# 2017 Asian Women's Handball Championship

The 2017 Asian Women's Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the Asian Women's Handball Championship, which took place from 13 to 22 March 2017 in Suwon, South Korea. The tournament was held under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. It was the second time that South Korea hosted the tournament, after the 1995 Championship. It also acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship.

## Venues

| Suwon | Suwon |
| Suwon | Suwon Gymnasium |
| Suwon | Capacity: 5,145 |

## Draw

The draw was held on 11 January 2017 at the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea. Maldives withdrew from the championship after the draw. Vietnam was initially drawn in Group B but was shifted to Group A, to balance number of teams in each group.
| Group A | Group B |
| South Korea | Japan |
| China | Kazakhstan |
| Iran | Uzbekistan |
| Maldives | Hong Kong |
| Vietnam | |

## Referees

Three male and two female referee pairs were selected for the championship. Bahraini, Jordanian and Iranian pairs were male while the rest of two were female:
Referees :
| Bahrain | Samir Ali Marhoon Hussain Saeed Al-Mawt |
| Iran | Mehdi Tavakoli Ataabadi Saeed Valadkhanian |
| Japan | Tomoko Ota Mariko Shimajiri |
Referees :
| Jordan | Yaser Eial Awwad Akram Al-Zayyat |
| South Korea | Eunha Lee Gaeul Lee |

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+9).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 57 | +78 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | China | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 61 | +36 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Vietnam | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 119 | −65 | 2 | |
| 4 | Iran | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 110 | −49 | 0 | |
| 13 March 2017 14:15 | China | 33–8 | Iran | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR) |
| 13 March 2017 14:15 | Zhang 6 | (17–3) | Bapiri 3 | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR) |
| 13 March 2017 14:15 | 3× 3× | Report | 3× 3× | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR) |
| 13 March 2017 16:30 | South Korea | 48–11 | Vietnam | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (JPN) |
| 13 March 2017 16:30 | Shin 11 | (22–7) | Nguyễn 4 | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (JPN) |
| 13 March 2017 16:30 | 3× 1× | Report | 2× | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (JPN) |
| 15 March 2017 14:15 | Vietnam | 10–40 | China | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (JPN) |
| 15 March 2017 14:15 | Trang 3 | (5–18) | Lan 7 | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (JPN) |
| 15 March 2017 14:15 | 2× | Report | 3× | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (JPN) |
| 15 March 2017 16:30 | Iran | 22–44 | South Korea | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Mawt, Ali Marhoon (BHR) |
| 15 March 2017 16:30 | four players 3 | (9–23) | Choi 7 | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Mawt, Ali Marhoon (BHR) |
| 15 March 2017 16:30 | 3× 4× | Report | 3× 4× | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Mawt, Ali Marhoon (BHR) |
| 17 March 2017 14:15 | Iran | 31–33 | Vietnam | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Mawt, Ali Marhoon (BHR) |
| 17 March 2017 14:15 | Yousefi 7 | (11–14) | Trang 13 | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Mawt, Ali Marhoon (BHR) |
| 17 March 2017 14:15 | 3× 4× | Report | 3× 2× | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Mawt, Ali Marhoon (BHR) |
| 17 March 2017 16:30 | South Korea | 43–24 | China | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (JPN) |
| 17 March 2017 16:30 | Choi 9 | (21–13) | Qiao 6 | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (JPN) |
| 17 March 2017 16:30 | 1× 1× | Report | 4× 3× | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (JPN) |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 37 | +67 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 63 | +21 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 93 | −26 | 2 | |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 101 | −62 | 0 | |
| 14 March 2017 14:15 | Kazakhstan | 35–22 | Uzbekistan | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR) |
| 14 March 2017 14:15 | Alexandrova 8 | (14–13) | Voronina 12 | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR) |
| 14 March 2017 14:15 | 3× 5× | Report | 3× 4× | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR) |
| 14 March 2017 16:30 | Japan | 37–7 | Hong Kong | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Mawt, Ali Marhoon (BHR) |
| 14 March 2017 16:30 | Kawata 7 | (17–5) | Lei 2 | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Mawt, Ali Marhoon (BHR) |
| 14 March 2017 16:30 | 3× 1× | Report | 3× 4× | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Mawt, Ali Marhoon (BHR) |
| 16 March 2017 14:15 | Hong Kong | 13–35 | Kazakhstan | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Tavakoli, Valadkhanian (IRI) |
| 16 March 2017 14:15 | Wong 4 | (7–15) | five players 4 | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Tavakoli, Valadkhanian (IRI) |
| 16 March 2017 14:15 | 3× 5× | Report | 3× 1× | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Tavakoli, Valadkhanian (IRI) |
| 16 March 2017 16:30 | Uzbekistan | 16–39 | Japan | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR) |
| 16 March 2017 16:30 | Voronina 7 | (7–16) | Kawata 10 | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR) |
| 16 March 2017 16:30 | 3× 4× | Report | 3× 5× | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR) |
| 18 March 2017 14:15 | Uzbekistan | 29–19 | Hong Kong | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR) |
| 18 March 2017 14:15 | Abdulhamidova 12 | (13–10) | Lei 5 | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR) |
| 18 March 2017 14:15 | 3× 8× | Report | 3× 3× | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR) |
| 18 March 2017 16:30 | Japan | 28–14 | Kazakhstan | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR) |
| 18 March 2017 16:30 | Kawata, Ohyama 4 | (11–11) | Rodina 4 | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR) |
| 18 March 2017 16:30 | 4× 3× | Report | 3× 3× | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR) |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 20 March | 20 March |
| South Korea | 41 |
| South Korea | 41 | 22 March | 22 March |
| Kazakhstan | 20 | 22 March | 22 March |
| Kazakhstan | 20 | South Korea | 30 |
| 20 March | 20 March | | South Korea | 30 |
| 20 March | 20 March | Japan | 20 |
| Japan | 27 | Japan | 20 |
| China | 26 | | |
| China | 26 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 22 March | 22 March |
| | | Kazakhstan | 26 |
| | | China | 34 |

#### 5–8th place bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 20 March | 20 March |
| Vietnam | 30 |
| Vietnam | 30 | 21 March | 21 March |
| Hong Kong | 24 | 21 March | 21 March |
| Hong Kong | 24 | Vietnam | 29 |
| 20 March | 20 March | | Vietnam | 29 |
| 20 March | 20 March | Uzbekistan | 41 |
| Uzbekistan | 29 | Uzbekistan | 41 |
| Iran | 28 | | |
| Iran | 28 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 21 March | 21 March |
| | | Hong Kong | 18 |
| | | Iran | 31 |

### 5–8th place semifinals

| 20 March 2017 12:00 | Vietnam | 30–24 | Hong Kong | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR) |
| 20 March 2017 12:00 | Trang 8 | (14–10) | Lei 10 | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR) |
| 20 March 2017 12:00 | 2× 3× | Report | 3× 6× | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR) |
| 20 March 2017 14:15 | Uzbekistan | 29–28 | Iran | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR) |
| 20 March 2017 14:15 | Voronina 10 | (14–11) | Bapiri 7 | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR) |
| 20 March 2017 14:15 | 3× 3× | Report | 3× 4× | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR) |

### Semifinals

| 20 March 2017 16:30 | South Korea | 41–20 | Kazakhstan | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (JPN) |
| 20 March 2017 16:30 | three players 7 | (20–10) | Tankina 4 | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (JPN) |
| 20 March 2017 16:30 | 2× | Report | 3× 3× | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (JPN) |
| 20 March 2017 18:45 | Japan | 27–26 | China | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Mawt, Ali Marhoon (BHR) |
| 20 March 2017 18:45 | Ohyama 8 | (12–12) | Meng 7 | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Mawt, Ali Marhoon (BHR) |
| 20 March 2017 18:45 | 3× 5× | Report | 2× 5× | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Mawt, Ali Marhoon (BHR) |

### Seventh place game

| 21 March 2017 14:15 | Hong Kong | 18–31 | Iran | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (JPN) |
| 21 March 2017 14:15 | Lai 4 | (7–14) | Bapiri 7 | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (JPN) |
| 21 March 2017 14:15 | 3× 3× | Report | 3× 1× | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (JPN) |

### Fifth place game

| 21 March 2017 16:30 | Vietnam | 29–41 | Uzbekistan | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Tavakoli, Valadkhanian (IRI) |
| 21 March 2017 16:30 | Trang 9 | (13–17) | Dilbaarhon 10 | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Tavakoli, Valadkhanian (IRI) |
| 21 March 2017 16:30 | 3× 5× | Report | 3× 7× | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Tavakoli, Valadkhanian (IRI) |

### Third place game

| 22 March 2017 14:15 | Kazakhstan | 26–34 | China | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR) |
| 22 March 2017 14:15 | Abilda 6 | (12–16) | Zhang 8 | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR) |
| 22 March 2017 14:15 | 3× 2× | Report | 3× 3× | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR) |

### Final

| 22 March 2017 16:30 | South Korea | 30–20 | Japan | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Mawt, Ali Marhoon (BHR) |
| 22 March 2017 16:30 | Kim 7 | (11–15) | Nakayama 5 | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Mawt, Ali Marhoon (BHR) |
| 22 March 2017 16:30 | 2× 2× | Report | 3× 3× | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Mawt, Ali Marhoon (BHR) |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | South Korea |
| | Japan |
| | China |
| 4 | Kazakhstan |
| 5 | Uzbekistan |
| 6 | Vietnam |
| 7 | Iran |
| 8 | Hong Kong |
* Team qualified for the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship