2022 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship

2022 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Bahrain
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	20–31 August
Teams	11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (3rd title)
Runners-up	Iran
Third place	Saudi Arabia
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	34
Goals scored	1,959 (57.62 per match)
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The 2022 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship was the 9th edition of the Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship, a biannual championship in handball organized by the Asian Handball Federation (AHF).

The 9th edition of this tournament was originally scheduled to take place from 15 to 26 August 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ^{[1] [2] [3]} and then finally cancelled. ^[4]

The venue is Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town. ^[5]

The top five teams qualified for the 2023 Men's Youth World Handball Championship in Croatia. ^[6]

Teams

Following 11 teams intended to participate in the championship.

•   Bahrain
•   India
•   Iran
•   Iraq
•   Japan
•   Kuwait
•   Qatar
•   Saudi Arabia
•   South Korea
•   United Arab Emirates
•   Uzbekistan

Draw

The draw was held on Wednesday, 8 June 2022 at 19:30 at the Millennium Hotel and Convention Centre, Salmiya, Kuwait. ^[7]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	4	4	0	0	162	90	+72	8	Semifinals
2	Iran	4	3	0	1	153	95	+58	6
3	Bahrain (H)	4	2	0	2	122	116	+6	4	5–8th place semifinals
4	Uzbekistan	4	1	0	3	106	127	−21	2
5	India	4	0	0	4	88	203	−115	0	Ninth place game

Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts

20 August 2022 11:00	South Korea	29–24	Iran	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	Choi, Son 7	(12–11)	Haidarian 12
	3×	Report	1× 8×

20 August 2022 19:00	Uzbekistan	21–28	Bahrain	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town Referees: Al-Shaib, Al-Naemi (QAT)
	three players 4	(12–17)	Abdulla 10
	2× 4×	Report	8×

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21 August 2022 13:00	India	14–64	Iran	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town
	Yash 5	(4–31)	Masoudnia 11
	5×	Report	1×

21 August 2022 19:00	South Korea	39–22	Bahrain	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town
	three players 7	(17–16)	Farsan 6
	2× 2× 1×	Report	1× 3× 1×

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23 August 2022 11:00	South Korea	55–23	India	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town Referees: Mozafarivanani, Mazaheri (IRI)
	Lee 14	(24–10)	Yash 11
	3×	Report	3×

23 August 2022 17:00	Iran	35–23	Uzbekistan	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town Referees: Al-Sugufi, Al-Sager (KSA)
	Karami 10	(21–13)	Joldasbaev 10
	7×	Report	7×

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24 August 2022 13:00	Uzbekistan	21–39	South Korea	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMN)
	Baratov 7	(15–17)	Lee 9
	8×	Report	1×

24 August 2022 19:00	India	26–43	Bahrain	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town Referees: Al-Sugufi, Al-Sager (KSA)
	Yash 10	(14–24)	Almuhafdha 9
	5×	Report	2×

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26 August 2022 13:00	Uzbekistan	41–25	India	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town Referees: Al-Shaib, Al-Naemi (QAT)
	Yakubov 8	(16–13)	Vipul 9
	4×	Report	4×

26 August 2022 19:00	Bahrain	29– 30	Iran	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
	Farsan 8	(10–12)	Dareini 6
	2× 4× 1×	Report	1× 8× 1×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	5	5	0	0	173	132	+41	10	Semifinals
2	Japan	5	4	0	1	161	118	+43	8
3	Kuwait	5	3	0	2	164	118	+46	6	5–8th place semifinals
4	Qatar	5	2	0	3	126	140	−14	4
5	Iraq	5	1	0	4	110	165	−55	2	Ninth place game
6	United Arab Emirates	5	0	0	5	113	174	−61	0

Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.

20 August 2022 13:00	Qatar	36–22	United Arab Emirates	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town Referees: Shamrookh, Jawad (BHR)
	Karaoui 9	(17–11)	Abdelqadir 8
	1×	Report	3×

20 August 2022 15:00	Saudi Arabia	44–22	Iraq	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town Referees: Aljayyat, Awwad (JOR)
	Alsaeed, Furaij 7	(23–9)	Kadhim 8
	1× 10×	Report	4× 1×

20 August 2022 17:00	Japan	31–26	Kuwait	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
	Hori 10	(14–14)	three players 4
	1× 3×	Report	3×

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21 August 2022 11:00	Saudi Arabia	27–24	Qatar	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Wahibi (OMN)
	Furaij 8	(14–12)	Mousa 9
	4×	Report	1× 3×

21 August 2022 15:00	Iraq	22–36	Japan	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town Referees: Mozafarivanani, Mazaheri (IRI)
	Almaliki 6	(11–17)	Hori 7
	2×	Report	1×

21 August 2022 17:00	United Arab Emirates	23–37	Kuwait	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town Referees: Al-Sugufi, Al-Sager (KSA)
	Al Ali 7	(12–20)	N. Abdulaziz, Abdullatif 7
	3×	Report	5×

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23 August 2022 13:00	Kuwait	31–34	Saudi Arabia	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
	N. Abdulaziz 5	(16–15)	Alsaeed 8
	1× 7×	Report	2× 11×

23 August 2022 15:00	Qatar	27–25	Iraq	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town Referees: Al-Shamrookh, Jawad (BHR)
	Raza 7	(14–11)	Ali 13
	1× 4×	Report	1×

23 August 2022 19:00	Japan	35–18	United Arab Emirates	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town Referees: Noochan, Suansiri (THA)
	Matsuoka, Tachibana 5	(21–10)	Alblooshi 5
	2×	Report	3×

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24 August 2022 11:00	Iraq	12–35	Kuwait	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	three players 3	(4–14)	Abdulaziz 9
	1× 2×	Report	3×

24 August 2022 15:00	Qatar	21–31	Japan	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town Referees: Al-Naseem, Al-Enezi (KUW)
	Mousa 6	(11–14)	Furukawa, Tachibana 5
	1× 3× 1×	Report	1× 2×

24 August 2022 17:00	United Arab Emirates	27–37	Saudi Arabia	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town Referees: Al-Shamrookh, Jawad (BHR)
	Al Ali	(13–20)	Alsaeed 9
	4×	Report	2×

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26 August 2022 11:00	United Arab Emirates	23–29	Iraq	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town Referees: Al-Naseem, Al-Enezi (KUW)
	Abdelqadir 8	(14–13)	Ali 7
	3×	Report	2×

26 August 2022 15:00	Japan	28–31	Saudi Arabia	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	Furukawa 7	(14–17)	Alsaeed 9
	2×	Report	1× 3×

26 August 2022 17:00	Kuwait	35–18	Qatar	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town Referees: Al Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMN)
	Husain 7	(19–12)	Mousa 5
	3×	Report	5×

Final round

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	28 August
	South Korea	23
					31 August
	Japan	21
					South Korea	26
	28 August
					Iran	22
	Saudi Arabia	32
	Iran (ET)	33
					Third place
					31 August
					Japan	25
					Saudi Arabia	26

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	28 August
	Bahrain	37
					30 August
	Qatar	26
					Bahrain	27
	28 August
					Kuwait	21
	Kuwait	22
	Uzbekistan	20
					Seventh place
					30 August
					Qatar (pen)	29
					Uzbekistan	28

5–8th place semifinals

28 August 2022 13:00	Bahrain	37–26	Qatar	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town
		(19–13)
		Report

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28 August 2022 15:00	Kuwait	22–20	Uzbekistan	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town
		(7–11)
		Report

Semifinals

28 August 2022 17:00	South Korea	23–21	Japan	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town
		(11–9)
		Report

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28 August 2022 19:00	Saudi Arabia	32–33 (ET)	Iran	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town
		(15–14)
		Report
	FT: 24–24  ET: 4–4, 4–5

Ninth place game

28 August 2022 11:00	India	26–37	Iraq	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town
		(12–17)
		Report

Seventh place game

30 August 2022 16:00	Qatar	29–28	Uzbekistan	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town
		(13–11)
		Report
	FT: 26–26  Pen: 3–2

Fifth place game

30 August 2022 18:00	Bahrain	27–21	Kuwait	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town
		(14–10)
		Report

Third place game

31 August 2022 16:00	Japan	25–26	Saudi Arabia	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town
		(13–12)
		Report

Final

31 August 2022 18:00	South Korea	26–22	Iran	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	three players 5	(14–11)	Goli 6
	2×	Report	4×

Final standings

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

Team qualified for the 2023 Youth World Championship

References

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2. "منح البطولة الآسيوية ٩ للناشئين الي الاتحاد الكازاخستاني". AHF's Official Twitter Account. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
3. "9th Asian Men's Youth (U-18) Handball Championship postponed". AHF's Official Facebook Page. 23 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
4. "AHF decided to cancel 9th Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship". AHF Instagram Account. 22 February 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
5. "9th Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship". Asian Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
6. "Final Ranking". Asian Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
7. "Groups". Asian Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 July 2022.