West Asian Women's Handball Championship

West Asian Women's Handball Championship

Sport	Handball
Founded	2016
First season	2016
Owner(s)	Asian Handball Federation
Continent	Western Asia
Most recent champion(s)	India (1st title)
Most titles	India & Iran & Qatar (1 title each)

The West Asian Women's Handball Championship or AHF Women's President Cup since 2023, is the official competition organised by the Asian Handball Federation for senior women's national handball teams of Western Asia.

Summary

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Champion	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
2016 Details	Doha		Qatar	No playoffs	Jordan		Iraq	No playoffs	United Arab Emirates
2017[1] Details	Amman		Iran	No playoffs	Jordan		Syria	No playoffs	Qatar
2019[2] Details	Beirut		Cancelled due to insufficient number of teams
2023 Details	Amman		India	No playoffs	Jordan	Iraq	No playoffs	Kuwait

^1 Played in February 2018 ^2 Cancelled due to insufficient number of teams

2023

https://asianhandball.org/jordan2023/

https://asianhandball.org/jordan2023/s/

https://asianhandball.org/jordan2023/r/

Group Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA DIFF Pts

1 India 6 6 0 0 221 105 116 12

2 Jordan 6 4 0 2 164 133 31 8

3 Iraq 6 2 0 4 134 178 -44 4

4 Kuwait 6 0 0 6 102 205 -103 0

7 February 2023 15 - 41 Kuwait vs India

7 February 2023 17 - 31 Iraq vs Jordan

8 February 2023 13 - 40 Iraq vs India

8 February 2023 16 - 35 Kuwait vs Jordan

10 February 2023 25 - 34 Kuwait vs Iraq

10 February 2023 21 - 37 Jordan vs India

11 February 2023 40 - 12 India vs Kuwait

11 February 2023 28 - 20 Jordan vs Iraq

13 February 2023 35 - 23 India vs Iraq

13 February 2023 28 - 15 Jordan vs Kuwait

14 February 2023 27 - 19 Iraq vs Kuwait

14 February 2023 28 - 21 India vs Jordan

Final Ranking

   Rank

   Country

   India

   Jordan

   Iraq

   Kuwait

All-Star Team

Award

Player

MVP Nidhi Sharma (India)

Right Wing Priyanka Thakur (India)

Right Back Aisha Al-Saad (Kuwait)

Center Back Fallak Obeidat (Jordan)

Left Wing Faten Al-Hamaideh (Jordan)

Left Back Jenan Mahmoud (Iraq)

Pivot Sondos Obeidat (Jordan)

Goalkeeper Diksha Kumari (India)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India	1	0	0	1
	Iran	1	0	0	1
	Qatar	1	0	0	1
4	Jordan	0	3	0	3
5	Iraq	0	0	2	2
6	Syria	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		3	3	3	9

Participating nations

Nation	2016	2017	2023	Years
Iran		1st		1
Iraq	3rd	6th	3rd	3
Jordan	2nd	2nd	1st	2
Kuwait			4th	1
Lebanon		5th		1
Qatar	1st	4th		2
Syria		3rd		1
United Arab Emirates	4th			1
Guest Teams
India			1st	1
Total	4	6	4

References

• Official Website

External links

• https://asianhandball.org/1wawhc/
• https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/iran-women-are-champions-west-asia
• https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/india-dominant-ahf-womens-president-cup