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2002 Asian Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Iran
Dates	10 February–19 February
Teams	7
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Kuwait (2nd title)
Runner-up	Qatar
Third place	Saudi Arabia
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	682 (48.71 per match)
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The 2002 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the 10th Asian Championship, which was taking place from February 10 to February 19, 2000 in Esfahan, Iran. The championship was held in Esfahan's Pirouzi Arena. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2003 World Men's Handball Championship.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
Kuwait	3	2	0	1	67	68	–1	4
Qatar	3	2	0	1	54	42	+12	4
Iran	3	1	1	1	75	71	+4	3
Bahrain	3	0	1	2	50	65	–15	1

10 February 14:30	Kuwait	19 – 18	Qatar	Pirouzi Arena, Esfahan
		(10–11)

10 February 17:00	Iran	26 – 26	Bahrain	Pirouzi Arena, Esfahan
		(12–13)

12 February 15:00	Kuwait	29 – 24	Bahrain	Pirouzi Arena, Esfahan
		(14–13)

12 February 17:00	Iran	23 – 26	Qatar	Pirouzi Arena, Esfahan
		(10–14)

14 February 15:00	Qatar	10 – 0	Bahrain	Pirouzi Arena, Esfahan
		(Bahrain walked out)

14 February 17:00	Kuwait	19 – 26	Iran	Pirouzi Arena, Esfahan
		(8–13)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
South Korea	2	1	0	1	51	50	+1	2
Saudi Arabia	2	1	0	1	48	48	0	2
Japan	2	1	0	1	40	41	–1	2

11 February 17:00	South Korea	23 – 20	Japan	Pirouzi Arena, Esfahan
		(10–9)

13 February 17:00	Japan	20 – 18	Saudi Arabia	Pirouzi Arena, Esfahan
		(10–8)

15 February 17:00	South Korea	28 – 30	Saudi Arabia	Pirouzi Arena, Esfahan
		(11–13)

Placement matches

5th/6th

18 February 17:00	Iran	29 – 25	Japan	Pirouzi Arena, Esfahan Referees: Al-Dossary, Al-Qami (KSA)
		(16–13)

Final round

	Semifinal				Final
	17 February – Esfahan
	Kuwait	30
	Saudi Arabia	27
					19 February – Esfahan
					Kuwait	29
					Qatar	25
					Third place
	17 February – Esfahan			19 February – Esfahan
	South Korea	28		Saudi Arabia	38
	Qatar	33			South Korea	33

Semifinals

17 February 15:00	Kuwait	30 – 27	Saudi Arabia	Pirouzi Arena, Esfahan Referees: Al-Mulla, Al-Zarraa (QAT)
		(16–16)

17 February 17:00	South Korea	23 – 28	Qatar	Pirouzi Arena, Esfahan Referees: Al-Shuwairbat, Abulrethaei (KUW)
		(14–16)

Bronze medal match

19 February 15:00	Saudi Arabia	38 – 33	South Korea	Pirouzi Arena, Esfahan Referees: Al-Busaidi, Al-Bulushi (OMA)
		(17–14)

Gold medal match

19 February 17:00	Kuwait	29 – 25	Qatar	Pirouzi Arena, Esfahan Referees: Kouzehgari, Hayatpour (IRI)
		(14–10)

Ranking and Statistics

Final standings Rank Team  Kuwait  Qatar  Saudi Arabia 4  South Korea 5  Iran 6  Japan 7  Bahrain

All star team Goalkeeper:  Yousif Al-Fadhli (KUW) Left wing:  Nabel Al-Owaily (KSA) Left back:  Ahmed Al-Saad (QAT) Pivot:  Mohsen Taheri (IRI) Centre back:  Daisuke Miyazaki (JPN) Right back:  Cho Hyun-Chul (KOR) Right wing:  Husain Al-Shamari (KUW)

References

• Results
• www.asianhandball.com

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