2016 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship

2016 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship

Logo of 7th Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Bahrain
Venue(s)	Khalifa Sports City Stadium (in Manama host cities)
Dates	27 August - 5 September 2016
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Bahrain (1st title)
Runner-up	Japan
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Qatar
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24

The 2016 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship was the 7th edition of the Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship held from 27 August - 5 September 2016 at Manama, Bahrain under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. Is also acted as the qualification tournament for the 2017 Men's Youth World Handball Championship to be held in Georgia.[1]

Preliminary groups

Group A	Group B
Bahrain	South Korea
Japan	Qatar
Iraq	Iran [2]
Saudi Arabia	China
Hong Kong	Uzbekistan

• Islamic Republic of Iran withdrew from the championship after the draw due to security conditions in Bahrain.

Competition schedule

G

Group stage

½

Semi-finals

B

Bronze-medal match

F

Final

Event↓/Date →	Sat 27	Sun 28	Mon 29	Tue 30	Wed 31	Thu 1	Fri 2	Sat 3	Sun 4		Mon 5
Men	G	G	G	Rest Day	G	G	Rest Day	½			B	F

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bahrain	4	3	1	0	110	82	+28	7
Japan	4	3	1	0	105	84	+21	7
Saudi Arabia	4	2	0	2	105	90	+15	4
Iraq	4	1	0	3	91	91	0	2
Hong Kong	4	0	0	4	60	124	−64	0

Source: ^[citation needed]

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27 August 2016 15:00	Saudi Arabia	24-28	Japan	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama

27 August 2016 19:00	Hong Kong	17-34	Bahrain	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama

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28 August 2016 15:00	Iraq	22-27	Japan	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama

28 August 2016 19:00	Saudi Arabia	23-25	Bahrain	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama

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29 August 2016 15:00	Japan	27-15	Hong Kong	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama

29 August 2016 19:00	Saudi Arabia	24-21	Iraq	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama

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31 August 2016 15:00	Hong Kong	16 - 34	Saudi Arabia	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama

31 August 2016 19:00	Iraq	19 - 28	Bahrain	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama

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1 September 2016 17:00	Hong Kong	12 - 29	Iraq	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama

1 September 2016 19:00	Bahrain	23 - 23	Japan	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	0	131	64	+67	6
Qatar	3	2	0	1	65	70	−5	4
China	3	1	0	2	80	99	−19	2
Uzbekistan	3	0	0	3	71	114	−43	0

Source: ^[citation needed]

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27 August 2016 13:00	China	20-27	Qatar	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama, Bahrain

27 August 2016 17:00	Uzbekistan	27-53	South Korea	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama, Bahrain

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28 August 2016 17:00	China	24-43	South Korea	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama, Bahrain

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29 August 2016 17:00	Qatar	25-15	Uzbekistan	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama, Bahrain

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31 August 2016 17:00	Uzbekistan	29 - 36	China	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama, Bahrain

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1 September 2016 15:00	South Korea	35 - 13	Qatar	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama, Bahrain

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5th–8th Placement Matches

5th–8th Placement Semifinals

3 September 2016 13:00	Saudi Arabia	44 - 23	Uzbekistan	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama

3 September 2016 15:00	China	28 - 30	Iraq	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama

7th–8th-place match

4 September 2016 17:00	Uzbekistan	28 - 23	China	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama

5th–6th-place match

4 September 2016 19:00	Saudi Arabia	27 - 23	Iraq	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama

Knockout stage

Semifinal matches

3 September 2016 17:00	Bahrain	23 - 19	Qatar	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama

3 September 2016 19:00	Japan	30 - 29	South Korea	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama

Bronze-medal match

5 September 2016 17:00	Qatar	23 - 29	South Korea	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama

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Gold-medal match

5 September 2016 19:00	Bahrain	25 - 23	Japan	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Bahrain (1st title) (Host)
	Japan
	South Korea (Defending Champion)
4	Qatar
5	Saudi Arabia
6	Iraq
7	Uzbekistan
8	China
9	Hong Kong

Team qualified for the 2017 Youth World Championship

References

1. "Asian Youth Handball Championship calendar". www.asianhandball.org/. July 23, 2016.
2. "I. R. Iran team withdrew from the championship due to security conditions in Bahrain". www8.irna.ir. 24 August 2016. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016.