2018 Asian Women's Handball Championship

The 2018 Asian Women's Handball Championship was the 17th edition of the Asian Women's Handball Championship, which took place from 30 November to 9 December 2018 in Kumamoto, Yamaga and Yatsushiro, Japan.[1] The tournament was held under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation and acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship.

2018 Asian Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Japan
Dates30 November – 9 December
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions South Korea (14th title)
Runner-up Japan
Third place China
Fourth place Kazakhstan
Tournament statistics
Matches29
Goals scored1,438 (50 per match)
Attendance24,707 (852 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Sally Potocki
(57 goals)
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South Korea won their fourth straight and 14th overall title after defeating Japan in the final.[2]

Draw

The draw was held on 6 August 2018 at the Hotel Nikko in Kumamoto.[3]

Teams were seeded according to the AHF COC regulations and rankings of the previous edition of the championship. Teams who had not participate in the previous edition were in Pot 4.[4]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 South Korea
 Japan		  China
 Kazakhstan		  Iran
 Hong Kong		  Australia
 New Zealand
 India
 Singapore

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+9).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan (H) 4 4 0 0 140 55 +85 8 Semifinals
2  Kazakhstan 4 3 0 1 148 95 +53 6
3  Australia 4 2 0 2 99 105 −6 4 5–8th place semifinals
4  Iran 4 1 0 3 96 120 −24 2
5  New Zealand 4 0 0 4 50 158 −108 0 9th 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
30 November 2018
16:45		 Australia  24–32  Kazakhstan Yatsushiro Gymnasium, Yatsushiro
Attendance: 800
Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
Potocki 12 (15–15) three players 7
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30 November 2018
19:00		 New Zealand  5–41  Japan Yatsushiro Gymnasium, Yatsushiro
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
Anastasiou 3 (2–20) Tanabe 9
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1 December 2018
13:45		 Iran  26–41  Kazakhstan Yatsushiro Gymnasium, Yatsushiro
Attendance: 360
Referees: Al-Mawt, Marhoon (BHR)
Rajabi 6 (12–18) Abilda 10
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1 December 2018
16:00		 Australia  18–37  Japan Yatsushiro Gymnasium, Yatsushiro
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
Potocki 8 (8–19) Katsuren 8
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2 December 2018
13:45		 Kazakhstan  51–14  New Zealand Yatsushiro Gymnasium, Yatsushiro
Attendance: 500
Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
Abilda, Khardina 8 (26–5) Anastasiou 6
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2 December 2018
16:00		 Australia  29–24  Iran Yatsushiro Gymnasium, Yatsushiro
Attendance: 400
Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
Potocki 12 (12–11) Janbaz 6
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4 December 2018
16:45		 New Zealand  12–28  Australia Yamaga Gymnasium, Yamaga
Attendance: 500
Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
Hazelton 4 (3–15) Mouncey 6
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4 December 2018
19:00		 Iran  8–31  Japan Yamaga Gymnasium, Yamaga
Attendance: 1,700
Referees: Al-Mawt, Marhoon (BHR)
Baperi 3 (5–15) Yokoshima 7
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5 December 2018
16:45		 New Zealand  19–38  Iran Yamaga Gymnasium, Yamaga
Attendance: 500
Anastasiou 7 (10–20) Baperi 6
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5 December 2018
19:00		 Japan  31–24  Kazakhstan Yamaga Gymnasium, Yamaga
Attendance: 1,550
Tanabe 9 (14–11) Alexandrova, Tankina 6
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Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 4 4 0 0 139 57 +82 8 Semifinals
2  China 4 3 0 1 121 53 +68 6
3  Hong Kong 4 2 0 2 82 114 −32 4 5–8th place semifinals
4  India 4 1 0 3 73 113 −40 2
5  Singapore 4 0 0 4 45 123 −78 0 9th 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.
30 November 2018
16:45		 Singapore  7–35  China Yamaga Gymnasium, Yamaga
Attendance: 700
Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
Ham, Leow 2 (2–15) Tian, Zhou 5
Report
30 November 2018
19:00		 India  10–37  South Korea Yamaga Gymnasium, Yamaga
Attendance: 600
Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (JPN)
Menika 4 (5–17) three players 7
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1 December 2018
13:45		 Hong Kong  10–36  China Yamaga Gymnasium, Yamaga
Attendance: 600
Referees: Mousavian, Kolahdouzan (IRN)
Wu 4 (2–16) Liang 8
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1 December 2018
16:00		 Singapore  9–41  South Korea Yamaga Gymnasium, Yamaga
Attendance: 700
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
Chan, Wan 3 (1–24) Lee M. 10
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2 December 2018
13:45		 China  29–12  India Yamaga Gymnasium, Yamaga
Attendance: 800
Jin 7 (16–4) Menika 6
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2 December 2018
16:00		 Singapore  12–25  Hong Kong Yamaga Gymnasium, Yamaga
Attendance: 711
Wan 4 (7–13) Wong Y. 5
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4 December 2018
16:45		 Hong Kong  17–37  South Korea Yatsushiro Gymnasium, Yatsushiro
Attendance: 250
Referees: Mousavian, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
Cheung Me. 4 (7–19) Jung 10
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4 December 2018
19:00		 India  22–17  Singapore Yatsushiro Gymnasium, Yatsushiro
Attendance: 300
Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
Anumit, H. Kaur 5 (13–7) Wan 8
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5 December 2018
16:45		 South Korea  24–21  China Yatsushiro Gymnasium, Yatsushiro
Attendance: 700
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
Jung 8 (14–12) Jin, Zhou 4
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5 December 2018
19:00		 India  29–30  Hong Kong Yatsushiro Gymnasium, Yatsushiro
Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (JPN)
Menika 10 (15–18) Cheung Me. 8
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Knockout stage

Bracket
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
7 December
 
 
 South Korea31
 
9 December
 
 Kazakhstan23
 
 South Korea30
 
7 December
 
 Japan25
 
 Japan23
 
 
 China21
 
Third place
 
 
9 December
 
 
 Kazakhstan21
 
 
 China27
5–8th place bracket
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
7 December
 
 
 Australia31
 
8 December
 
 India27
 
 Australia30
 
7 December
 
 Iran24
 
 Hong Kong17
 
 
 Iran19
 
Seventh place
 
 
8 December
 
 
 India27
 
 
 Hong Kong31

5–8th place semifinals
7 December 2018
12:30		 Australia  31–27  India Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto
Attendance: 139
Referees: Al-Mawt, Marhoon (BHR)
Potocki 13 (16–13) Prachi 7
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7 December 2018
14:30		 Hong Kong  17–19  Iran Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto
Attendance: 650
Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (JPN)
Cheung Me. 5 (7–10) Janbaz 5
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Semifinals
7 December 2018
16:45		 South Korea  31–23  Kazakhstan Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto
Attendance: 830
Referees: Mousavian, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
Shin 9 (14–13) Abilda 6
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7 December 2018
19:00		 Japan  23–21  China Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto
Attendance: 1,380
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
Hara 8 (11–11) Jin 9
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Ninth place game
7 December 2018
10:30		 New Zealand  18–20  Singapore Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto
Attendance: 500
Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
Mair 5 (5–10) Gan, Wan 5
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Seventh place game
8 December 2018
13:45		 India  27–31  Hong Kong Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto
Attendance: 500
Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
Prachi 7 (15–17) Cheung Me. 6
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Fifth place game
8 December 2018
16:00		 Australia  30–24  Iran Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto
Attendance: 550
Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
Guignard 10 (13–12) Fallahi 7
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Third place game
9 December 2018
12:45		 Kazakhstan  21–27  China Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto
Attendance: 2,400
Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (JPN)
three players 4 (11–13) Huang Y., Zhou 6
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Final
9 December 2018
15:00		 South Korea  30–25  Japan Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto
Attendance: 3,087
Referees: Al-Mawt, Marhoon (BHR)
Ryu 11 (14–15) Hara, Yokoshima 5
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Final standing
RankTeam
1st place, gold medalist(s) South Korea
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) China
4 Kazakhstan
5 Australia[1]
6 Iran
7 Hong Kong
8 India
9 Singapore
10 New Zealand

^ 1. If countries from Oceania (Australia or New Zealand) participating in the Asian Championships finished within the top 5, they qualified for the World Championships. If they had both placed sixth or lower, the place would have been transferred to the wild card spot.[5]

Qualified for the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship

Statistics

Top goalscorers
Rank Name Team Goals
1 Sally Potocki  Australia 57
2 Dana Abilda  Kazakhstan 40
3 Menika Menika  India 32
Jung Yu-ra  South Korea 32
5 Jin Mengqing  China 31

Top goalkeepers
Rank Name Team Saves (exc. 7M) Shots (exc. 7M) 7M Saves 7M Thr. Total Saves Total Shots %
1 Manon Vernay  Australia 100 217 7 29 107 246 43.49%
2 Nina Shil  India 63 184 2 24 65 208 31.73%
3 Zhannat Aitenova  Kazakhstan 46 173 5 18 51 191 26.70%
4 Fatemeh Khalili Behfar  Iran 38 128 4 17 42 145 28.96%
5 Sakura Hauge  Japan 35 88 2 6 37 94 39.36%
6 Minami Itano  Japan 33 67 1 9 34 76 44.74%
7 Park Sae-young  South Korea 27 66 2 8 29 74 39.19%
8 Ju Hui  South Korea 28 81 0 5 28 86 32.56%
9 Chan Kam Ling  Hong Kong 25 78 0 33 25 111 22.52%
10 Huang Xia  China 23 46 1 6 24 52 46.15%

References
  1. "17th Asian Women's Championship – Match Schedule" (PDF). japanhandball2019.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  2. "Heartbreak for hosts Japan in Asian Women's Championship". ihf.info. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  3. "Draw results of the 17th Asian Women's Championship". Asian Handball Federation's Official Facebook Account. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  4. "Draw procedures of the 17th Asian Women's Handball Championship". Asian Handball Federation's Official Facebook Account. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  5. "Teams". 24th IHF Women's Handball World Championship 2019. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
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