2010 Asian Men's Handball Championship

The 2010 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the 14th edition of the Asian Men's Handball Championship, held in Beirut, Lebanon, from 6 to 19 February 2010. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship in Sweden.

2010 Asian Championship
Tournament details
Host country Lebanon
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates6–19 February
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions South Korea (8th title)
Runner-up Bahrain
Third place Japan
Fourth place Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played34
Goals scored1,867 (54.91 per match)
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Draw

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Group A Group B Group C Group D

  Saudi Arabia
  China
  Syria
  Iraq *

  Kuwait *
  Japan
  Bahrain

  South Korea
  Qatar
  United Arab Emirates

  Lebanon
  Iran
  Jordan

* Following the IOC decision to suspend the NOC of Kuwait which came in force on 1 January 2010, the International Handball Federation decided to suspend handball in Kuwait in all categories.[1] Following this decision Iraq replaced Kuwait in Group B to balance the number of teams in each group.

Preliminary round

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All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Syria 2 1 0 1 50 44 +6 2
  Saudi Arabia 2 1 0 1 43 44 −1 2
  China 2 1 0 1 43 48 −5 2
Source: [citation needed]
6 February 2010
14:00
Saudi Arabia   23–22   Syria Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Ikebuchi, Hizaki (JPN)
Al-Salem 8 (14–9) Al-Karad 6

8 February 2010
16:00
Syria   28–21   China Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Al-Marzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE)
Hadad 10 (14–9)

10 February 2010
17:30
Saudi Arabia   20–22   China Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Dib, Haidar (LIB)
Al-Habib 5 (11–10) Shen Z. 7

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Japan 2 2 0 0 66 48 +18 4
  Bahrain 2 1 0 1 57 50 +7 2
  Iraq 2 0 0 2 40 65 −25 0
Source: [citation needed]
7 February 2010
16:00
Japan   35–21   Iraq Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Dib, Haidar (LIB)
Miyazaki 9 (19–13) Khanjar 6

9 February 2010
16:00
Iraq   19–30   Bahrain Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Kim, Kim (KOR)
Mondher 6 (7–17) Jawher, H. Madan 5

11 February 2010
16:00
Japan   31–27   Bahrain Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Al-Marzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE)
Miyazaki 7 (16–12) M. Ali 7

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  South Korea 2 2 0 0 59 46 +13 4
  Qatar 2 0 1 1 48 54 −6 1
  United Arab Emirates 2 0 1 1 48 55 −7 1
Source: [citation needed]
7 February 2010
17:30
South Korea   30–23   United Arab Emirates Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
Park J.G. 7 (13–10) W. Al-Balooshi 7

9 February 2010
17:30
United Arab Emirates   25–25   Qatar Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Kolahdouzan, Karbaschi (IRI)
Al-Bannai 6 (12–12) Al-Rayes 5

11 February 2010
17:30
South Korea   29–23   Qatar Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
Jeong Y.K., Jung S.Y., Lee J.W. 4 (16–8) Al-Rayes, Ghazal 5

Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Iran 2 2 0 0 63 39 +24 4
  Lebanon (H) 2 1 0 1 50 46 +4 2
  Jordan 2 0 0 2 44 72 −28 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
6 February 2010
17:00
Jordan   21–34   Lebanon Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Kim, Kim (KOR)
(7–15) Badra 8

8 February 2010
17:30
Iran   38–23   Jordan Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Gang, Wang (CHN)
Masaeli 10 (19–12)

10 February 2010
16:00
Iran   25–16   Lebanon Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Ba-Matraf (QAT)
Masaeli 9 (11–5) Dokić 5

Placement 9th–12th

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Semifinals9th/10th
 
      
 
14 February – Beirut
 
 
  China28
 
16 February – Beirut
 
  United Arab Emirates25
 
  China30
 
15 February – Beirut
 
  Iraq25
 
  Iraq30
 
 
  Jordan26
 
11th/12th
 
 
16 February – Beirut
 
 
  United Arab Emirates43
 
 
  Jordan36

9th–12th semifinals

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14 February 2010
12:00
China   28–25   United Arab Emirates Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Al-Watani, Qamber (BHR)
Shen Z. 10 (15–14) Zeyoudi 5

15 February 2010
12:00
Iraq   30–26   Jordan Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Kim, Kim (KOR)
(12–8)

11th/12th

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16 February 2010
16:00
United Arab Emirates   43–36   Jordan Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Ba-Matraf (QAT)
Al-Mansoori 8 (20–15) Al-Hendawi 10

9th/10th

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16 February 2010
18:00
China   30–25   Iraq Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Al-Watani, Qamber (BHR)
(12–11)

Main round

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Group E

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Saudi Arabia 3 2 1 0 80 71 +9 5
  Japan 3 2 0 1 91 71 +20 4
  Qatar 3 1 1 1 68 76 −8 3
  Iran 3 0 0 3 63 84 −21 0
Source: [citation needed]
13 February 2010
18:00
Iran   19–26   Saudi Arabia Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Al-Watani, Qamber (BHR)
Masaeli 5 (8–11) Al-Habib 8
13 February 2010
20:00
Japan   29–20   Qatar Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Al-Marzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE)
Miyazaki, Suematsu 7 (15–10) Al-Habeeb 4

14 February 2010
18:00
Iran   21–22   Qatar Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
Masaeli 7 (11–11) Abdullah 7
14 February 2010
20:00
Japan   26–28   Saudi Arabia Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Dib, Haidar (LIB)
Toyoda 8 (12–15) Al-Harbi 10

15 February 2010
18:00
Qatar   26–26   Saudi Arabia Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
(12–13) Al-Harbi 8
15 February 2010
20:00
Japan   36–23   Iran Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Gang, Wang (CHN)
Miyazaki 5 (21–11) Zohrabi 5

Group F

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  South Korea 3 3 0 0 112 74 +38 6
  Bahrain 3 2 0 1 97 89 +8 4
  Syria 3 1 0 2 89 99 −10 2
  Lebanon (H) 3 0 0 3 70 106 −36 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
13 February 2010
14:00
Syria   32–35   Bahrain Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
Hadad 10 (13–16) J. Abdulqader 13
13 February 2010
16:00
South Korea   38–23   Lebanon Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Ikebuchi, Hizaki (JPN)
Yu D.G., Paek W.C., Lee J.W. 6 (17–11) Al-Nahass 7

14 February 2010
14:00
South Korea   39–26   Bahrain Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Gang, Wang (CHN)
Jung S.Y. 7 (19–11) J. Abdulqader 5
14 February 2010
16:00
Syria   32–29   Lebanon Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Kolahdouzan, Karbaschi (IRI)
Al-Karad 11 (17–14) Dokić 7

15 February 2010
14:00
Syria   25–35   South Korea Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Ikebuchi, Hizaki (JPN)
Al-Karad 7 (14–15) Park J.G. 6
15 February 2010
16:00
Lebanon   18–36   Bahrain Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Ba-Matraf (QAT)
Badra 4 (8–13) J. Abdulqader 9

Placement 5th–8th

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7th/8th

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17 February 2010
14:00
Iran   35–23   Lebanon Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Ikebuchi, Hizaki (JPN)
S. Esteki 17 (14–13) Badra, Chahine 4

5th/6th

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17 February 2010
16:00
Qatar   31–30   Syria Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Dib, Haidar (LIB)
(15–16)

Final round

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SemifinalsGold medal match
 
      
 
17 February – Beirut
 
 
  Saudi Arabia25
 
19 February – Beirut
 
  Bahrain26
 
  Bahrain25
 
17 February – Beirut
 
  South Korea32
 
  South Korea30
 
 
  Japan23
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
19 February – Beirut
 
 
  Saudi Arabia30
 
 
  Japan (ET)33

Semifinals

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17 February 2010
18:00
Saudi Arabia   25–26   Bahrain Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Al-Marzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE)
Al-Harbi, Al-Habib 6 (12–14) Jawher 7

17 February 2010
20:00
South Korea   30–23   Japan Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Gang, Wang (CHN)
Yoon K.S. 7 (14–12) Toyoda 6

Bronze medal match

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19 February 2010
16:00
Saudi Arabia   30–33 (ET)   Japan Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
Al-Harbi 11 (12–14) Miyazaki 12

FT: 27–27 ET: 3–6

Gold medal match

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19 February 2010
18:00
Bahrain   25–32   South Korea Hatem Achour Hall, Beirut
Referees: Kolahdouzan, Karbaschi (IRI)
M. Abdulqader 6 (13–16) Lee T.Y. 12

Final standing

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Rank Team
    South Korea
    Bahrain
    Japan
4   Saudi Arabia
5   Qatar
6   Syria
7   Iran
8   Lebanon
9   China
10   Iraq
11   United Arab Emirates
12   Jordan
Team qualified for the 2011 World Championship

References

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  1. ^ "IHF suspends handball in Kuwait". Retrieved 2010-01-24.[permanent dead link]
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