2021 Asian Women's Handball Championship

2021 Asian Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Jordan
Dates	15–25 September
Teams	11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (15th title)
Runner-up	Japan
Third place	Kazakhstan
Fourth place	Iran
Tournament statistics
Matches	34
Goals scored	1,836 (54 per match)
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Last updated June 13, 2023

The 2021 Asian Women's Handball Championship was the 18th edition of the championship held from 15 to 25 September 2021 in Amman, Jordan under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation.^[1] It is the third time in history that the championship is organised by the Jordan Handball Federation.^[2] It also acted as the qualification tournament for the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship, with the top five teams from the championship directly qualifying for the event to be held in Spain.^[3]

Draw

The draw was held in Amman, Jordan on 11 August 2021 at 18:00.^[7]

Seeding

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 5. As organizer, Jordan had the right to choose their group.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
South Korea Jordan	Japan Kazakhstan	Iran Hong Kong	~~India~~ → Syria Singapore	~~Afghanistan~~ → Palestine Kuwait ~~Qatar~~ Uzbekistan

For the first time, China did not participate.
Since 2018 countries from Oceania (Australia and New Zealand) may participate in the Asian Championships and may qualify for the World Championship if one of them finishes within the top five.
In August 2021, Afghanistan, who was drawn in Group B, withdrew from the championship due to the fall of Kabul. In the same time, India, also drawn in Group B, also withdrew from the championship due to unavoidable circumstances. As a consequence, Palestine and Syria were added to Group B to replace those two countries.^[8]
In September 2021, a few days before the start of the championship, Qatar withdrew from the championship due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).^[9]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	4	4	0	164	58	+106	8	Semifinals
2	Kazakhstan	4	3	1	115	115	0	6	Semifinals
3	Hong Kong	4	2	2	95	114	−19	4	5–8th place semifinals
4	Uzbekistan	4	1	3	107	122	−15	2	5–8th place semifinals
5	Singapore	4	0	4	59	131	−72	0	9th place game

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
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.

15 September 2021 11:00	Kazakhstan	33–18	Singapore	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman
		(14–12)

15 September 2021 13:00	South Korea	45–19	Uzbekistan	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman Referees: Marzieh, Hassanzadah (IRI)
	Kim Ji-h. 5	(22–8)	Bahromova, Yusopova 7
	3×	Report	3×

16 September 2021 11:00	Kazakhstan	31–29	Hong Kong	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman
		(17–14)

16 September 2021 13:00	South Korea	39–9	Singapore	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman Referees: Mozafarivanani, Mazaheri (IRI)
	Yun 7	(21–5)	four players 2
	2×	Report	5×

18 September 2021 15:00	Singapore	16–26	Hong Kong	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman
		(7–12)

18 September 2021 19:00	Uzbekistan	28–31	Kazakhstan	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman
		(16–14)

19 September 2021 13:00	Singapore	16–33	Uzbekistan	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman
		(10–17)

19 September 2021 19:00	South Korea	40–10	Hong Kong	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman Referees: Mozafarivanani, Mazaheri (IRI)
	Jo 10	(20–3)	Lo, Wong Y. 2
	2× 3×	Report	2×

21 September 2021 11:00	Hong Kong	30–27	Uzbekistan	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman
		(16–15)

21 September 2021 13:00	Kazakhstan	20–40	South Korea	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman Referees: Marzieh, Hassanzadah (IRI)
	Jumadilova 8	(9–21)	Jo 8
	10× 1×	Report	1× 3× 1×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	5	5	0	217	41	+176	10	Semifinals
2	Iran	5	4	1	176	84	+92	8	Semifinals
3	Jordan (H)	5	3	2	131	113	+18	6	5–8th place semifinals
4	Syria	5	2	3	129	150	−21	4	5–8th place semifinals
5	Kuwait	5	1	4	83	170	−87	2	9th place game
6	Palestine	5	0	5	50	228	−178	0	Eleventh place

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
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) Host

15 September 2021 15:00	Japan	23–20	Iran	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman
		(14–8)

15 September 2021 17:00	Palestine	7–45	Jordan	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman
		(2–23)

15 September 2021 19:00	Kuwait	28–32	Syria	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman
		(13–16)

16 September 2021 15:00	Iran	38–11	Kuwait	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman
		(21–5)

16 September 2021 17:00	Jordan	28–24	Syria	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman
		(12–12)

16 September 2021 19:00	Japan	56–1	Palestine	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman
		(29–0)

18 September 2021 11:00	Iran	52–9	Palestine	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman
		(23–3)

18 September 2021 13:00	Syria	7–42	Japan	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman
		(2–22)

18 September 2021 17:00	Jordan	28–11	Kuwait	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman
		(17–5)

19 September 2021 11:00	Palestine	13–47	Syria	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman
		(5–27)

19 September 2021 15:00	Kuwait	5–52	Japan	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman
		(2–26)

19 September 2021 17:00	Iran	28–22	Jordan	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman
		(15–12)

21 September 2021 15:00	Syria	19–38	Iran	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman
		(10–20)

21 September 2021 17:00	Jordan	8–43	Japan	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman
		(4–23)

21 September 2021 19:00	Kuwait	28–20	Palestine	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman
		(16–10)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

23 September

South Korea	46
		25 September
Iran	21
		South Korea	33
23 September
		Japan	24
Japan	38

Kazakhstan	24
		Third place

		25 September

		Iran	33

		Kazakhstan	38

5–8th place bracket

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

23 September

Uzbekistan	34
		25 September
Jordan	26
		Uzbekistan	28
23 September
		Hong Kong	25
Syria	24

Hong Kong	34
		Seventh place

		25 September

		Jordan	22

		Syria	21

Ninth place game

23 September 2021 11:00	Singapore	24–15	Kuwait	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman
		(12–6)

5–8th place semifinals

23 September 2021 13:00	Uzbekistan	34–26	Jordan	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman
		(15–11)

23 September 2021 15:00	Syria	24–34	Hong Kong	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman
		(10–19)

Semifinals

23 September 2021 17:00	South Korea	46–21	Iran	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman Referees: Khasan, Khusan (UZB)
	Song 8	(23–12)	Ghahremani 6
	3×	Report	4× 1×

23 September 2021 19:00	Japan	38–24	Kazakhstan	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman
		(18–16)

Seventh place game

25 September 2021 13:00	Jordan	22–21	Syria	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman
		(6–13)

Fifth place game

25 September 2021 15:00	Uzbekistan	28–25	Hong Kong	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman
		(11–11)

Third place game

25 September 2021 17:00	Iran	33–38	Kazakhstan	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman
		(15–20)

Final

25 September 2021 19:00	South Korea	33–24	Japan	Princess Sumaya Hall, Amman Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Jung 11	(18–14)	Takamiya 6
	2×	Report	1×

Final standing

Rank	Team
	South Korea
	Japan
	Kazakhstan
4	Iran
5	Uzbekistan
6	Hong Kong
7	Jordan
8	Syria
9	Singapore
10	Kuwait
11	Palestine

	Qualified for the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship

2021 Women's Asian Champions South Korea 15th title Team roster: Oh Sa-ra, Kim Seon-hwa, Song Ji-young, Shin Eun-joo, Song Hye-soo, Jeong Jin-hui, Yun Ye-jin, Kim Ji-hyun, Jo Ha-rang, Lee Mi-gyeong, Kim So-ra, Jung Yu-ra, Woo Bit-na, Kim Jin-yi, Jung Ji-in, Park Jun-hee

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Women	Jordan 1987 China 1989 Japan 1991 China 1993 South Korea 1995 Jordan 1997 Japan 1999 China 2000 Kazakhstan 2002 Japan 2004 China 2006 Thailand 2008 Kazakhstan 2010 Indonesia 2012 Indonesia 2015 South Korea 2017 Japan 2018 Jordan 2021 South Korea 2022

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Asia	2021 Asian Women's Handball Championship
America	North America and Caribbean South and Central America
Europe	2020 European Women's Handball Championship European qualification