1987 Asian Women's Handball Championship

The 1987 Asian Women's Handball Championship, the first Asian Championship, which was taking place from 20 to 27 August 1987 in Amman, Jordan.

1987 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Jordan
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	20–27 August
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (1st title)
Runners-up	China
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	Syria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	557 (50.64 per match)

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	2	2	0	0	74	27	+47	4
Japan	2	1	0	1	51	52	−1	2
Chinese Taipei	2	0	0	2	31	77	−46	0

Source:

20 August 1987	South Korea	32–16	Japan	Amman
		(17–7)

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22 August 1987	South Korea	42–11	Chinese Taipei	Amman
		(11–30)

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23 August 1987	Japan	35–20	Chinese Taipei	Amman
		(15–8)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	2	2	0	0	80	16	+64	4
Syria	2	1	0	1	33	51	−18	2
Jordan (H)	2	0	0	2	19	65	−46	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

20 August 1987	Jordan	8–40	China	Amman

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22 August 1987	China	40–8	Syria	Amman

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23 August 1987	Jordan	11–25	Syria	Amman

Placement 5th/6th

25 August 1987	Chinese Taipei	43–15	Jordan	Amman
		(22–9)

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	South Korea	37
	Syria	6
					South Korea	34
					China	24
	China (ET)	34
	Japan	31
					Bronze medal match
					Syria	9
					Japan	26

Semifinals

25 August 1987	South Korea	37–6	Syria	Amman

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25 August 1987	China	34–31 (ET)	Japan	Amman
		(12–11)
	FT: 24-24 ET: 6-6, 4-1

Bronze medal match

26 August 1987	Syria	9–23	Japan	Amman
		(4–13)

Gold medal match

27 August 1987	South Korea	34–24	China	Amman

Final standing

Rank	Team
	South Korea
	China
	Japan
4	Syria
5	Chinese Taipei
6	Jordan

Team qualified for the 1988 Summer Olympics

External links

• Results