# 1987 Asian Men's Handball Championship

The 1987 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the fourth Asian Championship, which was taking place from 20 to 29 August 1987 in Amman, Jordan. The competition is played along with first Women's Championship.

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| South Korea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 47 | +26 | 4 |
| Bahrain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 63 | −16 | 2 |
| Chinese Taipei | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 61 | −10 | 0 |
| 20 August 1987 | South Korea | 38–21 | Bahrain | Amman |
| 22 August 1987 | Chinese Taipei | 26–35 | South Korea | Amman |
| 23 August 1987 | Bahrain | 26–25 | Chinese Taipei | Amman |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Kuwait | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 37 | +61 | 6 |
| Qatar | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 83 | 60 | +23 | 3 |
| Jordan (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 68 | −9 | 3 |
| Nepal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 106 | −75 | 0 |
| 20 August 1987 | Nepal | 14–24 | Jordan | Amman |
| 21 August 1987 | Qatar | 19–26 | Kuwait | Amman |
| 21 August 1987 | | (10–11) | | Amman |
| 22 August 1987 | Kuwait | 41–6 | Nepal | Amman |
| 22 August 1987 | Jordan | 23–23 | Qatar | Amman |
| 23 August 1987 | Qatar | 41–11 | Nepal | Amman |
| 23 August 1987 | Kuwait | 31–12 | Jordan | Amman |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 43 | +41 | 6 |
| China | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 62 | +17 | 4 |
| Syria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 68 | −8 | 2 |
| Palestine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 94 | −50 | 0 |
| 21 August 1987 | Palestine | 14–24 | Syria | Amman |
| 21 August 1987 | | (3–12) | | Amman |
| 21 August 1987 | China | 12–27 | Japan | Amman |
| 21 August 1987 | | (6–12) | | Amman |
| 22 August 1987 | China | 37–17 | Palestine | Amman |
| 22 August 1987 | Japan | 24–18 | Syria | Amman |
| 22 August 1987 | | (14–9) | | Amman |
| 23 August 1987 | Japan | 33–13 | Palestine | Amman |
| 23 August 1987 | | (16–4) | | Amman |
| 23 August 1987 | Syria | 18–30 | China | Amman |

## Elimination round

| 25 August 1987 | South Korea | 38–20 | China | Amman |
| 25 August 1987 | Kuwait | 29–18 | Bahrain | Amman |
| 25 August 1987 | Japan | 35–12 | Qatar | Amman |
| 25 August 1987 | | (12–9) | | Amman |

## Final round
### Placement 10th–11th

| 27 August 1987 | Palestine | 32–22 | Nepal | Amman |
| 27 August 1987 | | (18–9) | | Amman |

### Placement 7th–9th

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Chinese Taipei | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 45 | +25 | 4 |
| Syria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 2 |
| Jordan (H) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 64 | −21 | 0 |
| 25 August 1987 | Chinese Taipei | 42–25 | Jordan | Amman |
| 26 August 1987 | Syria | 22–18 | Jordan | Amman |
| 26 August 1987 | | (8–11) | | Amman |
| 27 August 1987 | Chinese Taipei | 28–20 | Syria | Amman |

### Placement 4th–6th

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 4 |
| Bahrain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 2 |
| Qatar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 0 |
| 26 August 1987 | China | 21–10 | Bahrain | Amman |
| 27 August 1987 | Qatar | 15–21 | China | Amman |
| 28 August 1987 | Bahrain | 17–12 | Qatar | Amman |

### Championship

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| South Korea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 55 | +9 | 4 |
| Japan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 51 | −2 | 2 |
| Kuwait | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 61 | −7 | 0 |
| 26 August 1987 | South Korea | 28–24 | Japan | Amman |
| 26 August 1987 | | (11–12) | | Amman |
| 27 August 1987 | Kuwait | 31–36 | South Korea | Amman |
| 27 August 1987 | | (10–20) | | Amman |
| 29 August 1987 | Japan | 25–23 | Kuwait | Amman |
| 29 August 1987 | | (12–12) | | Amman |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | South Korea |
| | Japan |
| | Kuwait |
| 4 | China |
| 5 | Bahrain |
| 6 | Qatar |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei |
| 8 | Syria |
| 9 | Jordan |
| 10 | Palestine |
| 11 | Nepal |
* Team qualified for the 1988 Summer Olympics