2014 Asian Men's Handball Championship

2014 Asian Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Bahrain
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	25 January – 6 February
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Qatar (1st title)
Runner-up	Bahrain
Third place	Iran
Fourth place	United Arab Emirates
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	2,204 (52.48 per match)
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The 2014 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the Asian Men's Handball Championship, held in Isa Town and Manama, Bahrain, from 25 January to 6 February 2014. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship in Qatar.^[1]

Draw[edit]

Group A	Group B
South Korea Saudi Arabia Iran Uzbekistan China Bahrain	Qatar Japan United Arab Emirates Kuwait Iraq Oman

Preliminary round[edit]

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bahrain (H)	5	4	1	0	157	113	+44	9
Iran	5	2	3	0	164	125	+39	7
South Korea	5	3	1	1	137	110	+27	7
Saudi Arabia	5	2	1	2	130	113	+17	5
China	5	1	0	4	125	143	−18	2
Uzbekistan	5	0	0	5	106	215	−109	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

25 January 2014 13:00	Uzbekistan	21–43	Saudi Arabia	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(14–21)

25 January 2014 15:00	Iran	24–24	South Korea	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(12–11)

25 January 2014 19:00	China	22–32	Bahrain	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(12–14)

27 January 2014 15:00	Saudi Arabia	22–22	Iran	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(12–10)

27 January 2014 17:00	China	17–28	South Korea	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(9–14)

27 January 2014 19:00	Uzbekistan	22–47	Bahrain	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(8–23)

29 January 2014 15:00	South Korea	32–19	Uzbekistan	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(15–9)

29 January 2014 17:00	Iran	34–27	China	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(16–12)

29 January 2014 19:00	Bahrain	22–14	Saudi Arabia	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(12–8)

31 January 2014 15:00	Iran	54–22	Uzbekistan	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(24–12)

31 January 2014 17:00	Saudi Arabia	27–20	China	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(14–10)

31 January 2014 19:00	South Korea	25–26	Bahrain	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(14–15)

2 February 2014 15:00	Uzbekistan	22–39	China	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(12–16)

2 February 2014 17:00	South Korea	28–24	Saudi Arabia	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(11–12)

2 February 2014 19:00	Bahrain	30–30	Iran	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(17–14)

Group B[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Qatar	5	5	0	164	87	+77	10
United Arab Emirates	5	3	2	116	131	−15	6
Kuwait	5	3	2	142	139	+3	6
Oman	5	2	3	126	142	−16	4
Japan	5	2	3	140	132	+8	4
Iraq	5	0	5	102	159	−57	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

26 January 2014 15:00	Kuwait	28–26	Japan	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(14–16)

26 January 2014 17:00	United Arab Emirates	14–31	Qatar	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(7–17)

26 January 2014 19:00	Iraq	24–33	Oman	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(13–19)

28 January 2014 15:00	Japan	35–26	United Arab Emirates	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(16–11)

28 January 2014 17:00	Iraq	11–40	Qatar	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(6–18)

28 January 2014 19:00	Kuwait	40–31	Oman	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(20–14)

30 January 2014 15:00	United Arab Emirates	26–17	Iraq	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(8–4)

30 January 2014 17:00	Oman	23–22	Japan	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(8–11)

30 January 2014 19:00	Qatar	31–23	Kuwait	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(14–14)

1 February 2014 15:00	United Arab Emirates	23–22	Kuwait	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(10–13)

1 February 2014 17:00	Japan	31–22	Iraq	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(16–10)

1 February 2014 19:00	Qatar	29–13	Oman	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(15–7)

3 February 2014 15:00	Oman	26–27	United Arab Emirates	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(12–13)

3 February 2014 17:00	Kuwait	29–28	Iraq	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(12–15)

3 February 2014 19:00	Qatar	33–26	Japan	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(15–15)

Placement 9th–12th[edit]

Semifinals		9th/10th

4 February – Manama

China	25
		5 February – Isa Town
Iraq	30
		Iraq	20
4 February – Manama
		Japan	28
Japan	41

Uzbekistan	12
		11th/12th

		5 February – Isa Town

		China	10

		Uzbekistan	0

9th–12th semifinals[edit]

4 February 2014 13:00	China	25–30	Iraq	Bahrain Handball Federation Hall, Manama
		(11–16)

4 February 2014 15:00	Japan	41–12	Uzbekistan	Bahrain Handball Federation Hall, Manama
		(18–7)

11th/12th[edit]

5 February 2014 13:00	China	10–0	Uzbekistan	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(Walkover)

9th/10th[edit]

5 February 2014 15:00	Iraq	20–28	Japan	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(11–17)

Placement 5th–8th[edit]

Semifinals		5th/6th

4 February – Manama

South Korea	32
		5 February – Isa Town
Oman	18
		South Korea	30
4 February – Manama
		Saudi Arabia	25
Kuwait	30

Saudi Arabia	36
		7th/8th

		5 February – Isa Town

		Oman	26

		Kuwait	35

5th–8ths semifinals[edit]

4 February 2014 17:00	South Korea	32–18	Oman	Bahrain Handball Federation Hall, Manama
		(12–10)

4 February 2014 19:00	Kuwait	30–36	Saudi Arabia	Bahrain Handball Federation Hall, Manama
		(18–16)

7th/8th[edit]

5 February 2014 17:00	Oman	26–35	Kuwait	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(9–16)

5th/6th[edit]

5 February 2014 19:00	South Korea	30–25	Saudi Arabia	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(15–15)

Final round[edit]

Semifinals		Gold medal match

4 February – Isa Town

Bahrain	27
		6 February – Isa Town
United Arab Emirates	20
		Bahrain	26
4 February – Isa Town
		Qatar	27
Qatar	23

Iran	22
		Bronze medal match

		6 February – Isa Town

		United Arab Emirates	23

		Iran	29

Semifinals[edit]

4 February 2014 16:30	Qatar	23–22	Iran	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(12–11)

4 February 2014 19:00	Bahrain	27–20	United Arab Emirates	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(15–8)

Bronze medal match[edit]

6 February 2014 16:30	United Arab Emirates	23–29	Iran	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(10–11)

Gold medal match[edit]

6 February 2014 19:00	Bahrain	26–27	Qatar	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(14–14)

Final standing[edit]

Rank	Team
	Qatar
	Bahrain
	Iran
4	United Arab Emirates
5	South Korea
6	Saudi Arabia
7	Kuwait
8	Oman
9	Japan
10	Iraq
11	China
12	Uzbekistan

	Team qualified for the 2015 World Championship

References[edit]

^ "Draw 16th Asian Men's Championships". Asian Handball Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.

External links[edit]

[1] "Draw 16th Asian Men's Championships". Asian Handball Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.

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