Handball at the 2022 Asian Games – Men

The men's tournament of Handball at the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China, was held from 24 September to 5 October 2023.

Men`s handball at the 2023 Asian Games
Venue	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre Zhejiang Normal University Xiaoshan Gymnasium
Date	24 September – 5 October 2023
Nations	13
Medalists
Qatar    Bahrain    Kuwait

Main article: Handball at the 2022 Asian Games

Squads

Bahrain	China	Hong Kong	Iran
Japan	Kazakhstan	Kuwait	Mongolia
Qatar	Saudi Arabia	South Korea	Thailand
Uzbekistan

Preliminary Round

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kuwait	2	2	0	0	76	43	+33	4	Main round
2	China (H)	2	1	0	1	64	44	+20	2
3	Thailand	2	0	0	2	36	89	−53	0

Source: HAGOC
(H) Hosts

24 September 18:00	Thailand	17–40	China	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
	Saengsan 8	(11–20)	Zhang J. 8
	2× 1×	Report	4×

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25 September 12:00	Kuwait	49–19	Thailand	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Marhoon, Al-Mawt (BHR)
	Al-Hendal 8	(24–8)	Saengsan 6
	1× 6×	Report	4×

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27 September 18:00	China	24–27	Kuwait	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Furukawa, Murata (JPN)
	Rao, Zhang J.	(13–14)	Al-Khamees
	1× 3×	Report	1× 5× 1×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar	2	2	0	0	67	45	+22	4	Main round
2	South Korea	2	1	0	1	59	45	+14	2
3	Hong Kong	2	0	0	2	32	68	−36	0

Source: HAGOC

24 September 14:00	Hong Kong	18–36	Qatar	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Faraj, Taqi (KUW)
	three players 4	(11–20)	Madadi 8
	4×	Report	3×

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25 September 12:00	South Korea	32–14	Hong Kong	Zhejiang Normal University Xiaoshan Gymnasium, Hangzhou Referees: Al-Naseem, Al-Enezi (KUW)
	three players 5	(17–6)	Kan Y.M., Wong C.H. 3
	3×	Report	1× 6×

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27 September 16:00	Qatar	31–27	South Korea	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Tawakoli Ataabadi, Valadkhanian (IRI)
	Capote 7	(16–12)	Shin, Song 4
	4×	Report	1× 4×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bahrain	2	2	0	0	92	47	+45	4	Main round
2	Kazakhstan	2	1	0	1	53	72	−19	2
3	Uzbekistan	2	0	0	2	52	78	−26	0

Source: HAGOC

24 September 12:00	Kazakhstan	22–45	Bahrain	Zhejiang Normal University Xiaoshan Gymnasium, Hangzhou Referees: Al-Zayyat, Eial Awwad (JOR)
	Melnichenko 7	(11–22)	Qambar 7
	2×	Report	1× 5×

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25 September 14:00	Uzbekistan	27–31	Kazakhstan	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Murata, Furukawa (JPN)
	Yangiboev 7	(11–15)	Oxikbayev 8
	4×	Report	1× 5×

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27 September 12:00	Bahrain	47–25	Uzbekistan	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
	Al-Sayyad, Saad 7	(25–8)	Zaripov 7
	4×	Report	1×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	124	66	+58	6	Main round
2	Iran	3	1	1	1	94	72	+22	3
3	Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	97	76	+21	3
4	Mongolia	3	0	0	3	47	148	−101	0

Source: HAGOC

24 September 12:00	Mongolia	16–50	Iran	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	Batkhuyag 5	(7–30)	Heidarpour 7
	6×	Report	2×

24 September 16:00	Japan	38–29	Saudi Arabia	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Lee, Koo (KOR)
	Sugioka 7	(20–14)	Al-Abas 5
	4×	Report	1× 3×

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25 September 16:00	Mongolia	15–45	Saudi Arabia	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
	Baljinnyam 6	(9–19)	Furaij 8
	5×	Report

25 September 18:00	Japan	33–21	Iran	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Sugioka 8	(13–8)	Heidarpour 5
	1× 4×	Report	1× 3×

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27 September 11:00	Mongolia	16–53	Japan	Zhejiang Normal University Xiaoshan Gymnasium, Hangzhou Referees: Ghofli, Hassanzadeh (IRI)
	Lkhagvatsend 9	(11–28)	Agarie, Izumoto 11
	6×	Report	1×

27 September 14:00	Saudi Arabia	23–23	Iran	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	Al-Abdulali, Al-Hassan 4	(14–15)	Heidarpour 5
	1× 3× 1×	Report	1× 7×

Main round

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bahrain	3	3	0	0	92	71	+21	6	Semifinals
2	Kuwait	3	2	0	1	74	80	−6	4
3	South Korea	3	1	0	2	75	78	−3	2
4	Iran	3	0	0	3	66	78	−12	0

Source: HAGOC

29 September 12:00	Iran	22–24	Kuwait	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	Behnamnia, Taheri 5	(10–10)	Ali 5
	2×	Report	3×

29 September 18:00	Bahrain	29–26	South Korea	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Khalid Shakir, Imran (IRQ)
	Al-Sayyad 11	(13–10)	Jang, Lee H. 6
	2× 6×	Report	1× 3×

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30 September 14:00	Iran	20–29	Bahrain	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Furukawa, Murata (JPN)
	Sadeghi 5	(7–12)	Habib 7
	1× 5×	Report	2×

30 September 18:00	Kuwait	25–24	South Korea	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	Al-Hendal 7	(9–13)	Jang 6
	1× 4×	Report	1× 5× 1×

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1 October 14:00	South Korea	25–24	Iran	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
	Lee H. 5	(11–12)	Asari, Kabirianjoo 5
	6×	Report	1× 10×

1 October 18:00	Kuwait	25–34	Bahrain	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	Al-Harbi, Al-Shammari 7	(11–21)	Mohamed 8
	2×	Report	1× 5×

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar	3	3	0	0	115	62	+53	6	Semifinals
2	Japan	3	2	0	1	105	75	+30	4
3	China (H)	3	1	0	2	83	82	+1	2
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	50	134	−84	0

Source: HAGOC
(H) Hosts

29 September 14:00	Japan	28–23	China	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Al-Mawt, Marhoon (BHR)
	Motoki 8	(12–12)	Zhu 8
	1× 4×	Report	3× 2× 1×

29 September 16:00	Kazakhstan	13–46	Qatar	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Al-Zayyat, Eial Awwad (JOR)
	Milyayev 4	(6–23)	Denguir 8
	1×	Report	1× 2×

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30 September 12:00	Japan	48–20	Kazakhstan	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Al-Enezi, Al-Naseem (KUW)
	Tsutaya 12	(26–12)	Kali, Milyayev 4
	1× 1×	Report	3×

30 September 16:00	China	20–37	Qatar	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Lee, Koo (KOR)
	Sun, Xie 4	(6–17)	Carol 9
	4×	Report	2× 1×

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1 October 12:00	China	40–17	Kazakhstan	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
	Liu, Zhang 6	(16–7)	Gaziyev 6
	3×	Report	4×

1 October 16:00	Qatar	32–29	Japan	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	Carol 11	(16–15)	Motoki 6
	1× 3×	Report

Final round

Bracket

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	3 October
	Bahrain	30
					5 October
	Japan	28
					Bahrain	25
	3 October
					Qatar	32
	Qatar	29
	Kuwait	24
					Bronze medal match
					5 October
					Japan	30
					Kuwait	31

Semifinals

3 October 16:00	Bahrain	30–28	Japan	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	Al-Sayyad 9	(17–13)	Izumoto 6
	5×	Report	3×

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3 October 18:00	Qatar	29–24	Kuwait	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Murata, Furukawa (JPN)
	Carol 7	(12–12)	Ali, Salmeen 4
	1× 3×	Report	1× 7× 2×

Bronze medal match

5 October 15:00	Japan	30–31	Kuwait	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	Yoshino 9	(14–14)	Al-Shammari 7
	1× 3×	Report	1× 4×

Gold medal match

5 October 19:00	Bahrain	25–32	Qatar	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Lee, Koo (KOR)
	Qambar 5	(14–12)	Capote 8
	1× 7× 1×	Report	2× 4×