2000 Asian Men's Handball Championship

The 2000 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the ninth Asian Championship, which was taking place from 25 30 January 30 2000 in Kumamoto, Japan. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2000 Olympic Games.

2000 Asian Championship
Tournament details
Host country Japan
Dates25–30 January
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions South Korea (6th title)
Runner-up China
Third place Japan
Fourth place Chinese Taipei
Tournament statistics
Matches10
Goals scored478 (48 per match)
Top scorer(s)Chinese Taipei Tan Tsung-sheng (31)
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Standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 4 4 0 0 129 62 +67 8
 China 4 3 0 1 105 99 +6 6
 Japan (H) 4 2 0 2 97 75 +22 4
 Chinese Taipei 4 1 0 3 86 110 24 2
 Iran 4 0 0 4 61 132 71 0
Source:
(H) Hosts

Results

All times are local (UTC+9).

25 January 2000
17:00
South Korea  37–12  Chinese Taipei Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto
Referees: Al-Janahi, Al-Rashid (KSA)
Lim S.S. 8 (18–4) Tan T.S. 5
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25 January 2000
19:00
Iran  18–34  China Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto
Referees: Chung, Lim (KOR)
Nikounejad, Jafarnia 5 (8–18) Zhang J., Zhu W.X. 8
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26 January 2000
17:00
South Korea  38–14  Iran Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto
Referees: Goto, Shimizu (JPN)
Yoon K.S. 6 (17–8) Nikounejad 3
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26 January 2000
19:00
Japan  24–18  Chinese Taipei Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto
Referees: Zhang, Zhang (CHN)
Iwamoto 6 (10–9) Tan T.S. 8
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27 January 2000
18:00
Japan  20–24  China Matsubase Town Sports Centre, Kumamoto
Referees: Kalin, Korić (SLO)
Kayaba 5 (11–9) Zhu W.X., Wang X.D. 6
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28 January 2000
17:00
Iran  18–27  Chinese Taipei Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto
Referees: Goto, Shimizu (JPN)
Safari 6 (5–12) Tan T.S. 7
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28 January 2000
19:00
South Korea  32–16  China Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto
Referees: Abdullah, Abbas (KUW)
Yoon K.S. 7 (16–3) Zhu W.X. 7
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29 January 2000
14:00
Japan  33–11  Iran Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto
Referees: Zhang, Zhang (CHN)
Kato, Tsuji 6 (15–3) Khalaj 3
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30 January 2000
14:00
South Korea  22–20  Japan Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto
Referees: Kalin, Korić (SLO)
Yoon K.S. 11 (13–7) Sasaki, Tomimoto 5
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30 January 2000
16:00
Chinese Taipei  29–31  China Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto
Referees: Al-Janahi, Al-Rashid (KSA)
Tan T.S. 11 (15–18) Zhu W.X. 7
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Final standing

RankTeam
1st place, gold medalist(s)  South Korea
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Japan
4  Chinese Taipei
5  Iran
Team qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics

References

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