Asian Women's Handball Championship
Current season, competition or edition: 2021 Asian Women's Handball Championship | |
Sport | Handball |
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Founded | 1987 |
Inaugural season | 1987 |
Continent | Asia (AHF) |
Most recent champion(s) | South Korea (15th title) |
Most titles | South Korea (15 titles) |
The AHF Asian Women's Handball Championship is a biennial continental handball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Asian Handball Federation (AHF). Since 2018, it also includes teams from Oceania. The competition also serves as a qualifying tournament for the IHF World Women's Handball Championship.
The current champion is South Korea, which won its 15th title at the 2021 tournament in Jordan.
Summary[]
Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
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Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
1987 Details |
Amman |
South Korea |
34–24 | China |
Japan |
26–9 | Syria | ||
1989 Details |
Beijing |
South Korea |
No playoffs | China |
Japan |
No playoffs | Chinese Taipei | ||
1991 Details |
Hiroshima |
South Korea |
No playoffs | Japan |
China |
No playoffs | North Korea | ||
1993 Details |
Shantou |
South Korea |
43–26 | China |
North Korea |
25–21 | Japan | ||
1995 Details |
Seoul |
South Korea |
No playoffs | China |
Japan |
No playoffs | Chinese Taipei | ||
1997 Details |
Amman |
South Korea |
No playoffs | China |
Japan |
No playoffs | Uzbekistan | ||
19991 Details |
Kumamoto |
South Korea |
No playoffs | China |
Japan |
No playoffs | North Korea | ||
2000 Details |
Shanghai |
South Korea |
33–23 | Japan |
North Korea |
24–18 | China | ||
2002 Details |
Almaty |
Kazakhstan |
27–25 | South Korea |
China |
29–23 | Japan | ||
2004 Details |
Hiroshima |
Japan |
No playoffs | China |
South Korea |
No playoffs | Chinese Taipei | ||
2006 Details |
Guangzhou |
South Korea |
No playoffs | China |
Japan |
No playoffs | Kazakhstan | ||
2008 Details |
Bangkok |
South Korea |
35–23 | China |
Japan |
39–16 | Thailand | ||
2010 Details |
Almaty |
Kazakhstan |
33–32 | South Korea |
China |
26–25 | Japan | ||
2012 Details |
Yogyakarta |
South Korea |
40–22 | China |
Japan |
21–20 | Kazakhstan | ||
2015 Details |
Jakarta |
South Korea |
36–22 | Japan |
China |
28–25 | Kazakhstan | ||
2017 Details |
Suwon |
South Korea |
30–20 | Japan |
China |
34–26 | Kazakhstan | ||
2018 Details |
Kumamoto |
South Korea |
30–25 | Japan |
China |
27–21 | Kazakhstan | ||
2021 Details |
Amman |
South Korea |
33–24 | Japan |
Kazakhstan |
38–33 | Iran |
Medal table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | South Korea | 15 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
2 | Kazakhstan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Japan | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 |
4 | China | 0 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
5 | North Korea | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (5 nations) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |
Participating nations[]
Nation | 1987 |
1989 |
1991 |
1993 |
1995 |
1997 |
1999 |
2000 |
2002 |
2004 |
2006 |
2008 |
2010 |
2012 |
2015 |
2017 |
2018 |
2021 |
Years |
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Australia | 5th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
China | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 17 | |
Chinese Taipei | 5th | 4th | 5th | 6th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 7th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 11 | |||||||
Hong Kong | 5th | 8th | 8th | 7th | 6th | 5 | |||||||||||||
India | 7th | 6th | 8th | 8th | 7th | 8th | 5 | ||||||||||||
Indonesia | 11th | 9th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Iran | 7th | 8th | 9th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 4th | 7 | |||||||||||
Japan | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 18 |
Jordan | 6th | 7th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Kazakhstan | 5th | 5th | 1st | 4th | 5th | 1st | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 11 | |||||||
Kuwait | 12th | 10th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
New Zealand | 10th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
North Korea | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 6 | ||||||||||||
Palestine | 11th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Qatar | 10th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Singapore | 9th | 9th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
South Korea | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 18 |
Syria | 4th | 8th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Thailand | 4th | 7th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Turkmenistan | 6th | 10th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Uzbekistan | 4th | 7th | 9th | 6th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 8 | ||||||||||
Vietnam | 6th | 6th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Total | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 |
See also[]
- Asian Men's Handball Championship
- Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship
- Asian Women's Youth Handball Championship
Notes[]
- 1.^ Played in January 2000.
External links[]
Categories:
- Asian Handball Championships
- Asian championships
- Women's sports competitions in Asia
- Recurring sporting events established in 1987
- 1987 establishments in Asia