# Handball at the 2002 Asian Games – Women

Women's handball at the 2002 Asian Games was held in Changwon Gymnasium, Changwon, South Korea from October 1 to October 12, 2002.

## Squads

| China | Japan | Kazakhstan | North Korea |
| Wang Xiaojiong Zhai Chao Liu Yun Li Bing Shi Wei Li Yang Chen Haiyun Zhu Hongxia Wu Yanan Liu Xiaomei Che Zhihong Yu Geli Zhao Ying Li Weiwei Li Xin | Michiko Yamashita Chizuko Kawamoto Mie Fujiura Akane Aoto Mineko Tanaka Masayo Oishi Kiho Inayoshi Hitomi Sakugawa Yukari Asai Akiko Kinjo Eiko Yamada Naomi Nakamura Mami Tanaka Aiko Hayafune Tomoko Sakamoto Maki Hadeshige | Olga Travnikova Yelena Kozlova Olga Zolina Irina Borechko Marina Buzmakova Svetlana Grasmik Lyazzat Kilibayeva Olga Yegunova Liliya Zubkova Lyudmila Sidorenko Natalya Kubrina Irina Lang Natalya Shapovalova Irina Melnikova Yuliya Puzanova Olga Adzhiderskaya | Rim Kil-hwa Pak Song-ok Ri Hyon-sil Kim Sun-sil Yun Kyong-ok Ko Won-suk Hong Sun-hui Im Un-song Ri Jong-sim Kim Kyong-hui Pak Chun-bok Kim Tong-suk Ri Hui-yong Sin Ok-son Yun Yong-sun Kim Il-sim |
| South Korea | | | |
| Lee Nam-soo Kim Hyang-ki Huh Soon-young Kim Eun-gyung Jang So-hee Kim Hyun-ok Kim Cha-youn Lee Seul-hee Huh Young-sook Moon Kyeong-ha Kim Cheong-sim Chung Eun-hee Woo Sun-hee Son Myung-hee Myoung Bok-hee Choi Im-jeong | | | |

## Results

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | South Korea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 83 | +33 | 8 |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 104 | 98 | +6 | 5 |
| 3 | China | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 100 | 96 | +4 | 4 |
| 4 | Japan | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 90 | 109 | −19 | 2 |
| 5 | North Korea | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 99 | 123 | −24 | 1 |
| 1 October 13:00 | South Korea | 28–21 | Japan | Changwon Gymnasium, Changwon Referees: Al-Mulla, Al-Zarraa (QAT) |
| 1 October 13:00 | Kim E.G. 5 | (13–12) | Kinjo 5 | Changwon Gymnasium, Changwon Referees: Al-Mulla, Al-Zarraa (QAT) |
| 1 October 15:00 | China | 24–24 | Kazakhstan | Changwon Gymnasium, Changwon Referees: Abbas, Haider (KUW) |
| 1 October 15:00 | Li Y. 8 | (12–13) | Kubrina 10 | Changwon Gymnasium, Changwon Referees: Abbas, Haider (KUW) |
| 3 October 13:00 | South Korea | 28–19 | Kazakhstan | Changwon Gymnasium, Changwon Referees: Al-Mulla, Al-Zarraa (QAT) |
| 3 October 13:00 | Choi I.J. 9 | (13–9) | Kozlova 4 | Changwon Gymnasium, Changwon Referees: Al-Mulla, Al-Zarraa (QAT) |
| 3 October 15:00 | Japan | 26–26 | North Korea | Changwon Gymnasium, Changwon Referees: Abbas, Haider (KUW) |
| 3 October 15:00 | Tanaka, Sakugawa 6 | (14–12) | Ri H.Y. 11 | Changwon Gymnasium, Changwon Referees: Abbas, Haider (KUW) |
| 5 October 15:00 | China | 34–23 | North Korea | Changwon Gymnasium, Changwon Referees: Hamada, Ogasawara (JPN) |
| 5 October 15:00 | Zhao Y. 11 | (13–12) | Kim K.H. 7 | Changwon Gymnasium, Changwon Referees: Hamada, Ogasawara (JPN) |
| 7 October 13:00 | South Korea | 34–24 | North Korea | Changwon Gymnasium, Changwon Referees: Kouzehgari, Hayatpour (IRI) |
| 7 October 13:00 | Choi I.J. 7 | (15–16) | Kim K.H., Ri H.Y. 5 | Changwon Gymnasium, Changwon Referees: Kouzehgari, Hayatpour (IRI) |
| 7 October 15:00 | Japan | 20–32 | Kazakhstan | Changwon Gymnasium, Changwon Referees: Abbas, Haider (KUW) |
| 7 October 15:00 | Inayoshi 5 | (8–18) | Kubrina 8 | Changwon Gymnasium, Changwon Referees: Abbas, Haider (KUW) |
| 9 October 13:00 | China | 23–23 | Japan | Changwon Gymnasium, Changwon Referees: Al-Mulla, Al-Zarraa (QAT) |
| 9 October 13:00 | Zhai C. 8 | (11–9) | Tanaka, Yamada 7 | Changwon Gymnasium, Changwon Referees: Al-Mulla, Al-Zarraa (QAT) |
| 11 October 14:00 | Kazakhstan | 29–26 | North Korea | Changwon Gymnasium, Changwon Referees: Kouzehgari, Hayatpour (IRI) |
| 11 October 14:00 | Kubrina 9 | (14–13) | Sin O.S. 7 | Changwon Gymnasium, Changwon Referees: Kouzehgari, Hayatpour (IRI) |
| 12 October 14:00 | South Korea | 26–19 | China | Changwon Gymnasium, Changwon Referees: Hamada, Ogasawara (JPN) |
| 12 October 14:00 | Woo S.H., Choi I.J. 7 | (10–12) | Zhai C. 6 | Changwon Gymnasium, Changwon Referees: Hamada, Ogasawara (JPN) |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
| | South Korea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| | Kazakhstan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| | China | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Japan | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | North Korea | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |