2002 Asian Men's Handball Championship

The 2002 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the tenth Asian Championship. It took place from 10 to 19 February 2002 in Isfahan, Iran. The championship was held in Isfahan's Pirouzi Arena. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2003 World Men's Handball Championship.

2002 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Iran
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	10–19 February
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Kuwait (2nd title)
Runners-up	Qatar
Third place	Saudi Arabia
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	682 (48.71 per match)

Draw

Group A	Group B
Kuwait Iran Qatar Bahrain	South Korea Saudi Arabia Japan

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3:30).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	3	2	0	1	67	68	−1	4
Qatar	3	2	0	1	54	42	+12	4
Iran (H)	3	1	1	1	75	71	+4	3
Bahrain	3	0	1	2	50	65	−15	1

Source:
(H) Hosts

10 February 2002 14:30	Kuwait	19–18	Qatar	Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan
		(10–11)

10 February 2002 17:00	Iran	26–26	Bahrain	Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan
		(12–13)

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12 February 2002 15:00	Kuwait	29–24	Bahrain	Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan
		(14–13)

12 February 2002 17:00	Iran	23–26	Qatar	Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan
		(10–14)

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14 February 2002 15:00	Qatar	10–0	Bahrain	Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan
		(Bahrain walked out)

14 February 2002 17:00	Kuwait	19–26	Iran	Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan
		(8–13)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	2	1	0	1	51	50	+1	2
Saudi Arabia	2	1	0	1	48	48	0	2
Japan	2	1	0	1	40	41	−1	2

Source:

11 February 2002 17:00	South Korea	23–20	Japan	Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan
		(12–11)

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13 February 2002 17:00	Japan	20–18	Saudi Arabia	Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan
		(10–8)

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15 February 2002 17:00	South Korea	28–30	Saudi Arabia	Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan
		(11–13)

Placement 5th/6th

18 February 2002 17:00	Iran	29–25	Japan	Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Referees: Al-Dossary, Al-Qarni (KSA)
		(16–13)

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	17 February – Isfahan
	Kuwait	30
					19 February – Isfahan
	Saudi Arabia	27
					Kuwait	29
	17 February – Isfahan
					Qatar	25
	South Korea	28
	Qatar	33
					Bronze medal match
					19 February – Isfahan
					Saudi Arabia	38
					South Korea	33

Semifinals

17 February 2002 15:00	Kuwait	30–27	Saudi Arabia	Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Referees: Al-Mulla, Al-Zarraa (QAT)
		(16–16)

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17 February 2002 17:00	South Korea	23–28	Qatar	Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Referees: Al-Shuwairbat, Abulrethaei (KUW)
		(14–16)

Bronze medal match

19 February 2002 15:00	Saudi Arabia	38–33	South Korea	Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Referees: Al-Busaidi, Al-Bulushi (OMA)
		(17–14)

Gold medal match

19 February 2002 17:00	Kuwait	29–25	Qatar	Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Referees: Kouzehgari, Hayatpour (IRI)
		(14–10)

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Kuwait
	Qatar
	Saudi Arabia
4	South Korea
5	Iran
6	Japan
7	Bahrain

Team qualified for the 2003 World Championship

All-star team

• Goalkeeper: Yousef Al-Fadhli (KUW)
• Left wing: Nabil Al-Obaidi (KSA)
• Left back: Ahmed Saad Al-Saad (QAT)
• Pivot: Mohsen Taheri (IRI)
• Centre back: Daisuke Miyazaki (JPN)
• Right back: Cho Hyun-chul (KOR)
• Right wing: Husain Siwan (KUW)

References

• Results
• 10th Asian Men’s Handball Championship