| Women at the 2018 Asian Games | |||||||
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| Venue | POPKI Sports Hall | ||||||
| Date | 14–30 August 2018 | ||||||
| Competitors | 158 from 10 nations | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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| Handball at the 2018 Asian Games | ||
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| men | women | |
The women's tournament of Handball at the 2018 Asian Games at Jakarta, Indonesia was held between 14 and 30 August 2018. The matches were held at the POPKI Sports Hall. [1]
All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 86 | +65 | 8 | Semifinals |
| 2 |  China | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 120 | 112 | +8 | 4 [a] | |
| 3 |  North Korea | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 139 | 125 | +14 | 4 [a] | Classification 5th–8th |
| 4 |  Kazakhstan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 118 | 116 | +2 | 4 [a] | |
| 5 |  India | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 77 | 166 | −89 | 0 | Classification 9th–10th |
| 14 August 11:00 | India | 19–36 | Kazakhstan | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Lee, Koo (KOR) |
| Rimpi 8 | (13–19) | Abilda 8 | ||
2× 5× | 2× 2× |
| 14 August 16:00 | North Korea | 22–39 | South Korea | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Marhoon, Al-Mawt (BHR) |
| Han C.Y. 5 | (12–17) | Jung Y.R. 12 | ||
| 1× 5× | 3× 4× |
| 16 August 16:00 | India | 18–45 | South Korea | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Shakir, Kadhim (IRQ) |
| Ritu 6 | (9–20) | Yu S.J. 12 | ||
| 1× 4× | 1× 1× |
| 16 August 18:00 | China | 26–27 | Kazakhstan | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN) |
| Li Y. 6 | (11–11) | Abilda 7 | ||
| 1× 8× | 5× |
| 19 August 16:00 | India | 21–36 | China | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Saqer, Al-Suqufi (KSA) |
| Kaur 10 | (9–19) | Zhang H.X. 7 | ||
| 3× 2× | 2× 4× |
| 19 August 18:00 | Kazakhstan | 33–37 | North Korea | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Shakir, Kadhim (IRQ) |
| Abilda 10 | (17–17) | O K.S. 9 | ||
| 3× 1× | 4× |
| 21 August 14:00 | North Korea | 49–19 | India | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN) |
| Choe P.I. 11 | (23–10) | Ghanghas, Kaur, Rimpi 4 | ||
| 2× 3× | 3× 4× |
| 21 August 18:00 | China | 24–33 | South Korea | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA) |
| Liu X.M. 5 | (11–14) | Jung Y.R. 8 | ||
| 3× 1× | 3× 1× |
| 23 August 14:00 | North Korea | 31–34 | China | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN) |
| Choe C.I. | (14–17) | Liu X.M. 13 | ||
| 2× 3× | 1× 2× |
| 23 August 16:00 | South Korea | 34–22 | Kazakhstan | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Li, Ke (CHN) |
| Yu S.J. 7 | (17–11) | Suyazova, Abilda 5 | ||
| 1× 2× | 1× 3× |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Japan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 208 | 38 | +170 | 8 | Semifinals |
| 2 |  Thailand | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 120 | 93 | +27 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Hong Kong | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 112 | 97 | +15 | 4 | Classification 5th–8th |
| 4 |  Indonesia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 146 | −90 | 2 | |
| 5 |  Malaysia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 167 | −122 | 0 | Classification 9th–10th |
| 14 August 14:00 | Thailand | 16–41 | Japan | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Tavakkoli, Valadkhanian (IRI) |
| Bunjarern 7 | (6–23) | Akiyama 8 | ||
| 4× 2× | 3× 4× |
| 14 August 18:00 | Malaysia | 15–23 | Indonesia | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Saqer, Al-Suqufi (KSA) |
| Yusri 4 | (9–12) | Apriliani 7 | ||
2× 8× 1× | 3× 2× |
| 16 August 11:00 | Thailand | 34–16 | Indonesia | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Li, Ke (CHN) |
| Hongbooddee 10 | (19–6) | Wijayatri 4 | ||
| 2× 3× | 3× 4× |
| 16 August 14:00 | Hong Kong | 13–41 | Japan | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Tavakkoli, Valadkhanian (IRI) |
| Cheung M.N. 6 | (5–18) | Fujita, Akiyama 6 | ||
| 2× 4× | 3× 2× |
| 19 August 11:00 | Thailand | 30–24 | Hong Kong | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA) |
| Bunjarern 10 | (13–10) | Wu L.L. 7 | ||
| 2× 5× | 3× 4× |
| 19 August 14:00 | Japan | 64–3 | Malaysia | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Li, Ke (CHN) |
| Kawata 10 | (32–2) | Yusop 2 | ||
| 2× |
| 21 August 16:00 | Malaysia | 12–40 | Thailand | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Li, Ke (CHN) |
| five players 2 | (5–24) | Yaemyim 11 | ||
| 7× 1× |
| 21 August 20:00 | Hong Kong | 35–11 | Indonesia | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Shakir, Kadhim (IRQ) |
| Wu L.L. 12 | (17–5) | five players 2 | ||
| 1× 2× | 1× 4× |
| 23 August 11:00 | Malaysia | 15–40 | Hong Kong | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Saqer, Al-Suqufi (KSA) |
| Saimi 5 | (9–23) | Cheung M.N. 7 | ||
| 2× 3× |
| 23 August 18:00 | Indonesia | 6–62 | Japan | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR) |
| Apriliani 4 | (4–34) | Kawata 11 | ||
| 1× 6× | 2× |
| 25 August 14:00 | India | 54–19 | Malaysia | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN) |
| D. Thakur, Gupta, Devi 8 | (19–5) | Yusop 7 | ||
| 2× 4× | 2× 6× |
| Classification 5–8 | Classification 5th–6th | |||||
| 25 August | ||||||
| North Korea | 59 | |||||
| 29 August | ||||||
| Indonesia | 19 | |||||
| North Korea | 32 | |||||
| 25 August | ||||||
| Kazakhstan | 30 | |||||
| Hong Kong | 23 | |||||
| Kazakhstan | 35 | |||||
| Classification 7th–8th | ||||||
| 29 August | ||||||
| Indonesia | 16 | |||||
| Hong Kong | 30 | |||||
| 25 August 16:00 | North Korea | 59–15 | Indonesia | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA) |
| Choe P.I. 13 | (28–6) | Apriliani 7 | ||
| 1× 1× | 2× 5× |
| 25 August 18:00 | Hong Kong | 23–35 | Kazakhstan | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR) |
| Cheung M.N. 7 | (9–15) | Ilyina 10 | ||
| 2× 2× | 2× 2× |
| 29 August 11:00 | Indonesia | 16–30 | Hong Kong | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR) |
| Baharizki, Apriliani 4 | (8–18) | Cheung M.N. 10 | ||
| 2× 4× | 2× 5× |
| 29 August 16:00 | North Korea | 32–30 | Kazakhstan | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN) |
| Mun U.S. 12 | (16–13) | Ilyina 9 | ||
| 2× 3× | 1× 5× |
| Semifinals | Gold medal match | |||||
| 27 August | ||||||
| South Korea | 40 | |||||
| 30 August | ||||||
| Thailand | 13 | |||||
| South Korea | 29 | |||||
| 27 August | ||||||
| China | 23 | |||||
| Japan | 31 | |||||
| China | 32 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| 30 August | ||||||
| Thailand | 14 | |||||
| Japan | 43 | |||||
| 27 August 11:00 | South Korea | 40–13 | Thailand | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN) |
| Choi S.M. 9 | (16–7) | Paochanoun, Yaemyim, Joisakoo 3 | ||
| 2× 1× | 2× 1× |
| 27 August 16:00 | Japan | 31–32 | China | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA) |
| Yokoshima, Akiyama 6 | (15–13) | Liu X.M. 11 | ||
| 2× 2× | 2× |
| 30 August 16:00 | Thailand | 14–43 | Japan | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR) |
| Bunjarern 6 | (6–20) | Fujita, Akiyama, Kawata 6 | ||
| 2× 5× | 3× 2× |
| 30 August 18:00 | South Korea | 29–23 | China | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN) |
| Jung Y.R. 8 | (12–9) | Liu X.M. 10 | ||
| 2× | 3× 2× |
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | South Korea | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
 | China | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 | Japan | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Thailand | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | North Korea | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Indonesia | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | India | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Malaysia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
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