# 2023 Asian Beach Handball Championship

The 2023 Asian Beach Handball Championship was the 9th edition of the championship held from 10 to 19 March 2023 in South Kuta, Indonesia sanctioned by the Asian Handball Federation (AHF).
Qatar and Vietnam won the men's and women's championships respectively.

## Draw

The draw will be held in 24 February 2025 at the City Seasons Muscat Hotel in Muscat, Oman.

## Venue

Games were held at the Nusa Dua beach.

## Results
### Men's tournament
#### Preliminary round
##### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Qatar | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | MAX | 189 | 119 | 1.588 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Iran | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | 176 | 126 | 1.397 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Philippines | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 151 | 139 | 1.086 | 5–8th place semifinlas |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0.429 | 112 | 167 | 0.671 | 5–8th place semifinlas |
| 5 | South Korea | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0.125 | 102 | 179 | 0.570 | Ninth place game |

##### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Oman | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 10.000 | 209 | 131 | 1.595 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Vietnam | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | 216 | 107 | 2.019 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Kuwait | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1.200 | 154 | 129 | 1.194 | 5–8th place semifinlas |
| 4 | Indonesia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 158 | 194 | 0.814 | 5–8th place semifinlas |
| 5 | China | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0.500 | 166 | 229 | 0.725 | Ninth place game |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.000 | 102 | 215 | 0.474 | |

#### Knockout stage
##### Bracket
###### Championship bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 17 March | 17 March |
| Qatar | 2 |
| Qatar | 2 | 19 March | 19 March |
| Vietnam | 0 | 19 March | 19 March |
| Vietnam | 0 | Qatar | 2 |
| 17 March | 17 March | | Qatar | 2 |
| 17 March | 17 March | Oman | 0 |
| Oman | 2 | Oman | 0 |
| Iran | 0 | | |
| Iran | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 19 March | 19 March |
| | | Vietnam | 0 |
| | | Iran | 2 |

###### Fifth place bracket

| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place game | Fifth place game |
| 17 March | 17 March |
| Philippines | 2 |
| Philippines | 2 | 19 March | 19 March |
| Indonesia | 0 | 19 March | 19 March |
| Indonesia | 0 | Philippines | 2 |
| 17 March | 17 March | | Philippines | 2 |
| 17 March | 17 March | Saudi Arabia | 0 |
| Kuwait | 1 | Saudi Arabia | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | | |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | Seventh place game | Seventh place game |
| | | 19 March | 19 March |
| | | Indonesia | 2 |
| | | Kuwait | 0 |

###### Ninth place game

| Ninth place game | Ninth place game |
| 17 March | 17 March |
| South Korea | 2 |
| China | 0 |

##### 5–10th place
###### Final
### Women's tournament
#### Double round robin

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Vietnam | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | MAX | 255 | 122 | 2.090 | Champions |
| 2 | Philippines | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1.600 | 174 | 177 | 0.983 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Indonesia | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0.300 | 170 | 226 | 0.752 | Third place |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0.200 | 133 | 207 | 0.643 | |

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Qatar |
| | Oman |
| | Iran |
| 4 | Vietnam |
| 5 | Philippines |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia |
| 7 | Indonesia |
| 8 | Kuwait |
| 9 | South Korea |
| 10 | China |
| 11 | Hong Kong |
| Rank | Team |
| | Vietnam |
| | Philippines |
| | Indonesia |
| 4 | Hong Kong |