2010 Asian Men's Handball Championship

2010 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Lebanon
Dates	February 6–19
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (8th title)
Runner-up	Bahrain
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	34
Goals scored	1867 (54.91 per match)
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The 2010 Asian Men's Handball Championship was held in Beirut, Lebanon, from February 6 to 19, 2010. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship in Sweden.

Draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Saudi Arabia China Syria Iraq *	Kuwait * Japan Bahrain	South Korea Qatar United Arab Emirates	Lebanon Iran Jordan

* Following the IOC decision to suspend the NOC of Kuwait which came in force on 1 January 2010, the International Handball Federation decided to suspend handball in Kuwait in all categories. Following this decision Iraq replaced Kuwait in Group B to balance the number of teams in each group.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Syria	2	1	0	1	50	44	+6	2
Saudi Arabia	2	1	0	1	43	44	−1	2
China	2	1	0	1	43	48	−5	2

February 6 14:00	Saudi Arabia	23 – 22	Syria	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Ikebuchi, Hizaki (JPN)
	Al-Salem 8	(14–9)	Al-Karad 6

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February 8 16:00	Syria	28 – 21	China	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Al-Marzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE)
	Hadad 10	(14–9)

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February 10 17:30	Saudi Arabia	20 – 22	China	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Dib, Haidar (LIB)
	Al-Habib 5	(11–10)	Shen Z. 7

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	2	2	0	0	66	48	+18	4
Bahrain	2	1	0	1	57	50	+7	2
Iraq	2	0	0	2	40	65	−25	0

February 7 16:00	Japan	35 – 21	Iraq	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Dib, Haidar (LIB)
	Miyazaki 9	(19–13)	Khanjar 6

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February 9 16:00	Iraq	19 – 30	Bahrain	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Kim, Kim (KOR)
	Mondher 6	(7–17)	Jawhar, H. Madan 5

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February 11 16:00	Japan	31 – 27	Bahrain	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Al-Marzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE)
	Miyazaki 7	(16–12)	M. Ali 7

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	2	2	0	0	59	46	+13	4
Qatar	2	0	1	1	48	54	−6	1
United Arab Emirates	2	0	1	1	48	55	−7	1

February 7 17:30	South Korea	30 – 23	United Arab Emirates	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
	Park J.G. 7	(13–10)	W. Al-Balooshi 7

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February 9 17:30	United Arab Emirates	25 – 25	Qatar	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Kolahdouzan, Karbaschi (IRI)
	Al-Bannai 6	(12–12)	Al-Rayes 5

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February 11 17:30	South Korea	29 – 23	Qatar	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
	Jeong Y.K., Jung S.Y., Lee J.W. 4	(16–8)	Al-Rayes, Ghazal 5

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	2	2	0	0	63	39	+24	4
Lebanon	2	1	0	1	50	46	+4	2
Jordan	2	0	0	2	44	72	−28	0

February 6 17:00	Jordan	21 – 34	Lebanon	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Kim, Kim (KOR)
		(7–15)	Badra 8

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February 8 17:30	Iran	38 – 23	Jordan	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Gang, Wang (CHN)
	Masaeli 10	(19–12)

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February 10 16:00	Iran	25 – 16	Lebanon	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
	Masaeli 9	(11–5)	Dokić 5

Placement 9th–12th

	Semifinal				9th place
	February 14 – Beirut
	China	28
	United Arab Emirates	25
					February 16 – Beirut
					China	30
					Iraq	25
					11th place
	February 15 – Beirut			February 16 – Beirut
	Iraq	30		United Arab Emirates	43
	Jordan	26			Jordan	36

February 14 12:00	China	28 – 25	United Arab Emirates	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Al-Watani, Qamber (BHR)
	Shen Z. 10	(15–14)	Zioudi 5

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February 15 12:00	Iraq	30 – 26	Jordan	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Kim, Kim (KOR)
		(12–8)

11th/12th

February 16 16:00	United Arab Emirates	43 – 36	Jordan	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
	Ghaleb 8	(20–16)	Al-Hendawi 10

9th/10th

February 16 18:00	China	30 – 25	Iraq	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Al-Watani, Qamber (BHR)
		(12–11)

Main round

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	0	80	71	+9	5
Japan	3	2	0	1	91	71	+20	4
Qatar	3	1	1	1	68	76	−8	3
Iran	3	0	0	3	63	84	−21	0

February 13 18:00	Iran	19 – 26	Saudi Arabia	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Al-Watani, Qamber (BHR)
	Masaeli 5	(8–11)	Al-Habib 8

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February 13 20:00	Japan	29 – 20	Qatar	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Al-Marzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE)
	Miyazaki, Suematsu 7	(15–10)	Al-Habeeb 4

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February 14 18:00	Iran	21 – 22	Qatar	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
	Masaeli 7	(11–11)	Abdullah 7

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February 14 20:00	Japan	26 – 28	Saudi Arabia	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Dib, Haidar (LIB)
	Toyoda 8	(12–15)	Al-Harbi 10

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February 15 18:00	Qatar	26 – 26	Saudi Arabia	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
		(12–13)	Al-Harbi 8

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February 15 20:00	Japan	36 – 23	Iran	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Gang, Wang (CHN)
	Miyazaki 5	(21–11)	Zohrabi 5

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	0	112	74	+38	6
Bahrain	3	2	0	1	97	89	+8	4
Syria	3	1	0	2	89	99	−10	2
Lebanon	3	0	0	3	70	106	−36	0

February 13 14:00	Syria	32 – 35	Bahrain	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
	Hadad 10	(13–16)	Abdulqader 13

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February 13 16:00	South Korea	38 – 23	Lebanon	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Ikebuchi, Hizaki (JPN)
	Yu D.G., Paek W.C., Lee J.W. 6	(17–11)	Al-Nahas 7

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February 14 14:00	South Korea	39 – 26	Bahrain	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Gang, Wang (CHN)
	Jung S.Y. 7	(19–11)	Abdulqader 5

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February 14 16:00	Syria	32 – 29	Lebanon	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Kolahdouzan, Karbaschi (IRI)
	Al-Karad 11	(17–14)	Dokić 7

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February 15 14:00	Syria	25 – 35	South Korea	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Ikebuchi, Hizaki (JPN)
	Al-Karad 7	(14–15)	Park J.G. 6

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February 15 16:00	Lebanon	18 – 36	Bahrain	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
	Badra 4	(8–13)	Abdulqader 9

Placement 5th–8th

7th/8th

February 17 14:00	Iran	35 – 23	Lebanon	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Ikebuchi, Hizaki (JPN)
	S. Esteki 17	(14–13)	Badra, Chahine 4

5th/6th

February 17 16:00	Qatar	31 – 30	Syria	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Dib, Haidar (LIB)
		(15–16)

Final round

	Semifinal				Final
	February 17 – Beirut
	Saudi Arabia	25
	Bahrain	26
					February 19 – Beirut
					Bahrain	25
					South Korea	32
					Third place
	February 17 – Beirut			February 19 – Beirut
	South Korea	30		Saudi Arabia	30
	Japan	23			Japan (ET)	33

Semifinals

February 17 18:00	Saudi Arabia	25 – 26	Bahrain	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Al-Marzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE)
	Al-Harbi, Al-Habib 6	(12–14)	Jawhar 7

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February 17 20:00	South Korea	30 – 23	Japan	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Gang, Wang (CHN)
	Yoon K.S. 7	(14–12)	Toyoda 6

Bronze medal match

February 19 16:00	Saudi Arabia	30 – 33 (ET)	Japan	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
	Al-Harbi 11	(12–14)	Miyazaki 12
	FT: 27–27 ET: 3–6

Gold medal match

February 19 18:00	Bahrain	25 – 32	South Korea	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Kolahdouzan, Karbaschi (IRI)
	Salman 6	(13–16)	Lee T.Y. 12

Final standing

Rank	Team
1 !	South Korea
2 !	Bahrain
3 !	Japan
4	Saudi Arabia
5	Qatar
6	Syria
7	Iran
8	Lebanon
9	China
10	Iraq
11	United Arab Emirates
12	Jordan

Team qualified for the 2011 World Championship

External links

• www.asianhandball.com
• www.handball.jp
• Results
• www.goalzz.com