2020 Asian Men's Handball Championship

2020 Asian Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Kuwait
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	16–27 January
Teams	13 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Qatar (4th title)
Runner-up	South Korea
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	Bahrain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	43
Goals scored	2,372 (55.16 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Luke Ireland; (40 goals)
Best player	Yuto Agarie
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The 2020 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the 19th edition of the championship held under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation in Kuwait City, Kuwait from 16 to 27 January 2020.^[1] It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship.

Qatar won their fourth consecutive title by defeating South Korea 33–21 in the final.^[2]^[3]

Venues

Kuwait City	Kuwait City
Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex
Capacity: 6,000

Draw

The draw was held on 2 November 2019 in the Millennium Hotel & Convention Centre, Salmiya, Kuwait.^[4]

Seeding

Teams were seeded according to the AHF COC regulations and rankings of the previous edition of the championship. Teams who had not participate in the previous edition were in Pot 4.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Qatar Bahrain South Korea Kuwait	Saudi Arabia Iran Japan United Arab Emirates	China Australia New Zealand	Iraq Hong Kong

Referees

The following nine referee pairs were selected by Asian Handball Federation and International Handball Federation for the championship.

Referees
Bahrain	Hussain Al-Mawt Samir Marhoon
Iran	Alireza Mousavian Majid Kolahduzan
Japan	Kiyoshi Hizaki Tomokazu Ikebuchi
Jordan	Akram Al-Zayat Yasser Awad
Kuwait	Ahmad Abdullah Al-Jaimaz Abdulrahman Ali Al-Mulla

Referees
Norway	Lars Jørum Håvard Kleven
Oman	Khamis Al-Wahibi Omer Al-Shahi
Slovenia	Bojan Lah David Sok
South Korea	Koo Bon-ok Lee Seok

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bahrain	2	2	0	67	36	+31	4	Main round
2	Iran	2	1	1	73	43	+30	2	Main round
3	New Zealand	2	0	2	37	98	−61	0	Placement round

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.

16 January 2020 13:00	New Zealand	16–45	Bahrain	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
		(8–21)

17 January 2020 10:00	Iran	53–21	New Zealand	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
		(22–11)

18 January 2020 13:00	Bahrain	22–20	Iran	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
		(14–11)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar	2	2	0	85	46	+39	4	Main round
2	Japan	2	1	1	67	52	+15	2	Main round
3	China	2	0	2	34	88	−54	0	Placement round

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.

16 January 2020 15:00	China	18–49	Qatar	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
		(8–23)

17 January 2020 17:00	Japan	39–16	China	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
		(17–9)

18 January 2020 17:00	Qatar	36–28	Japan	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
		(16–17)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	2	2	0	66	42	+24	4	Main round
2	South Korea	2	1	1	67	49	+18	2	Main round
3	Australia	2	0	2	35	77	−42	0	Placement round

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.

16 January 2020 17:00	Australia	20–40	South Korea	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City Referees: Mousavian, Kolahdouzan (IRN)
	Gahan, Warrener 5	(7–24)	Kim G. 6
	2× 3×	Report	1×

17 January 2020 15:00	Saudi Arabia	37–15	Australia	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
		(19–8)

18 January 2020 11:00	South Korea	27–29	Saudi Arabia	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City Referees: Al-Mawt, Marhoon (BHR)
	Kim J. 9	(15–13)	three players 5
	1× 5×	Report	2× 7×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kuwait (H)	3	3	0	87	57	+30	6	Main round
2	United Arab Emirates	3	2	1	75	50	+25	4	Main round
3	Iraq	3	1	2	84	67	+17	2	Placement round
4	Hong Kong	3	0	3	51	123	−72	0	Placement round

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

16 January 2020 11:00	Hong Kong	11–38	United Arab Emirates	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
		(4–21)

16 January 2020 20:00	Iraq	22–25	Kuwait	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
		(11–13)

17 January 2020 17:00	Iraq	19–20	United Arab Emirates	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
		(8–10)

17 January 2020 19:00	Hong Kong	18–42	Kuwait	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
		(11–18)

18 January 2020 15:00	Hong Kong	22–43	Iraq	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
		(9–24)

18 January 2020 19:00	Kuwait	20–17	United Arab Emirates	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
		(11–10)

Placement round

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Iraq	4	4	0	153	111	+42	8
10	Hong Kong	4	3	1	114	116	−2	6
11	China	4	2	2	127	123	+4	4
12	Australia	4	1	3	105	106	−1	2
13	New Zealand	4	0	4	111	154	−43	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.

20 January 2020 10:00	Iraq	38–31	China	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
		(17–13)

20 January 2020 12:00	Hong Kong	34–30	New Zealand	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
		(17–9)

21 January 2020 10:00	Australia	26–31	Iraq	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
		(15–18)

21 January 2020 12:00	China	27–32	Hong Kong	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
		(16–15)

23 January 2020 10:00	Australia	25–28	China	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
		(13–14)

23 January 2020 12:00	Iraq	42–29	New Zealand	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City Referees: Al-Jaimaz, Al-Mulla (KUW)
		(22–13)

25 January 2020 10:00	Hong Kong	25–42	Iraq	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
		(13–25)

25 January 2020 12:00	Australia	37–24	New Zealand	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
		(19–10)

26 January 2020 15:00	Hong Kong	23–17	Australia	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City Referees: Al-Jaimaz, Al-Mulla (KUW)
		(11–9)

26 January 2020 17:00	New Zealand	28–41	China	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
		(15–18)

Main round

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	86	64	+22	6	Semifinals
2	Bahrain	3	2	1	70	60	+10	4	Semifinals
3	United Arab Emirates	3	1	2	60	80	−20	2	Fifth place game
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	3	59	71	−12	0	Seventh place game

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.

20 January 2020 14:00	United Arab Emirates	18–29	Bahrain	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
		(9–15)

20 January 2020 16:00	Saudi Arabia	22–30	Japan	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
		(10–16)

21 January 2020 14:00	Bahrain	23–25	Japan	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
		(11–10)

21 January 2020 16:00	United Arab Emirates	23–20	Saudi Arabia	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
		(14–10)

23 January 2020 14:00	Japan	31–19	United Arab Emirates	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City Referees: Al-Mawt, Marhoon (BHR)
		(18–13)

23 January 2020 16:00	Bahrain	18–17	Saudi Arabia	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City Referees: Kleven, Jørum (NOR)
		(10–6)

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar	3	3	0	0	94	75	+19	6	Semifinals
2	South Korea	3	1	1	1	85	85	0	3^[a]	Semifinals
3	Iran	3	1	1	1	77	79	−2	3^[a]	Fifth place game
4	Kuwait (H)	3	0	0	3	74	91	−17	0	Seventh place game

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
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Iran 24–24 South Korea

20 January 2020 18:00	South Korea	27–34	Qatar	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City Referees: Al-Mawt, Marhoon (BHR)
	Park J., Park S. 5	(13–18)	Frankis, Sami 6
	1× 1×	Report	1× 7×

20 January 2020 20:00	Kuwait	24–28	Iran	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
		(13–13)

21 January 2020 18:00	Iran	25–31	Qatar	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
		(13–11)

21 January 2020 20:00	Kuwait	27–34	South Korea	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Al-Baloul, M. Al-Gharaballi 5	(12–17)	Kim D. 7
	1× 3×	Report	2× 3×

23 January 2020 18:00	Iran	24–24	South Korea	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Heidarpour 7	(14–11)	Ha 11
	1× 4× 1×	Report	1×

23 January 2020 20:00	Qatar	29–23	Kuwait	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
		(13–14)

Final round

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

25 January

Japan	32
		27 January
South Korea (ET)	34
		South Korea	21
25 January
		Qatar	33
Qatar	28

Bahrain	24
		Third place

		27 January

		Japan	27

		Bahrain	26

Semifinals

25 January 2020 18:00	Japan	32–34 (ET)	South Korea	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City Referees: Kleven, Jørum (NOR)
	Watanabe 6	(19–16)	Kim J. 9
	2× 7×	Report	1× 5×
	FT: 29–29 ET: 3–5

25 January 2020 20:00	Qatar	28–24	Bahrain	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
		(14–11)

Seventh place game

25 January 2020 14:00	Saudi Arabia	24–19	Kuwait	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
		(12–7)

Fifth place game

25 January 2020 16:00	United Arab Emirates	29–26	Iran	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City
		(13–14)

Third place game

27 January 2020 16:30	Japan	27–26	Bahrain	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City Referees: Kleven, Jørum (NOR)
		(14–15)

Final

27 January 2020 18:30	South Korea	21–33	Qatar	Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex, Kuwait City Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousavian (IRI)
	Park S. 5	(11–14)	Frankis 8
	1× 1×	Report	1× 6×

Final ranking

Rank	Team^[5]
	Qatar
	South Korea
	Japan
4	Bahrain
5	United Arab Emirates
6	Iran
7	Saudi Arabia
8	Kuwait
9	Iraq
10	Hong Kong
11	China
12	Australia
13	New Zealand

	Qualified for the 2021 World Championship

Awards

The all-star team and MVP were announced on 30 January 2020.^[6]

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Mohamed Ali (BHR)
Right wing	Saleh Ali (KUW)
Right back	Ha Tae-hyun (KOR)
Centre back	Ahmed Al-Maqabi (BHR)
Left back	Frankis Carol (QAT)
Left wing	Remi Anri Doi (JPN)
Pivot	Youssef Benali (QAT)
Most Valuable Player	Yuto Agarie (JPN)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals
1	Luke Ireland	40
2	Hussein Ali Hussein	39
3	Frankis Carol	38
4	Sun Fangwei	35
4	Wang Xiaofeng	35
6	Kim Jin-young	33
7	Timothy Anderson	32
7	Caleb Gahan	32
9	Tatsuki Yoshino	30
9	Rafael Capote	30

Source: AHF

References

^ "19th Asian Men's Championship – Match Schedule" (PDF). AHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
^ "Qatar seal defence of Asian Men's Handball Championship title". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
^ "Qatar dominate final to retain Asian Championship". ihf.info. 28 January 2020.
^ Draw results
^ "Final ranking" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
^ "The Best: 2020 AHF Men's Asian Championship". ihf.info. 30 January 2020.

External links

AHF website
البطولة الآسيوية 19 لكرة اليد – kooora.com
Results at todor66

[table_hth_KOR0.34774508343439-5] Iran 24–24 South Korea

[1] "19th Asian Men's Championship – Match Schedule" (PDF). AHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2019.

[2] "Qatar seal defence of Asian Men's Handball Championship title". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 27 January 2020.

[3] "Qatar dominate final to retain Asian Championship". ihf.info. 28 January 2020.

[4] Draw results

[6] "Final ranking" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2020-01-28.

[7] "The Best: 2020 AHF Men's Asian Championship". ihf.info. 30 January 2020.

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