2000 Asian Men's Handball Championship

The 2000 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the ninth Asian Championship, which was taking place from 25 30 January 30 2000 in Kumamoto, Japan. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2000 Olympic Games.

2000 Asian Championship
Tournament details
Host country Japan
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates25–30 January
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions South Korea (6th title)
Runner-up China
Third place Japan
Fourth place Chinese Taipei
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored478 (47.8 per match)
Top scorer(s)Chinese Taipei Tan Tsung-sheng (31)
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Standings

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  South Korea 4 4 0 0 129 62 +67 8
  China 4 3 0 1 105 99 +6 6
  Japan (H) 4 2 0 2 97 75 +22 4
  Chinese Taipei 4 1 0 3 86 110 −24 2
  Iran 4 0 0 4 61 132 −71 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

Results

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All times are local (UTC+9).

25 January 2000
17:00
South Korea   37–12   Chinese Taipei Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto
Referees: Al-Janahi, Al-Rashid (KSA)
Lim S.S. 8 (18–4) Tan T.S. 5
  1×  Report   3× 
25 January 2000
19:00
Iran   18–34   China Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto
Referees: Chung, Lim (KOR)
Nikounejad, Jafarnia 5 (8–18) Zhang J., Zhu W.X. 8
  3×  Report   4× 

26 January 2000
17:00
South Korea   38–14   Iran Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto
Referees: Goto, Shimizu (JPN)
Yoon K.S. 6 (17–8) Nikounejad 3
  Report   2× 
26 January 2000
19:00
Japan   24–18   Chinese Taipei Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto
Referees: Zhang, Zhang (CHN)
Iwamoto 6 (10–9) Tan T.S. 8
  4×  1×  Report   3× 

27 January 2000
18:00
Japan   20–24   China Matsubase Town Sports Centre, Kumamoto
Referees: Kalin, Korić (SLO)
Kayaba 5 (11–9) Zhu W.X., Wang X.D. 6
  7×  Report   4× 

28 January 2000
17:00
Iran   18–27   Chinese Taipei Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto
Referees: Goto, Shimizu (JPN)
Safari 6 (5–12) Tan T.S. 7
  5×  1×  Report   5×  1× 
28 January 2000
19:00
South Korea   32–16   China Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto
Referees: Abdullah, Abbas (KUW)
Yoon K.S. 7 (16–3) Zhu W.X. 7
  2×  Report  

29 January 2000
14:00
Japan   33–11   Iran Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto
Referees: Zhang, Zhang (CHN)
Kato, Tsuji 6 (15–3) Khalaj 3
  1×  Report   4× 

30 January 2000
14:00
South Korea   22–20   Japan Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto
Referees: Kalin, Korić (SLO)
Yoon K.S. 11 (13–7) Sasaki, Tomimoto 5
  3×  Report   3× 
30 January 2000
16:00
Chinese Taipei   29–31   China Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto
Referees: Al-Janahi, Al-Rashid (KSA)
Tan T.S. 11 (15–18) Zhu W.X. 7
  5×  Report   6× 

Final standing

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Rank Team
    South Korea
    China
    Japan
4   Chinese Taipei
5   Iran
Team qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics

References

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