Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Asian men's qualification tournament

The Asian Men's Qualification for Olympic Games 2024 was held in Doha, Qatar. Japan, as the winner of the tournament qualified to the 2024 Summer Olympics, while the second placed team, Bahrain, will play at the 2024 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments.[1][2]

Asian Men's Qualification for Olympic Games 2024
Tournament details
Host country Qatar
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates18–28 October 2023
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Japan
Runner-up Bahrain
Third place South Korea
Fourth place Qatar
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored1,882 (58.81 per match)

Preliminary round edit

Uzbekistan withdrew before the tournament (Group B).[3]

All times are local (UTC+3).[4]

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Qatar (H) 5 5 0 0 185 111 +74 10 Semifinals
2   South Korea 5 4 0 1 157 131 +26 8
3   Saudi Arabia 5 3 0 2 152 123 +29 6
4   United Arab Emirates 5 2 0 3 138 134 +4 4
5   China 5 1 0 4 147 141 +6 2
6   India 5 0 0 5 87 226 −139 0
Source: [citation needed]
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
18 October 2023
11:00
South Korea   29–23   United Arab Emirates Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
Jang 5 (15–6) Rashed 6
  1×  Report   4× 
18 October 2023
15:00
Saudi Arabia   46–17   India Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Al-Nasesem, Al-Enezi (KUW)
Al-Abdulali 7 (25–7) Harender 6
 2×  Report
18 October 2023
19:00
Qatar   34–25   China Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Gheisarian, Gheisarian (IRI)
Madadi 8 (17–13) Zhu 8
 4×  Report  7× 

19 October 2023
11:00
Saudi Arabia   27–29   South Korea Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Gheisarian, Gheisarian (IRI)
Al-Abdulali 10 (14–16) Jang 7
  6×  1×  Report   8×  2× 
19 October 2023
13:00
United Arab Emirates   31–30   China Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
Jehad 11 (14–17) Liu 8
  3×  1×  Report   6× 
19 October 2023
19:00
India   14–48   Qatar Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
Vikas 4 (6–26) Ayed 11
 4×  Report  1× 

21 October 2023
13:00
South Korea   46–19   India Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
Song 9 (28–9) Harender 13
 1×  Report  1× 
21 October 2023
17:00
China   23–33   Saudi Arabia Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
He 4 (11–15) Al-Hassan 8
  1×  Report   4× 
21 October 2023
19:00
Qatar   31–23   United Arab Emirates Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Al-Naseem, Al-Enezi (KUW)
Abdalla, Carol 4 (14–10) Moham 8
  4×  Report   5× 

22 October 2023
11:00
India   15–46   China Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Gheisarian, Gheisarian (IRI)
Harender 5 (7–25) Zhang T. 8
 1×  Report  2× 
22 October 2023
15:00
United Arab Emirates   21–22   Saudi Arabia Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
Moham 6 (11–8) Al-Abbas, Al-Hassan 4
 3×  1×  Report  2× 
22 October 2023
19:00
South Korea   25–39   Qatar Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Park K. 5 (11–16) Madadi 9
  4×  Report  7× 

24 October 2023
13:00
United Arab Emirates   40–22   India Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Gheisarian, Gheisarian (IRI)
Mubarak 7 (20–10) Sharma, Harender 4
 2×  Report  3× 
24 October 2023
15:00
China   23–28   South Korea Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Al-Naseem, Al-Enezi (KUW)
Zhu 7 (10–16) Kim Y., Park K. 5
  1×  Report  3× 
24 October 2023
19:00
Qatar   33–24   Saudi Arabia Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
Carol, Sassi 5 (14–9) Al-Salam 6
  3×  Report   2× 

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Japan 4 4 0 0 128 95 +33 8 Semifinals
2   Bahrain 4 3 0 1 134 95 +39 6
3   Iran 4 2 0 2 115 101 +14 4
4   Kuwait 4 1 0 3 123 126 −3 2
5   Kazakhstan 4 0 0 4 88 171 −83 0
Source: [citation needed]
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.


18 October 2023
13:00
Kazakhstan   18–46   Bahrain Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
Tilekkabyl 4 (6–23) Rabia 7
 6×  Report  1× 
18 October 2023
17:00
Japan   25–20   Iran Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
Yasuhira 6 (14–8) Oraei 7
 4×  Report  4× 

19 October 2023
15:00
Kuwait   28–29   Iran Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
Al-Shammari 6 (12–17) Sadeghi 8
  Report  3× 
19 October 2023
17:00
Japan   27–26   Bahrain Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Motoki 5 (14–16) Naser 7
  4×  1×  Report  3×  1× 

21 October 2023
11:00
Iran   42–20   Kazakhstan Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
Soltani 8 (20–4) Kenzhebayev, Tilekkabyl 4
 3×  Report  1× 
21 October 2023
15:00
Kuwait   30–32   Japan Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Al-Shammari 6 (30–32) five players 5
 7×  1×  Report   3× 

22 October 2023
13:00
Kazakhstan   19–44   Japan Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
Melnichenko, Tilekkabyl 5 (11–25) Daiki 11
 2×  Report  1× 
22 October 2023
17:00
Kuwait   26–34   Bahrain Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
three players 5 (14–16) Al-Sayyad 9
  4×  Report  2× 

24 October 2023
11:00
Kazakhstan   31–39   Kuwait Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
three players 6 (13–19) Al-Haddad, Al-Harbi 6
  1×  Report  1× 
24 October 2023
17:00
Bahrain   28–24   Iran Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
Al-Sayyad 9 (16–12) Oraei 8
 1×  1×  Report   3× 

Classification games edit

Ninth place game edit

26 October 2023
11:00
China   44–22   Kazakhstan Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Al-Naseem, Al-Enezi (KUW)
Zhu 10 (21–11) Oxikbayev 7
 1×  Report  2×  1× 

Seventh place game edit

26 October 2023
13:00
United Arab Emirates   26–31   Kuwait Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
Saeed Rashed 8 (16–20) Al-Shammari 8
  3×  Report  5× 

Fifth place game edit

26 October 2023
15:00
Saudi Arabia   28–30   Iran Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Al-Zayyat, Eial Awwad (JOR)
Al-Abbas 6 (13–17) Oraei 8
  3×  1×  Report  3× 

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 October
 
 
  Qatar29
 
28 October
 
  Bahrain30
 
  Bahrain29
 
26 October
 
  Japan32
 
  Japan34
 
 
  South Korea23
 
Third place
 
 
28 October
 
 
  Qatar32
 
 
  South Korea38

Semifinals edit

26 October 2023
17:30
Qatar   29–30   Bahrain Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Ali 11 (14–15) Fadhul 7
  4×  Report   6×  1× 

26 October 2023
19:30
Japan   34–23   South Korea Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
Baig 6 (15–9) Lee H. 7
 4×  Report  2×  1× 

Third place game edit

28 October 2023
15:00
Qatar   32–38   South Korea Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
Ali, Denguir 7 (15–17) Park K. 11
 3×  Report  3× 

Final edit

28 October 2023
17:30
Bahrain   29–32   Japan Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Al-Sayyad 10 (13–18) Yasuhira 10
  6×  Report   7× 

Final standings edit

Rank Team
    Japan
    Bahrain
    South Korea
4   Qatar
5   Iran
6   Saudi Arabia
7   Kuwait
8   United Arab Emirates
9   China
10   Kazakhstan
11   India
Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics
Qualified for the 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournaments

References edit

  1. ^ "Stage set for draw of Asian Men's Handball Qualification for 2024 Olympic Games". asianhandball.org. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Magnific Japan seal shock Paris 2024 berth Asian Men's Olympic Qualification Tournament". ihf.info. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Draw results of Asian Men's Handball Qualification for 2024 Olympic Games". Asian Handball Federation. 20 May 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Match Schedule: Asian Men's Handball Qualification for 2024 Olympic Games". asianhandball.org. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.

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