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

Group A Group B

 South Korea
 China
 North Korea *
 Turkmenistan

 Japan
 Kazakhstan
 Chinese Taipei
 Uzbekistan

* 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
1st, gold medalist(s)  Kazakhstan
2nd, silver medalist(s)  South Korea
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  China
4  Japan
5  Chinese Taipei
6  Turkmenistan
7  Uzbekistan
Team qualified for the 2003 World Championship
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