2011 Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship

The 2011 Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship (11th tournament) took place in Almaty from September 14–20. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2012 Women's Junior World Handball Championship.

2011 Asian Junior Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Kazakhstan
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	14–20 September 2011
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (11th title)
Runner-up	China
Third place	Kazakhstan
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	1,050 (58.33 per match)

Draw

Group A	Group B
Japan Kazakhstan Chinese Taipei Uzbekistan Iran *	South Korea China Hong Kong Malaysia *

* Malaysia withdrew, Following this Iran replaced Malaysia in Group B to balance the number of teams in each group.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	0	113	71	+42	6
Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	100	73	+27	4
Chinese Taipei	3	1	0	2	77	85	−8	2
Uzbekistan	3	0	0	3	78	139	−61	0

Source:

14 September 2011 14:00	Japan	27–22	Chinese Taipei	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(11–10)

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14 September 2011 18:00	Kazakhstan	43–28	Uzbekistan	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(18–12)

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15 September 2011 14:00	Japan	56–20	Uzbekistan	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(31–11)

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15 September 2011 18:00	Kazakhstan	28–25	Chinese Taipei	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(15–12)

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16 September 2011 13:00	Chinese Taipei	40–30	Uzbekistan	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(21–11)

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16 September 2011 18:00	Japan	30–29	Kazakhstan	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(16–15)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	0	147	51	+96	6
China	3	2	0	1	80	69	+11	4
Iran	3	1	0	2	71	108	−37	2
Hong Kong	3	0	0	3	40	110	−70	0

Source:

14 September 2011 16:00	South Korea	51–7	Hong Kong	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(27–4)

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14 September 2011 20:00	China	29–19	Iran	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(14–10)

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15 September 2011 16:00	South Korea	61–19	Iran	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(34–11)

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15 September 2011 20:00	China	26–15	Hong Kong	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(13–7)

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16 September 2011 15:00	South Korea	35–25	China	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(19–18)

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16 September 2011 20:00	Hong Kong	18–33	Iran	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(10–17)

Placement 5th–8th

7th/8th

18 September 2011 14:00	Uzbekistan	28–26	Hong Kong	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(15–14)

5th/6th

18 September 2011 16:00	Chinese Taipei	29–21	Iran	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	18 September – Almaty
	Japan	19
					20 September – Almaty
	China	27
					China	15
	18 September – Almaty
					South Korea	32
	South Korea	44
	Kazakhstan	33
					Bronze medal match
					20 September – Almaty
					Japan	31
					Kazakhstan	39

Semifinals

18 September 2011 18:00	Japan	19–27	China	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(9–13)

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18 September 2011 20:00	South Korea	44–33	Kazakhstan	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(21–19)

Bronze medal match

20 September 2011 14:00	Japan	31–39	Kazakhstan	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(13–22)

Gold medal match

20 September 2011 16:30	China	15–32	South Korea	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(8–15)

Final standing

Rank	Team
	South Korea
	China
	Kazakhstan
4	Japan
5	Chinese Taipei
6	Iran
7	Uzbekistan
8	Hong Kong

Team qualified for the 2012 Junior World Championship

References

• www.handball.jp

External links

• www.asianhandball.org