| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |  |
| Dates | 25–30 January |
| Teams | 5 |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  |
| Runner-up |  |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place |  |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches | 10 |
| Goals scored | 478 (47.8 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | |
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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.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 62 | +67 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 105 | 99 | +6 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 97 | 75 | +22 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 86 | 110 | −24 | 2 |
 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 61 | 132 | −71 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC+9).
| 25 January 2000 17:00 | South Korea | 37–12 | | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Al-Janahi, Al-Rashid (KSA) |
| Lim S.S. 8 | (18–4) | Tan T.S. 5 | ||
2×  | Report | 3× |
| 25 January 2000 19:00 | Iran | 18–34 | | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Chung, Lim (KOR) |
| Nikounejad, Jafarnia 5 | (8–18) | Zhang J., Zhu W.X. 8 | ||
| 2× | Report | 2× |
| 26 January 2000 17:00 | South Korea | 38–14 | | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Goto, Shimizu (JPN) |
| Yoon K.S. 6 | (17–8) | Nikounejad 3 | ||
| 2× | Report | 2× |
| 26 January 2000 19:00 | Japan | 24–18 | | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Zhang, Zhang (CHN) |
| Iwamoto 6 | (10–9) | Tan T.S. 8 | ||
2× | Report | 3× |
| 27 January 2000 18:00 | Japan | 20–24 | | Matsubase Town Sports Centre, Kumamoto Referees: Kalin, Korić (SLO) |
| Kayaba 5 | (11–9) | Zhu W.X., Wang X.D. 6 | ||
| 3× | Report | 3× |
| 28 January 2000 17:00 | Iran | 18–27 | | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Goto, Shimizu (JPN) |
| Safari 6 | (5–12) | Tan T.S. 7 | ||
| 3× | Report | 3× |
| 28 January 2000 19:00 | South Korea | 32–16 | | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Abdullah, Abbas (KUW) |
| Yoon K.S. 7 | (16–3) | Zhu W.X. 7 | ||
| 3× | Report | 2× |
| 29 January 2000 14:00 | Japan | 33–11 | | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Zhang, Zhang (CHN) |
| Kato, Tsuji 6 | (15–3) | Khalaj 3 | ||
| 2× | Report | 1× |
| 30 January 2000 14:00 | South Korea | 22–20 | | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Kalin, Korić (SLO) |
| Yoon K.S. 11 | (13–7) | Sasaki, Tomimoto 5 | ||
| 2× | Report | 4× |
| 30 January 2000 16:00 | Chinese Taipei | 29–31 | | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Al-Janahi, Al-Rashid (KSA) |
| Tan T.S. 11 | (15–18) | Zhu W.X. 7 | ||
| 2× | Report | 3× |
| Rank | Team |
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| 5 | |
| Team qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics |
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