2008 Asian Women's Handball Championship

The 2008 Asian Women's Handball Championship was the twelfth Asian Championship, which was taking place from 21 to 30 November 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship in China.

2008 Asian Championship
Tournament details
Host country Thailand
Dates21–30 November
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions South Korea (10th title)
Runner-up China
Third place Japan
Fourth place Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches27
Goals scored1,564 (58 per match)
Next

Draw

Group A Group B

 Japan
 South Korea
 Kazakhstan
 Uzbekistan
 Iran

 China
 Thailand
 India
 Qatar
 Vietnam

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+7).

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 4 4 0 0 176 97 +79 8
 Japan 4 3 0 1 147 96 +51 6
 Kazakhstan 4 2 0 2 135 93 +42 4
 Iran 4 1 0 3 82 157 75 2
 Uzbekistan 4 0 0 4 78 175 97 0
Source:
21 November 2008
12:00
South Korea  57–26  Uzbekistan Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(31–10)
21 November 2008
13:30
Kazakhstan  41–18  Iran Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(21–5)

22 November 2008
13:30
Japan  47–14  Uzbekistan Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(21–3)
22 November 2008
18:00
South Korea  32–29  Kazakhstan Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(16–15)

23 November 2008
14:30
Japan  42–20  Iran Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(21–8)

24 November 2008
15:00
Kazakhstan  42–12  Uzbekistan Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(19–4)
24 November 2008
16:30
South Korea  48–15  Iran Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(22–7)

25 November 2008
14:30
Japan  31–23  Kazakhstan Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(15–9)

26 November 2008
13:30
Uzbekistan  26–29  Iran Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(12–17)
26 November 2008
15:00
South Korea  39–27  Japan Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(22–11)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 China 4 4 0 0 169 61 +108 8
 Thailand (H) 4 3 0 1 121 110 +11 6
 Vietnam 4 2 0 2 106 132 26 4
 India 4 1 0 3 108 136 28 2
 Qatar 4 0 0 4 82 147 65 0
Source:
(H) Hosts
21 November 2008
16:15
Thailand  34–23  Qatar Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(17–8)
21 November 2008
17:45
China  42–12  India Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(21–5)

22 November 2008
15:00
China  38–14  Qatar Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(19–5)
22 November 2008
16:30
India  27–29  Vietnam Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(15–13)

23 November 2008
16:00
Thailand  29–20  Vietnam Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(19–15)

24 November 2008
13:30
India  37–23  Qatar Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(18–13)
24 November 2008
18:00
China  54–19  Vietnam Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(26–10)

25 November 2008
16:00
Thailand  42–32  India Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(22–13)

26 November 2008
16:30
China  35–16  Thailand Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(19–11)
26 November 2008
18:00
Qatar  22–38  Vietnam Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(7–20)

Placement 5th–10th

9th/10th

29 November 2008
14:00
Uzbekistan  10–0  Qatar Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(Walkover)

7th/8th

29 November 2008
16:00
Iran  34–30  India Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(17–12)

5th/6th

29 November 2008
18:00
Kazakhstan  43–18  Vietnam Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(21–7)

Final round

 
SemifinalsGold medal match
 
      
 
28 November – Bangkok
 
 
 South Korea38
 
30 November – Bangkok
 
 Thailand17
 
 South Korea35
 
28 November – Bangkok
 
 China23
 
 China29
 
 
 Japan28
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
30 November – Bangkok
 
 
 Thailand16
 
 
 Japan39

Semifinals

28 November 2008
16:00
South Korea  38–17  Thailand Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(18–10)

28 November 2008
18:00
China  29–28  Japan Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(12–14)

Bronze medal match

30 November 2008
15:00
Thailand  16–39  Japan Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(11–20)

Gold medal match

30 November 2008
17:00
South Korea  35–23  China Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(16–14)

Final standing

RankTeam
1st place, gold medalist(s)  South Korea
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Japan
4  Thailand
5  Kazakhstan
6  Vietnam
7  Iran
8  India
9  Uzbekistan
10  Qatar
Team qualified for the 2009 World Championship

References

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