2010 Asian Men's Handball Championship

2010 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Lebanon
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	February 6–19
Teams	12
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)

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.

Teams

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	Tiebreaker
Syria	2	1	0	1	50	44	+6	2	+6 GD
Saudi Arabia	2	1	0	1	43	44	–1	2	–1 GD
China	2	1	0	1	43	48	–5	2	–5 GD

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	Tiebreaker
South Korea	2	2	0	0	59	46	+13	4
Qatar	2	0	1	1	48	54	–6	1	25–25
United Arab Emirates	2	0	1	1	48	55	–7	1	25–25

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-Raeiss 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-Raeiss, 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
					February 16 – Beirut
	United Arab Emirates	25
					China	30
	February 15 – Beirut
					Iraq	25
	Iraq	30
	Jordan	26
					11th place
					February 16 – Beirut
					United Arab Emirates	43
					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
					February 19 – Beirut
	Bahrain	26
					Bahrain	25
	February 17 – Beirut
					South Korea	32
	South Korea	30
	Japan	23
					Third place
					February 19 – Beirut
					Saudi Arabia	30
					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
	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

External links

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