2018 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship

2018 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Oman
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	16–26 July
Teams	14 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (3rd title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	Bahrain
Fourth place	Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	51
Goals scored	2,988 (58.59 per match)

The 2018 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the championship, held from 16 to 26 July 2018 at Salalah, Oman, under the aegis of the Asian Handball Federation. It was the first time in history that the championship was organised in Oman by the Oman Handball Association. It also acted as the qualification tournament for the 2019 Men's Junior World Handball Championship. The top three teams from the championship directly qualified for the Junior World Championship, which was held in Spain.

Draw

The draw was held on Friday, 13 April 2018 at 17:30 (UTC+04:00) in the City Seasons Hotel, Muscat, Oman.

Seeding

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
Qatar Saudi Arabia South Korea Oman	Japan Iraq Bahrain Iran	China Uzbekistan India Palestine	Syria Chinese Taipei Yemen Lebanon

Palestine and Uzbekistan were drawn in Group B and Group C respectively. They withdrew from the tournament after the draw due to unavoidable internal circumstances.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+4).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	0	104	81	+23	6	Main round
2	Japan	3	2	0	1	79	54	+25	4
3	China	3	1	0	2	75	72	+3	2	9–14th placement
4	Lebanon	3	0	0	3	61	112	−51	0

Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.

16 July 2018 13:00	Lebanon	31–45	South Korea	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Al-Dossary, Al-Marri (KSA)
	Mansour 16	(15–23)	Shin J. 8
	7×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card		3×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square

16 July 2018 16:30	China	15–22	Japan	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Huang 4	(8–8)	Klampt, Takano 4
	2×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square		2×Yellow card 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square

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17 July 2018 17:00	South Korea	32–27	China	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Kang, Kim R. 7	(16–14)	Jin 7
	1×Yellow card 1×number 2 in light blue rounded square		2×Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square

17 July 2018 18:45	Japan	34–12	Lebanon	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
	Nishi 10	(20–6)	Chahine, Mansour 4
	3×Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square		3×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square

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18 July 2018 13:30	Lebanon	18–33	China	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Al-Wahibir, Al-Shahi (OMA)
	Mansour 6	(6–16)	Huang 8
	1×Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square		4×Yellow card 7×number 2 in light blue rounded square

18 July 2018 17:00	Japan	23–27	South Korea	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Tokuda 8	(8–14)	Shin J. 9
	3×Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square		1×Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar	2	2	0	0	62	47	+15	4	Main round
2	Iraq	2	1	0	1	66	48	+18	2
3	Syria	2	0	0	2	48	81	−33	0	9–14th placement

Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.

16 July 2018 14:45	Syria	26–36	Qatar	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
	Al-Azem 7	(9–21)	Al-Kharusi 5
	2×Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square		3×Yellow card 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square

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17 July 2018 10:00	Iraq	45–22	Syria	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Tavakoli, Valadkhanian (IRI)
	Al-Bufaradi 9	(24–13)	Al-Bashouri 6
	3×Yellow card 9×number 2 in light blue rounded square		3×Yellow card 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card

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18 July 2018 11:45	Iraq	21–26	Qatar	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Al-Mashhadani 6	(9–11)	Al-Mughanni, Gačević 4
	3×Yellow card 1×Red card		2×Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bahrain	2	2	0	0	60	44	+16	4	Main round
2	Saudi Arabia	2	1	0	1	62	52	+10	2
3	Chinese Taipei	2	0	0	2	53	79	−26	0	9–14th placement

Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.

16 July 2018 11:15	Chinese Taipei	30–41	Saudi Arabia	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Chen 6	(16–20)	Al-Mesallem 9
	2×Yellow card 1×Red card		2×Yellow card 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square

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17 July 2018 11:45	Bahrain	38–23	Chinese Taipei	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Ah. Ali 10	(18–14)	Jou 6
	3×Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square		3×Yellow card 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square

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18 July 2018 15:15	Bahrain	22–21	Saudi Arabia	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Ah. Ali 9	(10–10)	Al-Mesallem 7
	2×Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square		4×Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	0	123	53	+70	6	Main round
2	Oman (H)	3	2	0	1	91	91	0	4
3	India	3	1	0	2	91	110	−19	2	9–14th placement
4	Yemen	3	0	0	3	71	122	−51	0

Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts

16 July 2018 09:30	India	17–48	Iran	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Usui, Kawai (JPN)
	Ankit 5	(8–23)	Taheri 7
	1×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square		3×Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square

16 July 2018 19:00	Yemen	28–36	Oman	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Ke, Li (CHN)
	Rezq 11	(15–21)	Al-Hasani 8
	6×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card		3×Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square

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17 July 2018 13:30	Oman	38–37	India	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Al-Dossary, Al-Marri (KSA)
	Al-Hasani 14	(17–21)	Sunny 10
	3×Yellow card 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square		2×Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square

17 July 2018 15:15	Iran	49–19	Yemen	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Usui, Kawai (JPN)
	Falavarjani, Yahyaye 7	(29–6)	Derhem, Othman 6
	3×Yellow card 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square		2×Yellow card 8×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card

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18 July 2018 10:00	Yemen	24–37	India	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Ke, Li (CHN)
	Othman 10	(13–19)	Ankit 9
	3×Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square		1×Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square

18 July 2018 18:45	Iran	26–17	Oman	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
	Behnamnia 6	(10–11)	Al-Maashari 6
	1×Yellow card 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square		2×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card 1×Blue card

9–14th placement matches

Group III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	China	5	5	0	0	188	124	+64	10
10	Chinese Taipei	5	4	0	1	214	161	+53	8
11	India	5	3	0	2	186	192	−6	6
12	Lebanon	5	2	0	3	165	178	−13	4
13	Syria	5	1	0	4	152	179	−27	2
14	Yemen	5	0	0	5	150	221	−71	0

Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.

20 July 2018 09:00	Chinese Taipei	41–38	India	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
	Hung 12	(23–16)	Naveen 9
	3×Yellow card 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square		2×Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square

20 July 2018 10:45	Syria	25–40	Lebanon	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
	Al-Bashouri 8	(11–23)	Mansour 13
	3×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card		2×Yellow card 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square

20 July 2018 12:30	China	47–26	Yemen	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
	Jin 8	(23–14)	Othman 11
	3×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square		2×Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square 2×Red card

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21 July 2018 09:00	Syria	30–45	Chinese Taipei	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Al-Masri 7	(10–19)	Li 7
	2×Yellow card 7×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card		1×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square

21 July 2018 10:45	Lebanon	13–30	China	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
	Assaad, Kobeissi 3	(6–13)	Jin 6
	2×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square		2×Yellow card 1×number 2 in light blue rounded square

21 July 2018 12:30	India	36–32	Yemen	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Tavakoli, Valadkhanian
	Naveen 9	(20–12)	Othman 7
	3×Yellow card 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square		3×Yellow card 7×number 2 in light blue rounded square

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22 July 2018 09:00	China	50–31	India	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
	Huang 11	(27–18)	Sunny 7
	3×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square		1×Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square

22 July 2018 10:45	Yemen	25–36	Syria	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
	Othman, Rezq 5	(14–21)	Al-Bashouri 7
	1×Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square		2×Yellow card 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square

22 July 2018 12:30	Chinese Taipei	41–35	Lebanon	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
	Chang 9	(24–18)	Mansour 15
	3×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square		3×Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Blue card

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24 July 2018 09:00	Lebanon	44–39	Yemen	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
		(22–16)
	1×Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square		3×Yellow card 1×number 2 in light blue rounded square

24 July 2018 10:45	Chinese Taipei	29–30	China	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
		(12–16)
	3×Yellow card 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square		4×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square

24 July 2018 12:30	India	38–36	Syria	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
		(20–22)
	2×Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square		3×Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square

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25 July 2018 10:45	Yemen	28–58	Chinese Taipei	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
	Rezq 10	(12–30)	Jou 8
	1×Yellow card 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square		3×Yellow card 1×number 2 in light blue rounded square

26 July 2018 12:45	India	43–33	Lebanon	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Ke, Li (CHN)
	Ankit, Sunny 10	(20–14)	Al-Oukaibe 7
	3×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square		1×Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square

26 July 2018 14:30	China	31–25	Syria	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Tavakoli, Valadkhanian (IRI)
	Li 8	(16–12)	Al-Azem 7
	2×Yellow card 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square		4×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square

Main round

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	0	103	69	+34	6	Semifinals
2	Bahrain	3	2	0	1	84	72	+12	4
3	Iraq	3	1	0	2	80	87	−7	2	5th place game
4	Oman (H)	3	0	0	3	62	101	−39	0	7th place game

Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts

20 July 2018 18:10	Iraq	22–29	Bahrain	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
	Al-Sahlani 6	(9–15)	H. Ali 6
	4×Yellow card 8×number 2 in light blue rounded square		2×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square

20 July 2018 19:55	South Korea	37–20	Oman	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Tavakoli, Valadkhanian (IRI)
	Lee 6	(20–8)	Al-Araimi 6
	2×Yellow card 1×number 2 in light blue rounded square		4×Yellow card 11×number 2 in light blue rounded square 2×Red card

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21 July 2018 18:00	Iraq	34–24	Oman	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
		(12–15)
	2×Yellow card 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square		2×Yellow card 1×number 2 in light blue rounded square

21 July 2018 20:10	South Korea	32–25	Bahrain	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
	Kang 9	(14–11)	Ab. Ali, Al-Maqabi 6
	3×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square		2×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square

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22 July 2018 17:45	Oman	18–30	Bahrain	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Al-Maashari 6	(8–14)	three players 5
	2×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square		3×Yellow card 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square

22 July 2018 19:30	Iraq	24–34	South Korea	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
	Sabeeh 4	(12–16)	Kim R. 8
	2×Yellow card 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square		2×Yellow card

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	2	1	0	68	59	+9	5	Semifinals
2	Saudi Arabia	3	2	0	1	72	67	+5	4
3	Iran	3	0	2	1	69	75	−6	2	5th place game
4	Qatar	3	0	1	2	60	68	−8	1	7th place game

Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.

20 July 2018 14:25	Qatar	17–19	Saudi Arabia	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
	Gačević, Mohammad 4	(8–10)	Al-Mesallem 7
	3×Yellow card 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square		3×Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square

20 July 2018 16:25	Japan	19–19	Iran	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Sakurai, Tokuda 5	(9–5)	Behnamnia 6
	2×Yellow card 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square		1×Yellow card 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square

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21 July 2018 14:30	Qatar	26–26	Iran	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Gačević 8	(11–11)	Taheri 6
	3×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Blue card		4×Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square

21 July 2018 16:15	Japan	26–23	Saudi Arabia	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
	Takano 8	(16–9)	Al-Sadah 6
	3×Yellow card 1×number 2 in light blue rounded square		1×Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square

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22 July 2018 14:15	Iran	24–30	Saudi Arabia	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Behnamnia 5	(12–15)	Al-Madan 11
	3×Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square		3×Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square

22 July 2018 16:00	Qatar	17–23	Japan	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
	Mohamed 6	(10–12)	Kawasaki, Tokuda 4
	3×Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square		1×Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	24 July
	South Korea	24
					26 July
	Saudi Arabia	19
					South Korea (OT)	27
	24 July
					Japan	25
	Japan	20
	Bahrain	17
					Third place
					26 July
					Saudi Arabia	28
					Bahrain	29

Seventh place game

24 July 2018 14:15	Oman	23–25	Qatar	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Tavakoli, Valadkhanian (IRI)
		(9–10)
	3×Yellow card 1×number 2 in light blue rounded square		3×Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square
	FT: 20–20 Pen: 3–5

Fifth place game

24 July 2018 16:00	Iran	29–23	Iraq	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
		(14–12)
	3×Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square		3×Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square

Semifinals

24 July 2018 17:45	South Korea	24–19	Saudi Arabia	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Kim R. 8	(9–12)	Al-Madan 6
	4×Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square		4×Yellow card 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square

24 July 2018 19:30	Japan	20–17	Bahrain	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Tokuda 8	(13–9)	Al-Zaimoor 8
	2×Yellow card 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square		3×Yellow card 7×number 2 in light blue rounded square

Third place game

26 July 2018 16:15	Saudi Arabia	28–29	Bahrain	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Al-Madan 6	(11–16)	Al-Zaimoor 10
	3×Yellow card		2×Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square

Final

26 July 2018 18:15	South Korea	27–25 (ET)	Japan	Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
	Kang 9	(12–9)	Tokuda 8
	2×Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square		2×Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square
	FT: 22–22 ET: 5–3

Final standings

Rank	Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)	South Korea
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Japan
	Bahrain
4	Saudi Arabia
5	Iran
6	Iraq
7	Qatar
8	Oman
9	China
10	Chinese Taipei
11	India
12	Lebanon
13	Syria
14	Yemen

Team qualified for the 2019 Junior World Championship

All-Star Team

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Hassan Al-Turaik (KSA)
Right wing	Kim Jin-young (KOR)
Right back	Rennosuke Tokuda (JPN)
Centre back	Kang Tan (KOR)
Left back	Abdulla Al-Zaimoor (BHR)
Left wing	Jeon Young-je (KOR)
Pivot	Sota Takano (JPN)