2002 Asian Women's Handball Championship

The 2002 Asian Women's Handball Championship, the ninth Asian Championship, which was taking place from 26 to 31 July 2002 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship.

2002 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Kazakhstan
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	26–31 July
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Kazakhstan (1st title)
Runner-up	South Korea
Third place	China
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	743 (53.07 per match)

Draw

Group A	Group B
South Korea China North Korea * Turkmenistan	Japan Kazakhstan Chinese Taipei Uzbekistan

* Withdrew

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+6).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	2	2	0	0	74	30	+44	4
China	2	1	0	1	61	44	+17	2
Turkmenistan	2	0	0	2	25	86	−61	0

Source:

26 July 2002 13:30	South Korea	32–17	China	Almaty
		(15–10)

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27 July 2002 14:00	South Korea	42–13	Turkmenistan	Almaty
		(22–4)

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28 July 2002 14:00	China	44–12	Turkmenistan	Almaty
		(18–5)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kazakhstan (H)	3	3	0	0	91	61	+30	6
Japan	3	2	0	1	99	63	+36	4
Chinese Taipei	3	1	0	2	69	72	−3	2
Uzbekistan	3	0	0	3	62	125	−63	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

26 July 2002 16:00	Japan	22–17	Chinese Taipei	Almaty
		(13–8)

26 July 2002 18:00	Kazakhstan	35–22	Uzbekistan	Almaty
		(16–7)

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27 July 2002 16:00	Japan	53–19	Uzbekistan	Almaty
		(23–12)

27 July 2002 18:00	Kazakhstan	29–15	Chinese Taipei	Almaty
		(15–6)

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28 July 2002 16:00	Japan	24–27	Kazakhstan	Almaty
		(10–15)

28 July 2002 18:00	Chinese Taipei	37–21	Uzbekistan	Almaty
		(14–13)

Placement 5th/6th

30 July 2002 14:00	Turkmenistan	28–31	Chinese Taipei	Almaty
		(14–18)

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	30 July – Almaty
	South Korea	31
					31 July – Almaty
	Japan	22
					South Korea	25
	30 July – Almaty
					Kazakhstan	27
	Kazakhstan	25
	China	21
					Bronze medal match
					31 July – Almaty
					Japan	23
					China	29

Semifinals

30 July 2002 16:00	South Korea	31–22	Japan	Almaty
		(14–9)

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30 July 2002 18:00	Kazakhstan	25–21	China	Almaty
		(13–11)

Bronze medal match

31 July 2002 16:00	Japan	23–29	China	Almaty
		(10–15)

Gold medal match

31 July 2002 18:00	South Korea	25–27	Kazakhstan	Almaty
		(13–13)

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Kazakhstan
	South Korea
	China
4	Japan
5	Chinese Taipei
6	Turkmenistan
7	Uzbekistan

Team qualified for the 2003 World Championship

Kazakhstan withdrew and was replaced by Japan in the 2003 World Championship.

External links

• Women Handball Asia 2002 Almaty (KAZ) 25.07-01.08 Winner Kazakhstan, todor66