2002 Asian Men's Handball Championship

2002 Asian Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Iran
Dates	10–19 February 2002
Teams	7
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Kuwait (2nd title)
Runner-up	Qatar
Third place	Saudi Arabia
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches	14
Goals scored	682 (48.71 per match)
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The 2002 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the tenth Asian Championship. It took place from February 10th to February 19th, 2000 in Isfahan, Iran. The championship was held in Isfahan's Pirouzi Arena. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2003 World Men's Handball Championship.

Draw

Group A	Group B
Kuwait Iran Qatar Bahrain	South Korea Saudi Arabia Japan

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	3	2	0	1	67	68	−1	4
Qatar	3	2	0	1	54	42	+12	4
Iran	3	1	1	1	75	71	+4	3
Bahrain	3	0	1	2	50	65	−15	1

10 February 2002 14:30	Kuwait	19–18	Qatar	Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan
		(10–11)

10 February 2002 17:00	Iran	26–26	Bahrain	Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan
		(12–13)

12 February 2002 15:00	Kuwait	29–24	Bahrain	Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan
		(14–13)

12 February 2002 17:00	Iran	23–26	Qatar	Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan
		(10–14)

14 February 2002 15:00	Qatar	10–0	Bahrain	Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan
		(Bahrain walked out)

14 February 2002 17:00	Kuwait	19–26	Iran	Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan
		(8–13)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	2	1	1	51	50	+1	2
Saudi Arabia	2	1	1	48	48	0	2
Japan	2	1	1	40	41	−1	2

11 February 2002 17:00	South Korea	23–20	Japan	Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan
		(10–9)

13 February 2002 17:00	Japan	20–18	Saudi Arabia	Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan
		(10–8)

15 February 2002 17:00	South Korea	28–30	Saudi Arabia	Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan
		(11–13)

Placement 5th/6th

18 February 2002 17:00	Iran	29–25	Japan	Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Referees: Al-Dossary, Al-Qarni (KSA)
		(16–13)

Final round

Semifinals			Gold medal match

17 February – Isfahan
Kuwait	30
Saudi Arabia	27

			19 February – Isfahan
			Kuwait	29
			Qatar	25


			Bronze medal match
17 February – Isfahan		19 February – Isfahan
South Korea	28	Saudi Arabia	38
Qatar	33		South Korea	33

Semifinals

17 February 2002 15:00	Kuwait	30–27	Saudi Arabia	Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Referees: Al-Mulla, Al-Zarraa (QAT)
		(16–16)

17 February 2002 17:00	South Korea	23–28	Qatar	Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Referees: Al-Shuwairbat, Abulrethaei (KUW)
		(14–16)

Bronze medal match

19 February 2002 15:00	Saudi Arabia	38–33	South Korea	Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Referees: Al-Busaidi, Al-Bulushi (OMA)
		(17–14)

Gold medal match

19 February 2002 17:00	Kuwait	29–25	Qatar	Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Referees: Kouzehgari, Hayatpour (IRI)
		(14–10)

Final standing

Rank	Team
01 !	Kuwait
02 !	Qatar
03 !	Saudi Arabia
4	South Korea
5	Iran
6	Japan
7	Bahrain

	Team qualified for the 2003 World Championship

All-star team

Goalkeeper: Yousef Al-Fadhli (KUW)
Left wing: Nabil Al-Obaidi (KSA)
Left back: Ahmed Saad Al-Saad (QAT)
Pivot: Mohsen Taheri (IRI)
Centre back: Daisuke Miyazaki (JPN)
Right back: Cho Hyun-chul (KOR)
Right wing: Husain Siwan (KUW)

References

Asian Handball Championship

Men	Kuwait City 1977 Nanjing 1979 Seoul 1983 Amman 1987 Beijing 1989 Hiroshima 1991 Manama 1993 Kuwait City 1995 Kumamoto 2000 Isfahan 2002 Doha 2004 Bangkok 2006 Isfahan 2008 Beirut 2010 Jeddah 2012 Manama 2014 Manama 2016

Women	Amman 1987 Beijing 1989 Hiroshima 1991 Shantou 1993 Seoul 1995 Amman 1997 Kumamoto 1999 Shanghai 2000 Almaty 2002 Hiroshima 2004 Guangzhou 2006 Bangkok 2008 Almaty 2010 Yogyakarta 2012 Jakarta 2015

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