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2020 Asian Men's Handball Championship

The 2020 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the 19th edition of the championship held under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation in Kuwait City, Kuwait from 16 to 27 January 2020.[1] It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship.

2020 Asian Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Kuwait
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates16–27 January
Teams13 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Qatar (4th title)
Runner-up South Korea
Third place Japan
Fourth place Bahrain
Tournament statistics
Matches played43
Goals scored2,372 (55.16 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Luke Ireland
(40 goals)
Best playerJapan Yuto Agarie
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Qatar won their fourth consecutive title by defeating South Korea 33–21 in the final.[2][3]

Venues edit

Kuwait City
Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex
Capacity: 6,000
 

Draw edit

The draw was held on 2 November 2019 in the Millennium Hotel & Convention Centre, Salmiya, Kuwait.[4]

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
  Bahrain
  South Korea
  Kuwait 		  Saudi Arabia
  Iran
  Japan
  United Arab Emirates 		  China
  Australia
  New Zealand 		  Iraq
  Hong Kong

Referees edit

The following nine referee pairs were selected by Asian Handball Federation and International Handball Federation for the championship.

Preliminary round edit

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Bahrain 2 2 0 0 67 36 +31 4 Main round
2   Iran 2 1 0 1 73 43 +30 2
3   New Zealand 2 0 0 2 37 98 −61 0 Placement round
Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
16 January 2020
13:00 		New Zealand   16–45   Bahrain Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
(8–21)
17 January 2020
10:00 		Iran   53–21   New Zealand Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
(22–11)
18 January 2020
13:00 		Bahrain   22–20   Iran Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
(14–11)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Qatar 2 2 0 0 85 46 +39 4 Main round
2   Japan 2 1 0 1 67 52 +15 2
3   China 2 0 0 2 34 88 −54 0 Placement round
Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
16 January 2020
15:00 		China   18–49   Qatar Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
(8–23)
17 January 2020
17:00 		Japan   39–16   China Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
(17–9)
18 January 2020
17:00 		Qatar   36–28   Japan Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
(16–17)

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Saudi Arabia 2 2 0 0 66 42 +24 4 Main round
2   South Korea 2 1 0 1 67 49 +18 2
3   Australia 2 0 0 2 35 77 −42 0 Placement round
Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
16 January 2020
17:00 		Australia   20–40   South Korea Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
Referees: Mousavian, Kolahdouzan (IRN)
Gahan, Warrener 5 (7–24) Kim G. 6
2×  3×  Report  1× 
17 January 2020
15:00 		Saudi Arabia   37–15   Australia Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
(19–8)
18 January 2020
11:00 		South Korea   27–29   Saudi Arabia Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
Referees: Al-Mawt, Marhoon (BHR)
Kim J. 9 (15–13) three players 5
1×  5×  Report 2×  7× 

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Kuwait (H) 3 3 0 0 87 57 +30 6 Main round
2   United Arab Emirates 3 2 0 1 75 50 +25 4
3   Iraq 3 1 0 2 84 67 +17 2 Placement round
4   Hong Kong 3 0 0 3 51 123 −72 0
Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
16 January 2020
11:00 		Hong Kong   11–38   United Arab Emirates Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
(4–21)
16 January 2020
20:00 		Iraq   22–25   Kuwait Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
(11–13)
17 January 2020
17:00 		Iraq   19–20   United Arab Emirates Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
(8–10)
17 January 2020
19:00 		Hong Kong   18–42   Kuwait Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
(11–18)
18 January 2020
15:00 		Hong Kong   22–43   Iraq Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
(9–24)
18 January 2020
19:00 		Kuwait   20–17   United Arab Emirates Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
(11–10)

Placement round edit

Group 3 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9   Iraq 4 4 0 0 153 111 +42 8
10   Hong Kong 4 3 0 1 114 116 −2 6
11   China 4 2 0 2 127 123 +4 4
12   Australia 4 1 0 3 105 106 −1 2
13   New Zealand 4 0 0 4 111 154 −43 0
Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
20 January 2020
10:00 		Iraq   38–31   China Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
(17–13)
20 January 2020
12:00 		Hong Kong   34–30   New Zealand Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
(17–9)
21 January 2020
10:00 		Australia   26–31   Iraq Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
(15–18)
21 January 2020
12:00 		China   27–32   Hong Kong Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
(16–15)
23 January 2020
10:00 		Australia   25–28   China Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
(13–14)
23 January 2020
12:00 		Iraq   42–29   New Zealand Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
Referees: Al-Jaimaz, Al-Mulla (KUW)
(22–13)
25 January 2020
10:00 		Hong Kong   25–42   Iraq Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
(13–25)
25 January 2020
12:00 		Australia   37–24   New Zealand Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
(19–10)
26 January 2020
15:00 		Hong Kong   23–17   Australia Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
Referees: Al-Jaimaz, Al-Mulla (KUW)
(11–9)
26 January 2020
17:00 		New Zealand   28–41   China Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
(15–18)

Main round edit

Group 1 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Japan 3 3 0 0 86 64 +22 6 Semifinals
2   Bahrain 3 2 0 1 70 60 +10 4
3   United Arab Emirates 3 1 0 2 60 80 −20 2 Fifth place game
4   Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 3 59 71 −12 0 Seventh place game
Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
20 January 2020
14:00 		United Arab Emirates   18–29   Bahrain Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
(9–15)
20 January 2020
16:00 		Saudi Arabia   22–30   Japan Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
(10–16)
21 January 2020
14:00 		Bahrain   23–25   Japan Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
(11–10)
21 January 2020
16:00 		United Arab Emirates   23–20   Saudi Arabia Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
(14–10)
23 January 2020
14:00 		Japan   31–19   United Arab Emirates Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
Referees: Al-Mawt, Marhoon (BHR)
(18–13)
23 January 2020
16:00 		Bahrain   18–17   Saudi Arabia Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
Referees: Kleven, Jørum (NOR)
(10–6)

Group 2 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Qatar 3 3 0 0 94 75 +19 6 Semifinals
2   South Korea 3 1 1 1 85 85 0 3[a]
3   Iran 3 1 1 1 77 79 −2 3[a] Fifth place game
4   Kuwait (H) 3 0 0 3 74 91 −17 0 Seventh place game
Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Iran 24–24 South Korea
20 January 2020
18:00 		South Korea   27–34   Qatar Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
Referees: Al-Mawt, Marhoon (BHR)
Park J., Park S. 5 (13–18) Frankis, Sami 6
1×  1×  Report 1×  7× 
20 January 2020
20:00 		Kuwait   24–28   Iran Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
(13–13)
21 January 2020
18:00 		Iran   25–31   Qatar Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
(13–11)
21 January 2020
20:00 		Kuwait   27–34   South Korea Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Al-Baloul, M. Al-Gharaballi 5 (12–17) Kim D. 7
1×  3×  Report 2×  3× 
23 January 2020
18:00 		Iran   24–24   South Korea Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Heidarpour 7 (14–11) Ha 11
1×  4×  1×  Report  1× 
23 January 2020
20:00 		Qatar   29–23   Kuwait Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
(13–14)

Final round edit

Bracket edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
25 January
 
 
  Japan32
 
27 January
 
  South Korea (ET)34
 
  South Korea21
 
25 January
 
  Qatar33
 
  Qatar28
 
 
  Bahrain24
 
Third place
 
 
27 January
 
 
  Japan27
 
 
  Bahrain26

Semifinals edit

25 January 2020
18:00 		Japan   32–34 (ET)   South Korea Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
Referees: Kleven, Jørum (NOR)
Watanabe 6 (19–16) Kim J. 9
2×  7×  Report 1×  5× 

FT: 29–29 ET: 3–5

25 January 2020
20:00 		Qatar   28–24   Bahrain Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
(14–11)

Seventh place game edit

25 January 2020
14:00 		Saudi Arabia   24–19   Kuwait Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
(12–7)

Fifth place game edit

25 January 2020
16:00 		United Arab Emirates   29–26   Iran Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
(13–14)

Third place game edit

27 January 2020
16:30 		Japan   27–26   Bahrain Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
Referees: Kleven, Jørum (NOR)
(14–15)

Final edit

27 January 2020
18:30 		South Korea   21–33   Qatar Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousavian (IRI)
Park S. 5 (11–14) Frankis 8
1×  1×  Report 1×  6× 

Final ranking edit

Rank Team[5]
    Qatar
    South Korea
    Japan
4   Bahrain
5   United Arab Emirates
6   Iran
7   Saudi Arabia
8   Kuwait
9   Iraq
10   Hong Kong
11   China
12   Australia
13   New Zealand
Qualified for the 2021 World Championship

Awards edit

The all-star team and MVP were announced on 30 January 2020.[6]

Position Player
Goalkeeper   Mohamed Ali (BHR)
Right wing   Saleh Ali (KUW)
Right back   Ha Tae-hyun (KOR)
Centre back   Ahmed Al-Maqabi (BHR)
Left back   Frankis Carol (QAT)
Left wing   Remi Anri Doi (JPN)
Pivot   Youssef Benali (QAT)
Most Valuable Player   Yuto Agarie (JPN)

Top goalscorers edit

Rank Name Goals
1   Luke Ireland 40
2   Hussein Ali Hussein 39
3   Frankis Carol 38
4   Sun Fangwei 35
  Wang Xiaofeng
6   Kim Jin-young 33
7   Timothy Anderson 32
  Caleb Gahan
9   Tatsuki Yoshino 30
  Rafael Capote

Source: AHF

References edit

  1. ^ "19th Asian Men's Championship – Match Schedule" (PDF). AHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Qatar seal defence of Asian Men's Handball Championship title". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Qatar dominate final to retain Asian Championship". ihf.info. 28 January 2020.
  4. ^ Draw results
  5. ^ "Final ranking" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  6. ^ "The Best: 2020 AHF Men's Asian Championship". ihf.info. 30 January 2020.

External links edit

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