2020 Asian Youth Beach Handball Championship

The 2020 Asian Youth Beach Handball Championship will be 2nd edition of the championship to be held from 15 to 22 February 2021 at Bangkok, Thailand under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation (AHF).  It will be second time in history that the championship will be organised by Handball Association of Thailand. It also acts as qualification tournament for the 2021 Youth Beach Handball World Championship to be held in Portugal with two quota places in each gender.

2nd Asian Youth Beach Handball Championship 2020
Tournament details
Host country Thailand
Dates15 – 22 February 2021
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions
Runner-up
Third place
Fourth place
Next →

On 19 February 2020, the AHF decided to postpone the championship due to COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Previously, the championship was scheduled to take place firstly from 1 to 10 April 2020 and then from 11 to 17 September 2020 but was postponed both times due to COVID-19 outbreak.[2]

Format

The men's tournament was played on the round-robin and knockout format. A team had to play match with all the other teams in their group and top two teams from each group will qualify for semi-finals.

The women's tournament was played on double round-robin format.

Matches were played in sets, the team that wins two sets is the winner of a match. When teams were equal in points the head-to-head result was decisive.

The matches schedule was announced on 9 February 2020 by the AHF.[3]

Draw

The draw was held on Tuesday, 4 February 2020 at 17:30 (UTC+03:00) at Asian Handball Federation Head Office, Kuwait.

Seeding (Men)

Teams were seeded according to the AHF COC regulations and rankings of the previous edition of the championship. Teams who had not participated in the previous edition were in Pot 4.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 Thailand
 Chinese Taipei		  Pakistan
 Iran		  Qatar  Saudi Arabia
 Jordan
 Hong Kong
 South Korea
  • Hong Kong withdrew from the championship before draw.

Men

Participating countries
  •  Chinese Taipei
  •  Hong Kong (Debut)
  •  Jordan (Debut)
  •  Iran
  •  Pakistan
  •  Qatar
  •  Saudi Arabia (Debut)
  •  South Korea (Debut)
  •  Thailand (Host & Defending Champion)

Group A
Team Pld W L SW SL Diff Pts Qualification
 Chinese Taipei 0000000Semifinal
 Pakistan 0000000Semifinal
 Qatar 00000005th - 6th place
 South Korea 00000007th - 8th place
4 April 2020
16:00		 Pakistan  v  Qatar Bangkok

4 April 2020
18:15		 Chinese Taipei  v  South Korea Bangkok

5 April 2020
16:00		 South Korea  v  Pakistan Bangkok

5 April 2020
18:15		 Qatar  v  Chinese Taipei Bangkok

7 April 2020
16:00		 Qatar  v  South Korea Bangkok

7 April 2020
18:15		 Chinese Taipei  v  Pakistan Bangkok

Group B
Team Pld W L SW SL Diff Pts Qualification
 Thailand 0000000Semifinal
 Iran 0000000Semifinal
 Jordan 00000005th - 6th place
 Saudi Arabia 00000007th - 8th place
4 April 2020
16:45		 Iran  v  Jordan Bangkok

4 April 2020
19:00		 Thailand  v  Saudi Arabia Bangkok

5 April 2020
16:45		 Saudi Arabia  v  Iran Bangkok

5 April 2020
19:00		 Jordan  v  Thailand Bangkok

7 April 2020
16:45		 Jordan  v  Saudi Arabia Bangkok

7 April 2020
19:00		 Thailand  v  Iran Bangkok

7th - 8th place
9 April 2020
16:00		 4A v 4B Bangkok

5th - 6th place
9 April 2020
16:45		 3A v 3B Bangkok

Semifinals
9 April 2020
18:15		 1A v 2B Bangkok

9 April 2020
19:00		 1B v 2A Bangkok

3rd - 4th place
10 April 2020
17:00		 Looser SF 1 v Looser SF 2 Bangkok

Final
10 April 2020
18:30		 Winner SF 1 v Winner SF 2 Bangkok

Final standings
4
5
6
7
8
Qualified for the 2021 Youth Beach Handball World Championship

Women

Participating countries

Round-robin
Team Pld W L SW SL Diff Pts
 Thailand 0000000
 China 0000000
 Chinese Taipei 0000000
4 April 2020
17:30		 Chinese Taipei  v  Thailand Bangkok

5 April 2020
17:30		 China  v  Chinese Taipei Bangkok

7 April 2020
17:30		 Thailand  v  China Bangkok

8 April 2020
17:00		 Chinese Taipei  v  Thailand Bangkok

9 April 2020
17:30		 China  v  Chinese Taipei Bangkok

10 April 2020
17:45		 Thailand  v  China Bangkok

Final standings
Qualified for the 2021 Youth Beach Handball World Championship

References
  1. "2nd Asian Men's & Women's Youth Beach Handball Championship postponed". Asian Handball Federation's Official Facebook Account. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  2. "Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship awarded to Thailand". Asian Handball Federation's Official Facebook Account. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 2020-01-16.
  3. "Matches schedule announced". Asian Handball Federation's Official Facebook Account. 9 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
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