| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  |
| Dates | 10–17 August |
| Teams | 7 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  |
| Runner-up |  |
| Third place |  |
| Fourth place | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches | 14 |
| Goals scored | 697 (49.79 per match) |
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The 2000 Asian Women's Handball Championship, the eighth Asian Championship, which was taking place from 10 to 17 August 10 2000 in Shanghai, China. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2001 World Women's Handball Championship.
| Group A | Group B |
|---|---|
All times are local (UTC+8).
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 46 | +45 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 63 | +8 | 4 |
 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 74 | −5 | 2 |
 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 88 | −48 | 0 |
| 10 August 2000 14:00 | South Korea | 30–18 | | Shanghai |
| (18–6) | ||||
| 10 August 2000 16:00 | Japan | 27–12 | | Shanghai |
| (12–4) | ||||
| 11 August 2000 14:00 | South Korea | 33–9 | | Shanghai |
| (20–6) | ||||
| 11 August 2000 16:00 | Japan | 25–23 | | Shanghai |
| (14–10) | ||||
| 13 August 2000 14:00 | Kazakhstan | 30–16 | | Shanghai |
| (12–6) | ||||
| 13 August 2000 16:00 | South Korea | 28–19 | | Shanghai |
| (13–11) | ||||
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 35 | +41 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 39 | +36 | 2 |
 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 99 | −77 | 0 |
| 10 August 2000 20:00 | China | 28–24 | | Shanghai |
| (15–15) | ||||
| 11 August 2000 18:00 | North Korea | 51–11 | | Shanghai |
| (27–7) | ||||
| 13 August 2000 18:30 | China | 48–11 | | Shanghai |
| (24–5) | ||||
| 16 August 2000 16:00 | Kazakhstan | 48–10 | | Shanghai |
| (26–8) | ||||
| Semifinals | Gold medal match | |||||
| 15 August – Shanghai | ||||||
| 29 | |||||
| 17 August – Shanghai | ||||||
| 23 | |||||
| 33 | |||||
| 15 August – Shanghai | ||||||
| 23 | |||||
| 21 | |||||
| 24 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| 17 August – Shanghai | ||||||
| 24 | |||||
| 18 | |||||
| 15 August 2000 16:00 | South Korea | 29–23 | | Shanghai |
| (10–9) | ||||
| 15 August 2000 18:00 | China | 21–24 | | Shanghai |
| (10–9) | ||||
| 17 August 2000 16:00 | North Korea | 24–18 | | Shanghai |
| (10–9) | ||||
| 17 August 2000 18:00 | South Korea | 33–23 | | Shanghai |
| (14–9) | ||||
| Rank | Team |
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| 6 | |
| 7 | |
| Team qualified for the 2001 World Championship |
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