Handball at the 1998 Asian Games – Men

Men at the 1998 Asian Games
Venue	Thammasat University
Date	December 7, 1998–December 16, 1998
Nations	8
Medalists
South Korea   Kuwait   Japan

Handball at the 1998 Asian Games
men	women

Men's handball at the 1998 Asian Games was held in Thammasat University, Bangkok from December 7 to December 16, 1998.

Results

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	3	2	1	0	104	54	+50	5
Japan	3	2	1	0	103	54	+49	5
United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	2	79	69	+10	2
Thailand	3	0	0	3	48	157	−109	0

7 December 15:00	Kuwait	21–20	United Arab Emirates	Thammasat University, Bangkok
		(9–11)

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7 December 17:00	Thailand	15–54	Japan	Thammasat University, Bangkok
		(9–26)

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9 December 15:00	Japan	20–20	Kuwait	Thammasat University, Bangkok
		(9–10)

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9 December 17:00	United Arab Emirates	40–19	Thailand	Thammasat University, Bangkok
		(22–11)

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11 December 15:00	United Arab Emirates	19–29	Japan	Thammasat University, Bangkok
		(8–11)

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11 December 17:00	Kuwait	63–14	Thailand	Thammasat University, Bangkok
		(29–6)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	0	105	74	+31	6
Iran	3	2	0	1	77	86	−9	4
China	3	1	0	2	78	83	−5	2
Qatar	3	0	0	3	75	92	−17	0

8 December 15:00	South Korea	32–25	China	Thammasat University, Bangkok
		(17–10)

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8 December 17:00	Qatar	25–27	Iran	Thammasat University, Bangkok
		(10–13)

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10 December 15:00	Iran	26–40	South Korea	Thammasat University, Bangkok
		(9–21)

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10 December 17:00	China	32–27	Qatar	Thammasat University, Bangkok
		(12–13)

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12 December 15:00	China	21–24	Iran	Thammasat University, Bangkok
		(15–12)

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12 December 17:00	South Korea	33–23	Qatar	Thammasat University, Bangkok
		(20–9)

Classification 5th–8th

Placement 7–8

13 December 15:00	Thailand	15–37	Qatar	Thammasat University, Bangkok
		(6–22)

Placement 5–6

13 December 17:00	United Arab Emirates	29–23	China	Thammasat University, Bangkok
		(13–13)

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	14 December
	Kuwait	32
	Iran	26
					16 December
					Kuwait	18
					South Korea	29
					Bronze medal match
	14 December			16 December
	South Korea	35		Iran	23
	Japan	27			Japan	28

Semifinals

14 December 15:00	Kuwait	32–26	Iran	Thammasat University, Bangkok
		(15–11)

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14 December 17:00	South Korea	35–27	Japan	Thammasat University, Bangkok
		(18–11)

Bronze medal match

16 December 15:00	Iran	23–28	Japan	Thammasat University, Bangkok
		(12–16)

Gold medal match

16 December 17:00	Kuwait	18–29	South Korea	Thammasat University, Bangkok
		(12–15)

Final standing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L
	South Korea	5	5	0	0
	Kuwait	5	3	1	1
	Japan	5	3	1	1
4	Iran	5	2	0	3
5	United Arab Emirates	4	2	0	2
6	China	4	1	0	3
7	Qatar	4	1	0	3
8	Thailand	4	0	0	4

References

• Results
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