Handball at the 2014 Asian Games | |
---|---|
Venue | Seonhak Handball Gymnasium Suwon Gymnasium |
Date | 20 September – 2 October |
Competitors | 360 from 18 nations |
Handball at the 2014 Asian Games was held in Incheon, South Korea from September 20 to October 2, 2014. In this tournament, 14 teams played in the men's competition, and 9 teams participated in the women's competition.
P | Preliminary round | S | Second round | C | Classification | ½ | Semifinals | F | Finals |
Event↓/Date → | 20th Sat | 21st Sun | 22nd Mon | 23rd Tue | 24th Wed | 25th Thu | 26th Fri | 27th Sat | 28th Sun | 29th Mon | 30th Tue | 1st Wed | 2nd Thu |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men | P | P | P | S | S | S | C | ½ | F | ||||
Women | P | P | P | P | P | ½ | C | F |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Qatar (QAT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Bahrain (BRN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
A draw ceremony was held on 21 August 2014 to determine the groups for the men's and women's competitions. The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2010 Asian Games. [1] South Korean teams were not seeded as they could choose their groups.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Qatar | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
South Korea | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | |
Bahrain | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |
4 | Iran | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
5 | Kuwait | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
6 | Oman | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
7 | Saudi Arabia | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
8 | Chinese Taipei | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
9 | Japan | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
10 | China | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
11 | Hong Kong | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
12 | Mongolia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
13 | United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
14 | India | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
South Korea | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Japan | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
Kazakhstan | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
4 | China | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
5 | Uzbekistan | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
6 | Hong Kong | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
7 | Thailand | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
8 | India | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
9 | Maldives | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
The 2014 Asian Games, officially known as the 17th Asian Games and also known as Incheon 2014, was a pan-Asian multi-sport event held in Incheon, South Korea. This was the third time South Korea hosted the Asian Games, having previously hosted in 1986 and 2002.
Indoor volleyball was contested at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. All matches played at the Al-Rayyan Indoor Hall.
Water polo at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China from November 13 to 25, 2010. In this tournament, 9 teams played in the men's competition, while the woman's tournament made their first participation with 4 teams.
Cricket was one of the 36 sports at 2014 Asian Games held in Incheon, South Korea from 20 September to 3 October 2014. Both Men's and Women's tournaments were held in the event. Top Asian associate members and full members took part at the 2014 Asian Games. The matches were played under Twenty20 format.
Football at the 2014 Asian Games was held in Incheon, South Korea from 14 September to 3 October 2014. The opening match was played 5 days prior to the opening ceremony. In this tournament, 29 teams are playing in the men's competition, and 11 teams are participating in the women's competition.
Iran participated in the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.
Field hockey at the 2014 Asian Games was held in Incheon, South Korea from 20 September to 2 October 2014.
The women's team badminton event at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon took place from 20 to 22 September 2014 at Gyeyang Gymnasium.
Kabaddi at the 2014 Asian Games was held in Songdo Global University Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea from 28 September to 3 October 2014. Both of India's men's and women's teams faced and defeated Iran's respective teams in the finals, earning India's teams the Gold while Iran's teams won the Silver. Meanwhile the men's team for both South Korea and Pakistan won the Bronze, as well as the women's teams of Bangladesh and Thailand, after their respective defeats in semifinals.
Rugby sevens at the 2014 Asian Games was held in Namdong Asiad Rugby Field, Incheon from 30 September to 2 October 2014.
Water polo at the 2014 Asian Games was held in Dream Park Aquatics Center, Incheon, South Korea from 20 September to 1 October 2014.
Volleyball at the 2014 Asian Games was held in Incheon, South Korea from September 20 to October 3, 2014. In this tournament, 16 teams played in the men's competition, and 9 teams participated in the women's competition. All matches were played at the Songnim Gymnasium and the Ansan Sangnoksu Gymnasium.
Wrestling was contested by men and women at the 2014 Asian Games in Dowon Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea from September 27 - October 1, 2014.
The 2014 Asian Games opening ceremony was held on Friday, 19 September 2014 at the newly built Incheon Asiad Main Stadium. It began at 7:18 pm and ended at 10:20 pm Korea Standard Time (UTC+9). It was directed by two renowned Korean film directors: Im Kwon-taek who directed famous films such as Chunhyang (2000) and Sopyonje (1993) and Jang Jin who directed The Front Line (2011). Entertainer Kim Seong-ju and KBS emcee Yun Su-yeong were the host of the ceremony. The music of the ceremony's artistic performance was performed by Incheon Philharmonic Orchestra.
The women's individual recurve archery event at the 2014 Asian Games was held from 23 to 28 September at the Gyeyang Asiad Archery Field in Incheon, South Korea. It was the tenth time the event was held as part of the Asian Games sports programme since the debut of archery in 1978. A total of 56 archers from 18 nations qualified for the event. Yun Ok-hee of South Korea was the defending champion.
Water polo at the 2018 Asian Games was held at the Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex, Jakarta, Indonesia from 16 August to 1 September. Ten countries with 9 men's team and 6 women's team participated in the competition.
Kabaddi at the 2018 Asian Games was held at the Garuda Theatre, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta, Indonesia, from 19 to 24 August 2018.
South Korea participated in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. It was the 18th appearance of the country at the Asian Games, except the first edition in Delhi. As one of the best competitors at the Games, South Korea's best achievement was in the 2002 Busan, with the acquisition of 96 gold, 80 silver and 84 bronze medals. At the latest edition in 2014 Incheon, the country had collected 79 gold, 71 silver, and 84 bronze medals.
Korea DPR participated in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. Korea DPR made its first appearance at the Asian Games in 1974 Tehran, and ranked at the top five in 1974, 1978, 1982, and 1990. At the latest games in Incheon, North Korea had collected 36 medals, and standing at the seventh position in medals tally.
The badminton men's team tournament at the 2018 Asian Games took place from 19 to 22 August at the Istora Gelora Bung Karno in Jakarta. The draw for the team event was held on 16 August.