2023 Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship

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2023 Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship
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Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates30 June – 9 July
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (16th title)
Runners-upFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Third placeFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Fourth placeFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored1,681 (57.97 per match)
Awards
Best player Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Min-seo [1]
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The 2023 Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship was the 17th edition of the championship held from 30 June to 9 July 2023 at the Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. [2] It was the second time in history that championship was organised by the Handball Association of Hong Kong, China. It also acted as the qualification tournament for the 2024 Women's Junior World Handball Championship.

Contents

Draw

The draw was held on 3 February 2023 at the Olympic House, Hong Kong. [3]

Seeding

Teams were seeded according to the AHF COC regulations and rankings of the previous edition of the championship. Teams who did not participated in the previous edition were in Pot 4.

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Flag of India.svg  India
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+8).

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 440016078+828 Semifinals
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 430117479+956
3Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 4202120108+124 5–8th place semifinals
4Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong (H)410365137722
5Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 4004381551170 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
30 June 2023
14:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg43–29Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
(23–13)
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30 June 2023
17:30
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg46–9Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
(26–4)
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1 July 2023
12:00
Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg4–33Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
(2–14)
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1 July 2023
16:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg46–8Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
(19–5)
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2 July 2023
12:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg55–7Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
(26–3)
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2 July 2023
18:00
Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg26–44Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
(11–26)
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4 July 2023
16:00
Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg13–31Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
(8–16)
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4 July 2023
18:00
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg34–30Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
(19–17)
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5 July 2023
16:00
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg36–14Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
(23–5)
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5 July 2023
18:00
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg17–32Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
(8–13)
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Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 440013087+438 Semifinals
2Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 421110410405
3Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 420211712474 5–8th place semifinals
4Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 411213514383
5Flag of India.svg  India 4004105133280 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.
30 June 2023
10:00
Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg25–22Flag of India.svg  India Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
(11–7)
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30 June 2023
12:00
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg29–23Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
(13–11)
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1 July 2023
14:00
Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg36–37Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
(15–18)
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1 July 2023
18:00
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg35–22Flag of India.svg  India Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
(14–9)
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2 July 2023
14:00
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg39–28Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
(20–10)
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2 July 2023
16:00
Iran  Flag of Iran.svg18–28Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
(8–15)
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4 July 2023
12:00
Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg34–30Flag of India.svg  India Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
(15–11)
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4 July 2023
14:00
Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg14–27Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
(5–13)
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5 July 2023
12:00
Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg37–37Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
(19–20)
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5 July 2023
14:00
India  Flag of India.svg31–39Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
(13–14)
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Knockout stage

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
7 July
 
 
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 41
 
9 July
 
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 20
 
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 34
 
7 July
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 15
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 28
 
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 27
 
Third place
 
 
9 July
 
 
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 23
 
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 43
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
7 July
 
 
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 34
 
8 July
 
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 28
 
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 24
 
7 July
 
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 27
 
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 45
 
 
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 16
 
Seventh place
 
 
8 July
 
 
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 44
 
 
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 23

5–8th place semifinals

7 July 2023
12:00
Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg34–28Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
(21–19)
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7 July 2023
14:00
Iran  Flag of Iran.svg45–16Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
(22–8)
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Semifinals

7 July 2023
16:00
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg41–20Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
(24–10)
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7 July 2023
18:00
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg28–27Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
(11–16)
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Ninth place game

7 July 2023
10:00
Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg10–51Flag of India.svg  India Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
(6–28)
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Seventh place game

8 July 2023
14:00
Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg44–23Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
(24–12)
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Fifth place game

8 July 2023
16:00
Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg24–27Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
(12–15)
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Third place game

9 July 2023
14:00
Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg23–43Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
Referees: Noochan, Suansiri (THA)
You 7(12–18) Koyama 8
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Final

9 July 2023
16:00
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg34–15Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
Referees: Al-Naseem, Al-Enezi (KUW)
Kim Min-s. 9(21–7) Hou, Liang 4
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Final standings

RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
4Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
5Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
6Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
7Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
8Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
9Flag of India.svg  India
10Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Team qualified for the 2024 Junior World Championship

All Star Team

PositionPlayer
Goalkeeper Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wu Hsin-yun
Right wing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shi Zihan
Right back Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Hye-won
Centre back Flag of Japan.svg Toko Yamaguchi
Left back Flag of Japan.svg Ayumi Rokugawa
Left wing Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Seo-jin
Pivot Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hou Changqing
MVP Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Min-seo

References

  1. "Golden generation wins another gold for the Republic of Korea at the AHF Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship". IHF. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  2. "Dates set for draw of 17th Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship". AHF. 29 January 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  3. "Draw results of 17th Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship". AHF. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.