2002 Asian Women's Handball Championship

The 2002 Asian Women's Handball Championship, the ninth Asian Championship, which was taking place from 26 to 31 July 2002 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship.

2002 Asian Championship
Tournament details
Host country Kazakhstan
Dates26–31 July
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Kazakhstan (1st title)
Runner-up South Korea
Third place China
Fourth place Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches14
Goals scored743 (53.07 per match)
Next

Draw

Group A Group B

 South Korea
 China
 North Korea *
 Turkmenistan

 Japan
 Kazakhstan
 Chinese Taipei
 Uzbekistan

* Withdrew

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+6).

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 2 2 0 0 74 30 +44 4
 China 2 1 0 1 61 44 +17 2
 Turkmenistan 2 0 0 2 25 86 61 0
Source:
26 July 2002
13:30
South Korea  32–17  China Almaty
(15–10)

27 July 2002
14:00
South Korea  42–13  Turkmenistan Almaty
(22–4)

28 July 2002
14:00
China  44–12  Turkmenistan Almaty
(18–5)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Kazakhstan (H) 3 3 0 0 91 61 +30 6
 Japan 3 2 0 1 99 63 +36 4
 Chinese Taipei 3 1 0 2 69 72 3 2
 Uzbekistan 3 0 0 3 62 125 63 0
Source:
(H) Host.
26 July 2002
16:00
Japan  22–17  Chinese Taipei Almaty
(13–8)
26 July 2002
18:00
Kazakhstan  35–22  Uzbekistan Almaty
(16–7)

27 July 2002
16:00
Japan  53–19  Uzbekistan Almaty
(23–12)
27 July 2002
18:00
Kazakhstan  29–15  Chinese Taipei Almaty
(15–6)

28 July 2002
16:00
Japan  24–27  Kazakhstan Almaty
(10–15)
28 July 2002
18:00
Chinese Taipei  37–21  Uzbekistan Almaty
(14–13)

Placement 5th/6th

30 July 2002
14:00
Turkmenistan  28–31  Chinese Taipei Almaty
(14–18)

Final round

 
SemifinalsGold medal match
 
      
 
30 July – Almaty
 
 
 South Korea31
 
31 July – Almaty
 
 Japan22
 
 South Korea25
 
30 July – Almaty
 
 Kazakhstan27
 
 Kazakhstan25
 
 
 China21
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
31 July – Almaty
 
 
 Japan23
 
 
 China29

Semifinals

30 July 2002
16:00
South Korea  31–22  Japan Almaty
(14–9)

30 July 2002
18:00
Kazakhstan  25–21  China Almaty
(13–11)

Bronze medal match

31 July 2002
16:00
Japan  23–29  China Almaty
(10–15)

Gold medal match

31 July 2002
18:00
South Korea  25–27  Kazakhstan Almaty
(13–13)

Final standing

RankTeam
 Kazakhstan
 South Korea
 China
4  Japan
5  Chinese Taipei
6  Turkmenistan
7  Uzbekistan
Team qualified for the 2003 World Championship

Kazakhstan withdrew and was replaced by Japan in the 2003 World Championship.

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