2019 Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship

2019 Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country South Korea
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates7–17 November 2019
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsQatar Al-Arabi Sports Club (1st title)
Runner-upSaudi Arabia Al-Wehda Club
Third placeUnited Arab Emirates Sharjah Sports Club
Fourth placeQatar Al-Wakra Sports Club
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‌The 2019 Asian Club League Handball Championship was the 22nd edition of the championship held under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. The championship was hosted by Korea Handball Federation at Indoor Handball Hall, Samcheok (South Korea) from 7 to 17 November 2019. It was the official competition for men's handball clubs of Asia crowning the Asian champions whose winner will also qualify for the 2020 IHF Super Globe.

Draw

The draw was held on Saturday, 7 September 2019 in the Millennium Hotel & Convention Centre, Salmiya, Kuwait at 19:00 hours in the presence of representatives of the participating clubs.[1]

Seeding

Teams were seeded according to the AHF COC regulations and rankings of the previous edition of the championship. Teams who had not participate in the previous edition were in Pot 4.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
South Korea SK Hawks
Qatar Al-Wakrah Club
Iran Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan Isfahan
Iran Zagros Eslamabad-e Gharb
Kuwait Al-Kuwait Club
Kuwait Al-Arabi Club
United Arab Emirates Al-Sharjah Club
Saudi Arabia Al-Wehda Club
Bahrain Barbar Club
Oman Oman Club
Qatar Al-Arabi Club

South Korea Doosan Handball Club withdraw from the championship before the final draw.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Qatar Al-Arabi Club 4 3 0 1 126 98 +28 6
United Arab Emirates Al-Sharjah Club 4 3 0 1 111 99 +12 6
Kuwait Al-Kuwait Club 4 3 0 1 115 99 +16 6
South Korea SK Hawks 4 1 0 3 107 115 −8 2
Iran Zagros Eslamabad-e Gharb 4 0 0 4 94 142 −48 0
Source: AHF
7 November 2019 Al-Sharjah United Arab Emirates 29 – 22 South Korea SK Hawks Samcheok Sports Hall, Samcheok
7 November 2019 Al-Kuwait Kuwait 36 – 24 Iran Zagros Club Samcheok Sports Hall, Samcheok

8 November 2019 Al-Kuwait Kuwait 32 – 26 South Korea SK Hawks Samcheok Sports Hall, Samcheok
8 November 2019 Al-Arabi Qatar 40 – 24 Iran Zagros Club Samcheok Sports Hall, Samcheok

10 November 2019 Zagros Club Iran 24 – 31 United Arab Emirates Al-Sharjah Samcheok Sports Hall, Samcheok
10 November 2019 Al-Kuwait Kuwait 21 – 27 Qatar Al-Arabi Samcheok Sports Hall, Samcheok

11 November 2019 Al-Arabi Qatar 32 – 24 South Korea SK Hawks Samcheok Sports Hall, Samcheok
11 November 2019 Al-Sharjah United Arab Emirates 22 – 26 Kuwait Al-Kuwait Samcheok Sports Hall, Samcheok

13 November 2019 SK Hawks South Korea 35 – 22 Iran Zagros Club Samcheok Sports Hall, Samcheok
13 November 2019 Al-Sharjah United Arab Emirates 29 – 27 Qatar Al-Arabi Samcheok Sports Hall, Samcheok

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Saudi Arabia Al-Wehda Club 5 4 0 1 136 117 +19 8
Qatar Al-Wakrah Club 5 4 0 1 141 119 +22 8
Bahrain Barbar Club 5 4 0 1 122 117 +5 8
Oman Oman Club 5 2 0 3 116 129 −13 4
Iran Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan Isfahan 5 1 0 4 140 144 −4 2
Kuwait Al-Arabi Club 5 0 0 5 124 153 −29 0
Source: AHF
7 November 2019 Al-Wakrah Qatar 33 – 31 Iran Foolad Samcheok Sports Hall, Samcheok
7 November 2019 Oman Oman 28 – 22 Kuwait Al-Arabi Samcheok Sports Hall, Samcheok
7 November 2019 Barbar Bahrain 22 – 24 Saudi Arabia Al-Wehda Samcheok Sports Hall, Samcheok

8 November 2019 Oman Oman 22 – 23 Bahrain Barbar Samcheok Sports Hall, Samcheok
8 November 2019 Al-Arabi Kuwait 26 – 34 Qatar Al-Wakrah Samcheok Sports Hall, Samcheok
8 November 2019 Al-Wehda Saudi Arabia 34 – 29 Iran Foolad Samcheok Sports Hall, Samcheok

10 November 2019 Al-Wakrah Qatar 23 – 22 Saudi Arabia Al-Wehda Samcheok Sports Hall, Samcheok
10 November 2019 Foolad Iran 26 – 27 Oman Oman Samcheok Sports Hall, Samcheok
10 November 2019 Barbar Bahrain 31 – 28 Kuwait Al-Arabi Samcheok Sports Hall, Samcheok

11 November 2019 Al-Arabi Kuwait 25 – 31 Iran Foolad Samcheok Sports Hall, Samcheok
11 November 2019 Barbar Bahrain 21 – 20 Qatar Al-Wakrah Samcheok Sports Hall, Samcheok
11 November 2019 Al-Wehda Saudi Arabia 27 – 20 Oman Oman Samcheok Sports Hall, Samcheok

13 November 2019 Foolad Iran 23 – 25 Bahrain Barbar Samcheok Sports Hall, Samcheok
13 November 2019 Al-Wakrah Qatar 31 – 19 Oman Oman Samcheok Sports Hall, Samcheok
13 November 2019 Al-Wehda Saudi Arabia 29 – 23 Kuwait Al-Arabi Samcheok Sports Hall, Samcheok

9th - 11th Placement

 
9th–11th Place Semifinals9th–10th Place
 
      
 
15 November
 
 
Iran Zagros Club 24
 
16 November
 
Kuwait Al-Arabi 25
 
Kuwait Al-Arabi 22
 
 
 
Iran Foolad Mobarakeh 28
 
Iran Foolad Mobarakeh
 
 
 
 
11th Place
 
 
 
 
 
Iran Zagros Club
 
 
 

5th - 8th Placement

 
5th–8th Place Semifinals5th–6th Place
 
      
 
15 November
 
 
Kuwait Al-Kuwait 35
 
16 November
 
Oman Oman 23
 
Kuwait Al-Kuwait 24
 
15 November
 
South Korea SK Hawks 30
 
Bahrain Barbar 30
 
 
South Korea SK Hawks 33
 
7th–8th Place
 
 
16 November
 
 
Oman Oman 23
 
 
Bahrain Barbar 25

Finals

 
Semi-finalsFinal match
 
      
 
15 November
 
 
Qatar Al-Arabi 22
 
17 November
 
Qatar Al-Wakrah 19
 
Qatar Al-Arabi 21
 
15 November
 
Saudi Arabia Al-Wehda 19
 
Saudi Arabia Al-Wehda 30
 
 
United Arab Emirates Al-Sharjah 29
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
17 November
 
 
Qatar Al-Wakrah 20
 
 
United Arab Emirates Al-Sharjah 21

Final standings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Qatar Al-Arabi Club
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Saudi Arabia Al-Wehda Club
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) United Arab Emirates Al-Sharjah Club
4 Qatar Al-Wakrah Club
5 South Korea SK Hawks
6 Kuwait Al-Kuwait Club
7 Bahrain Barbar Club
8 Oman Oman Club
9 Iran Foolad Mobarakeh
10 Kuwait Al-Arabi Club
11 Iran Zagros Club

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