1987 Asian Men's Handball Championship

1987 Asian Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Jordan
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	20–29 August
Teams	11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (2nd title)
Runner-up	Japan
Third place	Kuwait
Fourth place	China
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The 1987 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the fourth Asian Championship, which was taking place from 20 to 29 August 1987 in Amman, Jordan.^[1]^[2] The competition is played along with first Women's Championship.

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	2	2	0	73	47	+26	4
Bahrain	2	1	1	47	63	−16	2
Chinese Taipei	2	0	2	51	61	−10	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

20 August 1987	South Korea	38–21	Bahrain	Amman

22 August 1987	Chinese Taipei	26–35	South Korea	Amman

23 August 1987	Bahrain	26–25	Chinese Taipei	Amman

Group B edit

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	3	3	0	0	98	37	+61	6
Qatar	3	1	1	1	83	60	+23	3
Jordan (H)	3	1	1	1	59	68	−9	3
Nepal	3	0	0	3	31	106	−75	0

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

20 August 1987	Nepal	14–24	Jordan	Amman

21 August 1987	Qatar	19–26	Kuwait	Amman
		(10–11)

22 August 1987	Kuwait	41–6	Nepal	Amman

22 August 1987	Jordan	23–23	Qatar	Amman

23 August 1987	Qatar	41–11	Nepal	Amman

23 August 1987	Kuwait	31–12	Jordan	Amman

Group C edit

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	84	43	+41	6
China	3	2	1	79	62	+17	4
Syria	3	1	2	60	68	−8	2
Palestine	3	0	3	44	94	−50	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

21 August 1987	Palestine	14–24	Syria	Amman
		(3–12)

21 August 1987	China	12–27	Japan	Amman
		(6–12)

22 August 1987	China	37–17	Palestine	Amman

22 August 1987	Japan	24–18	Syria	Amman
		(14–9)

23 August 1987	Japan	33–13	Palestine	Amman
		(16–4)

23 August 1987	Syria	18–30	China	Amman

Elimination round edit

25 August 1987	South Korea	38–20	China	Amman

25 August 1987	Kuwait	29–18	Bahrain	Amman

25 August 1987	Japan	35–12	Qatar	Amman
		(12–9)

Final round edit

Placement 10th–11th edit

27 August 1987	Palestine	32–22	Nepal	Amman
		(18–9)

Placement 7th–9th edit

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Chinese Taipei	2	2	0	70	45	+25	4
Syria	2	1	1	42	46	−4	2
Jordan (H)	2	0	2	43	64	−21	0

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

25 August 1987	Chinese Taipei	42–25	Jordan	Amman

26 August 1987	Syria	22–18	Jordan	Amman
		(8–11)

27 August 1987	Chinese Taipei	28–20	Syria	Amman

Placement 4th–6th edit

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	2	2	0	42	25	+17	4
Bahrain	2	1	1	27	33	−6	2
Qatar	2	0	2	27	38	−11	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

26 August 1987	China	21–10	Bahrain	Amman

27 August 1987	Qatar	15–21	China	Amman

28 August 1987	Bahrain	17–12	Qatar	Amman

Championship edit

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	2	2	0	64	55	+9	4
Japan	2	1	1	49	51	−2	2
Kuwait	2	0	2	54	61	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

26 August 1987	South Korea	28–24	Japan	Amman
		(11–12)

27 August 1987	Kuwait	31–36	South Korea	Amman
		(10–20)

29 August 1987	Japan	25–23	Kuwait	Amman
		(12–12)

Final standing edit

Rank	Team
	South Korea
	Japan
	Kuwait
4	China
5	Bahrain
6	Qatar
7	Chinese Taipei
8	Syria
9	Jordan
10	Palestine
11	Nepal

	Team qualified for the 1988 Summer Olympics

References edit

^ 第 4 回(女子第 1 回)アジア選手権大会〈速報〉 [4th (1st Women's) Asian Championship <Breaking News>] (PDF). ハンドボール [Handball] (in Japanese). Vol. 266. Japan Handball Association. September 1987. p. 1.
^ "Jeux olympiques". Hand-ball: Bulletin fédéral (in French). No. 228. Fédération Française de Handball. April 1987. Retrieved 25 November 2021.

External links edit

Results

[1] 第 4 回(女子第 1 回)アジア選手権大会〈速報〉 [4th (1st Women's) Asian Championship <Breaking News>] (PDF). ハンドボール [Handball] (in Japanese). Vol. 266. Japan Handball Association. September 1987. p. 1.

[2] "Jeux olympiques". Hand-ball: Bulletin fédéral (in French). No. 228. Fédération Française de Handball. April 1987. Retrieved 25 November 2021.

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