2008 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship

2008 Asian Junior Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Jordan
Dates	25 July – 5 August 2008
Teams	13
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Kuwait (5th title)
Runner-up	Iran
Third place	Qatar
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches	37
Goals scored	2371 (64.08 per match)
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The 2008 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship (11th tournament) took place in Amman from 25 July – 5 August. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2009 Men's Junior World Handball Championship in Egypt.

Draw[]

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
South Korea  Japan  United Arab Emirates  Iraq	China  Iran  Bahrain	Saudi Arabia  Jordan  India	Kuwait  Qatar  Hong Kong

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	0	113	92	+21	6
Japan	3	2	0	1	103	111	−8	4
United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	2	99	95	+4	2
Iraq	3	0	0	3	88	105	−17	0

25 July 2008 14:00	South Korea	32–29	United Arab Emirates	, Amman
		(12–15)

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25 July 2008 15:30	Japan	33–32	Iraq	, Amman
		(15–15)

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26 July 2008 14:00	South Korea	35–29	Iraq	, Amman
		(21–12)

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26 July 2008 15:30	Japan	36–33	United Arab Emirates	, Amman
		(16–15)

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27 July 2008 14:00	United Arab Emirates	37–27	Iraq	, Amman
		(16–13)

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27 July 2008 15:30	South Korea	46–34	Japan	, Amman
		(25–16)

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	2	2	0	0	73	54	+19	4
Bahrain	2	1	0	1	69	61	+8	2
China	2	0	0	2	56	83	−27	0

25 July 2008 17:00	China	30–41	Bahrain	, Amman
		(12–21)

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26 July 2008 17:00	Bahrain	28–31	Iran	, Amman
		(14–16)

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27 July 2008 17:00	China	26–42	Iran	, Amman
		(11–21)

Group C[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Saudi Arabia	2	2	0	0	72	58	+14	4
Jordan	2	1	0	1	72	60	+12	2
India	2	0	0	2	61	87	−26	0

25 July 2008 18:30	Saudi Arabia	42–31	India	, Amman
		(20–13)

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26 July 2008 18:30	India	30–45	Jordan	, Amman
		(12–20)

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27 July 2008 18:30	Saudi Arabia	30–27	Jordan	, Amman
		(14–12)

Group D[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	2	2	0	0	77	38	+39	4
Qatar	2	1	0	1	67	54	+13	2
Hong Kong	2	0	0	2	26	78	−52	0

25 July 2008 21:00	Kuwait	40–9	Hong Kong	, Amman
		(19–3)

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26 July 2008 21:00	Hong Kong	17–38	Qatar	, Amman
		(6–22)

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27 July 2008 21:00	Kuwait	37–29	Qatar	, Amman
		(17–11)

Placement 9th–12th[]

	Semifinals				9th/10th
	2 August–Amman
	United Arab Emirates	38
					4 August–Amman
	India	19
					United Arab Emirates	29
	2 August–Amman
					China	33
	China	33
	Hong Kong	23
					11th/12th
					4 August–Amman
					India	29
					Hong Kong	33

2 August 2008 16:00	United Arab Emirates	38–19	India	, Amman
		(19–10)

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2 August 2008 18:00	China	33–23	Hong Kong	, Amman
		(18–13)

11th/12th[]

4 August 2008 14:00	India	29–33	Hong Kong	, Amman
		(15–16)

9th/10th[]

4 August 2008 16:00	United Arab Emirates	29–33	China	, Amman
		(15–15)

Main round[]

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	3	3	0	0	106	90	+16	6
Iran	3	2	0	1	110	91	+19	4
Jordan	3	1	0	2	88	100	−12	2
Japan	3	0	0	3	92	115	−23	0

29 July 2008 15:00	Iran	38–27	Jordan	, Amman
		(20–14)

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29 July 2008 16:30	Kuwait	41–31	Japan	, Amman
		(17–15)

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30 July 2008 15:00	Iran	41–31	Japan	, Amman
		(20–12)

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30 July 2008 16:30	Kuwait	32–28	Jordan	, Amman
		(17–14)

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1 August 2008 15:00	Iran	31–33	Kuwait	, Amman
		(13–20)

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1 August 2008 16:30	Jordan	33–30	Japan	, Amman
		(15–11)

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	2	0	1	97	90	+7	4
Qatar	3	1	1	1	97	95	+2	3
Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	82	84	−2	3
Bahrain	3	1	0	2	91	98	−7	2

29 July 2008 18:00	South Korea	31–30	Bahrain	, Amman
		(19–18)

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29 July 2008 19:30	Saudi Arabia	26–26	Qatar	, Amman
		(11–12)

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30 July 2008 18:00	South Korea	40–33	Qatar	, Amman
		(21–12)

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30 July 2008 19:30	Saudi Arabia	29–32	Bahrain	, Amman
		(13–15)

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1 August 2008 18:00	South Korea	26–27	Saudi Arabia	, Amman
		(11–16)

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1 August 2008 19:30	Qatar	38–29	Bahrain	, Amman
		(17–14)

Placement 5th–8th[]

7th/8th[]

4 August 2008 18:00	Japan	31–34	Bahrain	, Amman
		(14–15)

5th/6th[]

4 August 2008 20:00	Jordan	31–29	Saudi Arabia	, Amman
		(14–13)

Final round[]

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	3 August – Amman
	Kuwait	36
					5 August – Amman
	Qatar	29
					Kuwait	31
	3 August – Amman
					Iran	30
	South Korea	28
	Iran	36
					Bronze medal match
					5 August – Amman
					Qatar	42
					South Korea	38

Semifinals[]

3 August 2008 16:00	Kuwait	36–29	Qatar	, Amman
		(20–13)

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3 August 2008 18:00	South Korea	28–36	Iran	, Amman
		(12–18)

Bronze medal match[]

5 August 2008 16:00	Qatar	42–38	South Korea	, Amman
		(21–17)

Gold medal match[]

5 August 2008 18:00	Kuwait	31–30	Iran	, Amman
		(17–17)

Final standing[]

Rank	Team
	Kuwait
	Iran
	Qatar
4	South Korea
5	Jordan
6	Saudi Arabia
7	Bahrain
8	Japan
9	China
10	United Arab Emirates
11	Hong Kong
12	India
13	Iraq

Team qualified for the 2009 Junior World Championship

References[]

• www.handball.jp
• www.asianhandball.com