# Beach handball at the 2008 Asian Beach Games

Beach handball at the 2008 Asian Beach Games were held from October 18 to October 25, 2008 in Bali, Indonesia.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Pakistan Nasr Ullah Naseer Ahmed Muhammad Uzair Atif Muhammad Sohaib Babar Sultan Manzoor Ahmad Muhammad Shahid Pervaiz Azhar Khan Muhammad Nadeem Tahir Ali | Kuwait Abdulaziz Balous Hamad Al-Rashidi Naser Bokhadra Naseer Hasan Mahdi Al-Qallaf Meshari Al-Noubi Sameh Al-Hajeri Abdullah Ahmad Saleh Al-Jaimaz Meshari Al-Otaibi | Thailand Kritsanawan Rienjan Channarong Hunvun Tanakorn Ekchiaochan Lapat Chutan Bulakorn Kongka Sanit Iamphuchuai Anek Sombunjit Chainarong Srisong Chumphon Chaiwut Kaveewat Phachuen |
| Women | China Xie Chenchen Zhang Tianjie Zhao Hui Si Yan Gong Yan Hu Chunhui Zhang Hongli | Thailand Vanpen Sila Duangjai Thaohom Nadtaya Buaphan Preeyanut Bureeruk Thippawan Wongmak Nualjan Supaphan Pattarasiri Thanawat Busarakam Sriruksa Nantiya Chawdorn Wongduean Sawatporn | Chinese Taipei Chia Ling-hui Chang Ya-wei Chiu Yu-ting Chen Yin-ling Chu Chiu-en Chen Te-jung Hsu Ju-fang |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Pakistan (PAK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

## Results
### Men
#### Preliminaries
##### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | SF | SA | SD | Pts |
| 1 | Thailand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 |
| 2 | Qatar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 |
| 3 | Oman | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Period 1 | Period 2 | SO |
| 18 Oct | 10:00 | Japan | 0–2 | Qatar | 8–13 | 8–11 | |
| 19 Oct | 16:30 | Thailand | 2–0 | Oman | 16–13 | 18–16 | |
| 20 Oct | 10:00 | Oman | 2–0 | Japan | 18–12 | 17–13 | |
| 20 Oct | 16:30 | Thailand | 2–1 | Qatar | 18–9 | 11–13 | 6–5 |
| 21 Oct | 15:30 | Japan | 0–2 | Thailand | 10–13 | 15–19 | |
| 22 Oct | 14:30 | Qatar | 2–1 | Oman | 9–10 | 14–12 | 8–7 |

##### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | SF | SA | SD | Pts |
| 1 | Pakistan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 |
| 2 | Kuwait | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 |
| 3 | Jordan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Period 1 | Period 2 | SO |
| 19 Oct | 12:00 | Jordan | 0–2 | Pakistan | 9–14 | 14–23 | |
| 19 Oct | 14:30 | Indonesia | 0–2 | Kuwait | 10–18 | 14–19 | |
| 20 Oct | 14:30 | Pakistan | 2–0 | Indonesia | 23–16 | 23–10 | |
| 21 Oct | 16:30 | Jordan | 0–2 | Kuwait | 4–9 | 12–14 | |
| 22 Oct | 10:00 | Indonesia | 1–2 | Jordan | 16–15 | 18–21 | 6–7 |
| 22 Oct | 16:30 | Kuwait | 1–2 | Pakistan | 5–20 | 14–10 | 1–4 |

#### Classification 5th–8th
##### 7th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Period 1 | Period 2 | SO |
| 24 Oct | 15:00 | Indonesia | 1–2 | Japan | 14–16 | 15–13 | 6–7 |

##### 5th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Period 1 | Period 2 | SO |
| 24 Oct | 17:00 | Jordan | 2–0 | Oman | 13–12 | 12–8 | |

#### Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 23 October | 23 October |
| Thailand | 1 |
| Thailand | 1 | 25 October | 25 October |
| Kuwait | 2 | 25 October | 25 October |
| Kuwait | 2 | Kuwait | 1 |
| 23 October | 23 October | | Kuwait | 1 |
| 23 October | 23 October | Pakistan | 2 |
| Pakistan | 2 | Pakistan | 2 |
| Qatar | 1 | | |
| Qatar | 1 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | 25 October | 25 October |
| | | Thailand | 2 |
| | | Qatar | 1 |

##### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Period 1 | Period 2 | SO |
| 23 Oct | 15:00 | Thailand | 1–2 | Kuwait | 14–13 | 8–10 | 4–5 |
| 23 Oct | 17:00 | Pakistan | 2–1 | Qatar | 8–10 | 7–4 | 11–10 |

##### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Period 1 | Period 2 | SO |
| 25 Oct | 10:00 | Thailand | 2–1 | Qatar | 15–16 | 16–11 | 12–10 |

##### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Period 1 | Period 2 | SO |
| 25 Oct | 16:30 | Kuwait | 1–2 | Pakistan | 22–14 | 14–16 | 8–9 |

### Women
#### Preliminaries
##### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | SF | SA | SD | Pts |
| 1 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 6 |
| 2 | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| 3 | Vietnam | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Period 1 | Period 2 | SO |
| 19 Oct | 09:00 | Chinese Taipei | 2–0 | Indonesia | 20–8 | 20–7 | |
| 19 Oct | 11:00 | India | 2–0 | Vietnam | 12–11 | 13–11 | |
| 20 Oct | 09:00 | Indonesia | 1–2 | India | 12–18 | 15–9 | 4–5 |
| 21 Oct | 09:00 | Chinese Taipei | 2–0 | Vietnam | 15–13 | 15–14 | |
| 22 Oct | 09:00 | India | 0–2 | Chinese Taipei | 11–16 | 16–17 | |
| 22 Oct | 11:00 | Indonesia | 0–2 | Vietnam | 10–16 | 13–17 | |

##### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | SF | SA | SD | Pts |
| 1 | China | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 8 |
| 2 | Thailand | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 |
| 3 | Japan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 |
| 4 | Jordan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 2 |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Period 1 | Period 2 | SO |
| 18 Oct | 09:00 | Jordan | 2–1 | Hong Kong | 4–14 | 15–8 | 5–4 |
| 18 Oct | 11:00 | Thailand | 2–1 | Japan | 6–13 | 13–9 | 7–6 |
| 19 Oct | 10:00 | China | 2–0 | Hong Kong | 8–7 | 17–8 | |
| 19 Oct | 15:30 | Jordan | 0–2 | Thailand | 5–17 | 10–14 | |
| 20 Oct | 11:00 | Thailand | 2–0 | Hong Kong | 14–9 | 19–15 | |
| 20 Oct | 15:30 | China | 2–1 | Japan | 18–10 | 8–10 | 5–2 |
| 21 Oct | 10:00 | Jordan | 0–2 | Japan | 6–14 | 9–18 | |
| 21 Oct | 14:30 | China | 2–1 | Thailand | 8–13 | 10–6 | 5–2 |
| 22 Oct | 12:00 | Hong Kong | 0–2 | Japan | 11–13 | 9–12 | |
| 22 Oct | 15:30 | Jordan | 0–2 | China | 11–15 | 10–17 | |

#### Classification 5th–8th
##### 7th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Period 1 | Period 2 | SO |
| 24 Oct | 14:00 | Indonesia | 0–2 | Jordan | 7–12 | 13–19 | |

##### 5th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Period 1 | Period 2 | SO |
| 24 Oct | 16:00 | Vietnam | 2–0 | Japan | 16–13 | 16–15 | |

#### Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 23 October | 23 October |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 25 October | 25 October |
| Thailand | 2 | 25 October | 25 October |
| Thailand | 2 | Thailand | 0 |
| 23 October | 23 October | | Thailand | 0 |
| 23 October | 23 October | China | 2 |
| China | 2 | China | 2 |
| India | 0 | | |
| India | 0 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | 25 October | 25 October |
| | | Chinese Taipei | 2 |
| | | India | 0 |

##### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Period 1 | Period 2 | SO |
| 23 Oct | 14:00 | Chinese Taipei | 0–2 | Thailand | 12–15 | 12–16 | |
| 23 Oct | 16:00 | China | 2–0 | India | 9–8 | 13–9 | |

##### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Period 1 | Period 2 | SO |
| 25 Oct | 09:00 | Chinese Taipei | 2–0 | India | 10–8 | 13–9 | |

##### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Period 1 | Period 2 | SO |
| 25 Oct | 15:30 | Thailand | 0–2 | China | 10–13 | 10–11 | |