2017 Asian Women's Handball Championship

The 2017 Asian Women's Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the Asian Women's Handball Championship, which took place from 13 to 22 March 2017 in Suwon, South Korea. The tournament was held under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. It was the second time that South Korea hosted the tournament, after the 1995 Championship. It also acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship.

2017 Asian Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country South Korea
Dates13–22 March 2017
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions South Korea (13th title)
Runner-up Japan
Third place China
Fourth place Kazakhstan
Tournament statistics
Matches20
Goals scored1095 (54.75 per match)
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Venues
Suwon
Suwon Gymnasium
Capacity: 5,145

Draw

The draw was held on 11 January 2017 at the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea.[1] Maldives withdrew from the championship after the draw. Vietnam was initially drawn in Group B but was shifted to Group A, to balance number of teams in each group.

Group A Group B
 South Korea  Japan
 China  Kazakhstan
 Iran  Uzbekistan
 Maldives  Hong Kong
 Vietnam

Referees

Three male and two female referee pairs were selected for the championship. Bahraini, Jordanian and Iranian pairs were male while the rest of two were female:

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+9).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea (H) 3 3 0 0 135 57 +78 6 Semifinals
2  China 3 2 0 1 97 61 +36 4
3  Vietnam 3 1 0 2 54 119 −65 2
4  Iran 3 0 0 3 61 110 −49 0
Source:
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.
(H) Host.
13 March 2017
14:15		 China  33–8  Iran Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
Zhang 6 (17–3) Bapiri 3
3× 3× Report 3× 3×
13 March 2017
16:30		 South Korea  48–11  Vietnam Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (JPN)
Shin 11 (22–7) Nguyễn 4
3× 1× Report  2×
15 March 2017
14:15		 Vietnam  10–40  China Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (JPN)
Trang 3 (5–18) Lan 7
2× Report 3×
15 March 2017
16:30		 Iran  22–44  South Korea Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Al-Mawt, Ali Marhoon (BHR)
four players 3 (9–23) Choi 7
3× 4× Report 3× 4×
17 March 2017
14:15		 Iran  31–33  Vietnam Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Al-Mawt, Ali Marhoon (BHR)
Yousefi 7 (11–14) Trang 13
3× 4× Report 3× 2×
17 March 2017
16:30		 South Korea  43–24  China Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (JPN)
Choi 9 (21–13) Qiao 6
1× 1× Report 4× 3×

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 0 104 37 +67 6 Semifinals
2  Kazakhstan 3 2 0 1 84 63 +21 4
3  Uzbekistan 3 1 0 2 67 93 −26 2
4  Hong Kong 3 0 0 3 39 101 −62 0
Source:
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.
14 March 2017
14:15		 Kazakhstan  35–22  Uzbekistan Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
Alexandrova 8 (14–13) Voronina 12
3× 5× Report 3× 4×
14 March 2017
16:30		 Japan  37–7  Hong Kong Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Al-Mawt, Ali Marhoon (BHR)
Kawata 7 (17–5) Lei 2
3× 1× Report 3× 4×
16 March 2017
14:15		 Hong Kong  13–35  Kazakhstan Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Tavakoli, Valadkhanian (IRI)
Wong 4 (7–15) five players 4
3× 5× Report 3× 1×
16 March 2017
16:30		 Uzbekistan  16–39  Japan Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
Voronina 7 (7–16) Kawata 10
3× 4× Report 3× 5×
18 March 2017
14:15		 Uzbekistan  29–19  Hong Kong Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
Abdulhamidova 12 (13–10) Lei 5
3× 8× Report 3× 3×
18 March 2017
16:30		 Japan  28–14  Kazakhstan Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
Kawata, Ohyama 4 (11–11) Rodina 4
4× 3× Report 3× 3×

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
20 March
 
 
 South Korea41
 
22 March
 
 Kazakhstan20
 
 South Korea30
 
20 March
 
 Japan20
 
 Japan27
 
 
 China26
 
Third place
 
 
22 March
 
 
 Kazakhstan26
 
 
 China34
5–8th place bracket
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
20 March
 
 
 Vietnam30
 
21 March
 
 Hong Kong24
 
 Vietnam29
 
20 March
 
 Uzbekistan41
 
 Uzbekistan29
 
 
 Iran28
 
Third place
 
 
21 March
 
 
 Hong Kong18
 
 
 Iran31

5–8th place semifinals
20 March 2017
12:00		 Vietnam  30–24  Hong Kong Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
Trang 8 (14–10) Lei 10
2× 3× Report 3× 6×
20 March 2017
14:15		 Uzbekistan  29–28  Iran Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
Voronina 10 (14–11) Bapiri 7
3× 3× Report 3× 4×

Semifinals
20 March 2017
16:30		 South Korea  41–20  Kazakhstan Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (JPN)
three players 7 (20–10) Tankina 4
2× Report 3× 3×
20 March 2017
18:45		 Japan  27–26  China Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Al-Mawt, Ali Marhoon (BHR)
Ohyama 8 (12–12) Meng 7
3× 5× Report 2× 5×

Seventh place game
21 March 2017
14:15		 Hong Kong  18–31  Iran Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (JPN)
Lai 4 (7–14) Bapiri 7
3× 3× Report 3× 1×

Fifth place game
21 March 2017
16:30		 Vietnam  29–41  Uzbekistan Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Tavakoli, Valadkhanian (IRI)
Trang 9 (13–17) Dilbaarhon 10
3× 5× Report 3× 7×

Third place game
22 March 2017
14:15		 Kazakhstan  26–34  China Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
Abilda 6 (12–16) Zhang 8
3× 2× Report 3× 3×

Final
22 March 2017
16:30		 South Korea  30–20  Japan Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon
Referees: Al-Mawt, Ali Marhoon (BHR)
Kim 7 (11–15) Nakayama 5
2× 2× Report 3× 3×

Final standing
RankTeam
 South Korea
 Japan
 China
4  Kazakhstan
5  Uzbekistan
6  Vietnam
7  Iran
8  Hong Kong
Team qualified for the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship

References
  1. Iran Drawn with S. Korea at Asian Women's Handball Championship
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