Handball at the 1998 Asian Games

The Handball events at the 1998 Asian Games were held in Bangkok, Thailand between December 7 and December 16, 1998.

Contents

Men

Main round

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Kuwait 5 3 2 1 0 104 54 +50
 Japan 5 3 2 1 0 103 54 +49
 United Arab Emirates 4 3 2 0 2 79 69 +10
 Thailand 2 3 1 0 3 48 157 -109

December 7

Kuwait  21 – 20  United Arab Emirates
Japan  54 – 15  Thailand

December 9

Kuwait  20 – 20  Japan
United Arab Emirates  40 – 19  Thailand

December 11

Japan  29 – 19  United Arab Emirates
Kuwait  63 – 14  Thailand

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 South Korea 6 3 3 0 0 105 74 +31
 Iran 4 3 2 0 1 77 86 -9
 China 2 3 1 0 2 78 83 -5
 Qatar 0 3 0 0 3 75 92 -17

December 8

South Korea  32 – 25  China
Iran  27 – 25  Qatar

December 10

South Korea  40 – 26  Iran
China  32 – 27  Qatar

December 12

South Korea  33 – 23  Qatar
China  21 – 24  Iran

Classification matches

7th place match - December 13

Thailand  15 – 37  Qatar

5th place match - December 13

United Arab Emirates  29 – 23  China

Medal round

  Semi-finals Final
December 14
  Kuwait  32  
  Iran  26  
 
December 16
      Kuwait  18
    South Korea  29
Bronze-final
December 14 December 16
  South Korea  35   Iran  23
  Japan  27     Japan  28

Women

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 South Korea 10 5 5 0 0 184 93 +91
 North Korea 8 5 4 0 1 158 126 +32
 Japan 5 5 2 1 2 137 103 +34
 China 5 5 2 1 2 140 126 +14
 Kazakhstan 2 5 1 0 4 133 133 0
 Thailand 0 5 0 0 5 53 224 -171

December 9

South Korea  37 – 19  Kazakhstan
Japan  20 – 26  North Korea
China  44 – 11  Thailand

December 10

North Korea  30 – 28  Kazakhstan
South Korea  52 – 13  Thailand
China  22 – 22  Japan

December 11

Japan  46 – 6  Thailand
China  29 – 26  Kazakhstan
South Korea  37 – 22  North Korea

December 12

North Korea  36 – 29  China
South Korea  27 – 23  Japan
Kazakhstan  38 – 11  Thailand

December 14

Thailand  12 – 44  North Korea
Japan  26 – 22  Kazakhstan
China  16 – 31  South Korea

References