Handball at the Asian Games

Handball has been an Asian Games event since 1982 when the sport was first played in New Delhi, India.

Summary

Men

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
1982	New Delhi		China	24–19	Japan		South Korea	32–22	Kuwait
1986	Seoul		South Korea	No playoffs	China		Japan	No playoffs	Kuwait
1990	Beijing		South Korea	No playoffs	Japan		Saudi Arabia	No playoffs	China
1994	Hiroshima		South Korea	No playoffs	Japan		China	No playoffs	Kuwait
1998	Bangkok		South Korea	29–18	Kuwait		Japan	28–23	Iran
2002	Busan		South Korea	22–21	Kuwait		Qatar	28–21	Japan
2006	Doha		Kuwait	27–24	Qatar		Iran	31–27	South Korea
2010	Guangzhou		South Korea	32–28	Iran		Japan	27–20	Saudi Arabia
2014	Incheon		Qatar	24–21	South Korea		Bahrain	28–25	Iran

Women

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
1990	Beijing		South Korea	No playoffs	China		Chinese Taipei	No playoffs	North Korea
1994	Hiroshima		South Korea	No playoffs	Japan		China	No playoffs	Kazakhstan
1998	Bangkok		South Korea	No playoffs	North Korea		Japan	No playoffs	China
2002	Busan		South Korea	No playoffs	Kazakhstan		China	No playoffs	Japan
2006	Doha		South Korea	29–22	Kazakhstan		Japan	25–22	China
2010	Guangzhou		China	31–22	Japan		South Korea	38–26	Kazakhstan
2014	Incheon		South Korea	29–19	Japan		Kazakhstan	27–26	China

Medal table

1	South Korea	12	1	2	15
2	China	2	2	3	7
3	Kuwait	1	2	0	3
4	Qatar	1	1	1	3
5	Japan	0	6	5	11
6	Kazakhstan	0	2	1	3
7	Iran	0	1	1	2
8	North Korea	0	1	0	1
9	Bahrain	0	0	1	1
	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	Saudi Arabia	0	0	1	1
Total		16	16	16	48

Participating nations

Men

Team	1982	1986	1990	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	Years
Bahrain	7th					6th	7th	6th	3rd	5
China	1st	2nd	4th	3rd	6th	7th	11th	7th	10th	9
Chinese Taipei						5th			8th	2
Hong Kong		6th					13th	10th	11th	4
India	8th						12th	9th	14th	4
Iran		5th			4th		3rd	2nd	4th	5
Japan	2nd	3rd	2nd	2nd	3rd	4th	6th	3rd	9th	9
Kuwait	4th	4th		4th	2nd	2nd	1st	8th	5th	8
Lebanon							9th			1
Macau							15th			1
Mongolia						9th		11th	12th	3
North Korea			5th							1
Oman									6th	1
Qatar					7th	3rd	2nd	5th	1st	5
Saudi Arabia	5th		3rd	5th			8th	4th	7th	6
South Korea	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	4th	1st	2nd	9
Syria							5th			1
Thailand					8th					1
United Arab Emirates	6th		6th		5th	8th	10th		13th	6
Uzbekistan							14th			1
Number of teams	8	6	6	5	8	9	15	11	14

Women

Team	1990	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	Years
China	2nd	3rd	4th	3rd	4th	1st	4th	7
Chinese Taipei	3rd				5th	6th		3
Hong Kong	6th						6th	2
India					8th	8th	8th	3
Japan	5th	2nd	3rd	4th	3rd	2nd	2nd	7
Kazakhstan		4th	5th	2nd	2nd	4th	3rd	6
Maldives							9th	1
North Korea	4th		2nd	5th		5th		4
Qatar						9th		1
South Korea	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	7
Thailand			6th		7th	7th	7th	4
Uzbekistan					6th		5th	2
Number of teams	6	4	6	5	8	9	9

General statistics

Men

Team	Pld	W	D	L
Bahrain	28	13	0	15
China	45	24	2	19
Chinese Taipei	11	4	0	7
Hong Kong	19	2	0	17
India	19	3	0	16
Iran	31	15	0	16
Japan	50	31	2	17
Kuwait	43	23	3	17
Lebanon	4	2	0	2
Macau	4	0	0	4
Mongolia	14	0	0	14
North Korea	5	1	0	4
Oman	7	3	0	4
Qatar	31	23	1	7
Saudi Arabia	33	15	1	17
South Korea	51	43	2	6
Syria	6	3	0	3
Thailand	4	0	0	4
United Arab Emirates	26	6	1	19
Uzbekistan	5	1	0	4

Women

Team	Pld	W	D	L
China	32	17	3	12
Chinese Taipei	14	6	1	7
Hong Kong	11	2	0	9
India	13	0	2	11
Japan	33	16	4	13
Kazakhstan	29	14	1	14
Maldives	4	0	0	4
North Korea	18	8	1	9
Qatar	4	0	0	4
South Korea	33	32	0	1
Thailand	19	3	2	14
Uzbekistan	10	5	0	5

List of medalists

Main article: List of Asian Games medalists in handball

External links

• Medallists from previous Asian Games - Handball