2012 Asian Men's Handball Championship

2012 Asian Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	26 January – 5 February
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (9th title)
Runner-up	Qatar
Third place	Saudi Arabia
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches	27
Goals scored	1433 (53.07 per match)
Attendance	19,200 (711 per match)
Top scorer(s)	(45)
Best player	Lee Jae-woo
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The 2012 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the 15th edition of the Asian Men's Handball Championship, held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from 26 January to 5 February 2012. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship in Spain.^[1]

Draw[]

Group A	Group B
South Korea Japan Iran Jordan Kuwait	Bahrain Saudi Arabia Qatar United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan

Preliminary round[]

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	4	4	0	106	87	+19	8
Japan	4	2	2	117	104	+13	4
Iran	4	2	2	99	95	+4	4
Kuwait	4	2	2	111	111	0	4
Jordan	4	0	4	80	116	−36	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

27 January 2012 16:30	Jordan	13–25	South Korea	, Jeddah Attendance: 200 Referees: Al-Mawt, Al-Marhoon (BHR)
	4	(7–11)	Park J.G., Jeong H., 4
	3× 7×	Report	3× 5×

27 January 2012 18:30	Iran	26–27	Kuwait	, Jeddah Attendance: 200 Referees: Milošević, Gubica (CRO)
	Nadri 6	(14–14)	10
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

28 January 2012 14:30	Japan	35–22	Jordan	, Jeddah Attendance: 100 Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Ba-Matraf (QAT)
	9	(18–10)	5
	2× 3×	Report	3× 7×

28 January 2012 20:30	South Korea	26–21	Iran	, Jeddah Attendance: 200 Referees: Al-Marzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE)
	Jeong Y.K., Jung S.Y. 5	(16–7)	Jamali 6
	2× 2×	Report	2× 3×

29 January 2012 16:30	Kuwait	27–30	Japan	, Jeddah Attendance: 200 Referees: Guðjónsson, Elíasson (ISL)
	7	(14–14)	, 7
	3× 1×	Report	2×

30 January 2012 16:30	Iran	25–17	Jordan	, Jeddah Attendance: 100 Referees: Al-Marhoon, Al-Mawt (BHR)
	8	(9–7)	6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 7×

30 January 2012 20:30	Kuwait	26–27	South Korea	, Jeddah Attendance: 200 Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Ba-Matraf (QAT)
	11	(12–14)	Park J.G., Eom H.W. 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5× 1×

31 January 2012 16:30	Japan	25–27	Iran	, Jeddah Attendance: 200 Referees: Al-Marzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE)
	, Kadoyama 5	(12–13)	A. Mousavi 9
	1×	Report	2× 3× 1×

1 February 2012 18:30	South Korea	28–27	Japan	, Jeddah Attendance: 200 Referees: Guðjónsson, Elíasson (ISL)
	Jeong Y.K. 6	(14–13)	7
	2× 3×	Report	2× 1×

1 February 2012 20:30	Jordan	28–31	Kuwait	, Jeddah Attendance: 200 Referees: Milošević, Gubica (CRO)
	6	(15–12)	6
	3× 1×	Report	2× 2×

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Qatar	4	3	1	0	120	90	+30	7
Saudi Arabia (H)	4	2	2	0	120	80	+40	6
Bahrain	4	2	1	1	131	94	+37	5
United Arab Emirates	4	1	0	3	109	104	+5	2
Uzbekistan	4	0	0	4	68	180	−112	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(H) Host

26 January 2012 14:30	United Arab Emirates	40–20	Uzbekistan	, Jeddah Attendance: 200 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	8	(22–13)	6
	1× 3×	Report	2× 4×

26 January 2012 20:00	Bahrain	23–23	Saudi Arabia	, Jeddah Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Guðjónsson, Elíasson (ISL)
	6	(9–13)	Al-Salem 6
	3× 7× 1×	Report	3× 6× 1×

27 January 2012 14:30	Qatar	41–19	Uzbekistan	, Jeddah Attendance: 200 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	8	(23–5)	6
	3× 2×	Report	4×

28 January 2012 16:30	Bahrain	26–27	Qatar	, Jeddah Attendance: 200 Referees: Milošević, Gubica (CRO)
	, M. Abdulqader 6	(13–12)	Al-Rayes 10
	3× 5×	Report	2× 6×

28 January 2012 18:30	Saudi Arabia	26–19	United Arab Emirates	, Jeddah Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Al-Mutawa, Al-Suwailam (KUW)
	, Al-Salem 5	(15–10)	5
	3× 7×	Report	2× 5×

29 January 2012 18:30	Uzbekistan	14–47	Saudi Arabia	, Jeddah Attendance: 500 Referees: Lee, Koo (KOR)
	5	(6–22)	Al-Abdulali 10
	2× 5×	Report	3× 1×

30 January 2012 14:30	Qatar	28–21	United Arab Emirates	, Jeddah Attendance: 200 Referees: Al-Mutawa, Al-Suwailam (KUW)
	Al-Rayes 8	(12–9)	, , 5
	3× 5×	Report	2× 4× 2×

30 January 2012 18:30	Uzbekistan	15–52	Bahrain	, Jeddah Attendance: 100 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	8	(8–24)	12
	2× 6×	Report	3× 2×

31 January 2012 18:30	Saudi Arabia	24–24	Qatar	, Jeddah Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Milošević, Gubica (CRO)
	5	(10–14)	Mabrouk 8
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

1 February 2012 14:30	United Arab Emirates	29–30	Bahrain	, Jeddah Attendance: 200 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	7	(12–14)	Four players 5
	3× 1×	Report	1× 1×

Placement 5th–10th[]

9th/10th[]

2 February 2012 14:00	Jordan	32–30	Uzbekistan	, Jeddah Attendance: 100 Referees: Al-Amiry, Al-Dosery (KSA)
	9	(17–17)	9
	3× 4×	Report	3× 6×

7th/8th[]

3 February 2012 14:30	Kuwait	29–31	United Arab Emirates	, Jeddah Attendance: 100 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	14	(12–15)	6
	3×	Report	3× 3×

5th/6th[]

3 February 2012 16:30	Iran	25–20	Bahrain	, Jeddah Attendance: 100 Referees: Ba-Matraf, Al-Suwaidi (QAT)
	Jamali 6	(11–12)	, Al-Maqabi 4
	2× 2×	Report	2× 3×

Final round[]

Semifinals		Gold medal match

3 February – Jeddah

South Korea	27
		5 February – Jeddah
Saudi Arabia	26
		South Korea	23
3 February – Jeddah
		Qatar	22
Qatar	33

Japan	28
		Bronze medal match

		5 February – Jeddah

		Saudi Arabia	25

		Japan	21

Semifinals[]

3 February 2012 18:30	South Korea	27–26	Saudi Arabia	, Jeddah Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Guðjónsson, Elíasson (ISL)
	Yoon K.S. 8	(14–13)	8
	3× 6×	Report	3× 5×

3 February 2012 20:30	Qatar	33–28	Japan	, Jeddah Attendance: 500 Referees: Milošević, Gubica (CRO)
	Mabrouk 8	(19–13)	9
	3× 2×	Report	3×

Bronze medal match[]

5 February 2012 16:30	Saudi Arabia	25–21	Japan	, Jeddah Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Milošević, Gubica (CRO)
	7	(13–11)	5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

Gold medal match[]

5 February 2012 18:30	South Korea	23–22	Qatar	, Jeddah Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Guðjónsson, Elíasson (ISL)
	Yoon K.S. 7	(10–11)	Mabrouk 9
	3× 5×	Report	3× 6×

Final standing[]

Rank	Team
	South Korea
	Qatar
	Saudi Arabia
4	Japan
5	Iran
6	Bahrain
7	United Arab Emirates
8	Kuwait
9	Jordan
10	Uzbekistan

	Team qualified for the 2013 World Championship

Awards[]

Most Valuable Player: Lee Jae-woo (KOR)
Best Goalkeeper: Manaf Al-Saeed (KSA)
Fair Play Award: South Korea

References[]

^ "Draw Results of the 2011 Asian Championships" (PDF). Asian Handball Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2011.

External links[]

[1] "Draw Results of the 2011 Asian Championships" (PDF). Asian Handball Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2011.

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