2006 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship

2006 Asian Junior Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	22–31 August 2006
Teams	11
Final positions
Champions	Kuwait (4th title)
Runner-up	South Korea
Third place	Saudi Arabia
Fourth place	China
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	1,990 (62.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Allahkaram Esteki (52)

The 2006 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship (10th tournament) took place in Hiroshima from 22 August–31 August. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2007 Men's Junior World Handball Championship in Macedonia.

Draw

Group A	Group B
South Korea  Japan  China  India  Macau	Kuwait  Iran  Qatar  Chinese Taipei  Hong Kong  Saudi Arabia

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	4	4	0	0	155	103	+52	8
China	4	3	0	1	137	105	+32	6
Japan	4	2	0	2	138	94	+44	4
India	4	1	0	3	102	138	−36	2
Macau	4	0	0	4	67	159	−92	0

Source: ^[citation needed]

22 August 2006 15:00	South Korea	35–34	China	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(21–15)

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22 August 2006 18:00	Japan	36–12	Macau	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(17–4)

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23 August 2006 12:00	India	20–39	South Korea	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(10–18)

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23 August 2006 15:00	China	33–30	Japan	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(20–15)

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24 August 2006 12:00	South Korea	48–20	Macau	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(27–8)

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24 August 2006 16:30	China	32–29	India	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(19–13)

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26 August 2006 12:00	Japan	43–16	India	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(21–10)

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26 August 2006 16:30	Macau	11–38	China	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(4–16)

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27 August 2006 12:00	India	37–24	Macau	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(18–9)

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27 August 2006 16:30	South Korea	33–29	Japan	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(16–14)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	5	5	0	0	175	131	+44	10
Saudi Arabia	5	3	1	1	177	147	+30	7
Iran	5	3	0	2	183	141	+42	6
Qatar	5	2	1	2	155	138	+17	5
Chinese Taipei	5	1	0	4	158	179	−21	2
Hong Kong	5	0	0	5	98	210	−112	0

Source: ^[citation needed]

22 August 2006 12:00	Chinese Taipei	39–21	Hong Kong	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(18–9)

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22 August 2006 13:30	Iran	35–30	Qatar	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(16–16)

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22 August 2006 16:30	Kuwait	34–25	Saudi Arabia	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(16–10)

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23 August 2006 13:30	Kuwait	42–27	Chinese Taipei	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(26–13)

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23 August 2006 16:30	Iran	31–32	Saudi Arabia	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(15–16)

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23 August 2006 18:00	Qatar	35–19	Hong Kong	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(18–10)

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24 August 2006 13:30	Iran	48–16	Hong Kong	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(21–7)

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24 August 2006 15:00	Qatar	25–30	Kuwait	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(12–12)

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24 August 2006 18:00	Saudi Arabia	41–35	Chinese Taipei	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(20–13)

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26 August 2006 13:30	Hong Kong	17–49	Saudi Arabia	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(11–24)

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26 August 2006 15:00	Qatar	35–24	Chinese Taipei	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(17–9)

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26 August 2006 18:00	Kuwait	30–29	Iran	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(16–14)

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27 August 2006 13:30	Chinese Taipei	33–40	Iran	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(17–21)

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27 August 2006 15:00	Hong Kong	25–39	Kuwait	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(13–17)

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27 August 2006 18:00	Saudi Arabia	30–30	Qatar	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(14–15)

Placement 5th–10th

9th/10th

30 August 2006 15:00	Macau	14–47	Chinese Taipei	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(8–27)

7th/8th

30 August 2006 16:30	India	19–41	Qatar	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(9–19)

5th/6th

30 August 2006 18:00	Japan	32–27	Iran	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(17–17)

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	29 August – Hiroshima
	South Korea	35
					31 August – Hiroshima
	Saudi Arabia	26
					South Korea	28
	29 August – Hiroshima
					Kuwait	34
	Kuwait	41
	China	35
					Bronze medal match
					31 August – Hiroshima
					Saudi Arabia	40
					China	26

Semifinals

29 August 2006 15:00	South Korea	35–26	Saudi Arabia	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(16–10)

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29 August 2006 16:30	Kuwait	41–35	China	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(18–17)

Bronze medal match

31 August 2006 14:00	Saudi Arabia	40–26	China	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(17–12)

Gold medal match

31 August 2006 16:00	South Korea	28–34	Kuwait	Higashiku Sports Center, Hiroshima
		(12–18)

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Kuwait
	South Korea
	Saudi Arabia
4	China
5	Japan
6	Iran
7	Qatar
8	India
9	Chinese Taipei
10	Macau
11	Hong Kong

Team qualified for the 2007 Junior World Championship

References

• Official website( Archived 2008-06-10 at the Wayback Machine 2009-09-04)