2008 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship

2008 Asian Junior Championship
Tournament details

Host country	Jordan
Dates	25 July – 5 August 2008
Teams	13
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Kuwait (5th title)
Runner-up	Iran
Third place	Qatar
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches	37
Goals scored	2371 (64.08 per match)
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The 2008 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship (11th tournament) took place in Amman from 25 July – 5 August. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2009 Men's Junior World Handball Championship in Egypt.

Draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
South Korea Japan United Arab Emirates Iraq	China Iran Bahrain	Saudi Arabia Jordan India	Kuwait Qatar Hong Kong

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	113	92	+21	6
Japan	3	2	1	103	111	−8	4
United Arab Emirates	3	1	2	99	95	+4	2
Iraq	3	0	3	88	105	−17	0

25 July 2008 14:00	South Korea	32–29	United Arab Emirates	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(12–15)

25 July 2008 15:30	Japan	33–32	Iraq	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(15–15)

26 July 2008 14:00	South Korea	35–29	Iraq	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(21–12)

26 July 2008 15:30	Japan	36–33	United Arab Emirates	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(16–15)

27 July 2008 14:00	United Arab Emirates	37–27	Iraq	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(16–13)

27 July 2008 15:30	South Korea	46–34	Japan	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(25–16)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	2	2	0	73	54	+19	4
Bahrain	2	1	1	69	61	+8	2
China	2	0	2	56	83	−27	0

25 July 2008 17:00	China	30–41	Bahrain	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(12–21)

26 July 2008 17:00	Bahrain	28–31	Iran	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(14–16)

27 July 2008 17:00	China	26–42	Iran	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(11–21)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Saudi Arabia	2	2	0	72	58	+14	4
Jordan	2	1	1	72	60	+12	2
India	2	0	2	61	87	−26	0

25 July 2008 18:30	Saudi Arabia	42–31	India	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(20–13)

26 July 2008 18:30	India	30–45	Jordan	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(12–20)

27 July 2008 18:30	Saudi Arabia	30–27	Jordan	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(14–12)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	2	2	0	77	38	+39	4
Qatar	2	1	1	67	54	+13	2
Hong Kong	2	0	2	26	78	−52	0

25 July 2008 21:00	Kuwait	40–9	Hong Kong	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(19–3)

26 July 2008 21:00	Hong Kong	17–38	Qatar	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(6–22)

27 July 2008 21:00	Kuwait	37–29	Qatar	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(17–11)

Placement 9th–12th

Semifinals			9th/10th

2 August–Amman
United Arab Emirates	38
India	19

			4 August–Amman
			United Arab Emirates	29
			China	33


			11th/12th
2 August–Amman		4 August–Amman
China	33	India	29
Hong Kong	23		Hong Kong	33

2 August 2008 16:00	United Arab Emirates	38–19	India	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(19–10)

2 August 2008 18:00	China	33–23	Hong Kong	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(18–13)

11th/12th

4 August 2008 14:00	India	29–33	Hong Kong	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(15–16)

9th/10th

4 August 2008 16:00	United Arab Emirates	29–33	China	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(15–15)

Main round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	3	3	0	106	90	+16	6
Iran	3	2	1	110	91	+19	4
Jordan	3	1	2	88	100	−12	2
Japan	3	0	3	92	115	−23	0

29 July 2008 15:00	Iran	38–27	Jordan	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(20–14)

29 July 2008 16:30	Kuwait	41–31	Japan	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(17–15)

30 July 2008 15:00	Iran	41–31	Japan	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(20–12)

30 July 2008 16:30	Kuwait	32–28	Jordan	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(17–14)

1 August 2008 15:00	Iran	31–33	Kuwait	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(13–20)

1 August 2008 16:30	Jordan	33–30	Japan	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(15–11)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	2	0	1	97	90	+7	4
Qatar	3	1	1	1	97	95	+2	3
Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	82	84	−2	3
Bahrain	3	1	0	2	91	98	−7	2

29 July 2008 18:00	South Korea	31–30	Bahrain	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(19–18)

29 July 2008 19:30	Saudi Arabia	26–26	Qatar	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(11–12)

30 July 2008 18:00	South Korea	40–33	Qatar	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(21–12)

30 July 2008 19:30	Saudi Arabia	29–32	Bahrain	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(13–15)

1 August 2008 18:00	South Korea	26–27	Saudi Arabia	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(11–16)

1 August 2008 19:30	Qatar	38–29	Bahrain	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(17–14)

Placement 5th–8th

7th/8th

4 August 2008 18:00	Japan	31–34	Bahrain	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(14–15)

5th/6th

4 August 2008 20:00	Jordan	31–29	Saudi Arabia	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(14–13)

Final round

Semifinals			Gold medal match

3 August – Amman
Kuwait	36
Qatar	29

			5 August – Amman
			Kuwait	31
			Iran	30


			Bronze medal match
3 August – Amman		5 August – Amman
South Korea	28	Qatar	42
Iran	36		South Korea	38

Semifinals

3 August 2008 16:00	Kuwait	36–29	Qatar	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(20–13)

3 August 2008 18:00	South Korea	28–36	Iran	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(12–18)

Bronze medal match

5 August 2008 16:00	Qatar	42–38	South Korea	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(21–17)

Gold medal match

5 August 2008 18:00	Kuwait	31–30	Iran	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(17–17)

Final standing

Rank	Team
01 !	Kuwait
02 !	Iran
03 !	Qatar
4	South Korea
5	Jordan
6	Saudi Arabia
7	Bahrain
8	Japan
9	China
10	United Arab Emirates
11	Hong Kong
12	India
13	Iraq

	Team qualified for the 2009 Junior World Championship

References

Asian Junior Handball Championship

Men	Damascus 1988 Tehran 1990 Beijing 1992 Hama 1994 Dubai 1996 Manama 1998 Mashhad 2000 Bangkok 2002 Hyderabad 2004 Hiroshima 2006 Amman 2008 Tehran 2010 Doha 2012 Tabriz 2014 Amman 2016

Women	Hefei 1990 Beijing 1992 Seoul 1995 Chengdu 1996 Osaka 1998 Dhaka 2000 Amman 2002 Bangkok 2004 Almaty 2007 Bangkok 2009 Almaty 2011 Almaty 2013 Almaty 2015 2017

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