1987 Asian Women's Handball Championship

The 1987 Asian Women's Handball Championship, the first Asian Championship, which was taking place from 20 to 27 August 1987 in Amman, Jordan.^[1]

1987 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Jordan
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	20–27 August
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (1st title)
Runner-up	China
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	Syria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	557 (50.64 per match)
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Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	2	2	0	0	74	27	+47	4
Japan	2	1	0	1	51	52	−1	2
Chinese Taipei	2	0	0	2	31	77	−46	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

20 August 1987	South Korea	32–16	Japan	Amman
		(17–7)

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22 August 1987	South Korea	42–11	Chinese Taipei	Amman
		(11–30)

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23 August 1987	Japan	35–20	Chinese Taipei	Amman
		(15–8)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	2	2	0	0	80	16	+64	4
Syria	2	1	0	1	33	51	−18	2
Jordan (H)	2	0	0	2	19	65	−46	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

20 August 1987	Jordan	8–40	China	Amman

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22 August 1987	China	40–8	Syria	Amman

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23 August 1987	Jordan	11–25	Syria	Amman

Placement 5th/6th

25 August 1987	Chinese Taipei	43–15	Jordan	Amman
		(22–9)

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	South Korea	37
	Syria	6
					South Korea	34
					China	24
	China (ET)	34
	Japan	31
					Bronze medal match
					Syria	9
					Japan	26

Semifinals

25 August 1987	South Korea	37–6	Syria	Amman

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25 August 1987	China	34–31 (ET)	Japan	Amman
		(12–11)
	FT: 24-24 ET: 6-6, 4-1

Bronze medal match

26 August 1987	Syria	9–23	Japan	Amman
		(4–13)

Gold medal match

27 August 1987	South Korea	34–24	China	Amman

Final standing

Rank	Team
	South Korea
	China
	Japan
4	Syria
5	Chinese Taipei
6	Jordan

Team qualified for the 1988 Summer Olympics