Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Asian women's qualification tournament

Asian Women's Qualification for Olympic Games 2024
	Logo of the tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	17–23 August 2023
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea
Runner-up	Japan
Third place	China
Fourth place	Kazakhstan
Tournament statistics
Matches	10
Goals scored	613 (61 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Bhawana ; (26 goals)
Best player	Kang Kyung-min

Last updated November 02, 2023

The Asian Women's Qualification for Olympic Games 2024 was held in Hiroshima, Japan. South Korea, as the winner of the tournament, qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Standings

Uzbekistan withdrew before the tournament.^[2]^[3]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	4	4	0	156	82	+74	8	2024 Summer Olympics
2	Japan (H)	4	3	1	163	88	+75	6	Qualification tournaments
3	China	4	2	2	101	118	−17	4
4	Kazakhstan	4	1	3	112	154	−42	2
5	India	4	0	4	81	171	−90	0

Source: AHF
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) Hosts

Matches

All times are local (UTC+9).^[4]

17 August 2023 14:00	China	33–26	Kazakhstan	Higashi-ku Sports Center, Hiroshima Referees: Gheisarian, Gheisarian (IRI)
	Lin 6	(16–13)	Zhaparova 6
	1× 3×	Report	1× 1×

17 August 2023 17:00	South Korea	53–14	India	Higashi-ku Sports Center, Hiroshima Referees: Hideki, Tetsuro (JPN)
	Shin E. 9	(28–7)	Bhawana, Menika 4
	1×	Report	1× 5× 1×

18 August 2023 14:00	India	17–54	Japan	Higashi-ku Sports Center, Hiroshima Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	Menika 7	(10–30)	Ozaki 7
	1× 4×	Report	1×

18 August 2023 17:00	South Korea	33–20	China	Higashi-ku Sports Center, Hiroshima Referees: Al-Naseem, Al-Enezi (KUW)
	Lee 6	(16–9)	Jin, Zhou 4
	2×	Report	3×

20 August 2023 14:00	Japan	50–28	Kazakhstan	Higashi-ku Sports Center, Hiroshima Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
	Okada 7	(24–14)	Khardina 7
	5×	Report	1×

20 August 2023 17:00	China	30–24	India	Higashi-ku Sports Center, Hiroshima Referees: Furukawa, Murata (JPN)
	Jin 7	(12–10)	Menika 10
	1×	Report	2×

21 August 2023 14:00	China	18–35	Japan	Higashi-ku Sports Center, Hiroshima Attendance: 601 Referees: Gheisarian, Gheisarian (IRI)
	Jin, Zhou 5	(9–17)	Aizawa 6
	1× 7× 1×	Report	2×

21 August 2023 17:00	Kazakhstan	24–45	South Korea	Higashi-ku Sports Center, Hiroshima Referees: Al-Naseem, Al-Enezi (KUW)
	Khardina 8	(12–19)	Ryu 8
	3× 1×	Report	3×

23 August 2023 12:00	Kazakhstan	34–26	India	Higashi-ku Sports Center, Hiroshima Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
	Radayeva, Seitkassym 6	(18–14)	Bhawana 13
	2×	Report	2×

23 August 2023 15:00	Japan	24–25	South Korea	Higashi-ku Sports Center, Hiroshima Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	Aizawa 9	(15–14)	Gim 6
	2×	Report	3×

All-Star team

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Lu Chang
Right wing	Saki Hattori
Right back	Kaho Nakayama
Centre back	Natsuki Aizawa
Left back	Lee Mi-gyeong
Left wing	Shin Eun-joo
Pivot	Mika Nagata
Most valuable player	Kang Kyung-min

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References

↑ "Republic of Korea seal spot at Paris 2024 Olympic Games in dramatic fashion". asianhandball.org. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
↑ "Uzbekistan withdraws from Asian Women's Handball Qualification for 2024 Olympic Games". asianhandball.org. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
↑ https://asianhandball.org/hiroshima2023/
↑ "Match schedule confirmed for Asian Women's Handball Qualification for 2024 Olympic Games". asianhandball.org. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.

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[1] "Republic of Korea seal spot at Paris 2024 Olympic Games in dramatic fashion". asianhandball.org. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.

[2] "Uzbekistan withdraws from Asian Women's Handball Qualification for 2024 Olympic Games". asianhandball.org. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.

[3] ttps://asianhandball.org/hiroshima2023/

[4] "Match schedule confirmed for Asian Women's Handball Qualification for 2024 Olympic Games". asianhandball.org. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.

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