# Handball at the 1998 Asian Games – Men

Men's handball at the 1998 Asian Games was held in Thammasat University, Bangkok from December 7 to December 16, 1998.

## Results

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)

### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kuwait | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 104 | 54 | +50 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 103 | 54 | +49 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 69 | +10 | 2 | Placement 5–6 |
| 4 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 157 | −109 | 0 | Placement 7–8 |
* 1 2 Head-to-head result: KUW 20–20 JPN. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.
| 7 December 15:00 | Kuwait | 21–20 | United Arab Emirates | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |
| 7 December 15:00 | | (9–11) | | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |
| 7 December 17:00 | Thailand | 15–54 | Japan | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |
| 7 December 17:00 | | (9–26) | | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |
| 9 December 15:00 | Japan | 20–20 | Kuwait | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |
| 9 December 15:00 | | (9–10) | | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |
| 9 December 17:00 | United Arab Emirates | 40–19 | Thailand | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |
| 9 December 17:00 | | (22–11) | | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |
| 11 December 15:00 | United Arab Emirates | 19–29 | Japan | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |
| 11 December 15:00 | | (8–11) | | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |
| 11 December 17:00 | Kuwait | 63–14 | Thailand | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |
| 11 December 17:00 | | (29–6) | | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 74 | +31 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Iran | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 86 | −9 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | China | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 78 | 83 | −5 | 2 | Placement 5–6 |
| 4 | Qatar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 75 | 92 | −17 | 0 | Placement 7–8 |
| 8 December 15:00 | South Korea | 32–25 | China | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |
| 8 December 15:00 | | (17–10) | | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |
| 8 December 17:00 | Qatar | 25–27 | Iran | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |
| 8 December 17:00 | | (10–13) | | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |
| 10 December 15:00 | Iran | 26–40 | South Korea | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |
| 10 December 15:00 | | (9–21) | | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |
| 10 December 17:00 | China | 32–27 | Qatar | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |
| 10 December 17:00 | | (12–13) | | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |
| 12 December 15:00 | China | 21–24 | Iran | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |
| 12 December 15:00 | | (15–12) | | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |
| 12 December 17:00 | South Korea | 33–23 | Qatar | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |
| 12 December 17:00 | | (20–9) | | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |

### Classification 5th–8th
#### Placement 7–8

| 13 December 15:00 | Thailand | 15–37 | Qatar | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |
| 13 December 15:00 | | (6–22) | | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |

#### Placement 5–6

| 13 December 17:00 | United Arab Emirates | 29–23 | China | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |
| 13 December 17:00 | | (13–13) | | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |

### Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 14 December | 14 December |
| Kuwait | 32 |
| Kuwait | 32 | 16 December | 16 December |
| Iran | 26 | 16 December | 16 December |
| Iran | 26 | Kuwait | 18 |
| 14 December | 14 December | | Kuwait | 18 |
| 14 December | 14 December | South Korea | 29 |
| South Korea | 35 | South Korea | 29 |
| Japan | 27 | | |
| Japan | 27 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 16 December | 16 December |
| | | Iran | 23 |
| | | Japan | 28 |

#### Semifinals

| 14 December 15:00 | Kuwait | 32–26 | Iran | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |
| 14 December 15:00 | | (15–11) | | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |
| 14 December 17:00 | South Korea | 35–27 | Japan | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |
| 14 December 17:00 | | (18–11) | | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |

#### Bronze medal match

| 16 December 15:00 | Iran | 23–28 | Japan | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |
| 16 December 15:00 | | (12–16) | | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |

#### Gold medal match

| 16 December 17:00 | Kuwait | 18–29 | South Korea | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |
| 16 December 17:00 | | (12–15) | | Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
| | South Korea | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| | Kuwait | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| | Japan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Iran | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | China | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Qatar | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Thailand | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |