Handball at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's tournament

Men's handball tournament
at the 2018 Asian Games
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Tournament details
Host country	; Indonesia;
Dates	; 13–31 August
Teams	; 13 (from 1 confederation);
Venue(s)	; 1 (in 1 host city);
Final positions
Champions	; Qatar (2nd title);
Runner-up	; Bahrain;
Third place	; South Korea;
Fourth place	; Japan;
Tournament statistics
Matches	; 43
Goals scored	; 2451 (57 per match);
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The men's tournament of Handball at the 2018 Asian Games at Jakarta, Indonesia, was held from 13 to 31 August 2018 at the POPKI Sport Hall.^[1]

Competition schedule[edit]

All times are local Indonesia Western Standard Time (UTC+7).

P	Preliminary round	C	Classification round	M	Main round	7^th	7th place match	5^th	5th place match	½	Semi-finals	B	Bronze medal match	F	Final

Mon 13	Tue 14	Wed 15	Thu 16	Fri 17	Sat 18	Sun 19	Mon 20		Tue 21	Wed 22	Thu 23	Fri 24		Sat 25	Sun 26			Mon 27	Tue 28	Wed 29	Thu 30	Fri 31
P		P		P			C	M	C	M		C	M		C	7^th	5^th	½		C		B	F

Draw[edit]

The draw for the competition was done at the JS Luwansa Hotel, Jakarta on 5 July 2018. The draw was conducted by Indonesian Asian Games Organizing Committee (Inasgoc) in the presence of Asian Handball Federation events officer.^[2]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Not Ranked
Indonesia (host) Qatar (1) South Korea (2) Bahrain (3)	Iran (4) Saudi Arabia (7) Chinese Taipei (8) Japan (9)	Hong Kong India	Iraq Pakistan Malaysia

Draw results:^[3]

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Qatar Iran Malaysia	South Korea Japan Pakistan	Indonesia Saudi Arabia Hong Kong	Bahrain Chinese Taipei India Iraq

Tiebreakers[edit]

Points

Head-to-head points

Head-to-head goal difference

Head-to-head goals scored

Goal difference

Goals scored

Draw

Preliminary round[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar	2	2	0	99	31	+68	4	Main round
2	Iran	2	1	1	75	46	+29	2	Main round
3	Malaysia	2	0	2	22	119	−97	0	Classification round

Source: AHF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

13 August 2018 16:00	Malaysia	11–64	Qatar	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Ismail, Mustafa Kamal 3	(7–33)	Zouaoui 18
	1× 2×	Report

15 August 2018 11:00	Iran	55–11	Malaysia	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Li, Ke (CHN)
	Barbat 11	(29–5)	A I Abdul Razak 3
	1× 1×	Report	2× 1×

17 August 2018 16:00	Qatar	35–20	Iran	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Lee, Koo (KOR)
	Heiba 6	(18–6)	Rostami, Kazemi 4
	2× 3×	Report	4× 1× 1×

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	2	1	1	0	73	42	+31	3	Main round
2	Japan	2	1	1	0	64	41	+23	3	Main round
3	Pakistan	2	0	0	2	31	85	−54	0	Classification round

Source: AHF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

13 August 2018 18:00	Pakistan	16–47	South Korea	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Li, Ke (CHN)
	Saeed 6	(4–26)	Hwang 10
	3× 1×	Report	1×

15 August 2018 14:00	Japan	38–15	Pakistan	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
	Shida 7	(20–7)	M Hussain 5
	2× 3×	Report	1× 2×

17 August 2018 09:00	South Korea	26–26	Japan	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Marhoon, Al-Mawt (BHR)
	Kim 10	(13–13)	Motoki, Agarie 6
	5× 3×	Report	5× 2×

Group C[edit]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	2	2	0	89	37	+52	4	Main round
2	Hong Kong	2	1	1	64	59	+5	2	Main round
3	Indonesia (H)	2	0	2	30	87	−57	0	Classification round

Source: AHF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

13 August 2018 20:00	Hong Kong	40–17	Indonesia	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Tavakoliataabadi, Valadkhanian (IRI)
	Chan 9	(19–6)	Rafael Tolang 5
	2× 3×	Report	3× 2×

15 August 2018 16:00	Saudi Arabia	42–24	Hong Kong	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Lee, Koo (KOR)
	Saeed, Mo. Al-Salem 5	(21–12)	Ip 6
	3× 0×	Report	2× 2×

17 August 2018 14:00	Indonesia	13–47	Saudi Arabia	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Bagas, Rafael Tolang 5	(4–21)	Al-Saffar 8
	2×	Report	2×

Group D[edit]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bahrain	3	3	0	99	70	+29	6	Main round
2	Iraq	3	2	1	101	89	+12	4	Main round
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	89	102	−13	2	Classification round
4	India	3	0	3	82	110	−28	0	Classification round

Source: AHF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

13 August 2018 11:00	India	28–38	Chinese Taipei	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
	Hare. Singh 8	(13–19)	Chiu 8
	3× 2×	Report	3× 1×

13 August 2018 14:00	Iraq	24–30	Bahrain	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Naser 5	(16–12)	Al-Samahiji, Al-Sayyad 5
	3× 1×	Report	4× 1×

15 August 2018 18:00	Iraq	37–30	Chinese Taipei	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Marhoon, Al-Mawt (BHR)
	Abdlkan 10	(17–14)	Chiu 7
	6× 2×	Report	5× 1× 1×

15 August 2018 20:00	India	25–32	Bahrain	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Al-Sager, Al-Sugufi (KSA)
	Ahlawat 6	(11–18)	Ahmed 6
	4× 2×	Report	5× 3×

17 August 2018 18:00	India	29–40	Iraq	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
	Ahlawat 8	(13–18)	Behadili 9
	5× 2×	Report	1× 3×

17 August 2018 20:00	Bahrain	37–21	Chinese Taipei	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Mehdi, Saeed (IRI)
	Al-Samahiji 6	(18–10)	Pan 8
	3× 4×	Report	2× 4×

Classification round[edit]

Group III[edit]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Chinese Taipei	4	4	0	142	95	+47	8
10	India	4	3	1	141	104	+37	6
11	Pakistan	4	2	2	134	111	+23	4
12	Indonesia (H)	4	1	3	96	124	−28	2
13	Malaysia	4	0	4	78	157	−79	0

Source: AHF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

20 August 2018 09:00	Chinese Taipei	36–32	Pakistan	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta
	Chao 8	(16–14)	M. Shahid Pervaiz 8
	1× 2×	Report	4×

20 August 2018 11:00	India	45–19	Malaysia	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta
	D. Singh 13	(25–8)	Jamaluddin, M. Abdul
	2× 1×	Report	4×

21 August 2018 09:00	Indonesia	23–28	Pakistan	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Al-Sager, Al-Sugufi (KSA)
	Tolang 11	(10–12)	M. Hussain 8
	1× 1×	Report	2× 1×

21 August 2018 11:00	Chinese Taipei	34–19	Malaysia	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Liu 9	(19–6)	Ismail, Karim 3
	2×	Report	3× 1×

24 August 2018 09:00	Indonesia	19–37	Chinese Taipei	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
	Rafael Tolang 7	(7–18)	three players 5
	5× 2×	Report	2×

24 August 2018 11:00	Pakistan	27–28	India	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Li, Ke (CHN)
	M. Hussain 7	(12–14)	Dcunha 9
	3× 2×	Report	2× 3×

26 August 2018 11:00	India	31–35	Chinese Taipei	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN)
	D. Singh 10	(12–15)	Chiu 11
	3× 1×	Report	4× 2×

26 August 2018 14:00	Indonesia	31–22	Malaysia	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Li, Ke (CHN)
	Bagas 10	(15–8)	Ismail 4
	1× 1×	Report	4× 1×

29 August 2018 14:00	India	37–23	Indonesia	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Al-Sugufi, Al-Sager (KSA)
	D. Singh 11	(16–13)	Tolang 9
	7× 2×	Report	3×

29 August 2018 18:00	Malaysia	24–47	Pakistan	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Marhoon, Al-Mawt (BHR)
	Jamaluddin 6	(9–21)	M. Hussain, N. Hussain 11
	3× 2×	Report	1×

Main round[edit]

Group I[edit]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar	3	3	0	0	78	60	+18	6	Semifinals
2	Japan	3	1	1	1	70	74	−4	3	Semifinals
3	Saudi Arabia	3	0	2	1	69	74	−5	2	5th place game
4	Iraq	3	0	1	2	64	73	−9	1	7th place game

Source: AHF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

20 August 2018 16:00	Iraq	20–26	Qatar	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta
	Mohammed 5	(9–15)	Heiba, Zouaoui 5
	2× 1×	Report	3× 2×

20 August 2018 20:00	Saudi Arabia	26–26	Japan	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Al-Abbas 8	(15–11)	Agarie 7
	3× 3× 1×	Report	4× 3×

22 August 2018 16:00	Japan	27–24	Iraq	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Mehdi, Saeed (IRI)
	Motoki 9	(12–15)	Abdalkan 5
	2× 1×	Report	7× 3×

22 August 2018 20:00	Qatar	28–23	Saudi Arabia	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Lee, Koo (KOR)
	Capote 6	(16–10)	Al-Hammad 6
	3× 3×	Report	4× 3× 1×

24 August 2018 16:00	Iraq	20–20	Saudi Arabia	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Mehdi, Saeed (IRI)
	Abdlkan 9	(11–12)	Al-Abbas, Al-Abdulali 5
	4× 1×	Report	3× 2× 2×

24 August 2018 20:00	Qatar	24–17	Japan	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Zouaoui 6	(13–10)	Higashinagahama 6
	5× 1×	Report	4× 1×

Group II[edit]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bahrain	3	3	0	99	67	+32	6	Semifinals
2	South Korea	3	2	1	99	70	+29	4	Semifinals
3	Iran	3	1	2	97	83	+14	2	5th place game
4	Hong Kong	3	0	3	54	129	−75	0	7th place game

Source: AHF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

20 August 2018 14:00	Bahrain	29–23	Iran	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta
	A. Salman 7	(16–13)	Askari 8
	4× 1× 2×	Report	6× 2×

20 August 2018 18:00	Hong Kong	15–40	South Korea	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta
	Tse 4	(7–21)	Hwang, Jang 7
	1× 3×	Report	1×

22 August 2018 14:00	South Korea	25–27	Bahrain	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Yoon 7	(11–13)	Al-Sayyad 8
	6× 1× 1×	Report	6× 3×

22 August 2018 18:00	Iran	46–20	Hong Kong	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
	Nosrati 12	(18–10)	Tse 7
	3× 1×	Report	3× 1×

24 August 2018 14:00	Bahrain	43–19	Hong Kong	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Al-Sager, Al-Sugufi (KSA)
	M. Salman 14	(21–11)	Kuo 6
	3×	Report	1×

24 August 2018 18:00	Iran	28–34	South Korea	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Nosrati 10	(12–17)	Jeong Y. 9
	2× 3×	Report	3× 2×

Knockout stage[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Semifinals		Gold medal game

27 August

Qatar	27
		31 August
South Korea	20
		Qatar (OT)	32
27 August
		Bahrain	27
Bahrain	31

Japan	20
		Bronze medal game

		31 August

		South Korea	24

		Japan	23

Seventh place game[edit]

26 August 2018 16:00	Iraq	31–24	Hong Kong	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Lee, Koo (KOR)
	Al-Akayshi 7	(15–12)	Ip 5
	3× 1×	Report	2× 2×

Fifth place game[edit]

26 August 2018 18:00	Saudi Arabia	23–30	Iran	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Al-Salem, Saeed 5	(9–16)	Samsami 6
	6× 1× 1×	Report	1× 3×

Semifinals[edit]

27 August 2018 14:00	Qatar	27–20	South Korea	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
	Madadi 6	(13–7)	Lee H. 7
	2× 4×	Report	3× 1×

27 August 2018 18:00	Bahrain	31–20	Japan	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Mehdi, Saeed (IRI)
	Al-Sayyad 10	(15–9)	Watanabe 7
	4× 2×	Report	1× 2×

Bronze medal game[edit]

31 August 2018 16:00	South Korea	24–23	Japan	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Marhoon, Al-Mawt (BHR)
	Hwang 6	(13–12)	Agarie, Watanabe 5
	3×	Report	2× 3×

Gold medal game[edit]

31 August 2018 18:00	Qatar	32–27 (ET)	Bahrain	GOR POPKI Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Zouaoui 7	(13–14)	Al-Sayyad 5
	3× 3×	Report	5× 4×
	FT: 25–25 ET: 7–2

Ranking and statistics[edit]

Final ranking[edit]

Rank	Team
	Qatar
	Bahrain
	South Korea
4	Japan
5	Iran
6	Saudi Arabia
7	Iraq
8	Hong Kong
9	Chinese Taipei
10	India
11	Pakistan
12	Indonesia
13	Malaysia

Top goalscorers[edit]


Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Anis Zouaoui	Qatar	51
2	Viktorius Rafael Tolang	Indonesia	42
2	Davinder Singh	India	42
4	Ali Abdlkan	Iraq	39
5	Hwang Do-yeop	South Korea	38
6	Husain Al-Sayyad	Bahrain	37
7	Chiu Yi-fan	Chinese Taipei	36
7	Muzamal Hussain	Pakistan	36
9	Shahoo Nosrati	Iran	33
10	Mohamed Ahmed	Bahrain	31
	Bagas	Indonesia
	Mahmood Salman	Bahrain

Source: AHF

Top goalkeepers[edit]


Rank	Name	Team	%
1	Mohammed Al-Nassfan	Saudi Arabia	45
2	Lin Kun-ming	Chinese Taipei	44
3	Mohammad Al-Salem	Saudi Arabia	40
4	Lee Dong-myung	South Korea	39
5	Bilal Al-Sabbagh	Iraq	38
6	Atul	India	37
	Akihito Kai	Japan
	Lee Chang-woo	South Korea
	Danijel Šarić	Qatar
10	Goran Stojanović	Qatar	36

Source: AHF

Medalists[edit]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Qatar	Bahrain	South Korea

References[edit]

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^ "Drawing Tujuh Cabang Asian Games Dilakukan Bersama" (in Indonesian). Koran Jakarta. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.

^ "18th Asian Games 2018 Men's Handball event". Asian Handball Federation. Retrieved 20 July 2018.

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