2005 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship

The 2005 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship (1st tournament) took place in Bangkok from 26 June–2 July. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2005 Men's Youth World Handball Championship in Qatar.

2005 Asian Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	26 June – 2 July 2005
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (1st title)
Runner-up	Iran
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	Bahrain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	1,155 (64.17 per match)

Draw

Group A	Group B
South Korea Iran Thailand Macau	Japan Bahrain Chinese Taipei India

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	3	3	0	0	129	67	+62	6
South Korea	3	2	0	1	151	70	+81	4
Thailand	3	1	0	2	84	108	−24	2
Macau	3	0	0	3	40	159	−119	0

Source:

26 June 2005 18:00	Thailand	37–17	Macau	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

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26 June 2005 19:30	South Korea	33–34	Iran	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

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27 June 2005 14:00	South Korea	65–8	Macau	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

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27 June 2005 17:00	Iran	38–19	Thailand	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

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28 June 2005 11:00	Iran	57–15	Macau	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(27–8)

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28 June 2005 15:30	South Korea	53–28	Thailand	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(27–14)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	0	115	82	+33	6
Bahrain	3	2	0	1	99	87	+12	4
Chinese Taipei	3	1	0	2	95	91	+4	2
India	3	0	0	3	59	108	−49	0

Source:

26 June 2005 12:30	Japan	35–33	Bahrain	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(17–16)

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26 June 2005 14:00	Chinese Taipei	34–19	India	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

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27 June 2005 11:00	Japan	36–13	India	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(16–7)

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27 June 2005 18:30	Bahrain	28–25	Chinese Taipei	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

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28 June 2005 14:00	Bahrain	38–27	India	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(18–14)

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28 June 2005 17:00	Japan	44–36	Chinese Taipei	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(23–19)

Placement 5th–8th

7th/8th

1 July 2005 11:00	Macau	21–32	India	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

5th/6th

1 July 2005 12:30	Thailand	28–45	Chinese Taipei	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	30 June – Bangkok
	Iran	37
					2 July – Bangkok
	Bahrain	34
					Iran	31
	30 June – Bangkok
					South Korea	38
	South Korea	32
	Japan	30
					Bronze medal match
					2 July – Bangkok
					Bahrain	26
					Japan	29

Semifinals

30 June 2005 15:00	Iran	37–34	Bahrain	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

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30 June 2005 16:30	South Korea	32–30	Japan	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(17–16)

Bronze medal match

2 July 2005 13:30	Bahrain	26–29	Japan	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(13–12)

Gold medal match

2 July 2005 15:00	Iran	31–38	South Korea	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

Final standing

Rank	Team
	South Korea
	Iran
	Japan
4	Bahrain
5	Chinese Taipei
6	Thailand
7	India
8	Macau

Team qualified for the 2005 Youth World Championship

References

• www.handball.jp( Archived 2009-11-15 at the Wayback Machine 2009-09-04)