2004 Asian Men's Handball Championship

2004 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
Dates	12–21 February
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Kuwait (3rd title)
Runner-up	Japan
Third place	Qatar
Fourth place	Bahrain
Tournament statistics
Matches	22
Goals scored	1128 (51.27 per match)
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The 2004 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the eleventh Asian Championship and was held in Doha, Qatar from 12 to 21 February 2004.

Draw[]

Group A	Group B
Kuwait  Iran  Japan  United Arab Emirates  Oman	Saudi Arabia  Qatar  Bahrain  Jordan

South Korea probably withdrew.^{[citation needed]}

Preliminary round[]

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	4	4	0	0	130	93	+37	8
Japan	4	3	0	1	113	91	+22	6
United Arab Emirates	4	2	0	2	106	107	−1	4
Iran	4	1	0	3	103	111	−8	2
Oman	4	0	0	4	80	130	−50	0

12 February 2004 16:30	Iran	22–28	United Arab Emirates	, Doha
		(11–14)

12 February 2004 19:30	Kuwait	26–23	Japan	, Doha
		(16–10)

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13 February 2004 19:00	Japan	27–21	Oman	, Doha
		(15–11)

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14 February 2004 18:00	Kuwait	30–24	United Arab Emirates	, Doha
		(14–10)

14 February 2004 19:30	Iran	33–20	Oman	, Doha

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15 February 2004 19:30	Japan	35–23	United Arab Emirates	, Doha
		(17–12)

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16 February 2004 16:30	Kuwait	39–19	Oman	, Doha

16 February 2004 18:00	Iran	21–28	Japan	, Doha
		(9–9)

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17 February 2004 16:30	United Arab Emirates	31–20	Oman	, Doha
		(15–9)

17 February 2004 19:30	Kuwait	35–27	Iran	, Doha
		(19–13)

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Qatar (H)	3	3	0	0	78	64	+14	6
Bahrain	3	2	0	1	72	66	+6	4
Saudi Arabia	3	1	0	2	69	67	+2	2
Jordan	3	0	0	3	63	85	−22	0

12 February 2004 18:00	Qatar	27–19	Jordan	, Doha
		(13–9)

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13 February 2004 17:30	Saudi Arabia	18–20	Bahrain	, Doha
		(7–12)

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14 February 2004 16:30	Saudi Arabia	30–23	Jordan	, Doha

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15 February 2004 17:30	Qatar	27–24	Bahrain	, Doha

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16 February 2004 19:30	Saudi Arabia	21–24	Qatar	, Doha
		(10–11)

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17 February 2004 18:00	Bahrain	28–21	Jordan	, Doha

Placement 5th–8th[]

7th/8th[]

20 February 2004 17:30	Iran	28–27	Jordan	, Doha

5th/6th[]

20 February 2004 19:00	United Arab Emirates	25–29	Saudi Arabia	, Doha

Final round[]

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	19 February – Doha
	Kuwait	29
					21 February – Doha
	Bahrain	21
					Kuwait	28
	19 February – Doha
					Japan	24
	Qatar	23
	Japan	27
					Bronze medal match
					21 February – Doha
					Bahrain	26
					Qatar	27

Semifinals[]

19 February 2004 17:30	Kuwait	29–21	Bahrain	, Doha
		(18–10)

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19 February 2004 19:00	Qatar	23–27	Japan	, Doha
		(13–15)

Bronze medal match[]

21 February 2004 17:30	Bahrain	26–27	Qatar	, Doha

Gold medal match[]

21 February 2004 19:00	Kuwait	28–24	Japan	, Doha
		(16–9)

Final standing[]

Rank	Team
	Kuwait
	Japan
	Qatar
4	Bahrain
5	Saudi Arabia
6	United Arab Emirates
7	Iran
8	Jordan
9	Oman

Team qualified for the 2005 World Championship

External links[]

• "Men Handball XI Asia Championship 2004 Doha (QAT)". todor66.com. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
• "11th Asian Men's Handball Championship". Japan Handball Association. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
• "Asian Handball Championship 2004". goalzz.com. Retrieved 28 August 2020.