# 2023 Asian Women's Youth Handball Championship

The 2023 Asian Women's Youth Handball Championship was the 10th edition of the championship held from 15 to 24 July 2023 at Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida, India under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. It was the third time in history that championship was organised by the Handball Federation of India. It also acted as the qualification tournament for the 2024 Women's Youth World Handball Championship.

## Draw

The draw was held on 2 May 2023 at the Asian Handball Federation Headquarters, Surra, Kuwait.

### Seeding

Teams were seeded according to the AHF COC regulations and rankings of the previous edition of the championship. Teams who did not participated in the previous edition were in Pot 3.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
| India Kazakhstan | Uzbekistan | Bangladesh China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Japan Nepal Pakistan South Korea |
Pakistan and Uzbekistan withdrew from the tournament after the draw.

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+5:30).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 46 | +98 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | China | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 116 | 66 | +50 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 88 | 86 | +2 | 2 | 5–8th place semifinals |
| 4 | Nepal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 162 | −150 | 0 | 5–8th place semifinals |
| 15 July 2023 19:00 | China | 37–28 | Kazakhstan | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 15 July 2023 19:00 | | (21–10) | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 15 July 2023 19:00 | | Report | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 16 July 2023 16:00 | China | 28–33 | South Korea | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 16 July 2023 16:00 | | (13–18) | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 16 July 2023 16:00 | | Report | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 17 July 2023 14:00 | Nepal | 3–46 | Kazakhstan | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 17 July 2023 14:00 | | (1–25) | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 17 July 2023 14:00 | | Report | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 19 July 2023 12:00 | Nepal | 5–51 | China | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 19 July 2023 12:00 | | (2–27) | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 19 July 2023 12:00 | | Report | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 19 July 2023 16:00 | South Korea | 46–14 | Kazakhstan | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 19 July 2023 16:00 | | (23–6) | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 19 July 2023 16:00 | | Report | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 20 July 2023 14:00 | Nepal | 4–65 | South Korea | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 20 July 2023 14:00 | | (2–30) | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 20 July 2023 14:00 | | Report | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 38 | +133 | 8 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 80 | +21 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 3 | India (H) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 97 | 98 | −1 | 4 | 5–8th place semifinals |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 123 | −64 | 2 | 5–8th place semifinals |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 65 | 154 | −89 | 0 | |
| 15 July 2023 15:00 | Bangladesh | 28–33 | India | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 15 July 2023 15:00 | | (14–20) | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 15 July 2023 15:00 | | Report | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 15 July 2023 17:00 | Chinese Taipei | 9–37 | Japan | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 15 July 2023 17:00 | | (1–19) | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 15 July 2023 17:00 | | Report | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 16 July 2023 14:00 | Japan | 41–8 | Hong Kong | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 16 July 2023 14:00 | | (20–2) | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 16 July 2023 14:00 | | Report | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 16 July 2023 18:00 | Bangladesh | 14–41 | Chinese Taipei | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 16 July 2023 18:00 | | (6–21) | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 16 July 2023 18:00 | | Report | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 17 July 2023 16:00 | Bangladesh | 3–54 | Japan | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 17 July 2023 16:00 | | (2–25) | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 17 July 2023 16:00 | | Report | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 17 July 2023 18:00 | Hong Kong | 13–29 | India | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 17 July 2023 18:00 | | (5–12) | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 17 July 2023 18:00 | | Report | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 19 July 2023 14:00 | Hong Kong | 26–20 | Bangladesh | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 19 July 2023 14:00 | | (13–10) | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 19 July 2023 14:00 | | Report | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 19 July 2023 18:00 | Chinese Taipei | 18–17 | India | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 19 July 2023 18:00 | | (12–8) | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 19 July 2023 18:00 | | Report | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 20 July 2023 16:00 | Hong Kong | 12–33 | Chinese Taipei | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 20 July 2023 16:00 | | (5–18) | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 20 July 2023 16:00 | | Report | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 20 July 2023 18:00 | India | 18–39 | Japan | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 20 July 2023 18:00 | | (9–23) | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 20 July 2023 18:00 | | Report | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 22 July | 22 July |
| South Korea | 42 |
| South Korea | 42 | 24 July | 24 July |
| Chinese Taipei | 22 | 24 July | 24 July |
| Chinese Taipei | 22 | South Korea | 23 |
| 22 July | 22 July | | South Korea | 23 |
| 22 July | 22 July | Japan | 24 |
| Japan | 34 | Japan | 24 |
| China | 22 | | |
| China | 22 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 24 July | 24 July |
| | | Chinese Taipei | 14 |
| | | China | 28 |
| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 22 July | 22 July |
| Kazakhstan | 45 |
| Kazakhstan | 45 | 23 July | 23 July |
| Hong Kong | 12 | 23 July | 23 July |
| Hong Kong | 12 | Kazakhstan | 28 |
| 22 July | 22 July | | Kazakhstan | 28 |
| 22 July | 22 July | India | 29 |
| India | 10 | India | 29 |
| Nepal | 0 | | |
| Nepal | 0 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 23 July | 23 July |
| | | Hong Kong | 10 |
| | | Nepal | 0 |

### 5–8th place semifinals

| 22 July 2023 12:00 | Kazakhstan | 45–12 | Hong Kong | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 22 July 2023 12:00 | | (24–7) | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 22 July 2023 12:00 | | Report | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 22 July 2023 | India | 10–0 Walkover | Nepal | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 22 July 2023 | | Report | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |

### Semifinals

| 22 July 2023 16:00 | South Korea | 42–22 | Chinese Taipei | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 22 July 2023 16:00 | | (22–9) | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 22 July 2023 16:00 | | Report | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 22 July 2023 18:00 | Japan | 34–22 | China | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 22 July 2023 18:00 | | (14–12) | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 22 July 2023 18:00 | | Report | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |

### Seventh place game

| 23 July 2023 | Hong Kong | 10–0 Walkover | Nepal | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |

### Fifth place game

| 23 July 2023 16:00 | Kazakhstan | 28–29 | India | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 23 July 2023 16:00 | | (13–16) | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |
| 23 July 2023 16:00 | | Report | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida |

### Third place game

| 24 July 2023 14:00 | Chinese Taipei | 14–28 | China | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida Referees: Jullawong, Jullawong (THA) |
| 24 July 2023 14:00 | Wang 4 | (5–15) | Xing 10 | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida Referees: Jullawong, Jullawong (THA) |
| 24 July 2023 14:00 | 1× | Report | | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida Referees: Jullawong, Jullawong (THA) |

### Final

| 24 July 2023 15:00 | South Korea | 23–24 | Japan | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida Referees: Ali, Al-Aradi (BHR) |
| 24 July 2023 15:00 | Shin 9 | (9–12) | Yasugahira 6 | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida Referees: Ali, Al-Aradi (BHR) |
| 24 July 2023 15:00 | 1× 1× | Report | 2× | Noida Indoor Stadium, Noida Referees: Ali, Al-Aradi (BHR) |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Japan |
| | South Korea |
| | China |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei |
| 5 | India |
| 6 | Kazakhstan |
| 7 | Hong Kong |
| 8 | Nepal |
| 9 | Bangladesh |
* Team qualified for the 2024 Youth World Championship
$^a$ China originally qualified after finishing third at the Asian championship, but would later qualify as the hosts of the World Championship. Their spot was therefore given to Kazakhstan.

## All Star Team

| Position | Player |
| Goalkeeper | Sun Yihan |
| Right wing | Chuan Heng-yi |
| Right back | Xing Ziyan |
| Centre back | Mami Nakamura |
| Left back | Beom Da-bin |
| Left wing | Kio Jurina |
| Pivot | Yu Hui-bin |
| MVP | Shin Chae-hyun |