2023 Asian Women's Youth Handball Championship

The 2023 Asian Women's Youth Handball Championship was the 10th edition of the championship held from 15 to 24 July 2023 at Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida, India under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. It was the third time in history that championship was organised by the Handball Federation of India. It also acted as the qualification tournament for the 2024 Women's Youth World Handball Championship.

2023 Asian Women's Youth Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	India
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	15–24 July
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Japan (1st title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Third place	China
Fourth place	Chinese Taipei
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	1,166 (53 per match)
Awards
Best player	Shin Chae-hyun

Draw

The draw was held on 2 May 2023 at the Asian Handball Federation Headquarters, Surra, Kuwait.

Seeding

Teams were seeded according to the AHF COC regulations and rankings of the previous edition of the championship. Teams who did not participated in the previous edition were in Pot 3.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
India Kazakhstan	Uzbekistan	Bangladesh China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Japan Nepal Pakistan South Korea

Pakistan and Uzbekistan withdrew from the tournament after the draw.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+5:30).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	0	144	46	+98	6	Semifinals
2	China	3	2	0	1	116	66	+50	4
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	0	2	88	86	+2	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Nepal	3	0	0	3	12	162	−150	0

Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.

15 July 2023 19:00	China	37–28	Kazakhstan	Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida
		(21–10)
		Report

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16 July 2023 16:00	China	28–33	South Korea	Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida
		(13–18)
		Report

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17 July 2023 14:00	Nepal	3–46	Kazakhstan	Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida
		(1–25)
		Report

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19 July 2023 12:00	Nepal	5–51	China	Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida
		(2–27)
		Report

19 July 2023 16:00	South Korea	46–14	Kazakhstan	Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida
		(23–6)
		Report

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20 July 2023 14:00	Nepal	4–65	South Korea	Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida
		(2–30)
		Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	4	4	0	0	171	38	+133	8	Semifinals
2	Chinese Taipei	4	3	0	1	101	80	+21	6
3	India (H)	4	2	0	2	97	98	−1	4	5–8th place semifinals
4	Hong Kong	4	1	0	3	59	123	−64	2
5	Bangladesh	4	0	0	4	65	154	−89	0

Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts

15 July 2023 15:00	Bangladesh	28–33	India	Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida
		(14–20)
		Report

15 July 2023 17:00	Chinese Taipei	9–37	Japan	Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida
		(1–19)
		Report

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16 July 2023 14:00	Japan	41–8	Hong Kong	Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida
		(20–2)
		Report

16 July 2023 18:00	Bangladesh	14–41	Chinese Taipei	Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida
		(6–21)
		Report

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17 July 2023 16:00	Bangladesh	3–54	Japan	Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida
		(2–25)
		Report

17 July 2023 18:00	Hong Kong	13–29	India	Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida
		(5–12)
		Report

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19 July 2023 14:00	Hong Kong	26–20	Bangladesh	Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida
		(13–10)
		Report

19 July 2023 18:00	Chinese Taipei	18–17	India	Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida
		(12–8)
		Report

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20 July 2023 16:00	Hong Kong	12–33	Chinese Taipei	Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida
		(5–18)
		Report

20 July 2023 18:00	India	18–39	Japan	Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida
		(9–23)
		Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	22 July
	South Korea	42
					24 July
	Chinese Taipei	22
					South Korea	23
	22 July
					Japan	24
	Japan	34
	China	22
					Third place
					24 July
					Chinese Taipei	14
					China	28

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	22 July
	Kazakhstan	45
					23 July
	Hong Kong	12
					Kazakhstan	28
	22 July
					India	29
	India	10
	Nepal	0
					Seventh place
					23 July
					Hong Kong	10
					Nepal	0

5–8th place semifinals

22 July 2023 12:00	Kazakhstan	45–12	Hong Kong	Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida
		(24–7)
		Report

22 July 2023	India	10–0 Walkover	Nepal	Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida
		Report

Semifinals

22 July 2023 16:00	South Korea	42–22	Chinese Taipei	Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida
		(22–9)
		Report

22 July 2023 18:00	Japan	34–22	China	Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida
		(14–12)
		Report

Seventh place game

23 July 2023	Hong Kong	10–0 Walkover	Nepal	Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida

Fifth place game

23 July 2023 16:00	Kazakhstan	28–29	India	Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida
		(13–16)
		Report

Third place game

24 July 2023 14:00	Chinese Taipei	14–28	China	Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida Referees: Jullawong, Jullawong (THA)
	Wang 4	(5–15)	Xing 10
	1×	Report

Final

24 July 2023 15:00	South Korea	23–24	Japan	Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida Referees: Ali, Al-Aradi (BHR)
	Shin 9	(9–12)	Yasugahira 6
	1× 1×	Report	2×

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Japan
	South Korea
	China[a]
4	Chinese Taipei
5	India
6	Kazakhstan[a]
7	Hong Kong
8	Nepal
9	Bangladesh

Team qualified for the 2024 Youth World Championship

^a China originally qualified after finishing third at the Asian championship, but would later qualify as the hosts of the World Championship. Their spot was therefore given to Kazakhstan.

All Star Team

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Sun Yihan
Right wing	Chuan Heng-yi
Right back	Xing Ziyan
Centre back	Mami Nakamura
Left back	Beom Da-bin
Left wing	Kio Jurina
Pivot	Yu Hui-bin
MVP	Shin Chae-hyun

External links

• Official website