# 2004 Asian Men's Handball Championship

The 2004 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the eleventh Asian Championship and was held in Doha, Qatar from 12 to 21 February 2004.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B |
| Kuwait  Iran  Japan  United Arab Emirates  Oman | Saudi Arabia  Qatar  Bahrain  Jordan |
South Korea probably withdrew.

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Kuwait | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 93 | +37 | 8 |
| Japan | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 113 | 91 | +22 | 6 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 106 | 107 | −1 | 4 |
| Iran | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 103 | 111 | −8 | 2 |
| Oman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 80 | 130 | −50 | 0 |
| 12 February 2004 16:30 | Iran | 22–28 | United Arab Emirates | Khalifa Arena, Doha |
| 12 February 2004 16:30 | | (11–14) | | Khalifa Arena, Doha |
| 12 February 2004 19:30 | Kuwait | 26–23 | Japan | Khalifa Arena, Doha |
| 12 February 2004 19:30 | | (16–10) | | Khalifa Arena, Doha |
| 13 February 2004 19:00 | Japan | 27–21 | Oman | Khalifa Arena, Doha |
| 13 February 2004 19:00 | | (15–11) | | Khalifa Arena, Doha |
| 14 February 2004 18:00 | Kuwait | 30–24 | United Arab Emirates | Khalifa Arena, Doha |
| 14 February 2004 18:00 | | (14–10) | | Khalifa Arena, Doha |
| 14 February 2004 19:30 | Iran | 33–20 | Oman | Khalifa Arena, Doha |
| 15 February 2004 19:30 | Japan | 35–23 | United Arab Emirates | Khalifa Arena, Doha |
| 15 February 2004 19:30 | | (17–12) | | Khalifa Arena, Doha |
| 16 February 2004 16:30 | Kuwait | 39–19 | Oman | Khalifa Arena, Doha |
| 16 February 2004 18:00 | Iran | 21–28 | Japan | Khalifa Arena, Doha |
| 16 February 2004 18:00 | | (9–9) | | Khalifa Arena, Doha |
| 17 February 2004 16:30 | United Arab Emirates | 31–20 | Oman | Khalifa Arena, Doha |
| 17 February 2004 16:30 | | (15–9) | | Khalifa Arena, Doha |
| 17 February 2004 19:30 | Kuwait | 35–27 | Iran | Khalifa Arena, Doha |
| 17 February 2004 19:30 | | (19–13) | | Khalifa Arena, Doha |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Qatar (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 64 | +14 | 6 |
| Bahrain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 66 | +6 | 4 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 67 | +2 | 2 |
| Jordan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 85 | −22 | 0 |
| 12 February 2004 18:00 | Qatar | 27–19 | Jordan | Khalifa Arena, Doha |
| 12 February 2004 18:00 | | (13–9) | | Khalifa Arena, Doha |
| 13 February 2004 17:30 | Saudi Arabia | 18–20 | Bahrain | Khalifa Arena, Doha |
| 13 February 2004 17:30 | | (7–12) | | Khalifa Arena, Doha |
| 14 February 2004 16:30 | Saudi Arabia | 30–23 | Jordan | Khalifa Arena, Doha |
| 15 February 2004 17:30 | Qatar | 27–24 | Bahrain | Khalifa Arena, Doha |
| 16 February 2004 19:30 | Saudi Arabia | 21–24 | Qatar | Khalifa Arena, Doha |
| 16 February 2004 19:30 | | (10–11) | | Khalifa Arena, Doha |
| 17 February 2004 18:00 | Bahrain | 28–21 | Jordan | Khalifa Arena, Doha |

## Placement 5th–8th
### 7th/8th

| 20 February 2004 17:30 | Iran | 28–27 | Jordan | Khalifa Arena, Doha |

### 5th/6th

| 20 February 2004 19:00 | United Arab Emirates | 25–29 | Saudi Arabia | Khalifa Arena, Doha |

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 19 February – Doha | 19 February – Doha |
| Kuwait | 29 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 21 February – Doha | 21 February – Doha |
| Bahrain | 21 | 21 February – Doha | 21 February – Doha |
| Bahrain | 21 | Kuwait | 28 |
| 19 February – Doha | 19 February – Doha | | Kuwait | 28 |
| 19 February – Doha | 19 February – Doha | Japan | 24 |
| Qatar | 23 | Japan | 24 |
| Japan | 27 | | |
| Japan | 27 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 21 February – Doha | 21 February – Doha |
| | | Bahrain | 26 |
| | | Qatar | 27 |

### Semifinals

| 19 February 2004 17:30 | Kuwait | 29–21 | Bahrain | Khalifa Arena, Doha |
| 19 February 2004 17:30 | | (18–10) | | Khalifa Arena, Doha |
| 19 February 2004 19:00 | Qatar | 23–27 | Japan | Khalifa Arena, Doha |
| 19 February 2004 19:00 | | (13–15) | | Khalifa Arena, Doha |

### Bronze medal match

| 21 February 2004 17:30 | Bahrain | 26–27 | Qatar | Khalifa Arena, Doha |

### Gold medal match

| 21 February 2004 19:00 | Kuwait | 28–24 | Japan | Khalifa Arena, Doha |
| 21 February 2004 19:00 | | (16–9) | | Khalifa Arena, Doha |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Kuwait |
| | Japan |
| | Qatar |
| 4 | Bahrain |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates |
| 7 | Iran |
| 8 | Jordan |
| 9 | Oman |
* Team qualified for the 2005 World Championship