Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship

The Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship is the official competition for youth men's national handball teams of Asia, and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the Asian champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the Youth World Championship.

Summary[edit]

Year	Host	Final			Third place match
Year	Host	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
2005 Details	Bangkok	South Korea	38–31	Iran	Japan	29–26	Bahrain
2006 Details	Tehran	Iran	No playoffs	Qatar	South Korea	No playoffs	Japan
2008 Details	Amman	Kuwait	31–26	Qatar	Iran	31–25	Bahrain
2010 Details	Abu Dhabi	Qatar	37–30	South Korea	Bahrain	35–35 2OT (4–2) pen	Saudi Arabia
2012 Details	Manama	Qatar	28–24	Japan	South Korea	18–17	Bahrain

Medal table[edit]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Qatar	2	2	0	4
2	South Korea	1	1	2	4
3	Iran	1	1	1	3
4	Kuwait	1	0	0	1
5	Japan	0	1	1	2
6	Bahrain	0	0	1	1
Total		5	5	5	15

Participating nations[edit]

Nation	2005	2006	2008	2010	2012	Years
Bahrain	4th		4th	3rd	4th	4
Chinese Taipei	5th		8th	8th	10th	4
India	7th		11th			2
Iran	2nd	1st	3rd	5th	8th	5
Iraq			10th	9th	6th	3
Japan	3rd	4th	7th	7th	2nd	5
Jordan			9th			1
Kazakhstan				10th		1
Kuwait			1st		9th	2
Lebanon				11th		1
Macau	8th					1
Oman					12th	1
Qatar		2nd	2nd	1st	1st	4
Saudi Arabia			6th	4th	5th	3
South Korea	1st	3rd	5th	2nd	3rd	4
Syria					7th	1
Thailand	6th					1
United Arab Emirates				6th		1
Uzbekistan					11th	1
Total	8	4	11	11	12