2020 Asian Youth Beach Handball Championship
The 2020 Asian Youth Beach Handball Championship will be 2nd edition of the championship to be held from 11 to 17 September 2020 at Bangkok, Thailand under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. It will be second time in history that the championship will be organised by Handball Association of Thailand. It also acts as qualification tournament for the 2021 Youth Beach Handball World Championship to be held in Portugal with two quota places in each gender.
On 19 February 2020, the AHF decided to postpone the championship due to COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, the championship was scheduled to take place from 1 to 10 April 2020.
Format
The men's tournament was played on the round-robin and knockout format. A team had to play match with all the other teams in their group and top two teams from each group will qualify for semi-finals.The women's tournament was played on double round-robin format.
Matches were played in sets, the team that wins two sets is the winner of a match. When teams were equal in points the head-to-head result was decisive.
The matches schedule was announced on 9 February 2020 by the AHF.
Draw
The draw was held on Tuesday, 4 February 2020 at 17:30 at Asian Handball Federation Head Office, Kuwait.Seeding (Men)
Teams were seeded according to the AHF COC regulations and rankings of the previous edition of the championship. Teams who had not participated in the previous edition were in Pot 4.| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
- Hong Kong withdrew from the championship before draw.
Men
Participating countries
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Group A
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Group B
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7th - 8th place
5th - 6th place
Semifinals
3rd - 4th place
Final
Final standings
| Qualified for the 2021 Youth Beach Handball World Championship |
Women
Participating countries
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Round-robin
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Final standings
| Qualified for the 2021 Youth Beach Handball World Championship |