2020 Asian Men’s Handball Championship / Kuwait

Tournament details
Host country	Kuwait
Dates	16–27 January
Teams	13
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld.	W	D	L	Goals	Pts.	Qualification
Bahrain	2	2	0	0	67-36	4	Main Round
Iran	2	1	0	1	73-43	2	Main Round
New Zealand	2	0	0	2	37-98	0	Placement round

16-01-2020	New Zealand	16-45	Bahrain
17-01-2020	Iran	53-21	New Zealand
18-01-2020	Bahrain	22-20	Iran

Group B

Team	Pld.	W	D	L	Goals	Pts.	Qualification
Qatar	2	2	0	0	85-46	2	Main Round
Japan	2	1	0	1	67-52	2	Main Round
China	2	0	0	2	34-88	0	Placement round

16-01-2020	China	18-49	Qatar
17-01-2020	Japan	39-16	China
18-01-2020	Qatar	36-28	Japan

Group C

Team	Pld.	W	D	L	Goals	Pts.	Qualification
Saudi Arabia	2	2	0	0	66-42	4	Main Round
South Korea	2	1	0	1	67-49	2	Main Round
Australia	2	0	0	2	35-77	0	Placement round

16-01-2020	Australia	20-40	South Korea
17-01-2020	Saudi Arabia	37-15	Australia
18-01-2020	South Korea	27-29	Saudi Arabia

Group D

Team	Pld.	W	D	L	Goals	Pts.	Qualification
Kuwait	3	3	0	0	87-57	6	Main Round
United Arab Emirates	3	2	0	1	75-50	4	Main Round
Irag	3	1	0	2	84-67	2	Placement round
Hong Kong	3	0	0	3	51-123	0	Placement round

16-01-2020	Hong Kong	11-38	United Arab Emirates
16-01-2020	Irag	22-25	Kuwait
17-01-2020	Irag	19-20	United Arab Emirates
17-01-2020	Hong Kong	18-42	Kuwait
18-01-2020	Hong Kong	22-43	Irag
18-01-2020	Kuwait	20-17	United Arab Emirates

Placement Round

Group 3

Team	Pld.	W	D	L	Goals	Pts.	Qualification
Iraq	4	4	0	0	153-11	8
Hong Komg	4	3	0	1	114-116	6
China	4	2	0	2	127-123	4
Australia	4	1	0	3	105-106	2
New Zealand	4	0	0	4	111-154	0

20-01-2020	Irag	38-31	China
20-01-2020	Hong Kong	34-30	New Zealand
21-01-2020	Australia	26-31	Irag
21-01-2020	China	27-32	Hong Kong
23-01-2020	Australia	25-28	China
23-01-2020	Irag	42-29	New Zealand
25-01-2020	Hong Kong	25-42	Irag
25-01-2020	Australia	37-24	New Zealand
26-01-2020	Hong Kong	23-17	Australia
26-01-2020	New Zealand	28-41	China

Main Round

Group 1

Team	Pld.	W	D	L	Goals	Pts.	Qualification
Japan	3	3	0	0	86-67	6	Semi Finals
Bahrain	3	2	0	1	70-60	4	Semi Finals
United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	2	60-80	2	Fifth place game
Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3	59-71	0	Seventh place game

20-01-2020	United Arab Emirates	18-29	Bahrain
20-01-2020	Saudi Arabia	22-30	Japan
21-01-2020	Bahrain	23-25	Japan
21-01-2020	United Arab Emirates	23-20	Saudi Arabia
23-01-2020	Japan	31-19	United Arab Emirates
23-01-2020	Bahrain	18-17	Saudi Arabia

Group 2

Team	Pld.	W	D	L	Goals	Pts.	Qualification
Qatar	3	3	0	0	94-75	6	Semi Finals
South Korea	3	1	1	1	85-85	3	Semi Finals
Iran	3	1	1	1	77-79	3	Fifth place game
Kuwait	3	0	0	3	74-91	0	Seventh place game

20-01-2020	South Korea	27-34	Qatar
20-01-2020	Kuwait	24-28	Iran
21-01-2020	Iran	25-31	Qatar
21-01-2020	Kuwait	27-34	South Korea
23-01-2020	Iran	24-24	South Korea
23-01-2020	Qatar	29-23	Kuwait

Final Round

Semi Finals

25-01-2020	Japan	32-34	South Korea
25-01-2020	Qatar	28-24	Bahrain

Seventh place game

25-01-2020

Saudi Arabia

24-19

Kuwait

Fifth place game

25-01-2020

United Arab Emirates

29-26

Iran

Third place game

27-01-2020

Japan

27-26

Bahrain

Final

27-01-2020

South Korea

21-33

Qatar

Final Ranking

Rank	Team	Qualification
1	Qatar	Qualified for the 2021 World Championship
2	South Korea	Qualified for the 2021 World Championship
3	Japan	Qualified for the 2021 World Championship
4	Bahrain	Qualified for the 2021 World Championship
5	United Arab Emirates
6	Iran
7	Saudi Arabia
8	Kuwait
9	Iraq
10	Hong Kong
11	China
12	Australia
13	New Zealand

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