# Handball at the 1982 Asian Games

The Handball events at the 1982 Asian Games were held in New Delhi, India between 19 November and 4 December 1982. The competition included only men's event.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | China Cai Jianguo Deng Shanjun Gao Zhongxin Hu Weidong Jin Bailan Li Yingcai Min Yue Song Anwen Sun Tie Wang Xiong Wang Yueting Wei Heping Wu Mingqun Xie Jiyong | Japan Seimei Gamo Takashi Ikenoue Yasuo Ikoma Eiichi Ino Hidetada Ito Koji Matsui Toru Nagano Kiyoshi Nishiyama Takahiro Ohata Koji Saito Yoshihiro Shiga Shunji Takagi Akira Tsugawa Shinji Yamamoto | South Korea Choi Jung-ho Choi Tae-sup Kang Duck-soo Kang Jae-won Kang Sae-yong Kang Tae-koo Kim Young-nam Lee In-chul Lee Sang-hyo Lee Sang-woo Lim Jae-sik Lim Kyu-ha Lim Young-chul Oh Sae-hoon Park Byung-hong Shim Jung-man |

## Results
### Main round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 51 | +35 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Kuwait | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 61 | +24 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 92 | −21 | 2 | Placement 5–6 |
| 4 | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 95 | −38 | 0 | Placement 7–8 |
| 23 November | Japan | 35–19 | United Arab Emirates | Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi |
| 24 November | Kuwait | 36–17 | India | Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi |
| 25 November | Kuwait | 29–19 | United Arab Emirates | Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi |
| 25 November | Japan | 26–12 | India | Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi |
| 26 November | Japan | 25–20 | Kuwait | Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi |
| 27 November | India | 28–33 | United Arab Emirates | Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 62 | +16 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 71 | +23 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 67 | −15 | 2 | Placement 5–6 |
| 4 | Bahrain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 77 | −24 | 0 | Placement 7–8 |
| 23 November | China | 28–15 | Bahrain | Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi |
| 24 November | South Korea | 32–18 | Saudi Arabia | Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi |
| 25 November | South Korea | 34–24 | Bahrain | Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi |
| 25 November | China | 21–19 | Saudi Arabia | Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi |
| 26 November | Saudi Arabia | 15–14 | Bahrain | Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi |
| 27 November | China | 29–28 | South Korea | Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi |

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

| 28 November | India | 16–31 | Bahrain | Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi |

#### Placement 5–6

| 28 November | United Arab Emirates | 28–34 | Saudi Arabia | Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi |

### Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 28 November | 28 November |
| Japan | 21 |
| Japan | 21 | 30 November | 30 November |
| South Korea | 20 | 30 November | 30 November |
| South Korea | 20 | Japan | 19 |
| 28 November | 28 November | | Japan | 19 |
| 28 November | 28 November | China | 24 |
| China | 28 | China | 24 |
| Kuwait | 24 | | |
| Kuwait | 24 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 30 November | 30 November |
| | | South Korea | 32 |
| | | Kuwait | 22 |

#### Semifinals

| 28 November | Japan | 21–20 | South Korea | Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi |
| 28 November | China | 28–24 | Kuwait | Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi |

#### Bronze medal match

| 30 November | South Korea | 32–22 | Kuwait | Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi |

#### Gold medal match

| 30 November | Japan | 19–24 | China | Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
| | China | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| | Japan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| | South Korea | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Kuwait | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Bahrain | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | India | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |