2002 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship

The 2002 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship (8th tournament) took place in Bangkok from 21 August–31 August. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2003 Men's Junior World Handball Championship in Brazil.

2002 Asian Junior Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	21–31 August 2002
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Kuwait (2nd title)
Runner-up	Qatar
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	United Arab Emirates
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	1,132 (62.89 per match)

Draw

Group A	Group B
Kuwait Thailand Japan United Arab Emirates	Qatar South Korea Chinese Taipei China

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	3	3	0	0	80	60	+20	6
United Arab Emirates	3	2	0	1	98	91	+7	4
Japan	3	1	0	2	86	80	+6	2
Thailand	3	0	0	3	78	111	−33	0

Source:

21 August 2002 16:00	Thailand	24–35	Japan	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Mulla, Al-Zarraa (QAT)
		(9–17)

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22 August 2002 16:00	Kuwait	21–17	Japan	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Sheikh, Al-Nofli (OMA)
		(11–7)

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23 August 2002 16:00	Thailand	30–44	United Arab Emirates	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Nakada, Uemura (JPN)
		(15–23)

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24 August 2002 16:00	Kuwait	27–19	United Arab Emirates	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Kouzehgari, Hayatpour (IRI)
		(13–6)

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25 August 2002 16:00	Kuwait	32–24	Thailand	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Al-Marzouqi (UAE)
		(16–6)

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26 August 2002 16:00	Japan	34–35	United Arab Emirates	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Mulla, Al-Zarraa (QAT)
		(16–16)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Qatar	3	3	0	0	109	78	+31	6
South Korea	3	2	0	1	104	103	+1	4
Chinese Taipei	3	1	0	2	111	115	−4	2
China	3	0	0	3	90	118	−28	0

Source:

21 August 2002 18:00	South Korea	42–34	Chinese Taipei	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Shuwairbat, Al-Shutti (KUW)
		(17–17)

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22 August 2002 18:00	Qatar	36–25	Chinese Taipei	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Al-Marzouqi (UAE)
		(21–10)

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23 August 2002 18:00	South Korea	37–29	China	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Kouzehgari, Hayatpour (IRI)
		(21–10)

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24 August 2002 18:00	Qatar	33–24	China	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Sheikh, Al-Nofli (OMA)
		(20–15)

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25 August 2002 18:00	Qatar	40–25	South Korea	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Shuwairbat, Al-Shutti (KUW)
		(19–10)

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26 August 2002 18:00	Chinese Taipei	48–37	China	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Nakada, Uemura (JPN)
		(21–17)

Placement 5th–8th

7th/8th

29 August 2002 16:00	Thailand	26–36	China	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Al-Marzouqi (UAE)
		(12–18)

5th/6th

29 August 2002 18:00	Japan	33–29	Chinese Taipei	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Shuwairbat, Al-Shutti (KUW)
		(15–12)

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	28 August – Bangkok
	Kuwait	31
					30 August – Bangkok
	South Korea	27
					Kuwait	23
	28 August – Bangkok
					Qatar	21
	Qatar	33
	United Arab Emirates	29
					Bronze medal match
					30 August – Bangkok
					South Korea	48
					United Arab Emirates	40

Semifinals

28 August 2002 16:00	Kuwait	31–27	South Korea	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Mulla, Al-Zarraa (QAT)
		(16–11)

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28 August 2002 18:00	Qatar	33–29	United Arab Emirates	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Kouzehgari, Hayatpour (IRI)
		(15–12)

Bronze medal match

30 August 2002 16:00	South Korea	48–40	United Arab Emirates	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Nakada, Uemura (JPN)
		(25–17)

Gold medal match

30 August 2002 18:00	Kuwait	23–21	Qatar	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Sheikh, Al-Nofli (OMA)
		(12–10)

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Kuwait
	Qatar
	South Korea
4	United Arab Emirates
5	Japan
6	Chinese Taipei
7	China
8	Thailand

Team qualified for the 2003 Junior World Championship

References

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