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

Asian Men's Qualification for Olympic Games 2024

Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	18–28 October 2023
Teams	11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Japan
Runners-up	Bahrain
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Qatar
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	1,882 (58.81 per match)

Main article: Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The Asian Men's Qualification for Olympic Games 2024 was held in Doha, Qatar. Japan, as the winner of the tournament qualified to the 2024 Summer Olympics, while the second placed team, Bahrain, would play at the 2024 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments in March 2024 to win one of the six slots to compete at the Olympics. ^{[1] [2]}

Preliminary round

Uzbekistan withdrew before the tournament (Group B). ^[3]

All times are local (UTC+3). ^[4]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar (H)	5	5	0	0	185	111	+74	10	Semifinals
2	South Korea	5	4	0	1	157	131	+26	8
3	Saudi Arabia	5	3	0	2	152	123	+29	6
4	United Arab Emirates	5	2	0	3	138	134	+4	4
5	China	5	1	0	4	147	141	+6	2
6	India	5	0	0	5	87	226	−139	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
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

18 October 2023 11:00	South Korea	29–23	United Arab Emirates	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	Jang 5	(15–6)	Rashed 6
	1× 1×	Report	1× 4×

18 October 2023 15:00	Saudi Arabia	46–17	India	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Al-Nasesem, Al-Enezi (KUW)
	Al-Abdulali 7	(25–7)	Harender 6
	2×	Report

18 October 2023 19:00	Qatar	34–25	China	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Gheisarian, Gheisarian (IRI)
	Madadi 8	(17–13)	Zhu 8
	4×	Report	7×

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19 October 2023 11:00	Saudi Arabia	27–29	South Korea	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Gheisarian, Gheisarian (IRI)
	Al-Abdulali 10	(14–16)	Jang 7
	1× 6× 1×	Report	1× 8× 2×

19 October 2023 13:00	United Arab Emirates	31–30	China	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
	Jehad 11	(14–17)	Liu 8
	1× 3× 1×	Report	1× 6×

19 October 2023 19:00	India	14–48	Qatar	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
	Vikas 4	(6–26)	Ayed 11
	4×	Report	1×

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21 October 2023 13:00	South Korea	46–19	India	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
	Song 9	(28–9)	Harender 13
	1×	Report	1×

21 October 2023 17:00	China	23–33	Saudi Arabia	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	He 4	(11–15)	Al-Hassan 8
	1× 1×	Report	2× 4×

21 October 2023 19:00	Qatar	31–23	United Arab Emirates	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Al-Naseem, Al-Enezi (KUW)
	Abdalla, Carol 4	(14–10)	Moham 8
	1× 4×	Report	1× 5×

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22 October 2023 11:00	India	15–46	China	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Gheisarian, Gheisarian (IRI)
	Harender 5	(7–25)	Zhang T. 8
	1×	Report	2×

22 October 2023 15:00	United Arab Emirates	21–22	Saudi Arabia	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
	Moham 6	(11–8)	Al-Abbas, Al-Hassan 4
	3× 1×	Report	2×

22 October 2023 19:00	South Korea	25–39	Qatar	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Park K. 5	(11–16)	Madadi 9
	1× 4×	Report	7×

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24 October 2023 13:00	United Arab Emirates	40–22	India	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Gheisarian, Gheisarian (IRI)
	Mubarak 7	(20–10)	Sharma, Harender 4
	2×	Report	3×

24 October 2023 15:00	China	23–28	South Korea	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Al-Naseem, Al-Enezi (KUW)
	Zhu 7	(10–16)	Kim Y., Park K. 5
	1× 1×	Report	3×

24 October 2023 19:00	Qatar	33–24	Saudi Arabia	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	Carol, Sassi 5	(14–9)	Al-Salam 6
	2× 3×	Report	1× 2×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	4	4	0	0	128	95	+33	8	Semifinals
2	Bahrain	4	3	0	1	134	95	+39	6
3	Iran	4	2	0	2	115	101	+14	4
4	Kuwait	4	1	0	3	123	126	−3	2
5	Kazakhstan	4	0	0	4	88	171	−83	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
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.

18 October 2023 13:00	Kazakhstan	18–46	Bahrain	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
	Tilekkabyl 4	(6–23)	Rabia 7
	6×	Report	1×

18 October 2023 17:00	Japan	25–20	Iran	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	Yasuhira 6	(14–8)	Oraei 7
	4×	Report	4×

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19 October 2023 15:00	Kuwait	28–29	Iran	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Al-Shammari 6	(12–17)	Sadeghi 8
	1×	Report	3×

19 October 2023 17:00	Japan	27–26	Bahrain	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Motoki 5	(14–16)	Naser 7
	1× 4× 1×	Report	3× 1×

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21 October 2023 11:00	Iran	42–20	Kazakhstan	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	Soltani 8	(20–4)	Kenzhebayev, Tilekkabyl 4
	3×	Report	1×

21 October 2023 15:00	Kuwait	30–32	Japan	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Al-Shammari 6	(30–32)	five players 5
	7× 1×	Report	1× 3×

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22 October 2023 13:00	Kazakhstan	19–44	Japan	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Melnichenko, Tilekkabyl 5	(11–25)	Daiki 11
	2×	Report	1×

22 October 2023 17:00	Kuwait	26–34	Bahrain	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	three players 5	(14–16)	Al-Sayyad 9
	1× 4×	Report	2×

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24 October 2023 11:00	Kazakhstan	31–39	Kuwait	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
	three players 6	(13–19)	Al-Haddad, Al-Harbi 6
	1× 1×	Report	1×

24 October 2023 17:00	Bahrain	28–24	Iran	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Al-Sayyad 9	(16–12)	Oraei 8
	1× 1×	Report	1× 3×

Classification games

Ninth place game

26 October 2023 11:00	China	44–22	Kazakhstan	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Al-Naseem, Al-Enezi (KUW)
	Zhu 10	(21–11)	Oxikbayev 7
	1×	Report	2× 1×

Seventh place game

26 October 2023 13:00	United Arab Emirates	26–31	Kuwait	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	Saeed Rashed 8	(16–20)	Al-Shammari 8
	1× 3×	Report	5×

Fifth place game

26 October 2023 15:00	Saudi Arabia	28–30	Iran	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Al-Zayyat, Eial Awwad (JOR)
	Al-Abbas 6	(13–17)	Oraei 8
	1× 3× 1×	Report	3×

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	26 October
	Qatar	29
					28 October
	Bahrain	30
					Bahrain	29
	26 October
					Japan	32
	Japan	34
	South Korea	23
					Third place
					28 October
					Qatar	32
					South Korea	38

Semifinals

26 October 2023 17:30	Qatar	29–30	Bahrain	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Ali 11	(14–15)	Fadhul 7
	2× 4×	Report	2× 6× 1×

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26 October 2023 19:30	Japan	34–23	South Korea	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	Baig 6	(15–9)	Lee H. 7
	4×	Report	2× 1×

Third place game

28 October 2023 15:00	Qatar	32–38	South Korea	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
	Ali, Denguir 7	(15–17)	Park K. 11
	3×	Report	3×

Final

28 October 2023 17:30	Bahrain	29–32	Japan	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Al-Sayyad 10	(13–18)	Yasuhira 10
	1× 6×	Report	2× 7×

Final standings

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

	Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics
	Qualified for the 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournaments

References

1. "Stage set for draw of Asian Men's Handball Qualification for 2024 Olympic Games". asianhandball.org. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
2. "Magnific Japan seal shock Paris 2024 berth Asian Men's Olympic Qualification Tournament". ihf.info. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
3. "Draw results of Asian Men's Handball Qualification for 2024 Olympic Games". Asian Handball Federation. 20 May 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
4. "Match Schedule: Asian Men's Handball Qualification for 2024 Olympic Games". asianhandball.org. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.

External links

• Official website