2008 Asian Women's Handball Championship

The 2008 Asian Women's Handball Championship was the twelfth Asian Championship, which was taking place from 21 to 30 November 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship in China.

2008 Asian Championship
Tournament details
Host country Thailand
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates21–30 November
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions South Korea (10th title)
Runner-up China
Third place Japan
Fourth place Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored1,564 (57.93 per match)
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Draw

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Group A Group B

  Japan
  South Korea
  Kazakhstan
  Uzbekistan
  Iran

  China
  Thailand
  India
  Qatar
  Vietnam

Preliminary round

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All times are local (UTC+7).

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  South Korea 4 4 0 0 176 97 +79 8
  Japan 4 3 0 1 147 96 +51 6
  Kazakhstan 4 2 0 2 135 93 +42 4
  Iran 4 1 0 3 82 157 −75 2
  Uzbekistan 4 0 0 4 78 175 −97 0
Source: [citation needed]
21 November 2008
12:00
South Korea   57–26   Uzbekistan Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(31–10)
21 November 2008
13:30
Kazakhstan   41–18   Iran Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(21–5)

22 November 2008
13:30
Japan   47–14   Uzbekistan Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(21–3)
22 November 2008
18:00
South Korea   32–29   Kazakhstan Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(16–15)

23 November 2008
14:30
Japan   42–20   Iran Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(21–8)

24 November 2008
15:00
Kazakhstan   42–12   Uzbekistan Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(19–4)
24 November 2008
16:30
South Korea   48–15   Iran Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(22–7)

25 November 2008
14:30
Japan   31–23   Kazakhstan Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(15–9)

26 November 2008
13:30
Uzbekistan   26–29   Iran Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(12–17)
26 November 2008
15:00
South Korea   39–27   Japan Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(22–11)

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  China 4 4 0 0 169 61 +108 8
  Thailand (H) 4 3 0 1 121 110 +11 6
  Vietnam 4 2 0 2 106 132 −26 4
  India 4 1 0 3 108 136 −28 2
  Qatar 4 0 0 4 82 147 −65 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
21 November 2008
16:15
Thailand   34–23   Qatar Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(17–8)
21 November 2008
17:45
China   42–12   India Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(21–5)

22 November 2008
15:00
China   38–14   Qatar Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(19–5)
22 November 2008
16:30
India   27–29   Vietnam Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(15–13)

23 November 2008
16:00
Thailand   29–20   Vietnam Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(19–15)

24 November 2008
13:30
India   37–23   Qatar Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(18–13)
24 November 2008
18:00
China   54–19   Vietnam Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(26–10)

25 November 2008
16:00
Thailand   42–32   India Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(22–13)

26 November 2008
16:30
China   35–16   Thailand Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(19–11)
26 November 2008
18:00
Qatar   22–38   Vietnam Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(7–20)

Placement 5th–10th

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9th/10th

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29 November 2008
14:00
Uzbekistan   10–0   Qatar Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(Walkover)

7th/8th

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29 November 2008
16:00
Iran   34–30   India Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(17–12)

5th/6th

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29 November 2008
18:00
Kazakhstan   43–18   Vietnam Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(21–7)

Final round

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SemifinalsGold medal match
 
      
 
28 November – Bangkok
 
 
  South Korea38
 
30 November – Bangkok
 
  Thailand17
 
  South Korea35
 
28 November – Bangkok
 
  China23
 
  China29
 
 
  Japan28
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
30 November – Bangkok
 
 
  Thailand16
 
 
  Japan39

Semifinals

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28 November 2008
16:00
South Korea   38–17   Thailand Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(18–10)

28 November 2008
18:00
China   29–28   Japan Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(12–14)

Bronze medal match

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30 November 2008
15:00
Thailand   16–39   Japan Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(11–20)

Gold medal match

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30 November 2008
17:00
South Korea   35–23   China Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
(16–14)

Final standing

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Rank Team
    South Korea
    China
    Japan
4   Thailand
5   Kazakhstan
6   Vietnam
7   Iran
8   India
9   Uzbekistan
10   Qatar
Team qualified for the 2009 World Championship

References

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