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2002 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	21 August–31 August
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Kuwait (2nd title)
Runner-up	Qatar
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	United Arab Emirates
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	1132 (62.89 per match)
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The 2002 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship (8th tournament) took place in Bangkok from 21 August–31 August. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2003 Men's Junior World Handball Championship in Brazil.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
Kuwait	3	3	0	0	80	60	+20	6
United Arab Emirates	3	2	0	1	98	91	+7	4
Japan	3	1	0	2	86	80	+6	2
Thailand	3	0	0	3	78	111	–33	0

21 August 16:00	Thailand	24 – 35	Japan	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Mulla, Al-Zarraa (QAT)
		(9–17)

22 August 16:00	Kuwait	21 – 17	Japan	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Sheikh, Al-Nofli (OMA)
		(11–7)

23 August 16:00	Thailand	30 – 44	United Arab Emirates	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Nakada, Uemura (JPN)
		(15–23)

24 August 16:00	Kuwait	27 – 19	United Arab Emirates	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Kouzehgari, Hayatpour (IRI)
		(13–6)

25 August 16:00	Kuwait	32 – 24	Thailand	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Al-Marzouqi (UAE)
		(16–6)

26 August 16:00	Japan	34 – 35	United Arab Emirates	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Mulla, Al-Zarraa (QAT)
		(16–16)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
Qatar	3	3	0	0	109	78	+31	6
South Korea	3	2	0	1	104	103	+1	4
Chinese Taipei	3	1	0	2	111	115	–4	2
China	3	0	0	3	90	118	–28	0

21 August 18:00	South Korea	42 – 34	Chinese Taipei	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Shuwairbat, Al-Shutti (KUW)
		(17–17)

22 August 18:00	Qatar	36 – 25	Chinese Taipei	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Al-Marzouqi (UAE)
		(21–10)

23 August 18:00	South Korea	37 – 29	China	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Kouzehgari, Hayatpour (IRI)
		(21–10)

24 August 18:00	Qatar	33 – 24	China	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Sheikh, Al-Nofli (OMA)
		(20–15)

25 August 18:00	Qatar	40 – 25	South Korea	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Shuwairbat, Al-Shutti (KUW)
		(19–10)

26 August 18:00	Chinese Taipei	48 – 37	China	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Nakada, Uemura (JPN)
		(21–17)

Placement matches

7th/8th

29 August 16:00	Thailand	26 – 36	China	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Al-Marzouqi (UAE)
		(12–18)

5th/6th

29 August 18:00	Japan	33 – 29	Chinese Taipei	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Shuwairbat, Al-Shutti (KUW)
		(15–12)

Final round

	Semifinal				Final
	28 August – Bangkok
	Kuwait	31
	South Korea	27
					30 August – Bangkok
					Kuwait	23
					Qatar	21
					Third place
	28 August – Bangkok			30 August – Bangkok
	Qatar	33		South Korea	48
	United Arab Emirates	29			United Arab Emirates	40

Semifinals

28 August 16:00	Kuwait	31 – 27	South Korea	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Mulla, Al-Zarraa (QAT)
		(16–11)

28 August 18:00	Qatar	33 – 29	United Arab Emirates	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Kouzehgari, Hayatpour (IRI)
		(15–12)

Bronze medal match

30 August 16:00	South Korea	48 – 40	United Arab Emirates	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Nakada, Uemura (JPN)
		(25–17)

Gold medal match

30 August 18:00	Kuwait	23 – 21	Qatar	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Sheikh, Al-Nofli (OMA)
		(12–10)

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Kuwait
	Qatar
	South Korea
4	United Arab Emirates
5	Japan
6	Chinese Taipei
7	China
8	Thailand

References

• www.handball.jp (Archived 2009-09-04)
• www.asianhandball.com

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