2008 Asian Women's Handball Championship

The 2008 Asian Women's Handball Championship was the twelfth Asian Championship, which was taking place from 21 to 30 November 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship in China.

2008 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	21–30 November
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (10th title)
Runner-up	China
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	1,564 (57.93 per match)

Draw

Group A	Group B
Japan South Korea Kazakhstan Uzbekistan Iran	China Thailand India Qatar Vietnam

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+7).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	4	4	0	0	176	97	+79	8
Japan	4	3	0	1	147	96	+51	6
Kazakhstan	4	2	0	2	135	93	+42	4
Iran	4	1	0	3	82	157	−75	2
Uzbekistan	4	0	0	4	78	175	−97	0

Source:

21 November 2008 12:00	South Korea	57–26	Uzbekistan	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(31–10)

21 November 2008 13:30	Kazakhstan	41–18	Iran	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(21–5)

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22 November 2008 13:30	Japan	47–14	Uzbekistan	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(21–3)

22 November 2008 18:00	South Korea	32–29	Kazakhstan	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(16–15)

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23 November 2008 14:30	Japan	42–20	Iran	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(21–8)

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24 November 2008 15:00	Kazakhstan	42–12	Uzbekistan	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(19–4)

24 November 2008 16:30	South Korea	48–15	Iran	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(22–7)

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25 November 2008 14:30	Japan	31–23	Kazakhstan	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(15–9)

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26 November 2008 13:30	Uzbekistan	26–29	Iran	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(12–17)

26 November 2008 15:00	South Korea	39–27	Japan	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(22–11)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	4	4	0	0	169	61	+108	8
Thailand (H)	4	3	0	1	121	110	+11	6
Vietnam	4	2	0	2	106	132	−26	4
India	4	1	0	3	108	136	−28	2
Qatar	4	0	0	4	82	147	−65	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

21 November 2008 16:15	Thailand	34–23	Qatar	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(17–8)

21 November 2008 17:45	China	42–12	India	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(21–5)

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22 November 2008 15:00	China	38–14	Qatar	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(19–5)

22 November 2008 16:30	India	27–29	Vietnam	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(15–13)

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23 November 2008 16:00	Thailand	29–20	Vietnam	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(19–15)

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24 November 2008 13:30	India	37–23	Qatar	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(18–13)

24 November 2008 18:00	China	54–19	Vietnam	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(26–10)

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25 November 2008 16:00	Thailand	42–32	India	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(22–13)

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26 November 2008 16:30	China	35–16	Thailand	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(19–11)

26 November 2008 18:00	Qatar	22–38	Vietnam	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(7–20)

Placement 5th–10th

9th/10th

29 November 2008 14:00	Uzbekistan	10–0	Qatar	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(Walkover)

7th/8th

29 November 2008 16:00	Iran	34–30	India	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(17–12)

5th/6th

29 November 2008 18:00	Kazakhstan	43–18	Vietnam	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(21–7)

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	28 November – Bangkok
	South Korea	38
					30 November – Bangkok
	Thailand	17
					South Korea	35
	28 November – Bangkok
					China	23
	China	29
	Japan	28
					Bronze medal match
					30 November – Bangkok
					Thailand	16
					Japan	39

Semifinals

28 November 2008 16:00	South Korea	38–17	Thailand	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(18–10)

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28 November 2008 18:00	China	29–28	Japan	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(12–14)

Bronze medal match

30 November 2008 15:00	Thailand	16–39	Japan	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(11–20)

Gold medal match

30 November 2008 17:00	South Korea	35–23	China	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(16–14)

Final standing

Rank	Team
	South Korea
	China
	Japan
4	Thailand
5	Kazakhstan
6	Vietnam
7	Iran
8	India
9	Uzbekistan
10	Qatar

Team qualified for the 2009 World Championship

References

• Japan Handball Federation (Archived 5 September 2009)
• Results (Archived 5 September 2009)
• www.asianhandball.com