# Handball at the 2018 Asian Games – Women

The women's tournament of Handball at the 2018 Asian Games at Jakarta, Indonesia was held between 14 and 30 August 2018. The matches were held at the POPKI Sports Hall.

## Squads

| China | Hong Kong | India | Indonesia |
| Lin Yanqun Zhang Haixia Li Xiaoqing Wu Yin Wu Nana Yu Yuanyuan Wang Haiye Si Wen Liu Xiaomei Sha Zhengwen Yang Jiao Zhao Jiaqin Yang Yurou Li Yao Qiao Ru Lan Xiaoling | Chan Kam Ling Cheung Mei Ngo Cheung Shu Man Wong Ching Yu Tang Man Ting Tsang Mei Yan Chung Ka Yu Leung Sin Ying Tsang Yuen Lam Chow Pui Yee Wu Lei Ling Leung Tsz Hin Lam Sze Pui Wong Shuk Yee Lee Man Nga Lam Wai Yu | Nina Shil Nidhi Sharma Sushma Ghanghas Maninder Kaur Sanjeeta Ruhel Jyoti Shukla Banita Sharma Deepa Thakur Ritu Indu Gupta Kajal Rimpi Khila Devi Diksha Kumari Priyanka Thakur Manjula Pathak | Shantika Ayuning Baharizki Fitri Anggi Yani Claudia Finka Wiranata Inge Indah Wijayatri Dian Ekavianti Fefan Shinta Hidayatuzzaroh Lia Apriliani Ria Astuti Marselina Afifatur Rofidiyah Putri Dwi Merdekawati Gadis Risma Septiananda Sri Nurlinda Anggun Pramesti Felita Widya Dhana Anisa Yulianti |
| Japan | Kazakhstan | Malaysia | North Korea |
| Kimiko Hida Mika Nagata Kaho Sunami Sayo Shiota Asuka Fujita Aya Yokoshima Minami Itano Chie Katsuren Hitomi Tada Natsumi Akiyama Nozomi Hara Mana Ohyama Shiori Nagata Miyuki Terada Tomomi Kawata Mayuko Ishitate | Irina Danilova Olga Tankina Sevara Rejemetova Anna Kazachenko Veronika Khardina Kristina Kapralova Yelena Suyazova Tatyana Parfenova Arailym Abdikhamit Irina Alexandrova Tatyana Davydova Natalya Ilyina Mariya Pupchenkova Valeriya Karavayeva Viktoriya Kolotinskaya Dana Abilda | Nurul Hafizah Mispani Norsyamimi Wan Nazri Nur Alia Saimi Nur Shaidatul Zubaidi Noor Haninah Hasri Nur Amira Wahid Farah Atifah Ahmad Yusop Aqilah Hasya Haris Fadzillah Nurul Irdina Yazid Dharshiniy Sivan Nurfarahiyah Yusri Siti Zubaidah Salleh Nor Shuhada Zahari Nur Atikah Azman Nurshahira Abd Rahman Nur Asyiqin Rasdi | Ho Ryu-gyong O Kyong-sun Choe Chun-il Kil Mi-hyang An Ok-sim Han Jong-hyang Jang Ok-hyang Kim Jong-hui Mun Un-suk Mun Hong-sim Kim Chol-sun Kim Un-gyong Han Chun-yon Choe Pong-im |
| South Korea | Thailand | | |
| Park Sae-young Kim Seon-hwa Song Hai-rim Shin Eun-joo Kim On-a Park Mi-ra Yoo Hyun-ji Kang Eun-hye Choi Su-min Han Mi-seul Jung Ji-hae Gim Bo-eun Song Ji-eun Lee Hyo-jin Jung Yu-ra Yu So-jeong | Pakakan Thongkot Pawinee Bunjarern Preechaya Junmanee Thitima Sriratbuaphan Wantanee Wichaisang Jenjira Paochanoun Chuenkamol Inthong Suphaporn Yaemyim Nuttawadee Saisod Kwanruedi Srithamma Nittaya Joisakoo Kawinthida Janjit Siriyaporn Boonnet Sunanta Hongbooddee Dujduan Matarit Suphansa Thongnum | | |

## Results

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 86 | +65 | 8 | Semifinals |
| 2 | China | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 120 | 112 | +8 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | North Korea | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 139 | 125 | +14 | 4 | Classification 5th–8th |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 118 | 116 | +2 | 4 | Classification 5th–8th |
| 5 | India | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 77 | 166 | −89 | 0 | Classification 9th–10th |
* 1 2 3 Tied on head-to-head points (2). Head-to-head goal difference: CHN +2, PRK +1, KAZ −3.
| 14 August 11:00 | India | 19–36 | Kazakhstan | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Lee, Koo (KOR) |
| 14 August 11:00 | Rimpi 8 | (13–19) | Abilda 8 | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Lee, Koo (KOR) |
| 14 August 11:00 | 2× 5× | | 2× 2× | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Lee, Koo (KOR) |
| 14 August 16:00 | North Korea | 22–39 | South Korea | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Marhoon, Al-Mawt (BHR) |
| 14 August 16:00 | Han C.Y. 5 | (12–17) | Jung Y.R. 12 | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Marhoon, Al-Mawt (BHR) |
| 14 August 16:00 | 1× 5× | | 3× 4× | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Marhoon, Al-Mawt (BHR) |
| 16 August 16:00 | India | 18–45 | South Korea | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Shakir, Kadhim (IRQ) |
| 16 August 16:00 | Ritu 6 | (9–20) | Yu S.J. 12 | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Shakir, Kadhim (IRQ) |
| 16 August 16:00 | 1× 4× | | 1× 1× | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Shakir, Kadhim (IRQ) |
| 16 August 18:00 | China | 26–27 | Kazakhstan | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN) |
| 16 August 18:00 | Li Y. 6 | (11–11) | Abilda 7 | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN) |
| 16 August 18:00 | 1× 8× | | 5× | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN) |
| 19 August 16:00 | India | 21–36 | China | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Saqer, Al-Suqufi (KSA) |
| 19 August 16:00 | Kaur 10 | (9–19) | Zhang H.X. 7 | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Saqer, Al-Suqufi (KSA) |
| 19 August 16:00 | 3× 2× | | 2× 4× | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Saqer, Al-Suqufi (KSA) |
| 19 August 18:00 | Kazakhstan | 33–37 | North Korea | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Shakir, Kadhim (IRQ) |
| 19 August 18:00 | Abilda 10 | (17–17) | O K.S. 9 | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Shakir, Kadhim (IRQ) |
| 19 August 18:00 | 3× 1× | | 4× | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Shakir, Kadhim (IRQ) |
| 21 August 14:00 | North Korea | 49–19 | India | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN) |
| 21 August 14:00 | Choe P.I. 11 | (23–10) | Ghanghas, Kaur, Rimpi 4 | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN) |
| 21 August 14:00 | 2× 3× | | 3× 4× | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN) |
| 21 August 18:00 | China | 24–33 | South Korea | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA) |
| 21 August 18:00 | Liu X.M. 5 | (11–14) | Jung Y.R. 8 | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA) |
| 21 August 18:00 | 3× 1× | | 3× 1× | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA) |
| 23 August 14:00 | North Korea | 31–34 | China | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN) |
| 23 August 14:00 | Choe C.I. | (14–17) | Liu X.M. 13 | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN) |
| 23 August 14:00 | 2× 3× | | 1× 2× | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN) |
| 23 August 16:00 | South Korea | 34–22 | Kazakhstan | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Li, Ke (CHN) |
| 23 August 16:00 | Yu S.J. 7 | (17–11) | Suyazova, Abilda 5 | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Li, Ke (CHN) |
| 23 August 16:00 | 1× 2× | | 1× 3× | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Li, Ke (CHN) |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 208 | 38 | +170 | 8 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Thailand | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 120 | 93 | +27 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 112 | 97 | +15 | 4 | Classification 5th–8th |
| 4 | Indonesia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 146 | −90 | 2 | Classification 5th–8th |
| 5 | Malaysia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 167 | −122 | 0 | Classification 9th–10th |
| 14 August 14:00 | Thailand | 16–41 | Japan | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Tavakkoli, Valadkhanian (IRI) |
| 14 August 14:00 | Bunjarern 7 | (6–23) | Akiyama 8 | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Tavakkoli, Valadkhanian (IRI) |
| 14 August 14:00 | 4× 2× | | 3× 4× | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Tavakkoli, Valadkhanian (IRI) |
| 14 August 18:00 | Malaysia | 15–23 | Indonesia | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Saqer, Al-Suqufi (KSA) |
| 14 August 18:00 | Yusri 4 | (9–12) | Apriliani 7 | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Saqer, Al-Suqufi (KSA) |
| 14 August 18:00 | 2× 8× 1× | | 3× 2× | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Saqer, Al-Suqufi (KSA) |
| 16 August 11:00 | Thailand | 34–16 | Indonesia | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Li, Ke (CHN) |
| 16 August 11:00 | Hongbooddee 10 | (19–6) | Wijayatri 4 | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Li, Ke (CHN) |
| 16 August 11:00 | 2× 3× | | 3× 4× | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Li, Ke (CHN) |
| 16 August 14:00 | Hong Kong | 13–41 | Japan | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Tavakkoli, Valadkhanian (IRI) |
| 16 August 14:00 | Cheung M.N. 6 | (5–18) | Fujita, Akiyama 6 | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Tavakkoli, Valadkhanian (IRI) |
| 16 August 14:00 | 2× 4× | | 3× 2× | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Tavakkoli, Valadkhanian (IRI) |
| 19 August 11:00 | Thailand | 30–24 | Hong Kong | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA) |
| 19 August 11:00 | Bunjarern 10 | (13–10) | Wu L.L. 7 | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA) |
| 19 August 11:00 | 2× 5× | | 3× 4× | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA) |
| 19 August 14:00 | Japan | 64–3 | Malaysia | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Li, Ke (CHN) |
| 19 August 14:00 | Kawata 10 | (32–2) | Yusop 2 | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Li, Ke (CHN) |
| 19 August 14:00 | | | 2× | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Li, Ke (CHN) |
| 21 August 16:00 | Malaysia | 12–40 | Thailand | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Li, Ke (CHN) |
| 21 August 16:00 | five players 2 | (5–24) | Yaemyim 11 | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Li, Ke (CHN) |
| 21 August 16:00 | 7× 1× | | | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Li, Ke (CHN) |
| 21 August 20:00 | Hong Kong | 35–11 | Indonesia | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Shakir, Kadhim (IRQ) |
| 21 August 20:00 | Wu L.L. 12 | (17–5) | five players 2 | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Shakir, Kadhim (IRQ) |
| 21 August 20:00 | 1× 2× | | 1× 4× | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Shakir, Kadhim (IRQ) |
| 23 August 11:00 | Malaysia | 15–40 | Hong Kong | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Saqer, Al-Suqufi (KSA) |
| 23 August 11:00 | Saimi 5 | (9–23) | Cheung M.N. 7 | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Saqer, Al-Suqufi (KSA) |
| 23 August 11:00 | 2× 3× | | | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Saqer, Al-Suqufi (KSA) |
| 23 August 18:00 | Indonesia | 6–62 | Japan | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR) |
| 23 August 18:00 | Apriliani 4 | (4–34) | Kawata 11 | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR) |
| 23 August 18:00 | 1× 6× | | 2× | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR) |

### Classification 9th–10th

| 25 August 14:00 | India | 54–19 | Malaysia | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN) |
| 25 August 14:00 | D. Thakur, Gupta, Devi 8 | (19–5) | Yusop 7 | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN) |
| 25 August 14:00 | 2× 4× | | 2× 6× | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN) |

### Classification 5th–8th

| Classification 5–8 | Classification 5–8 | Classification 5th–6th | Classification 5th–6th |
| 25 August | 25 August |
| North Korea | 59 |
| North Korea | 59 | 29 August | 29 August |
| Indonesia | 19 | 29 August | 29 August |
| Indonesia | 19 | North Korea | 32 |
| 25 August | 25 August | | North Korea | 32 |
| 25 August | 25 August | Kazakhstan | 30 |
| Hong Kong | 23 | Kazakhstan | 30 |
| Kazakhstan | 35 | | |
| Kazakhstan | 35 | Classification 7th–8th | Classification 7th–8th |
| | | 29 August | 29 August |
| | | Indonesia | 16 |
| | | Hong Kong | 30 |

#### Semifinals

| 25 August 16:00 | North Korea | 59–15 | Indonesia | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA) |
| 25 August 16:00 | Choe P.I. 13 | (28–6) | Apriliani 7 | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA) |
| 25 August 16:00 | 1× 1× | | 2× 5× | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA) |
| 25 August 18:00 | Hong Kong | 23–35 | Kazakhstan | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR) |
| 25 August 18:00 | Cheung M.N. 7 | (9–15) | Ilyina 10 | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR) |
| 25 August 18:00 | 2× 2× | | 2× 2× | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR) |

#### Classification 7th–8th

| 29 August 11:00 | Indonesia | 16–30 | Hong Kong | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR) |
| 29 August 11:00 | Baharizki, Apriliani 4 | (8–18) | Cheung M.N. 10 | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR) |
| 29 August 11:00 | 2× 4× | | 2× 5× | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR) |

#### Classification 5th–6th

| 29 August 16:00 | North Korea | 32–30 | Kazakhstan | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN) |
| 29 August 16:00 | Mun U.S. 12 | (16–13) | Ilyina 9 | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN) |
| 29 August 16:00 | 2× 3× | | 1× 5× | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN) |

### Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 27 August | 27 August |
| South Korea | 40 |
| South Korea | 40 | 30 August | 30 August |
| Thailand | 13 | 30 August | 30 August |
| Thailand | 13 | South Korea | 29 |
| 27 August | 27 August | | South Korea | 29 |
| 27 August | 27 August | China | 23 |
| Japan | 31 | China | 23 |
| China | 32 | | |
| China | 32 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 30 August | 30 August |
| | | Thailand | 14 |
| | | Japan | 43 |

#### Semifinals

| 27 August 11:00 | South Korea | 40–13 | Thailand | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN) |
| 27 August 11:00 | Choi S.M. 9 | (16–7) | Paochanoun, Yaemyim, Joisakoo 3 | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN) |
| 27 August 11:00 | 2× 1× | | 2× 1× | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN) |
| 27 August 16:00 | Japan | 31–32 | China | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA) |
| 27 August 16:00 | Yokoshima, Akiyama 6 | (15–13) | Liu X.M. 11 | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA) |
| 27 August 16:00 | 2× 2× | | 2× | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA) |

#### Bronze medal match

| 30 August 16:00 | Thailand | 14–43 | Japan | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR) |
| 30 August 16:00 | Bunjarern 6 | (6–20) | Fujita, Akiyama, Kawata 6 | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR) |
| 30 August 16:00 | 2× 5× | | 3× 2× | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR) |

#### Gold medal match

| 30 August 18:00 | South Korea | 29–23 | China | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN) |
| 30 August 18:00 | Jung Y.R. 8 | (12–9) | Liu X.M. 10 | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN) |
| 30 August 18:00 | 2× | | 3× 2× | POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN) |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
| | South Korea | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| | China | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| | Japan | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Thailand | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | North Korea | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Indonesia | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | India | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Malaysia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |