–21)	Jang 6
	3× 2×	Report	1×

19 January 2018 19:00	Bangladesh	15–36	United Arab Emirates	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Zayat, Awad (JOR)
	Chowdhury 5	(8–17)	W. Al-Blooshi 7
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3× 1×

20 January 2018 15:00	United Arab Emirates	20–21	South Korea	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Mousavian, Kolahduzan (IRI)
	A. Al-Blooshi 6	(9–8)	Jo, Yoon 5
	4× 3×	Report	5× 2×

20 January 2018 19:00	Bangladesh	11–41	India	Seo-Suwon Chilbo Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
	Chowdhury 4	(2–19)	D'Cunha 8
	4× 3×	Report	2× 3×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar	3	3	0	122	53	+69	6	Main round
2	Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	92	66	+26	4	Main round
3	China	3	1	2	74	78	−4	2
4	New Zealand	3	0	3	40	131	−91	0

Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

18 January 2018 15:00	China	24–30	Saudi Arabia	Seo-Suwon Chilbo Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lee, Koo (KOR)
	Zhao 4	(11–13)	Hassan 6
	5× 3×	Report	3× 1×

18 January 2018 17:00	New Zealand	14–58	Qatar	Seo-Suwon Chilbo Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Fitzpatrick 4	(11–27)	Madadi, Zouaoui 11
	2×	Report	1×

19 January 2018 15:00	China	19–34	Qatar	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Attendance: 300 Referees: Mousavian, Kolahduzan (IRI)
	Zhao 5	(8–16)	F. Marzo 7
	3× 3× 1×	Report	6× 3×

19 January 2018 19:00	New Zealand	12–42	Saudi Arabia	Seo-Suwon Chilbo Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Fitzpatrick 4	(6–20)	Al-Abbas 11
	2× 2×	Report	2× 1×

20 January 2018 17:00	New Zealand	14–31	China	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Zayat, Awad (JOR)
	Lang 5	(7–16)	Wang 5
	4× 3×	Report	2× 3×

20 January 2018 19:00	Saudi Arabia	20–30	Qatar	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Al-Obaidi 3	(10–21)	Zouaoui 8
	5× 2×	Report	5× 3×

Classement round

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Uzbekistan	2	2	0	62	46	+16	4
2	India	2	1	1	65	53	+12	2
3	New Zealand	2	0	2	43	71	−28	0

Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

22 January 2018 15:00	New Zealand	19–33	Uzbekistan	Seo-Suwon Chilbo Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Zayat, Awad (JOR)
	Lang 5	(8–13)	Khusanbaev 8
	4× 3× 1×	Report	6× 3× 1×

23 January 2018 15:00	India	38–24	New Zealand	Seo-Suwon Chilbo Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	Ankit, Singh 6	(17–10)	Lang 7
	3× 1×	Report	2× 2×

24 January 2018 15:00	Uzbekistan	29–27	India	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
	Khusanbaev 13	(12–16)	Singh, Singh 6
	2× 3×	Report	6× 2×

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	China	2	2	0	61	26	+35	4
2	Australia	2	1	1	51	48	+3	2
3	Bangladesh	2	0	2	32	70	−38	0

Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

22 January 2018 17:00	Bangladesh	22–35	Australia	Seo-Suwon Chilbo Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	Emon 5	(15–16)	Anderson 7
	4× 2× 1×	Report	8× 2×

23 January 2018 17:00	China	35–10	Bangladesh	Seo-Suwon Chilbo Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
	three players 5	(19–6)	Hasan, Rana 3
	1× 2×	Report	3× 1× 1×

24 January 2018 15:00	Australia	16–26	China	Seo-Suwon Chilbo Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Mousavian, Kolahduzan (IRI)
	Warrener 4	(8–14)	Wang 11
	6× 3×	Report	4× 2×

Placement matches

13th place game

26 January 2018 11:00	New Zealand	24–31	Bangladesh	Seo-Suwon Chilbo Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	Lang 9	(10–16)	Hasan 7
	2× 3×	Report	6× 2×

Eleventh place game

26 January 2018 13:00	India	24–27	Australia	Seo-Suwon Chilbo Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Imran, Hussein (IRQ)
	Bidhuri, Singh 4	(12–10)	Szklarski 10
	3× 3×	Report	6× 3×

Ninth place game

26 January 2018 15:00	Uzbekistan	21–32	China	Seo-Suwon Chilbo Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
	Takhirov 6	(8–19)	Jialei, Wang 8
	2× 1×	Report	4× 3×

Main round

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	3	3	0	78	66	+12	6	Semifinals
2	South Korea	3	2	1	80	78	+2	4	Semifinals
3	Iran	3	1	2	88	79	+9	2
4	Oman	3	0	3	72	95	−23	0

Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

22 January 2018 15:00	Saudi Arabia	26–23	Iran	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Al-Abdulali 6	(12–11)	Kazemi 7
	5× 2×	Report	9× 1× 1×

22 January 2018 17:00	South Korea	29–27	Oman	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Mawt, Marhoon (BHR)
	Jeong Y. 8	(12–13)	Al-Hasani 11
	6× 1×	Report	6× 3×

23 January 2018 15:00	Oman	20–26	Saudi Arabia	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Al-Dughaishi 7	(10–13)	Al-Obaidi 4
	4× 3× 1×	Report	2× 2×

23 January 2018 19:00	Iran	25–28	South Korea	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	S. Esteki 7	(10–16)	Yoon 7
	7× 3×	Report	10× 2×

24 January 2018 17:00	Saudi Arabia	26–23	South Korea	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Mawt, Marhoon (BHR)
	Hassan 5	(11–12)	Eom 5
	8× 3× 1×	Report	5× 2×

24 January 2018 17:00	Iran	40–25	Oman	Seo-Suwon Chilbo Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Masaeli, Nosrati 7	(22–12)	Al-Dughaishi, Al-Hasani 8
	3× 2×	Report	5× 1×

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar	3	3	0	103	64	+39	6	Semifinals
2	Bahrain	3	2	1	78	72	+6	4	Semifinals
3	Japan	3	1	2	71	89	−18	2
4	United Arab Emirates	3	0	3	62	89	−27	0

Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

22 January 2018 19:00	Qatar	40–23	Japan	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Marzo, Romane 5	(19–9)	five players 3
	3× 1×	Report	2× 3×

22 January 2018 19:00	United Arab Emirates	22–28	Bahrain	Seo-Suwon Chilbo Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Al-Blooshi, Al-Blooshi 5	(11–13)	Abdulqader 6
	7× 2× 1×	Report	7× 3× 1×

23 January 2018 17:00	Bahrain	21–29	Qatar	Seo-Suwon Chilbo Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Fadhul, Habib 5	(11–13)	Marzo 7
	4× 3×	Report	3× 3×

23 January 2018 19:00	Japan	27–20	United Arab Emirates	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Imran, Hussein (IRQ)
	Shida 6	(14–9)	Al-Blooshi 4
	3× 2×	Report	4× 1×

24 January 2018 19:00	Japan	21–29	Bahrain	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Agarie, Watanabe 6	(13–13)	Saad 9
	2× 3×	Report	6× 2×

24 January 2018 19:00	Qatar	34–20	United Arab Emirates	Seo-Suwon Chilbo Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Romane 9	(18–11)	Al-Blooshi 5
	2× 1× 1×	Report	3× 2×

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

26 January 2017

Saudi Arabia	22
		28 January 2017
Bahrain	24
		Bahrain	31
26 January 2017
		Qatar	33
Qatar	32

South Korea	21
		Third place

		28 January 2017

		Saudi Arabia	21

		South Korea	29

Semifinals

26 January 2018 17:00	Qatar	32–21	South Korea	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Marzo 8	(14–8)	Eom 6
	5× 3×	Report	5× 2×

26 January 2018 19:00	Saudi Arabia	22–24	Bahrain	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Al-Hannabi 8	(11–11)	M. Abdulqader 4
	4× 3×	Report	8× 2× 2×

Seventh place game

26 January 2018 17:00	Oman	24–28	United Arab Emirates	Seo-Suwon Chilbo Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Mawt, Marhoon (BHR)
	Al-Hasani 8	(12–14)	Al-Bannai 8
	5× 3×	Report	4× 3×

Fifth place game

26 January 2018 15:00	Iran	33–28	Japan	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Heidarpour 8	(15–15)	Motoki 6
	4× 3×	Report	4× 2×

Third place game

28 January 2018 14:30	South Korea	29–21	Saudi Arabia	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Yoon 9	(16–6)	Hassan, Al-Hannabi 4
	4× 3×	Report	5× 3×

Final

28 January 2018 17:00	Qatar	33–31	Bahrain	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	F. Marzo, Roiné 8	(16–17)	Fadhul 7
	4× 2×	Report	3× 3×

Final standing

	Team qualified for the 2019 World Championship

	Team qualified for the 2019 World Championship as a wild-card.

Rank	Team
	Qatar
	Bahrain
	South Korea
4	Saudi Arabia
5	Iran
6	Japan
7	United Arab Emirates
8	Oman
9	China
10	Uzbekistan
11	Australia
12	India
13	Bangladesh
14	New Zealand

References

↑ "Korea 2018 groups drawn for 18th AHF Asian Men's Championship". ihf.info. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
↑ Draw results
↑ "Qatar beat Bahrain to win Asian Men's Handball Championship". thepeninsulaqatar.com. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
↑ "Qatar are Kings of Asia again". ihf.info. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
↑ Match schedule

External links

AHF website

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[1] "Korea 2018 groups drawn for 18th AHF Asian Men's Championship". ihf.info. Retrieved 11 October 2017.

[2] Draw results

[3] "Qatar beat Bahrain to win Asian Men's Handball Championship". thepeninsulaqatar.com. Retrieved 28 January 2018.

[4] "Qatar are Kings of Asia again". ihf.info. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

[5] Match schedule

Asian Handball Championship
Men	Kuwait City 1977 Nanjing 1979 Seoul 1983 Amman 1987 Beijing 1989 Hiroshima 1991 Manama 1993 Kuwait City 1995 Kumamoto 2000 Isfahan 2002 Doha 2004 Bangkok 2006 Isfahan 2008 Beirut 2010 Jeddah 2012 Manama 2014 Manama 2016 Suwon 2018
Women	Amman 1987 Beijing 1989 Hiroshima 1991 Shantou 1993 Seoul 1995 Amman 1997 Kumamoto 1999 Shanghai 2000 Almaty 2002 Hiroshima 2004 Guangzhou 2006 Bangkok 2008 Almaty 2010 Yogyakarta 2012 Jakarta 2015 Suwon 2017 Kumamoto 2018

2019 World Men's Handball Championship qualification
Africa	2018 African Men's Handball Championship
Asia	2018 Asian Men's Handball Championship
America	2018 Pan American Men's Handball Championship
Europe	2018 European Men's Handball Championship European qualification