2018 Asian Men's Handball Championship

2018 Asian Championship
Tournament details
Host country South Korea
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates18–28 January
Teams14 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Qatar (3rd title)
Runner-up Bahrain
Third place South Korea
Fourth place Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played45
Goals scored2,428 (53.96 per match)
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The 2018 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the 18th edition of the championship held under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. The championship was hosted at Suwon, South Korea from 18 to 28 January 2018. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship. For the first time, Australia, New Zealand and Bangladesh participated.[1][2]

Qatar won their third title after defeating Bahrain 33–31 in the final.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Korea 2018 groups drawn for 18th AHF Asian Men's Championship". ihf.info. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Draw results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-09-25. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  3. ^ "Qatar beat Bahrain to win Asian Men's Handball Championship". thepeninsulaqatar.com. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Qatar are Kings of Asia again". ihf.info. Retrieved 30 January 2018.