2010 Asian Men's Handball Championship

2010 Asian Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Lebanon
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	6–19 February
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (8th title)
Runner-up	Bahrain
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	34
Goals scored	1,867 (54.91 per match)
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The 2010 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the 14th edition of the Asian Men's Handball Championship, held in Beirut, Lebanon, from 6 to 19 February 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.^[1] Following this decision Iraq replaced Kuwait in Group B to balance the number of teams in each group.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

6 February 2010 14:00	Saudi Arabia	23–22	Syria	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Ikebuchi, Hizaki (JPN)
	Al-Salem 8	(14–9)	Al-Karad 6

8 February 2010 16:00	Syria	28–21	China	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Al-Marzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE)
	Hadad 10	(14–9)

10 February 2010 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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	2	2	0	66	48	+18	4
Bahrain	2	1	1	57	50	+7	2
Iraq	2	0	2	40	65	−25	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 February 2010 16:00	Japan	35–21	Iraq	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Dib, Haidar (LIB)
	Miyazaki 9	(19–13)	Khanjar 6

9 February 2010 16:00	Iraq	19–30	Bahrain	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Kim, Kim (KOR)
	Mondher 6	(7–17)	Jawher, H. Madan 5

11 February 2010 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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 February 2010 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

9 February 2010 17:30	United Arab Emirates	25–25	Qatar	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Kolahdouzan, Karbaschi (IRI)
	Al-Bannai 6	(12–12)	Al-Rayes 5

11 February 2010 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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	2	2	0	63	39	+24	4
Lebanon (H)	2	1	1	50	46	+4	2
Jordan	2	0	2	44	72	−28	0

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

6 February 2010 17:00	Jordan	21–34	Lebanon	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Kim, Kim (KOR)
		(7–15)	Badra 8

8 February 2010 17:30	Iran	38–23	Jordan	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Gang, Wang (CHN)
	Masaeli 10	(19–12)

10 February 2010 16:00	Iran	25–16	Lebanon	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Ba-Matraf (QAT)
	Masaeli 9	(11–5)	Dokić 5

Placement 9th–12th

Semifinals		9th/10th

14 February – Beirut

China	28
		16 February – Beirut
United Arab Emirates	25
		China	30
15 February – Beirut
		Iraq	25
Iraq	30

Jordan	26
		11th/12th

		16 February – Beirut

		United Arab Emirates	43

		Jordan	36

9th–12th semifinals

14 February 2010 12:00	China	28–25	United Arab Emirates	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Al-Watani, Qamber (BHR)
	Shen Z. 10	(15–14)	Zeyoudi 5

15 February 2010 12:00	Iraq	30–26	Jordan	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Kim, Kim (KOR)
		(12–8)

11th/12th

16 February 2010 16:00	United Arab Emirates	43–36	Jordan	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Ba-Matraf (QAT)
	Al-Mansoori 8	(20–15)	Al-Hendawi 10

9th/10th

16 February 2010 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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

13 February 2010 18:00	Iran	19–26	Saudi Arabia	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Al-Watani, Qamber (BHR)
	Masaeli 5	(8–11)	Al-Habib 8

13 February 2010 20:00	Japan	29–20	Qatar	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Al-Marzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE)
	Miyazaki, Suematsu 7	(15–10)	Al-Habeeb 4

14 February 2010 18:00	Iran	21–22	Qatar	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
	Masaeli 7	(11–11)	Abdullah 7

14 February 2010 20:00	Japan	26–28	Saudi Arabia	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Dib, Haidar (LIB)
	Toyoda 8	(12–15)	Al-Harbi 10

15 February 2010 18:00	Qatar	26–26	Saudi Arabia	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
		(12–13)	Al-Harbi 8

15 February 2010 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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	112	74	+38	6
Bahrain	3	2	1	97	89	+8	4
Syria	3	1	2	89	99	−10	2
Lebanon (H)	3	0	3	70	106	−36	0

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

13 February 2010 14:00	Syria	32–35	Bahrain	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
	Hadad 10	(13–16)	J. Abdulqader 13

13 February 2010 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-Nahass 7

14 February 2010 14:00	South Korea	39–26	Bahrain	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Gang, Wang (CHN)
	Jung S.Y. 7	(19–11)	J. Abdulqader 5

14 February 2010 16:00	Syria	32–29	Lebanon	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Kolahdouzan, Karbaschi (IRI)
	Al-Karad 11	(17–14)	Dokić 7

15 February 2010 14:00	Syria	25–35	South Korea	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Ikebuchi, Hizaki (JPN)
	Al-Karad 7	(14–15)	Park J.G. 6

15 February 2010 16:00	Lebanon	18–36	Bahrain	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Ba-Matraf (QAT)
	Badra 4	(8–13)	J. Abdulqader 9

Placement 5th–8th

7th/8th

17 February 2010 14:00	Iran	35–23	Lebanon	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Ikebuchi, Hizaki (JPN)
	S. Esteki 17	(14–13)	Badra, Chahine 4

5th/6th

17 February 2010 16:00	Qatar	31–30	Syria	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Dib, Haidar (LIB)
		(15–16)

Final round

Semifinals		Gold medal match

17 February – Beirut

Saudi Arabia	25
		19 February – Beirut
Bahrain	26
		Bahrain	25
17 February – Beirut
		South Korea	32
South Korea	30

Japan	23
		Bronze medal match

		19 February – Beirut

		Saudi Arabia	30

		Japan (ET)	33

Semifinals

17 February 2010 18:00	Saudi Arabia	25–26	Bahrain	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Al-Marzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE)
	Al-Harbi, Al-Habib 6	(12–14)	Jawher 7

17 February 2010 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

19 February 2010 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

19 February 2010 18:00	Bahrain	25–32	South Korea	Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut Referees: Kolahdouzan, Karbaschi (IRI)
	M. Abdulqader 6	(13–16)	Lee T.Y. 12

Final standing

Rank	Team
	South Korea
	Bahrain
	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

References

^ "IHF suspends handball in Kuwait". Retrieved 2010-01-24.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

www.asianhandball.com^{[permanent dead link‍]}
www.handball.jp
Results
www.goalzz.com

[1] "IHF suspends handball in Kuwait". Retrieved 2010-01-24.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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