2018 Asian Men's Handball Championship


The 2018 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the 18th edition of the championship held under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. The championship was hosted at Suwon, South Korea from 18 to 28 January 2018. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship. For the first time, Australia, New Zealand and Bangladesh participated.
Qatar won their third title after defeating Bahrain 33–31 in the final.

Venues


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Suwon Gymnasium
Capacity: 5,145
Seo-Suwon Chilbo Gymnasium
Capacity: 4,411
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Draw

The draw took place on 13 September 2017 at 11:00.
Iraq withdrew on 4 January 2018 due to unavoidable circumstances. Iraq's withdrawal left only two teams in Group A, therefore Uzbekistan was moved from Group B to Group A to balance the number of teams in each group.

Referees

The following ten referee pairs were selected.

Preliminary round

All times are local.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Classement round

Group 3

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Group 4

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Placement matches

13th place game

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Main round

Group 1

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Group 2

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals

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Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final standing

Team qualified for the 2019 World Championship as a wild-card.