Asian Handball Championship

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The Asian Handball Nations Championship is the official competition for senior men's national handball teams of Asia, and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the Asian champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the World Championship.

Contents 1 Men's tournaments 1.1 Summaries 1.2 Medal count 2 Women's tournaments 2.1 Summaries 2.2 Medal count 3 References

[edit] Men's tournaments

[edit] Summaries

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1977 Details	Kuwait City, Kuwait		Japan	24 - 14	South Korea		China	38 - 16	Kuwait
1979 Details	Nanjing, China		Japan	No playoffs	China		Kuwait	No playoffs	Palestine
1983 Details	Seoul, South Korea		South Korea	25 - 19	Japan		Kuwait	31 - 21	Bahrain
1987 Details	Amman, Jordan		South Korea	No playoffs	Japan		Kuwait	No playoffs	China
1989 Details	Beijing, China		South Korea	No playoffs	Japan		Kuwait	No playoffs	China
1991 Details	Hiroshima, Japan		South Korea	27 - 23	Japan		China	29 - 17	Qatar
1993 Details	Manama, Bahrain		South Korea	26 - 22	Kuwait		Japan		Saudi Arabia
1995 Details	Kuwait City, Kuwait		Kuwait	No playoffs	South Korea		Bahrain	No playoffs	Japan
2000 Details	Kumamoto, Japan		South Korea	No playoffs	China		Japan	No playoffs	Chinese Taipei
2002 Details	Isfahan, Iran		Kuwait	29 - 25	Qatar		Saudi Arabia	38 - 33	South Korea
2004 Details	Doha, Qatar		Kuwait	28 - 24	Japan		Qatar	27 - 26	Bahrain
2006 Details	Bangkok, Thailand		Kuwait	33 - 30	South Korea		Qatar	21 - 20	Iran
2008 Details	Isfahan, Iran		South Korea	27 - 21	Kuwait		Saudi Arabia	24 - 23	Iran

[edit] Medal count

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	7	3	0	10
2	Kuwait	4	2	4	10
3	Japan	2	5	2	9
4	China	0	2	2	4
5	Qatar	0	1	2	3
6	Saudi Arabia	0	0	2	2
7	Bahrain	0	0	1	1

[edit] Women's tournaments

[edit] Summaries

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1987 Details	Amman, Jordan		South Korea	34 - 24	China		Japan	26 - 9	Syria
1989 Details	Beijing, China		South Korea	No playoffs	China		Japan	No playoffs	Chinese Taipei
1991 Details	Hiroshima, Japan		South Korea	No playoffs	Japan		China	No playoffs	North Korea
1993 Details	Shantou, China		South Korea	43 - 26	China		North Korea	25 - 21	Japan
1995 Details	Seoul, South Korea		South Korea	No playoffs	China		Japan	No playoffs	Chinese Taipei
1997 Details	Amman, Jordan		South Korea	No playoffs	China		Japan	No playoffs	Uzbekistan
2000 Details	Kumamoto, Japan		South Korea	No playoffs	China		Japan	No playoffs	North Korea
2000 Details	Shanghai, China		South Korea	33 - 23	Japan		North Korea	24 - 18	China
2002 Details	Almaty, Kazakhstan		Kazakhstan	27 - 25	South Korea		China	29 - 23	Japan
2004 Details	Hiroshima, Japan		Japan	No playoffs	China		South Korea	No playoffs	Chinese Taipei
2006 Details	Guangzhou, China		South Korea	No playoffs	China		Japan	No playoffs	Kazakhstan

[edit] Medal count

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	9	1	1	11
2	Japan	1	2	6	9
3	Kazakhstan	1	0	0	1
4	China	0	8	2	10
5	North Korea	0	0	2	2

[edit] References

• Asian Handball Federation

International handball v • d • e
IHF | World  Championship (men) (women) | World Youth Championship (men) (women) | World  Junior Championship (men) (women) | Olympics | World Rankings | Player of the Year | Teams
Asia: AHF – Asian Handball Championship      Africa: CAHB – African Championship      Pan America: PATHF – American Championship      Oceania: OHF – Nations Cup      Europe: EHF – European Championship