2014 Asian Men's Handball Championship

2014 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Bahrain
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	25 January – 6 February
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Qatar (1st title)
Runners-up	Bahrain
Third place	Iran
Fourth place	United Arab Emirates
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	2,204 (52.48 per match)

The 2014 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the Asian Men's Handball Championship, held in Isa Town and Manama, Bahrain, from 25 January to 6 February 2014. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship in Qatar.^[1]

Qatar won their first title by defeating the hosts Bahrain 26–27 in the final.^[2]

Draw

Group A	Group B
South Korea  Saudi Arabia  Iran  Uzbekistan  China  Bahrain	Qatar  Japan  United Arab Emirates  Kuwait  Iraq  Oman

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bahrain (H)	5	4	1	0	157	113	+44	9
Iran	5	2	3	0	164	125	+39	7
South Korea	5	3	1	1	137	110	+27	7
Saudi Arabia	5	2	1	2	130	113	+17	5
China	5	1	0	4	125	143	−18	2
Uzbekistan	5	0	0	5	106	215	−109	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

25 January 2014 13:00	Uzbekistan	21–43	Saudi Arabia	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(14–21)

25 January 2014 15:00	Iran	24–24	South Korea	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(12–11)

25 January 2014 19:00	China	22–32	Bahrain	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(12–14)

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27 January 2014 15:00	Saudi Arabia	22–22	Iran	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(12–10)

27 January 2014 17:00	China	17–28	South Korea	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(9–14)

27 January 2014 19:00	Uzbekistan	22–47	Bahrain	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(8–23)

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29 January 2014 15:00	South Korea	32–19	Uzbekistan	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(15–9)

29 January 2014 17:00	Iran	34–27	China	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(16–12)

29 January 2014 19:00	Bahrain	22–14	Saudi Arabia	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(12–8)

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31 January 2014 15:00	Iran	54–22	Uzbekistan	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(24–12)

31 January 2014 17:00	Saudi Arabia	27–20	China	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(14–10)

31 January 2014 19:00	South Korea	25–26	Bahrain	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(14–15)

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2 February 2014 15:00	Uzbekistan	22–39	China	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(12–16)

2 February 2014 17:00	South Korea	28–24	Saudi Arabia	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(11–12)

2 February 2014 19:00	Bahrain	30–30	Iran	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(17–14)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Qatar	5	5	0	0	164	87	+77	10
United Arab Emirates	5	3	0	2	116	131	−15	6
Kuwait	5	3	0	2	142	139	+3	6
Oman	5	2	0	3	126	142	−16	4
Japan	5	2	0	3	140	132	+8	4
Iraq	5	0	0	5	102	159	−57	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

26 January 2014 15:00	Kuwait	28–26	Japan	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(14–16)

26 January 2014 17:00	United Arab Emirates	14–31	Qatar	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(7–17)

26 January 2014 19:00	Iraq	24–33	Oman	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(13–19)

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28 January 2014 15:00	Japan	35–26	United Arab Emirates	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(16–11)

28 January 2014 17:00	Iraq	11–40	Qatar	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(6–18)

28 January 2014 19:00	Kuwait	40–31	Oman	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(20–14)

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30 January 2014 15:00	United Arab Emirates	26–17	Iraq	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(8–4)

30 January 2014 17:00	Oman	23–22	Japan	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(8–11)

30 January 2014 19:00	Qatar	31–23	Kuwait	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(14–14)

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1 February 2014 15:00	United Arab Emirates	23–22	Kuwait	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(10–13)

1 February 2014 17:00	Japan	31–22	Iraq	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(16–10)

1 February 2014 19:00	Qatar	29–13	Oman	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(15–7)

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3 February 2014 15:00	Oman	26–27	United Arab Emirates	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(12–13)

3 February 2014 17:00	Kuwait	29–28	Iraq	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(12–15)

3 February 2014 19:00	Qatar	33–26	Japan	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(15–15)

Placement 9th–12th

	Semifinals				9th/10th
	4 February – Manama
	China	25
					5 February – Isa Town
	Iraq	30
					Iraq	20
	4 February – Manama
					Japan	28
	Japan	41
	Uzbekistan	12
					11th/12th
					5 February – Isa Town
					China	10
					Uzbekistan	0

9th–12th semifinals

4 February 2014 13:00	China	25–30	Iraq	Bahrain Handball Federation Hall, Manama
		(11–16)

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4 February 2014 15:00	Japan	41–12	Uzbekistan	Bahrain Handball Federation Hall, Manama
		(18–7)

11th/12th

5 February 2014 13:00	China	10–0	Uzbekistan	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(Walkover)

9th/10th

5 February 2014 15:00	Iraq	20–28	Japan	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(11–17)

Placement 5th–8th

	Semifinals				5th/6th
	4 February – Manama
	South Korea	32
					5 February – Isa Town
	Oman	18
					South Korea	30
	4 February – Manama
					Saudi Arabia	25
	Kuwait	30
	Saudi Arabia	36
					7th/8th
					5 February – Isa Town
					Oman	26
					Kuwait	35

5th–8ths semifinals

4 February 2014 17:00	South Korea	32–18	Oman	Bahrain Handball Federation Hall, Manama
		(12–10)

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4 February 2014 19:00	Kuwait	30–36	Saudi Arabia	Bahrain Handball Federation Hall, Manama
		(18–16)

7th/8th

5 February 2014 17:00	Oman	26–35	Kuwait	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(9–16)

5th/6th

5 February 2014 19:00	South Korea	30–25	Saudi Arabia	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(15–15)

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	4 February – Isa Town
	Bahrain	27
					6 February – Isa Town
	United Arab Emirates	20
					Bahrain	26
	4 February – Isa Town
					Qatar	27
	Qatar	23
	Iran	22
					Bronze medal match
					6 February – Isa Town
					United Arab Emirates	23
					Iran	29

Semifinals

4 February 2014 16:30	Qatar	23–22	Iran	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(12–11)

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4 February 2014 19:00	Bahrain	27–20	United Arab Emirates	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(15–8)

Bronze medal match

6 February 2014 16:30	United Arab Emirates	23–29	Iran	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(10–11)

Gold medal match

6 February 2014 19:00	Bahrain	26–27	Qatar	Khalifa Sports City Hall, Isa Town
		(14–14)

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Qatar
	Bahrain
	Iran
4	United Arab Emirates
5	South Korea
6	Saudi Arabia
7	Kuwait
8	Oman
9	Japan
10	Iraq
11	China
12	Uzbekistan

Team qualified for the 2015 World Championship

Squads of the teams on the podium

1. Hamdi Missaoui 4. Hassan Mabrouk 5. Mustafa Alsaltialkrad 6. Nasreddine Megdic 7. Youssef Benali 8. Wajdi Sinen 9. Rafael Capote 10.Abdulaziz Alshammari 11.Abdulrazzaq Murad 13.Eldar Memisevic 16.Goran Stojanovic 19.Borja Roine 20.Kamalaldin Mallash 39.Selvedin Omahic 77.Hadi Hamdoon Head coach:

• Valero Rivera

References

1. "Draw 16th Asian Men's Championships". Asian Handball Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
2. "16th Asian Men's Handball Championship". Asian Handball Federation. Retrieved 4 December 2025.

• Match schedule
• Schedule and Results

External links

• Official website
• Asian Handball Federation
• Results