2018 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship

The 2018 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship will be the 16th edition of the championship scheduled to be held from 16 to 26 July 2018 at Salalah, Oman under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation.[1] It will be the first time in history that championship will be organised in Oman by the Oman Handball Association. It also acts as the qualification tournament for the 2019 Men's Junior World Handball Championship. [2] Top three teams from the championship will directly qualify for the Junior World Championship to be held in Spain.[3]

2018 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Oman
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates16–26 July
Teams14 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions South Korea (3rd title)
Runner-up Japan
Third place Bahrain
Fourth place Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played51
Goals scored2,988 (58.59 per match)
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Draw edit

The draw was held on Friday, 13 April 2018 at 17:30 (UTC+04:00) in the City Seasons Hotel, Muscat, Oman.[4][5]

Seeding edit

Teams were seeded according to the AHF COC regulations and rankings of the previous edition of the championship. Teams who had not participate in the previous edition were in Pot 4.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  Qatar
  Saudi Arabia
  South Korea
  Oman
  Japan
  Iraq
  Bahrain
  Iran
  China
  Uzbekistan
  India
  Palestine
  Syria
  Chinese Taipei
  Yemen
  Lebanon

Palestine and Uzbekistan were drawn in Group B and Group C respectively. They withdrew from the tournament after the draw due to unavoidable internal circumstances.

Preliminary round edit

All times are local (UTC+4).

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   South Korea 3 3 0 0 104 81 +23 6 Main round
2   Japan 3 2 0 1 79 54 +25 4
3   China 3 1 0 2 75 72 +3 2 9–14th placement
4   Lebanon 3 0 0 3 61 112 −51 0
Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
16 July 2018
13:00
Lebanon   31–45   South Korea Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Al-Dossary, Al-Marri (KSA)
Mansour 16 (15–23) Shin J. 8
 7×  1×    4× 
16 July 2018
16:30
China   15–22   Japan Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Huang 4 (8–8) Klampt, Takano 4
  4×    5× 

17 July 2018
17:00
South Korea   32–27   China Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
Kang, Kim R. 7 (16–14) Jin 7
  1×    3× 
17 July 2018
18:45
Japan   34–12   Lebanon Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
Nishi 10 (20–6) Chahine, Mansour 4
  2×    4× 

18 July 2018
13:30
Lebanon   18–33   China Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Al-Wahibir, Al-Shahi (OMA)
Mansour 6 (6–16) Huang 8
  3×    7× 
18 July 2018
17:00
Japan   23–27   South Korea Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
Tokuda 8 (8–14) Shin J. 9
  3×    2× 

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Qatar 2 2 0 0 62 47 +15 4 Main round
2   Iraq 2 1 0 1 66 48 +18 2
3   Syria 2 0 0 2 48 81 −33 0 9–14th placement
Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
16 July 2018
14:45
Syria   26–36   Qatar Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
Al-Azem 7 (9–21) Al-Kharusi 5
  2×    6× 

17 July 2018
10:00
Iraq   45–22   Syria Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Tavakoli, Valadkhanian (IRI)
Al-Bufaradi 9 (24–13) Al-Bashouri 6
  9×    5×  1× 

18 July 2018
11:45
Iraq   21–26   Qatar Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
Al-Mashhadani 6 (9–11) Al-Mughanni, Gačević 4
  1×    3× 

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Bahrain 2 2 0 0 60 44 +16 4 Main round
2   Saudi Arabia 2 1 0 1 62 52 +10 2
3   Chinese Taipei 2 0 0 2 53 79 −26 0 9–14th placement
Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
16 July 2018
11:15
Chinese Taipei   30–41   Saudi Arabia Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
Chen 6 (16–20) Al-Mesallem 9
  1×    5× 

17 July 2018
11:45
Bahrain   38–23   Chinese Taipei Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Ah. Ali 10 (18–14) Jou 6
  3×    6× 

18 July 2018
15:15
Bahrain   22–21   Saudi Arabia Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Ah. Ali 9 (10–10) Al-Mesallem 7
  2×    3× 

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Iran 3 3 0 0 123 53 +70 6 Main round
2   Oman (H) 3 2 0 1 91 91 0 4
3   India 3 1 0 2 91 110 −19 2 9–14th placement
4   Yemen 3 0 0 3 71 122 −51 0
Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts
16 July 2018
09:30
India   17–48   Iran Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Usui, Kawai (JPN)
Ankit 5 (8–23) Taheri 7
  4×    3× 
16 July 2018
19:00
Yemen   28–36   Oman Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Ke, Li (CHN)
Rezq 11 (15–21) Al-Hasani 8
 6×  1×    3× 

17 July 2018
13:30
Oman   38–37   India Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Al-Dossary, Al-Marri (KSA)
Al-Hasani 14 (17–21) Sunny 10
  6×    3× 
17 July 2018
15:15
Iran   49–19   Yemen Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Usui, Kawai (JPN)
Falavarjani, Yahyaye 7 (29–6) Derhem, Othman 6
  6×    8×  1× 

18 July 2018
10:00
Yemen   24–37   India Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Ke, Li (CHN)
Othman 10 (13–19) Ankit 9
  3×    2× 
18 July 2018
18:45
Iran   26–17   Oman Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
Behnamnia 6 (10–11) Al-Maashari 6
  6×    4×  1×  1× 

9–14th placement matches edit

Group III edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9   China 5 5 0 0 188 124 +64 10
10   Chinese Taipei 5 4 0 1 214 161 +53 8
11   India 5 3 0 2 186 192 −6 6
12   Lebanon 5 2 0 3 165 178 −13 4
13   Syria 5 1 0 4 152 179 −27 2
14   Yemen 5 0 0 5 150 221 −71 0
Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
20 July 2018
09:00
Chinese Taipei   41–38   India Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Hung 12 (23–16) Naveen 9
  6×    2× 
20 July 2018
10:45
Syria   25–40   Lebanon Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Al-Bashouri 8 (11–23) Mansour 13
  4×  1×    6× 
20 July 2018
12:30
China   47–26   Yemen Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Jin 8 (23–14) Othman 11
  4×    3×  2× 

21 July 2018
09:00
Syria   30–45   Chinese Taipei Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
Al-Masri 7 (10–19) Li 7
  7×  1×    4× 
21 July 2018
10:45
Lebanon   13–30   China Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
Assaad, Kobeissi 3 (6–13) Jin 6
  4×    1× 
21 July 2018
12:30
India   36–32   Yemen Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Tavakoli, Valadkhanian
Naveen 9 (20–12) Othman 7
  5×    7× 

22 July 2018
09:00
China   50–31   India Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Huang 11 (27–18) Sunny 7
  4×    2× 
22 July 2018
10:45
Yemen   25–36   Syria Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Othman, Rezq 5 (14–21) Al-Bashouri 7
  3×    5× 
22 July 2018
12:30
Chinese Taipei   41–35   Lebanon Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Chang 9 (24–18) Mansour 15
  4×    2×  1× 

24 July 2018
09:00
Lebanon   44–39   Yemen Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
(22–16)
  2×    1× 
24 July 2018
10:45
Chinese Taipei   29–30   China Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
(12–16)
  5×    4× 
24 July 2018
12:30
India   38–36   Syria Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
(20–22)
  3×    2× 

25 July 2018
10:45
Yemen   28–58   Chinese Taipei Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Rezq 10 (12–30) Jou 8
  5×    1× 
26 July 2018
12:45
India   43–33   Lebanon Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Ke, Li (CHN)
Ankit, Sunny 10 (20–14) Al-Oukaibe 7
  4×    3× 
26 July 2018
14:30
China   31–25   Syria Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Tavakoli, Valadkhanian (IRI)
Li 8 (16–12) Al-Azem 7
  6×    4× 

Main round edit

Group I edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   South Korea 3 3 0 0 103 69 +34 6 Semifinals
2   Bahrain 3 2 0 1 84 72 +12 4
3   Iraq 3 1 0 2 80 87 −7 2 5th place game
4   Oman (H) 3 0 0 3 62 101 −39 0 7th place game
Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts
20 July 2018
18:10
Iraq   22–29   Bahrain Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
Al-Sahlani 6 (9–15) H. Ali 6
  8×    4× 
20 July 2018
19:55
South Korea   37–20   Oman Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Tavakoli, Valadkhanian (IRI)
Lee 6 (20–8) Al-Araimi 6
  1×    11×  2× 

21 July 2018
18:00
Iraq   34–24   Oman Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
(12–15)
  6×    1× 
21 July 2018
20:10
South Korea   32–25   Bahrain Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
Kang 9 (14–11) Ab. Ali, Al-Maqabi 6
  4×    4× 

22 July 2018
17:45
Oman   18–30   Bahrain Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
Al-Maashari 6 (8–14) three players 5
  4×    6× 
22 July 2018
19:30
Iraq   24–34   South Korea Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
Sabeeh 4 (12–16) Kim R. 8
  5×   

Group II edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Japan 3 2 1 0 68 59 +9 5 Semifinals
2   Saudi Arabia 3 2 0 1 72 67 +5 4
3   Iran 3 0 2 1 69 75 −6 2 5th place game
4   Qatar 3 0 1 2 60 68 −8 1 7th place game
Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
20 July 2018
14:25
Qatar   17–19   Saudi Arabia Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Gačević, Mohammad 4 (8–10) Al-Mesallem 7
  5×    3× 
20 July 2018
16:25
Japan   19–19   Iran Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
Sakurai, Tokuda 5 (9–5) Behnamnia 6
  5×    5× 

21 July 2018
14:30
Qatar   26–26   Iran Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Gačević 8 (11–11) Taheri 6
  4×  1×    2× 
21 July 2018
16:15
Japan   26–23   Saudi Arabia Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Takano 8 (16–9) Al-Sadah 6
  1×    3× 

22 July 2018
14:15
Iran   24–30   Saudi Arabia Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Behnamnia 5 (12–15) Al-Madan 11
  2×    2× 
22 July 2018
16:00
Qatar   17–23   Japan Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
Mohamed 6 (10–12) Kawasaki, Tokuda 4
  2×    3× 

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
24 July
 
 
  South Korea24
 
26 July
 
  Saudi Arabia19
 
  South Korea (OT)27
 
24 July
 
  Japan25
 
  Japan20
 
 
  Bahrain17
 
Third place
 
 
26 July
 
 
  Saudi Arabia28
 
 
  Bahrain29

Seventh place game edit

24 July 2018
14:15
Oman   23–25   Qatar Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Tavakoli, Valadkhanian (IRI)
(9–10)
  1×    3× 

FT: 20–20 Pen: 3–5

Fifth place game edit

24 July 2018
16:00
Iran   29–23   Iraq Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
(14–12)
  2×    2× 

Semifinals edit

24 July 2018
17:45
South Korea   24–19   Saudi Arabia Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Kim R. 8 (9–12) Al-Madan 6
  4×    5× 
24 July 2018
19:30
Japan   20–17   Bahrain Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
Tokuda 8 (13–9) Al-Zaimoor 8
  5×    7× 

Third place game edit

26 July 2018
16:15
Saudi Arabia   28–29   Bahrain Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
Al-Madan 6 (11–16) Al-Zaimoor 10
    2× 

Final edit

26 July 2018
18:15
South Korea   27–25 (ET)   Japan Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
Kang 9 (12–9) Tokuda 8
  3×    3× 

FT: 22–22 ET: 5–3

Final standings edit

Rank Team
    South Korea
    Japan
    Bahrain
4   Saudi Arabia
5   Iran
6   Iraq
7   Qatar
8   Oman
9   China
10   Chinese Taipei
11   India
12   Lebanon
13   Syria
14   Yemen
Team qualified for the 2019 Junior World Championship

All-Star Team edit

Position Player
Goalkeeper   Hassan Al-Turaik (KSA)
Right wing   Kim Jin-young (KOR)
Right back   Rennosuke Tokuda (JPN)
Centre back   Kang Tan (KOR)
Left back   Abdulla Al-Zaimoor (BHR)
Left wing   Jeon Young-je (KOR)
Pivot   Sota Takano (JPN)

References edit

  1. ^ "Matches Schedule" (PDF). AHF. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Stage set for Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship". Qatar Olympic Committee. April 4, 2018.
  3. ^ "Republic of Korea end 26-year wait for Junior Asian title". IHF. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Draw for Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship". Asian Handball Federation's Official Facebook Account. 30 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Draw Results". Asian Handball Federation. Retrieved 6 July 2018.

External links edit