2008 Asian Men's Handball Championship

Asian Championship 2008 Asian Handball 2008 logo.png 200px Iran 17–26 February 10 1 1 1 KOR 7 KUW KSA IRI 27 1563 2006 Asian Men's Handball Championship 2010 Asian Men's Handball Championship The 2008 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the 13th Asian Championship, which was taking place from 17 to 26 February 2008 in Isfahan, Iran. The championship was held in Isfahan's Pirouzi Arena and acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship in Croatia. Draw Group AGroup BKUW IRI BHR CHN LIBKOR QAT JPN UAE KSA Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+3:30). Group A main WDL Q 2 n KUW KUW IRI IRI BHR BHR CHN CHN LIB LIB 3 0 1 122 109 3 0 1 137 122 H 3 0 1 129 113 1 0 3 113 131 0 0 4 102 128 green1 Q Q complete 17 February 2008 16:00 IRI 36–28 CHN 19–15 Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Chernega, Poladenko RUS 17 February 2008 20:00 KUW 26–24 BHR 12–8 Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Kolahdouzan, Karbaschi IRI 18 February 2008 16:00 BHR 37–26 LIB 18–11 Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Qasqas, Bani Hani JOR 18 February 2008 20:00 KUW 33–28 CHN 20–8 Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Vakula, Ludovik UKR 19 February 2008 16:00 IRI 34–27 LIB 16–15 Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Lu, Chen CHN 20 February 2008 14:30 KUW 29–22 LIB 14–12 Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Jonid, Honish SYR 20 February 2008 18:30 BHR 35–29 CHN 17–15 Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Chernega, Poladenko RUS 21 February 2008 16:00 IRI 32–33 BHR 20–12 Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Vakula, Ludovik UKR 22 February 2008 16:30 CHN 28–27 LIB 16–14 Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Jonid, Honish SYR 22 February 2008 20:30 KUW 34–35 IRI 18–15 Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Chernega, Poladenko RUS Group B main WDL Q 2 n KOR KOR KSA KSA QAT QAT JPN JPN UAE UAE 4 0 0 131 105 2 1 1 120 113 2 0 2 113 122 1 1 2 128 120 0 0 4 109 141 green1 Q Q complete 17 February 2008 18:00 KOR 36–27 UAE 20–10 Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Lu, Chen CHN 17 February 2008 22:00 JPN 28–28 KSA 13–14 Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Vakula, Ludovik UKR 18 February 2008 18:00 QAT 30–29 UAE 12–14 Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Jonid, Honish SYR 18 February 2008 22:00 KOR 33–25 JPN 18–12 Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Chernega, Poladenko RUS 19 February 2008 18:00 QAT 28–31 KSA 12–17 Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Kolahdouzan, Karbaschi IRI 20 February 2008 16:30 KOR 31–30 KSA 17–15 Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Vakula, Ludovik UKR 20 February 2008 20:30 JPN 44–27 UAE 21–17 Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Dib, Haidar LIB 21 February 2008 18:00 QAT 32–31 JPN 11–17 Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Dib, Haidar LIB 22 February 2008 14:30 UAE 26–31 KSA 13–17 Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Qasqas, Bani Hani JOR 22 February 2008 18:30 KOR 31–23 QAT 14–9 Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Kolahdouzan, Karbaschi IRI Placement 5th–10th 9th/10th 24 February 2008 14:00 LIB 25–38 UAE 13–18 Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Lu, Chen CHN 7th/8th 25 February 2008 14:30 CHN 35–38 JPN 15–22 Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Jonid, Honish SYR 5th/6th 25 February 2008 17:00 BHR 0–10 QAT Walkover Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Kolahdouzan, Karbaschi IRI * Bahrain didn't not show up and was penalized to the last place. Final round Semifinals Gold medal match Bronze medal match 24 February – Isfahan KUW 32 KSA 29 24 February – Isfahan KOR 33 IRI 24 26 February – Isfahan KUW 21 KOR 27 26 February – Isfahan KSA 24 IRI 23 Semifinals 24 February 2008 16:30 KUW 32–29 KSA 16–14 Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Vakula, Ludovik UKR 24 February 2008 19:00 KOR 33–24 IRI 13–12 Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Chernega, Poladenko RUS Bronze medal match 26 February 2008 14:30 KSA 24–23 IRI 13–12 Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Vakula, Ludovik UKR Gold medal match 26 February 2008 17:00 KUW 21–27 KOR 9–15 Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Chernega, Poladenko RUS Final standing Rank TeamKORKUWKSA4IRI5QAT6JPN7CHN8UAE9LIB10BHR Team qualified for the 2009 World Championship All-star team Goalkeeper: Yousef Al-Fadhli KUW Left wing: Yu Dong-geun KOR Left back: Rahim Momenizadeh IRI Pivot: Abdullah Al-Theyab KUW Centre back: Bandar Al-Harbi KSA Right back: Park Wong-chul KOR Right wing: Hussain Al-Ekhwan KSA External links http://www.asianhandball2008.com/ Goalzz www.asianhandball.com https://web.archive.org/web/20081204114547/http://www.asianhandball.com/menu/IRIchampionshiptable.htm 2008-12-04 Results at todor66 Asian Handball Handball Category:Asian Handball Championships Category:February 2008 sports events in Asia