2000 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship

The 2000 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship (7th tournament) took place in Mashhad from 30 August–8 September. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2001 Men's Junior World Handball Championship.

2000 Asian Junior Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Iran
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	30 August – 8 September 2000
Teams	11
Final positions
Champions	Kuwait (1st title)
Runner-up	Qatar
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Bahrain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32

Draw

Group A	Group B
Japan Kuwait Qatar Iran Oman	South Korea China Chinese Taipei Bahrain India Macau

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	4	3	0	1	-	-	—	6
Qatar	4	3	0	1	-	-	—	6
Iran	4	2	1	1	-	-	—	5
Japan	4	1	1	2	104	118	−14	3
Oman	4	0	0	4	-	-	—	0

Source:

30 August 2000 9:30	Kuwait	–	Oman	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad

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30 August 2000 17:30	Iran	28–28	Japan	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad
		(13–16)

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31 August 2000 16:00	Kuwait	33–22	Japan	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad
		(17–11)

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31 August 2000 17:30	Oman	–	Qatar	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad

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1 September 2000 17:30	Iran	15–19	Qatar	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad
		(10–8)

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1 September 2000 19:00	Oman	29–33	Japan	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad
		(9–15)

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3 September 2000 11:30	Kuwait	–	Qatar	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad

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3 September 2000 17:30	Iran	–	Oman	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad

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4 September 2000 9:30	Japan	21–28	Qatar	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad
		(13–14)

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4 September 2000 17:30	Kuwait	–	Iran	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bahrain	5	5	0	0	-	-	—	10
South Korea	5	4	0	1	-	-	—	8
Chinese Taipei	5	3	0	2	-	-	—	6
China	5	2	0	3	-	-	—	4
India	5	1	0	4	-	-	—	2
Macau	5	0	0	5	-	-	—	0

Source:

30 August 2000 11:30	Bahrain	–	India	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad

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30 August 2000 14:45	South Korea	–	China	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad

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30 August 2000 19:30	Macau	–	Chinese Taipei	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad

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31 August 2000 9:30	India	–	South Korea	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad

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31 August 2000 11:30	China	–	Macau	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad

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31 August 2000 19:00	Chinese Taipei	–	Bahrain	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad

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1 September 2000 9:30	South Korea	–	Macau	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad

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1 September 2000 11:30	India	–	Chinese Taipei	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad

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1 September 2000 16:00	Bahrain	–	China	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad

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3 September 2000 9:30	Macau	–	Bahrain	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad

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3 September 2000 16:00	India	–	China	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad

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3 September 2000 19:00	South Korea	–	Chinese Taipei	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad

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4 September 2000 11:30	Chinese Taipei	–	China	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad

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4 September 2000 16:00	Macau	–	India	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad

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4 September 2000 19:00	Bahrain	–	South Korea	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad

Placement 5th–10th

9th/10th

7 September 2000 15:00	Oman	–	India	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad

7th/8th

7 September 2000 17:00	Japan	40–36	China	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad
		(20–18)

5th/6th

7 September 2000 19:00	Iran	35–31	Chinese Taipei	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	6 September – Mashhad
	Kuwait
					8 September – Mashhad
	South Korea
					Kuwait	25
	6 September – Mashhad
					Qatar	22
	Bahrain
	Qatar
					Bronze medal match
					8 September – Mashhad
					South Korea
					Bahrain

Semifinals

6 September 2000 16:00	Kuwait	–	South Korea	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad

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6 September 2000 17:30	Bahrain	–	Qatar	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad

Bronze medal match

8 September 2000 16:00	South Korea	–	Bahrain	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad

Gold medal match

8 September 2000 17:30	Kuwait	25–22	Qatar	Beheshti Arena, Mashhad

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Kuwait
	Qatar
	South Korea
4	Bahrain
5	Iran
6	Chinese Taipei
7	Japan
8	China
9	Oman
10	India
11	Macau

Team qualified for the 2001 Junior World Championship

References

• www.handball.jp (Archived 2009-09-04)