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

The Asian Women's Qualification for Olympic Games 2024 was held in Hiroshima, Japan. South Korea, as the winner of the tournament, qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1]

Asian Women's Qualification for Olympic Games 2024
Logo of the tournament
Tournament details
Host country Japan
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates17–23 August 2023
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions South Korea
Runner-up Japan
Third place China
Fourth place Kazakhstan
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored613 (61.3 per match)
Top scorer(s)India Bhawana
(26 goals)
Best playerSouth Korea Kang Kyung-min

Standings edit

Uzbekistan withdrew before the tournament.[2][3]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   South Korea 4 4 0 0 156 82 +74 8 2024 Summer Olympics
2   Japan (H) 4 3 0 1 163 88 +75 6 Qualification tournaments
3   China 4 2 0 2 101 118 −17 4
4   Kazakhstan 4 1 0 3 112 154 −42 2
5   India 4 0 0 4 81 171 −90 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

Matches edit

All times are local (UTC+9).[4]

17 August 2023
14:00
China   33–26   Kazakhstan Higashi-ku Sports Center, Hiroshima
Referees: Gheisarian, Gheisarian (IRI)
Lin 6 (16–13) Zhaparova 6
  3×  Report  1×  1× 
17 August 2023
17:00
South Korea   53–14   India Higashi-ku Sports Center, Hiroshima
Referees: Hideki, Tetsuro (JPN)
Shin E. 9 (28–7) Bhawana, Menika 4
 1×  Report   5×  1× 

18 August 2023
14:00
India   17–54   Japan Higashi-ku Sports Center, Hiroshima
Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
Menika 7 (10–30) Ozaki 7
  4×  Report  1× 
18 August 2023
17:00
South Korea   33–20   China Higashi-ku Sports Center, Hiroshima
Referees: Al-Naseem, Al-Enezi (KUW)
Lee 6 (16–9) Jin, Zhou 4
 2×  Report  3× 

20 August 2023
14:00
Japan   50–28   Kazakhstan Higashi-ku Sports Center, Hiroshima
Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
Okada 7 (24–14) Khardina 7
 5×  Report  1× 
20 August 2023
17:00
China   30–24   India Higashi-ku Sports Center, Hiroshima
Referees: Furukawa, Murata (JPN)
Jin 7 (12–10) Menika 10
 1×  Report  2× 

21 August 2023
14:00
China   18–35   Japan Higashi-ku Sports Center, Hiroshima
Attendance: 601
Referees: Gheisarian, Gheisarian (IRI)
Jin, Zhou 5 (9–17) Aizawa 6
  7×  1×  Report  2× 
21 August 2023
17:00
Kazakhstan   24–45   South Korea Higashi-ku Sports Center, Hiroshima
Referees: Al-Naseem, Al-Enezi (KUW)
Khardina 8 (12–19) Ryu 8
 3×  1×  Report  3× 

23 August 2023
12:00
Kazakhstan   34–26   India Higashi-ku Sports Center, Hiroshima
Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
Radayeva, Seitkassym 6 (18–14) Bhawana 13
 2×  Report  2× 
23 August 2023
15:00
Japan   24–25   South Korea Higashi-ku Sports Center, Hiroshima
Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
Aizawa 9 (15–14) Gim 6
 2×  Report  3× 

All-Star team edit

Position Player
Goalkeeper   Lu Chang
Right wing   Saki Hattori
Right back   Kaho Nakayama
Centre back   Natsuki Aizawa
Left back   Lee Mi-gyeong
Left wing   Shin Eun-joo
Pivot   Mika Nagata
Most valuable player   Kang Kyung-min

References edit

  1. ^ "Republic of Korea seal spot at Paris 2024 Olympic Games in dramatic fashion". asianhandball.org. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Uzbekistan withdraws from Asian Women's Handball Qualification for 2024 Olympic Games". asianhandball.org. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  3. ^ https://asianhandball.org/hiroshima2023/
  4. ^ "Match schedule confirmed for Asian Women's Handball Qualification for 2024 Olympic Games". asianhandball.org. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.

External links edit