2016 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship

The 2016 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship was the 7th edition of the Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship held from 27 August - 5 September 2016 at Manama, Bahrain under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. Is also acted as the qualification tournament for the 2017 Men's Youth World Handball Championship to be held in Georgia.[1]

2016 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship
Logo of 7th Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Bahrain
Venue(s)Khalifa Sports City Stadium (in Manama host cities)
Dates27 August - 5 September 2016
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Bahrain (1st title)
Runner-up Japan
Third place South Korea
Fourth place Qatar
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
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Preliminary groups

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Group A Group B
  Bahrain   South Korea
  Japan   Qatar
  Iraq   Iran [2]
  Saudi Arabia   China
  Hong Kong   Uzbekistan

Competition schedule

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G Group stage ½ Semi-finals B Bronze-medal match F Final
Event↓/Date → Sat 27 Sun 28 Mon 29 Tue 30 Wed 31 Thu 1 Fri 2 Sat 3 Sun 4 Mon 5
Men G G G Rest Day G G Rest Day ½ B F

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Bahrain 4 3 1 0 110 82 +28 7
  Japan 4 3 1 0 105 84 +21 7
  Saudi Arabia 4 2 0 2 105 90 +15 4
  Iraq 4 1 0 3 91 91 0 2
  Hong Kong 4 0 0 4 60 124 −64 0
Source: [citation needed]

27 August 2016
15:00
Saudi Arabia   24-28   Japan Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama
27 August 2016
19:00
Hong Kong   17-34   Bahrain Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama

28 August 2016
15:00
Iraq   22-27   Japan Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama
28 August 2016
19:00
Saudi Arabia   23-25   Bahrain Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama

29 August 2016
15:00
Japan   27-15   Hong Kong Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama
29 August 2016
19:00
Saudi Arabia   24-21   Iraq Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama

31 August 2016
15:00
Hong Kong   16 - 34   Saudi Arabia Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama
31 August 2016
19:00
Iraq   19 - 28   Bahrain Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama

1 September 2016
17:00
Hong Kong   12 - 29   Iraq Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama
1 September 2016
19:00
Bahrain   23 - 23   Japan Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  South Korea 3 3 0 0 131 64 +67 6
  Qatar 3 2 0 1 65 70 −5 4
  China 3 1 0 2 80 99 −19 2
  Uzbekistan 3 0 0 3 71 114 −43 0
Source: [citation needed]

27 August 2016
13:00
China   20-27   Qatar Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama, Bahrain
27 August 2016
17:00
Uzbekistan   27-53   South Korea Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama, Bahrain

28 August 2016
17:00
China   24-43   South Korea Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama, Bahrain

29 August 2016
17:00
Qatar   25-15   Uzbekistan Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama, Bahrain

31 August 2016
17:00
Uzbekistan   29 - 36   China Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama, Bahrain

1 September 2016
15:00
South Korea   35 - 13   Qatar Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama, Bahrain

5th–8th Placement Matches

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5th–8th Placement Semifinals

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3 September 2016
13:00
Saudi Arabia   44 - 23   Uzbekistan Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama
3 September 2016
15:00
China   28 - 30   Iraq Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama

7th–8th-place match

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4 September 2016
17:00
Uzbekistan   28 - 23   China Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama

5th–6th-place match

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4 September 2016
19:00
Saudi Arabia   27 - 23   Iraq Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama

Knockout stage

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Semifinal matches

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3 September 2016
17:00
Bahrain   23 - 19   Qatar Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama
3 September 2016
19:00
Japan   30 - 29   South Korea Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama

Bronze-medal match

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5 September 2016
17:00
Qatar   23 - 29   South Korea Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama

Gold-medal match

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5 September 2016
19:00
Bahrain   25 - 23   Japan Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama

Final standings

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Rank Team
    Bahrain (1st title) (Host)
    Japan
    South Korea (Defending Champion)
4   Qatar
5   Saudi Arabia
6   Iraq
7   Uzbekistan
8   China
9   Hong Kong
Team qualified for the 2017 Youth World Championship

References

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  1. ^ "Asian Youth Handball Championship calendar". www.asianhandball.org/. July 23, 2016.
  2. ^ "I. R. Iran team withdrew from the championship due to security conditions in Bahrain". www8.irna.ir. 24 August 2016. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016.