2004 Asian Men's Handball Championship

2004 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
Dates	12–21 February 2004
Teams	9
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Kuwait (4th title)
Runner-up	Japan
Third place	Qatar
Fourth place	Bahrain
Tournament statistics
Matches	22
Goals scored	1128 (51.27 per match)
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The 2004 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the 11th Asian Championship and was held in Doha, Qatar.

Draw

Group A	Group B
Kuwait  Iran  Japan  United Arab Emirates  Oman	Saudi Arabia  Qatar  Bahrain  Jordan

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	4	4	0	0	130	93	+37	8
Japan	4	3	0	1	113	91	+22	6
United Arab Emirates	4	2	0	2	106	107	−1	4
Iran	4	1	0	3	103	111	−8	2
Oman	4	0	0	4	80	130	−50	0

12 February 2004 16:30	Iran	22–28	United Arab Emirates	Khalifa Arena, Doha
		(11–14)

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12 February 2004 19:30	Kuwait	26–23	Japan	Khalifa Arena, Doha
		(16–10)

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13 February 2004 19:00	Japan	27–21	Oman	Khalifa Arena, Doha
		(15–11)

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14 February 2004 18:00	Kuwait	30–24	United Arab Emirates	Khalifa Arena, Doha
		(14–10)

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14 February 2004 19:30	Iran	33–20	Oman	Khalifa Arena, Doha

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15 February 2004 19:30	Japan	35–23	United Arab Emirates	Khalifa Arena, Doha
		(17–12)

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16 February 2004 16:30	Kuwait	39–19	Oman	Khalifa Arena, Doha

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16 February 2004 18:00	Iran	21–28	Japan	Khalifa Arena, Doha
		(9–9)

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17 February 2004 16:30	United Arab Emirates	31–20	Oman	Khalifa Arena, Doha
		(15–9)

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17 February 2004 19:30	Kuwait	35–27	Iran	Khalifa Arena, Doha
		(19–13)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Qatar	3	3	0	0	78	64	+14	6
Bahrain	3	2	0	1	72	66	+6	4
Saudi Arabia	3	1	0	2	69	67	+2	2
Jordan	3	0	0	3	63	85	−22	0

12 February 2004 18:00	Qatar	27–19	Jordan	Khalifa Arena, Doha
		(13–9)

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13 February 2004 17:30	Saudi Arabia	18–20	Bahrain	Khalifa Arena, Doha
		(7–12)

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14 February 2004 16:30	Saudi Arabia	30–23	Jordan	Khalifa Arena, Doha

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15 February 2004 17:30	Qatar	27–24	Bahrain	Khalifa Arena, Doha

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16 February 2004 19:30	Saudi Arabia	21–24	Qatar	Khalifa Arena, Doha
		(10–11)

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17 February 2004 18:00	Bahrain	28–21	Jordan	Khalifa Arena, Doha

Placement 5th–8th

7th/8th

20 February 2004 17:30	Iran	28–27	Jordan	Khalifa Arena, Doha

5th/6th

20 February 2004 19:00	United Arab Emirates	25–29	Saudi Arabia	Khalifa Arena, Doha

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	19 February – Doha
	Kuwait	29
	Bahrain	21
					21 February – Doha
					Kuwait	28
					Japan	24
					Bronze medal match
	19 February – Doha			21 February – Doha
	Qatar	23		Bahrain	26
	Japan	27			Qatar	27

Semifinals

19 February 2004 17:30	Kuwait	29–21	Bahrain	Khalifa Arena, Doha
		(18–10)

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19 February 2004 19:00	Qatar	23–27	Japan	Khalifa Arena, Doha
		(13–15)

Bronze medal match

21 February 2004 17:30	Bahrain	26–27	Qatar	Khalifa Arena, Doha

Gold medal match

21 February 2004 19:00	Kuwait	28–24	Japan	Khalifa Arena, Doha
		(16–9)

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Kuwait
	Japan
	Qatar
4	Bahrain
5	Saudi Arabia
6	United Arab Emirates
7	Iran
8	Jordan
9	Oman

Team qualified for the 2005 World Championship

External links

• Goalzz
• www.handball.jp
• Results