Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship

The Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship is the official competition organised by Asian Handball Federation for junior men's national handball teams of Asia, and takes place every two years.[1][2]

AHF Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2022 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship
SportHandball
FounderAsian Handball Federation
First season1988
ConfederationAsia
Most recent
champion(s)
 Japan (1st title)
Most titles Kuwait
 Qatar (5 titles each)
Related
competitions
Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship

In addition to crowning the Asian champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the IHF Men's Junior World Championship.[3]

Summary edit

Year Host Final Third place match
Champion Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1988
Details
 
Damascus
 
South Korea
 
Kuwait
 
Syria
 
Chinese Taipei
1990
Details
 
Tehran
 
China
 
South Korea
 
Syria
 
Japan
1992
Details
 
Beijing
 
South Korea
 
Kuwait
 
Japan
 
Chinese Taipei
1994
Details
 
Hama
 
Qatar
 
Bahrain
 
Saudi Arabia
 
South Korea
1996
Details
 
Dubai
 
United Arab Emirates
No playoffs  
Saudi Arabia
 
Qatar
No playoffs  
South Korea
1998
Details
 
Manama
 
Bahrain
24–17  
Saudi Arabia
 
Kuwait
25–20  
China
2000
Details
 
Mashhad
 
Kuwait
25–22  
Qatar
 
South Korea
 
Bahrain
2002
Details
 
Bangkok
 
Kuwait
23–21  
Qatar
 
South Korea
48–40  
United Arab Emirates
2004
Details
 
Hyderabad
 
Kuwait
26–24  
South Korea
 
Iran
24–19  
Japan
2006
Details
 
Hiroshima
 
Kuwait
34–28  
South Korea
 
Saudi Arabia
40–26  
China
2008
Details
 
Amman
 
Kuwait
31–30  
Iran
 
Qatar
42–38  
South Korea
2010
Details
 
Tehran
 
Qatar
32–27  
South Korea
 
Iran
37–34  
United Arab Emirates
2012
Details
 
Doha
 
Qatar
25–22  
South Korea
 
Kuwait
30–28 OT  
Saudi Arabia
2014
Details
 
Tabriz
 
Qatar
29–28 OT  
South Korea
 
Japan
33–32  
Iran
2016
Details
 
Amman
 
Qatar
23–16  
Saudi Arabia
 
South Korea
33–29  
Japan
2018
Details
 
Salalah
 
South Korea
27–25 OT  
Japan
 
Bahrain
29–28  
Saudi Arabia
2022
Details
 
Isa Town
 
Japan
24–20  
Bahrain
 
Kuwait
27–21  
Saudi Arabia

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Kuwait52310
2  Qatar5229
3  South Korea36312
4  Bahrain1214
5  Japan1124
6  China1001
  United Arab Emirates1001
8  Saudi Arabia0325
9  Iran0123
10  Syria0022
Totals (10 entries)17171751

Participating nations edit

Nation  
1988
 
1990
 
1992
 
1994
 
1996
 
1998
 
2000
 
2002
 
2004
 
2006
 
2008
 
2010
 
2012
 
2014
 
2016
 
2018
 
2022
Years
  Bahrain 2nd 5th 1st 4th 7th 6th 7th 9th 6th 3rd 2nd 11
  Bangladesh 11th 1
  China 1st 5th 9th 9th 4th 8th 7th 9th 4th 9th 9th 9th 12
  Chinese Taipei 4th 6th 4th 7th 6th 6th 8th 9th 9th 10th 10
  Hong Kong 11th 11th 11th 3
  India 8th 10th 10th 8th 12th 11th 11th 8th 8
  Iran 9th 5th 8th 5th 3rd 6th 2nd 3rd 6th 4th 7th 5th 6th 13
  Iraq 13th 10th 8th 5th 6th 5
  Japan 7th 4th 3rd 5th 6th 10th 7th 5th 4th 5th 8th 5th 5th 3rd 4th 2nd 1st 17
  Jordan 5th 8th 2
  Kuwait 2nd 2nd 8th 10th 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 6th 3rd 13
  Lebanon 13th 12th 2
  Macau 11th 10th 14th 3
  Oman 7th 6th 9th 6th 11th 8th 6
  Pakistan 7th 1
  Palestine 8th 12th 2
  Qatar 5th 7th 6th 1st 3rd 9th 2nd 2nd 5th 7th 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 7th 16
  Saudi Arabia 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 6th 4th 5th 2nd 4th 4th 10
  South Korea 1st 2nd 1st 4th 4th 5th 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 4th 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 5th 17
  Syria 3rd 3rd 7th 7th 7th 13th 6
  Thailand 8th 1
  United Arab Emirates 6th 6th 1st 8th 4th 7th 10th 4th 8th 9
  Uzbekistan 12th 10th 10th 3
  Yemen 14th 1
Total 9 8 6 9 10 10 11 8 11 11 13 7 14 11 12 14 8

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Asian Men's Junior Championship History". Asian Handball Federation. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Asian Junior Championship 2014 (Iran): Qatar going for a "hat-trick"". handball-planet.com. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Iran hosts Asian Junior Handball Championship". Xinhua News Agency. 3 August 2014. Archived from the original on August 7, 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2015.

External links edit