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
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	11–21 July 2008
Teams	11
Final positions
Champions	Kuwait (1st title)
Runner-up	Qatar
Third place	Iran
Fourth place	Bahrain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	1,966 (61.44 per match)

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	19 July – Amman
	Kuwait	33
					21 July – Amman
	Bahrain	29
					Kuwait	31
	19 July – Amman
					Qatar	26
	Iran	27
	Qatar	28
					Bronze medal match
					21 July – Amman
					Bahrain	25
					Iran	31

Semifinals

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

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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

Rank	Team
	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

• www.asianhandball.com