2008 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship

The 2008 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship (3rd tournament) took place in Amman from 11 July–21 July. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2009 Men's Youth World Handball Championship in Tunisia.

2008 Asian Youth Championship
Tournament details
Host country Jordan
Dates11–21 July 2008
Teams11
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Kuwait (1st title)
Runner-up Qatar
Third place Iran
Fourth place Bahrain
Tournament statistics
Matches32
Goals scored1966 (61.44 per match)
Next

Draw

Group A Group B

 Qatar
 South Korea
 Iraq
 India
 Kuwait
 Chinese Taipei

 Iran
 Jordan
 Japan
 Bahrain
 Saudi Arabia

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Kuwait 5 5 0 0 177 138 +39 10
 Qatar 5 4 0 1 181 118 +63 8
 South Korea 5 3 0 2 198 142 +56 6
 Chinese Taipei 5 2 0 3 148 173 25 4
 Iraq 5 1 0 4 124 164 40 2
 India 5 0 0 5 129 222 93 0
Source:
11 July 2008
14:00
Qatar  45–25  India Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(20–13)

11 July 2008
17:00
Iraq  27–35  Kuwait Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(10–18)

11 July 2008
20:00
South Korea  44–30  Chinese Taipei Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(18–17)

12 July 2008
14:00
Chinese Taipei  30–24  Iraq Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(13–14)

12 July 2008
15:30
Kuwait  25–23  Qatar Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(12–14)

12 July 2008
17:00
South Korea  60–19  India Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(29–12)

14 July 2008
14:00
Qatar  38–18  Chinese Taipei Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(22–6)

14 July 2008
17:00
India  25–48  Kuwait Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(13–24)

14 July 2008
20:00
South Korea  33–22  Iraq Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(20–9)

16 July 2008
14:00
Iraq  19–36  Qatar Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(11–20)

16 July 2008
15:30
South Korea  30–32  Kuwait Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(15–13)

16 July 2008
17:00
Chinese Taipei  37–30  India Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(15–13)

17 July 2008
15:30
Qatar  39–31  South Korea Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(19–15)

17 July 2008
17:00
Kuwait  37–33  Chinese Taipei Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(19–16)

17 July 2008
20:00
Iraq  32–30  India Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(16–17)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran 4 4 0 0 135 113 +22 8
 Bahrain 4 3 0 1 121 120 +1 6
 Saudi Arabia 4 2 0 2 118 124 6 4
 Japan 4 1 0 3 119 122 3 2
 Jordan 4 0 0 4 91 105 14 0
Source:
11 July 2008
15:30
Iran  35–31  Bahrain Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(14–15)

11 July 2008
18:30
Japan  33–34  Saudi Arabia Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(18–13)

12 July 2008
18:30
Jordan  22–25  Saudi Arabia Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(12–12)

14 July 2008
15:30
Iran  34–28  Japan Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(16–11)

14 July 2008
18:30
Jordan  26–27  Bahrain Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(13–12)

15 July 2008
16:00
Iran  39–32  Saudi Arabia Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(17–17)

15 July 2008
17:30
Japan  32–33  Bahrain Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(17–19)

16 July 2008
18:30
Jordan  21–26  Japan Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(12–15)

17 July 2008
14:00
Bahrain  30–27  Saudi Arabia Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(13–13)

17 July 2008
18:30
Iran  27–22  Jordan Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(14–8)

Placement 5th–10th

9th/10th

20 July 2008
16:00
Iraq  22–31  Jordan Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(10–12)

7th/8th

20 July 2008
17:30
Chinese Taipei  30–31  Japan Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(12–17)

5th/6th

20 July 2008
19:00
South Korea  44–37  Saudi Arabia Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(26–16)

Final round

 
SemifinalsGold medal match
 
      
 
19 July – Amman
 
 
 Kuwait33
 
21 July – Amman
 
 Bahrain29
 
 Kuwait31
 
19 July – Amman
 
 Qatar26
 
 Iran27
 
 
 Qatar28
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
21 July – Amman
 
 
 Bahrain25
 
 
 Iran31

Semifinals

19 July 2008
16:00
Kuwait  33–29  Bahrain Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(16–13)

19 July 2008
17:30
Iran  27–28  Qatar Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(14–16)

Bronze medal match

21 July 2008
16:00
Iran  31–25  Bahrain Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(16–12)

Gold medal match

21 July 2008
17:30
Kuwait  31–26  Qatar Sports Palace Arena, Amman
(16–10)

Final standing

RankTeam
 Kuwait
 Qatar
 Iran
4  Bahrain
5  South Korea
6  Saudi Arabia
7  Japan
8  Chinese Taipei
9  Jordan
10  Iraq
11  India
Team qualified for the 2009 Youth World Championship

References

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