2012 Asian Men's Handball Championship

2012 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	26 January – 5 February
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (9th title)
Runners-up	Qatar
Third place	Saudi Arabia
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	1,433 (53.07 per match)
Attendance	19,200 (711 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mohammad Al-Gharaballi (45)
Awards
Best player	Lee Jae-woo
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The 2012 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the 15th edition of the Asian Men's Handball Championship, held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from 26 January to 5 February 2012. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship in Spain. ^[1]

Draw

Group A	Group B
South Korea   Japan   Iran   Jordan   Kuwait	Bahrain   Saudi Arabia   Qatar   United Arab Emirates   Uzbekistan

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	4	4	0	0	106	87	+19	8
Japan	4	2	0	2	117	104	+13	4
Iran	4	2	0	2	99	95	+4	4
Kuwait	4	2	0	2	111	111	0	4
Jordan	4	0	0	4	80	116	−36	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

27 January 2012 16:30	Jordan	13–25	South Korea	Green Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 200 Referees: Al-Mawt, Al-Marhoon (BHR)
	Abu-Hasan 4	(7–11)	Park J.G., Jeong H., Lee E.H. 4
	3× 7×	Report	3× 5×

27 January 2012 18:30	Iran	26–27	Kuwait	Green Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 200 Referees: Milošević, Gubica (CRO)
	Nadri 6	(14–14)	M. Al-Gharaballi 10
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

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28 January 2012 14:30	Japan	35–22	Jordan	Green Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 100 Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Ba-Matraf (QAT)
	Ozawa 9	(18–10)	Abu-Hasan 5
	2× 3×	Report	3× 7×

28 January 2012 20:30	South Korea	26–21	Iran	Green Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 200 Referees: Al-Marzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE)
	Jeong Y.K., Jung S.Y. 5	(16–7)	Jamali 6
	2× 2×	Report	2× 3×

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29 January 2012 16:30	Kuwait	27–30	Japan	Green Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 200 Referees: Guðjónsson, Elíasson (ISL)
	A. Al-Gharaballi 7	(14–14)	Toyoda, Higashinagahama 7
	3× 1×	Report	2×

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30 January 2012 16:30	Iran	25–17	Jordan	Green Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 100 Referees: Al-Marhoon, Al-Mawt (BHR)
	Momenizadeh 8	(9–7)	Al-Mousa 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 7×

30 January 2012 20:30	Kuwait	26–27	South Korea	Green Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 200 Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Ba-Matraf (QAT)
	M. Al-Gharaballi 11	(12–14)	Park J.G., Eom H.W. 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5× 1×

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31 January 2012 16:30	Japan	25–27	Iran	Green Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 200 Referees: Al-Marzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE)
	Ozawa, Kadoyama 5	(12–13)	A. Mousavi 9
	1×	Report	2× 3× 1×

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1 February 2012 18:30	South Korea	28–27	Japan	Green Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 200 Referees: Guðjónsson, Elíasson (ISL)
	Jeong Y.K. 6	(14–13)	Higashinagahama 7
	2× 3×	Report	2× 1×

1 February 2012 20:30	Jordan	28–31	Kuwait	Green Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 200 Referees: Milošević, Gubica (CRO)
	Abu-Hasan 6	(15–12)	A. Al-Gharaballi 6
	3× 1×	Report	2× 2×

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Qatar	4	3	1	0	120	90	+30	7
Saudi Arabia (H)	4	2	2	0	120	80	+40	6
Bahrain	4	2	1	1	131	94	+37	5
United Arab Emirates	4	1	0	3	109	104	+5	2
Uzbekistan	4	0	0	4	68	180	−112	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(H) Hosts

26 January 2012 14:30	United Arab Emirates	40–20	Uzbekistan	Green Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 200 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Al-Saffar 8	(22–13)	Ignatenko 6
	1× 3×	Report	2× 4×

26 January 2012 20:00	Bahrain	23–23	Saudi Arabia	Green Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Guðjónsson, Elíasson (ISL)
	J. Abdulqader 6	(9–13)	Al-Salem 6
	3× 7× 1×	Report	3× 6× 1×

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27 January 2012 14:30	Qatar	41–19	Uzbekistan	Green Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 200 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Abdulla 8	(23–5)	Sayukov 6
	3× 2×	Report	4×

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28 January 2012 16:30	Bahrain	26–27	Qatar	Green Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 200 Referees: Milošević, Gubica (CRO)
	J. Abdulqader, M. Abdulqader 6	(13–12)	Al-Rayes 10
	3× 5×	Report	2× 6×

28 January 2012 18:30	Saudi Arabia	26–19	United Arab Emirates	Green Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Al-Mutawa, Al-Suwailam (KUW)
	Al-Habib, Al-Salem 5	(15–10)	Al-Bannai 5
	3× 7×	Report	2× 5×

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29 January 2012 18:30	Uzbekistan	14–47	Saudi Arabia	Green Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 500 Referees: Lee, Koo (KOR)
	Ikramov 5	(6–22)	Al-Abdulali 10
	2× 5×	Report	3× 1×

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30 January 2012 14:30	Qatar	28–21	United Arab Emirates	Green Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 200 Referees: Al-Mutawa, Al-Suwailam (KUW)
	Al-Rayes 8	(12–9)	Abdulla, Al-Ali, Al-Dhanhani 5
	3× 5×	Report	2× 4× 2×

30 January 2012 18:30	Uzbekistan	15–52	Bahrain	Green Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 100 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Ignatenko 8	(8–24)	A. Abdulqader 12
	2× 6×	Report	3× 2×

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31 January 2012 18:30	Saudi Arabia	24–24	Qatar	Green Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Milošević, Gubica (CRO)
	Al-Harbi 5	(10–14)	Mabrouk 8
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

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1 February 2012 14:30	United Arab Emirates	29–30	Bahrain	Green Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 200 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Al-Ali 7	(12–14)	Four players 5
	3× 1×	Report	1× 1×

Placement 5th–10th

9th/10th

2 February 2012 14:00	Jordan	32–30	Uzbekistan	Green Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 100 Referees: Al-Amiry, Al-Dosery (KSA)
	Al-Atabi 9	(17–17)	Ignatenko 9
	3× 4×	Report	3× 6×

7th/8th

3 February 2012 14:30	Kuwait	29–31	United Arab Emirates	Green Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 100 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	M. Al-Gharaballi 14	(12–15)	Al-Dhanhani 6
	3×	Report	3× 3×

5th/6th

3 February 2012 16:30	Iran	25–20	Bahrain	Green Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 100 Referees: Ba-Matraf, Al-Suwaidi (QAT)
	Jamali 6	(11–12)	Jawher, Al-Maqabi 4
	2× 2×	Report	2× 3×

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	3 February – Jeddah
	South Korea	27
					5 February – Jeddah
	Saudi Arabia	26
					South Korea	23
	3 February – Jeddah
					Qatar	22
	Qatar	33
	Japan	28
					Bronze medal match
					5 February – Jeddah
					Saudi Arabia	25
					Japan	21

Semifinals

3 February 2012 18:30	South Korea	27–26	Saudi Arabia	Green Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Guðjónsson, Elíasson (ISL)
	Yoon K.S. 8	(14–13)	Al-Mohsin 8
	3× 6×	Report	3× 5×

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3 February 2012 20:30	Qatar	33–28	Japan	Green Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 500 Referees: Milošević, Gubica (CRO)
	Mabrouk 8	(19–13)	Toyoda 9
	3× 2×	Report	3×

Bronze medal match

5 February 2012 16:30	Saudi Arabia	25–21	Japan	Green Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Milošević, Gubica (CRO)
	Al-Harbi 7	(13–11)	Toyoda 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

Gold medal match

5 February 2012 18:30	South Korea	23–22	Qatar	Green Hall, Jeddah Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Guðjónsson, Elíasson (ISL)
	Yoon K.S. 7	(10–11)	Mabrouk 9
	3× 5×	Report	3× 6×

Final standing

Rank	Team
	South Korea
	Qatar
	Saudi Arabia
4	Japan
5	Iran
6	Bahrain
7	United Arab Emirates
8	Kuwait
9	Jordan
10	Uzbekistan

Team qualified for the 2013 World Championship

Awards

• Most Valuable Player:  Lee Jae-woo  (KOR)
• Best Goalkeeper:  Manaf Al-Saeed  (KSA)
• Fair Play Award:  South Korea

Squads of the teams on the podium

Asian runner-up: Qatar

1.Alghamdi Bader 4. Mabrouk Hassan 6. Madadi Hamad 7. Ramazan Abdulla 8. Sinen Wajdi 9. Mahjbi Mohamed 10.Almoadhadi Fawaz 13.Eldar Memisevic 14.Airayes Bassel 15.Alhajiri Hamad 25.Khedher Amine 27.Osman Mahmoud 29.Kharbech Aymen 88.Hamdoon Hadi 12.Yafai Mohsen 18.Almaalem Yousef .Head coach:

• Borut Mačič

Assistant coach:

• Khalid Saif Al-Kuwari

References

1. "Draw Results of the 2011 Asian Championships" (PDF). Asian Handball Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2011.

External links

• www.asianhandball.org
• Japan Handball Association
• Results at todor66