2002 Asian Men's Handball Championship

2002 Asian Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Iran
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	10–19 February
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Kuwait (2nd title)
Runner-up	Qatar
Third place	Saudi Arabia
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	682 (48.71 per match)
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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.

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: ^{[citation needed]}
(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)

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)

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

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

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)

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
www.asianhandball.com^{[dead link‍]}