2002 Asian Women's Handball Championship

2002 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Kazakhstan
Dates	26–31 July 2002
Teams	7
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Kazakhstan (1st title)
Runner-up	South Korea
Third place	China
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches	14
Goals scored	743 (53.07 per match)
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The 2002 Asian Women's Handball Championship, the 9th Asian Championship, which was taking place from July 26 to July 31, 2002 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship.

Draw

* Withdrew

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	2	2	0	0	74	30	+44	4
China	2	1	0	1	61	44	+17	2
Turkmenistan	2	0	0	2	25	86	−61	0

26 July 2002 13:30	South Korea	32–17	China	Almaty
		(15–10)

27 July 2002 14:00	South Korea	42–13	Turkmenistan	Almaty
		(22–4)

28 July 2002 14:00	China	44–12	Turkmenistan	Almaty
		(18–5)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kazakhstan	3	3	0	0	91	61	+30	6
Japan	3	2	0	1	99	63	+36	4
Chinese Taipei	3	1	0	2	69	72	−3	2
Uzbekistan	3	0	0	3	62	125	−63	0

26 July 2002 15:30	Japan	22–17	Chinese Taipei	Almaty
		(13–8)

26 July 2002 18:30	Kazakhstan	35–22	Uzbekistan	Almaty
		(16–7)

27 July 2002 16:00	Japan	53–19	Uzbekistan	Almaty
		(23–12)

27 July 2002 18:00	Kazakhstan	29–15	Chinese Taipei	Almaty
		(15–6)

28 July 2002 16:00	Japan	24–27	Kazakhstan	Almaty
		(10–15)

28 July 2002 18:00	Chinese Taipei	37–21	Uzbekistan	Almaty
		(14–13)

Placement 5th/6th

30 July 2002 14:00	Turkmenistan	28–31	Chinese Taipei	Almaty
		(14–18)

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	30 July – Almaty
	South Korea	31
	Japan	22
					31 July – Almaty
					South Korea	25
					Kazakhstan	27
					Bronze medal match
	30 July – Almaty			31 July – Almaty
	Kazakhstan	25		Japan	23
	China	21			China	29

Semifinals

30 July 2002 16:00	South Korea	31–22	Japan	Almaty
		(14–9)

30 July 2002 18:00	Kazakhstan	25–21	China	Almaty
		(13–11)

Bronze medal match

31 July 2002 16:00	Japan	23–29	China	Almaty
		(10–15)

Gold medal match

31 July 2002 18:00	South Korea	25–27	Kazakhstan	Almaty
		(13–13)

Final standing

Rank	Team
01 !	Kazakhstan
02 !	South Korea
03 !	China
4	Japan
5	Chinese Taipei
6	Turkmenistan
7	Uzbekistan

External links

• Results
• www.handball.jp