1998 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship

1998 Asian Junior Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Bahrain
Dates August 25 – September 8
Teams 10
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   Bahrain (1st title)
Runner-up   Saudi Arabia
Third place   Kuwait
Fourth place  China
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The 1998 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship (6th tournament) took place in Manama from 25 August–8 September. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 1999 Men's Junior World Handball Championship.

Contents

Draw

Group A Group B

 Qatar
 Bahrain
 China
 Oman
 United Arab Emirates

 Chinese Taipei
 Saudi Arabia
 South Korea
 Kuwait
 Japan

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Bahrain 4 4 0 0 107 98 +9 8
 China 4 3 0 1 124 101 +23 6
 Oman 4 2 0 2 112 117 −5 4
 United Arab Emirates 4 1 0 3 104 115 −11 2
 Qatar 4 0 0 4 102 118 −16 0
August 25 Oman  26 – 29  Bahrain Manama
August 25 United Arab Emirates  37 – 30  Qatar Manama
August 27 United Arab Emirates  19 – 33  China Manama
August 27 Qatar  24 – 25  Bahrain Manama
August 29 Qatar  26 – 27  Oman Manama
August 29 Bahrain  28 – 26  China Manama
August 31 China  29 – 22  Qatar Manama
August 31 Oman  27 – 26  United Arab Emirates Manama
September 2 Bahrain  25 – 22  United Arab Emirates Manama
September 2 China  36 – 32  Oman Manama

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Saudi Arabia 4 4 0 0 102 82 +20 8
 Kuwait 4 2 1 1 98 90 +8 5
 South Korea 4 2 0 2 108 111 −3 4
 Chinese Taipei 4 1 1 2 115 123 −8 3
 Japan 4 0 0 4 96 113 −17 0
August 26 Chinese Taipei  30 – 30  Kuwait Manama
August 26 Saudi Arabia  29 – 22  South Korea Manama
August 28 Japan  27 – 29  South Korea Manama
August 28 Chinese Taipei  22 – 28  Saudi Arabia Manama
August 30 Kuwait  17 – 20  Saudi Arabia Manama
August 30 Japan  28 – 35  Chinese Taipei Manama
September 1 South Korea  37 – 28  Chinese Taipei Manama
September 1 Kuwait  24 – 20  Japan Manama
September 3 Saudi Arabia  25 – 21  Japan Manama
September 3 South Korea  20 – 27  Kuwait Manama

Final round

  Semifinal Final
September 7 – Manama
  Bahrain  23  
  Kuwait  20  
 
September 8 – Manama
      Bahrain  24
    Saudi Arabia  17
Third place
September 7 – Manama September 8 – Manama
  Saudi Arabia  23   Kuwait  25
  China  18     China  20

Semifinals

September 7 Bahrain  23 – 20  Kuwait Manama
September 7 Saudi Arabia  23 – 18  China Manama

Bronze medal match

September 8 Kuwait  25 – 20  China Manama

Gold medal match

September 8 Bahrain  24 – 17  Saudi Arabia Manama

Final standing

Rank Team
 Bahrain
 Saudi Arabia
 Kuwait
4  China
5  South Korea
6  Oman
7  Chinese Taipei
8  United Arab Emirates
9  Qatar
10  Japan
Team qualified for the 1999 Junior World Championship

References

International handball
Asia
Africa
CAHB – African Championship (men) (women) – African Junior Championship (men) (women) – African Youth Championship (men) (women)
Pan America
Oceania
Europe
EHF – European Championship (men) (women) – European Junior Championship (men) (women) – European Youth Championship (men) (women) – European Beach Handball Championship
Asian Junior Handball Championship
Men

Damascus 1988 • Tehran 1990 • Beijing 1992 • Hama 1994 • Dubai 1996 • Manama 1998 • Mashhad 2000 • Bangkok 2002 • Hyderabad 2004 • Hiroshima 2006 • Amman 2008 • Tehran 2010
Women

Hefei 1990 • Beijing 1992 • Seoul 1995 • Chengdu 1996 • Osaka 1998 • Dhaka 2000 • Amman 2002 • Bangkok 2004 • Almaty 2007 • Bangkok 2009 • Almaty 2011