2016 Asian Men's Handball Championship

The 2016 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the 17th edition of the Asian Men's Handball Championship, held from 15 to 28 January 2016 in Isa Town and Manama, Bahrain. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2017 World Championship.^[1]

2016 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Bahrain
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	15–28 January
Teams	11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Qatar (2nd title)
Runner-up	Bahrain
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	35
Goals scored	1,802 (51.49 per match)
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Qatar secured their second consecutive title by defeating Bahrain 27–22 in the final. The bronze medal was captured by Japan, by beating Saudi Arabia 25–16.^[2]

Draw

Group A	Group B
Qatar  South Korea  Oman  Japan  Syria  Macau	Iran  United Arab Emirates  Saudi Arabia  China  Lebanon  Bahrain

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).^[3]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar	4	4	0	0	136	76	+60	8	Advanced to semifinals
2	Japan	4	3	0	1	108	93	+15	6
3	South Korea	4	2	0	2	109	111	−2	4	Advanced to 5–8th place semifinals
4	Oman	4	1	0	3	96	113	−17	2
5	Syria	4	0	0	4	69	125	−56	0	Advanced to 9–11th place semifinal
6	Macau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: asianhandball
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.

16 January 2016 16:00	Japan	31–25	South Korea	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(14–10)

16 January 2016 18:00	Oman	19–37	Qatar	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(8–19)

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18 January 2016 16:00	South Korea	23–22	Oman	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(11–12)

18 January 2016 18:00	Syria	10–32	Qatar	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(6–18)

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20 January 2016 16:00	Qatar	29–24	Japan	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(15–12)

20 January 2016 18:00	Oman	31–24	Syria	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(15–11)

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22 January 2016 16:00	Oman	24–29	Japan	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(11–16)

22 January 2016 18:00	South Korea	38–20	Syria	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(19–5)

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24 January 2016 16:00	Japan	24–15	Syria	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(11–6)

24 January 2016 18:00	Qatar	38–23	South Korea	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(19–13)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bahrain (H)	5	5	0	0	162	102	+60	10	Advanced to semifinals
2	Saudi Arabia	5	3	1	1	133	96	+37	7
3	Iran	5	3	0	2	138	129	+9	6	Advanced to 5–8th place semifinals
4	United Arab Emirates	5	2	1	2	123	119	+4	5
5	Lebanon	5	1	0	4	110	159	−49	2	Advanced to 9–11th place semifinal
6	China	5	0	0	5	101	162	−61	0

Source: asianhandball
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

15 January 2016 14:00	China	17–21	United Arab Emirates	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(5–9)

15 January 2016 16:00	Saudi Arabia	26–21	Iran	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(12–10)

15 January 2016 19:30	Lebanon	18–41	Bahrain	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(7–16)

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17 January 2016 15:00	United Arab Emirates	17–17	Saudi Arabia	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(6–7)

17 January 2016 17:00	Lebanon	26–31	Iran	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(13–16)

17 January 2016 19:00	China	18–41	Bahrain	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(7–18)

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19 January 2016 15:00	Iran	36–18	China	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(17–10)

19 January 2016 17:00	Saudi Arabia	32–13	Lebanon	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(16–4)

19 January 2016 19:00	Bahrain	28–26	United Arab Emirates	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(16–13)

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21 January 2016 15:00	Saudi Arabia	34–20	China	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(16–8)

21 January 2016 17:00	United Arab Emirates	27–23	Lebanon	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(12–16)

21 January 2016 19:00	Iran	16–27	Bahrain	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(8–13)

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23 January 2016 15:00	Iran	34–32	United Arab Emirates	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(15–15)

23 January 2016 17:00	China	28–30	Lebanon	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(18–15)

23 January 2016 19:00	Bahrain	25–24	Saudi Arabia	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(15–12)

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	26 January – Isa Town
	Qatar	22
					28 January – Isa Town
	Saudi Arabia	13
					Qatar	27
	26 January – Isa Town
					Bahrain	22
	Bahrain	29
	Japan	23
					Third place
					28 January – Isa Town
					Saudi Arabia	16
					Japan	25

5th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	25 January – Manama
	South Korea	32
					27 January – Manama
	United Arab Emirates	23
					South Korea	28
	25 January – Manama
					Iran	29
	Iran	32
	Oman	27
					Seventh place
					27 January – Manama
					United Arab Emirates (Pen)	31
					Oman	30

9–11th place semifinal

25 January 2016 15:00	Syria	24–31	China	Bahrain Handball Federation Hall, Manama
		(13–11)

5–8th place semifinals

25 January 2016 17:00	South Korea	32–23	United Arab Emirates	Bahrain Handball Federation Hall, Manama
		(16–9)

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25 January 2016 19:00	Iran	32–27	Oman	Bahrain Handball Federation Hall, Manama
		(14–14)

Semifinals

26 January 2016 17:00	Qatar	22–13	Saudi Arabia	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(12–9)

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26 January 2016 19:00	Bahrain	29–23	Japan	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(15–10)

Ninth place game

27 January 2016 15:00	China	30–23	Lebanon	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(10–15)

Seventh place game

27 January 2016 17:00	United Arab Emirates	31–30	Oman	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(14–12)
	FT: 26–26 Pen: 5–4

Fifth place game

27 January 2016 19:00	South Korea	28–29	Iran	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(16–15)

Third place game

28 January 2016 17:00	Saudi Arabia	16–25	Japan	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(7–12)

Final

28 January 2016 19:00	Qatar	27–22	Bahrain	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(12–11)

Final standing

Rank[4]	Team
	Qatar
	Bahrain
	Japan
4	Saudi Arabia
5	Iran
6	South Korea
7	United Arab Emirates
8	Oman
9	China
10	Lebanon
11	Syria

Team qualified for the 2017 World Championship

References

1. "Asian Championship 2016: Eleven teams to fight for four spots at WCh 2017". handball-planet.com. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
2. "Qatar wins Asian Handball Championship". kuna.net. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
3. "Match schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
4. "Final standing" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.

External links

• Asian Handball Federation
• Results at todor66