2022 Asian Women's Handball Championship

2022 Asian Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country South Korea
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates24 November – 4 December
Final positions
Champions South Korea (16th title)
Runner-up Japan
Third place China
Fourth place Iran
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored1,684 (58.07 per match)
Best playerJapan Natsuki Aizawa
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The 2022 Asian Women's Handball Championship was the 19th edition of the Asian Women's Handball Championship, which took place from 24 November to 4 December 2022 in South Korea.[1] The tournament was held under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation and acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship, with the top five teams qualifying. If countries from Oceania (Australia or New Zealand) participating in the Asian Championships finished in the top 5, they would have qualified for the World Championships. However, as Australia finished in tenth place, the place was transferred to the wild card spot.

South Korea defeated Japan in the final to win their 16th title.[2]

Draw

The draw was held in Bahrain on 27 August 2022.[3][4]

Seeding

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Venues

Incheon Seoul
Namdong Gymnasium
Capacity: 8,830 		SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium
Capacity: 6,500

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+9).[5]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea (H) 4 4 0 0 168 49 +119 8 Semifinals
2  Iran 4 3 0 1 132 123 +9 6
3  India 4 2 0 2 113 133 −20 4 5–8th place semifinals
4  Uzbekistan 4 1 0 3 111 130 −19 2
5  Australia 4 0 0 4 80 169 −89 0 Ninth place game
Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
24 November 2022
14:00 		India  35–43  Iran Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon
Attendance: 300
Referees: Kawai, Usui (JPN)
Menika 10 (14–24) four players 6
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24 November 2022
18:00 		Australia  9–48  South Korea Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Hideki, Tetsuro (JPN)
Fallah 3 (4–22) Seo 8
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25 November 2022
14:00 		Uzbekistan  32–35  Iran Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon
Referees: Xu, Liu (CHN)
Obidjonova 12 (16–15) Merikh 10
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25 November 2022
18:00 		India  8–38  South Korea Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon
Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
Menika, Sonika 3 (4–18) Seo 8
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27 November 2022
12:00 		India  28–22  Uzbekistan Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon
Referees: Mohamed, Al-Aradi (BHR)
Menika 8 (13–7) Khudoykulova 5
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27 November 2022
14:00 		Iran  43–15  Australia Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon
Referees: Nawaf, Al-Naseem (KUW)
Oshaghi 8 (19–9) C. Wan 4
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28 November 2022
12:00 		Australia  30–42  India Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon
Referees: Faraj, Taqi (KUW)
Buckett 11 (13–22) Bhawana 16
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28 November 2022
18:00 		Uzbekistan  21–41  South Korea Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon
Referees: Xu, Liu (CHN)
Obidjonova, Ruzieva 4 (8–21) Seo 8
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30 November 2022
14:00 		Australia  26–36  Uzbekistan Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon
Referees: Ali, Al-Aradi (BHR)
Mouncey 11 (11–19) Khudoykulova 9
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30 November 2022
18:00 		South Korea  41–11  Iran Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon
Referees: Hideki, Tetsuro (JPN)
Song J. 10 (19–5) Merikh 5
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Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 4 4 0 0 148 63 +85 8 Semifinals
2  China 4 3 0 1 126 89 +37 6
3  Kazakhstan 4 2 0 2 105 109 −4 4 5–8th place semifinals
4  Thailand 4 1 0 3 70 130 −60 2
5  Hong Kong 4 0 0 4 72 130 −58 0 Ninth place game
Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
24 November 2022
12:00 		China  28–26  Kazakhstan Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon
Attendance: 300
Referees: Nawaf, Al-Naseem (KUW)
Li, Liu C. 7 (12–11) Khardina 8
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24 November 2022
16:00 		Thailand  9–44  Japan Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon
Attendance: 300
Referees: Marzieh, Hassanzadah (IRI)
Sripho 3 (4–16) Hattori 9
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25 November 2022
12:00 		Hong Kong  24–28  Kazakhstan Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon
Referees: Mozafarivanani, Mazaheri (IRI)
Wu 7 (7–9) Malysheva 5
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25 November 2022
16:00 		China  26–29  Japan Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon
Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
Jin 7 (16–18) Hattori 11
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27 November 2022
16:00 		China  36–21  Hong Kong Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon
Referees: Marzieh, Hassanzadah (IRI)
Zhou 10 (19–6) Cheung 6
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27 November 2022
18:00 		Kazakhstan  30–24  Thailand Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon
Referees: Kim, Kwon (KOR)
Seitkassym 10 (16–14) Wichaisang 10
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28 November 2022
14:00 		Thailand  13–36  China Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon
Referees: Gheisarian, Gheisarian (IRI)
Sopharak 4 (8–23) Gong 6
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28 November 2022
16:00 		Hong Kong  7–42  Japan Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon
Referees: Mozafarivanani, Mazaheri (IRI)
Cheung, Chong 2 (4–25) Kinjo 9
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30 November 2022
12:00 		Thailand  24–20  Hong Kong Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon
Referees: Kim, Kwon (KOR)
Wichaisang 9 (12–9) Ip 4
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30 November 2022
16:00 		Japan  33–21  Kazakhstan Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon
Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
Aizawa 7 (12–11) Khardina 5
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Knockout stage

Ninth place game

2 December 2022
11:00 		Australia  26–28  Hong Kong Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon
Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
Buckett 12 (10–14) Wong K. 7
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5–8th place bracket

 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
2 December
 
 
 India37
 
3 December
 
 Thailand25
 
 India31
 
2 December
 
 Kazakhstan42
 
 Kazakhstan30
 
 
 Uzbekistan28
 
Seventh place
 
 
3 December
 
 
 Thailand39
 
 
 Uzbekistan35

5–8th place semifinals

2 December 2022
13:00 		India  37–25  Thailand SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul
Referees: Kawai, Usui (JPN)
P. Thakur, S. Thakur 9 (18–16) Wichaisang 12
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2 December 2022
15:00 		Kazakhstan  30–28  Uzbekistan SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul
Referees: Xu, Liu (CHN)
Khardina 7 (14–12) Vosiljonova 7
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Seventh place game

3 December 2022
14:00 		Thailand  39–35  Uzbekistan SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul
Referees: Marzieh, Hassanzadah (IRI)
Wichaisang 15 (20–17) Obidjonova 8
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Fifth place game

3 December 2022
16:00 		India  31–42  Kazakhstan SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul
Referees: Hideki, Tetsuro (JPN)
Bhawana 8 (11–18) Khardina 7
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Championship bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 December
 
 
 Japan43
 
4 December
 
 Iran19
 
 Japan29
 
2 December
 
 South Korea (ET)34
 
 South Korea34
 
 
 China16
 
Third place
 
 
4 December
 
 
 Iran24
 
 
 China39

Semifinals

2 December 2022
17:00 		Japan  43–19  Iran SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul
Referees: Nawaf, Al-Naseem (KUW)
Nakayama 6 (21–7) Merikh 7
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2 December 2022
19:00 		South Korea  34–16  China SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul
Referees: Al-Shahi, Al-Wahibi (OMA)
three players 6 (16–9) Li 4
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Third place game

4 December 2022
14:00 		Iran  24–39  China SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul
Attendance: 200
Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
Merikh 9 (11–20) Lin 6
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Final

4 December 2022
16:00 		Japan  29–34 (ET)  South Korea SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Gheisarian, Gheisarian (IRI)
Sasaki 7 (16–10) Ryu 19
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FT: 27–27 ET: 2–7

Final standing

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  South Korea
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  China
4  Iran
5  Kazakhstan
6  India
7  Thailand
8  Uzbekistan
9  Hong Kong
10  Australia
Qualified for the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship

All-Star team

Position Player
Goalkeeper China Lu Chang
Right wing South Korea Song Ji-young
Right back South Korea Ryu Eun-hee
Centre back South Korea Song Hye-soo
Left back Kazakhstan Veronika Khardina
Left wing Iran Hadiseh Norouzi
Pivot Japan Mika Nagata
Most valuable player Japan Natsuki Aizawa

References

  1. ^ "Republic of Korea to host 19th Asian Women's Handball Championship". Asian Handball Federation. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Republic of Korea won the Asian Women's Handball Championship after a thrilling final". Asian Handball Federation. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Draw of the 19th Asian Women's Handball Championship". Asian Handball Federation. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Draw results of 19th Asian Women's Handball Championship". Asian Handball Federation. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Match schedule confirmed for 19th Asian Women's Handball Championship". Asian Handball Federation. 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

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