# 2022 Asian Women's Handball Championship

The 2022 Asian Women's Handball Championship was the 19th edition of the Asian Women's Handball Championship, which took place from 24 November to 4 December 2022 in South Korea. The tournament was held under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation and acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship, with the top five teams qualifying. If countries from Oceania (Australia or New Zealand) participating in the Asian Championships finished in the top 5, they would have qualified for the World Championships. However, as Australia finished in tenth place, the place was transferred to the wild card spot.
South Korea defeated Japan in the final to win their 16th title.

## Draw

The draw was held in Bahrain on 27 August 2022.

### Seeding

| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| South Korea  Japan | Iran  Kazakhstan | Uzbekistan  Hong Kong | China  Thailand  India  Australia |

## Venues

| Incheon | Incheon | Seoul | Seoul |
| Namdong Gymnasium Capacity: 8,830 | Namdong Gymnasium Capacity: 8,830 | SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium Capacity: 6,500 | SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium Capacity: 6,500 |
| IncheonSeoul ||||

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+9).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 49 | +119 | 8 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Iran | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 132 | 123 | +9 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 3 | India | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 113 | 133 | −20 | 4 | 5–8th place semifinals |
| 4 | Uzbekistan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 111 | 130 | −19 | 2 | 5–8th place semifinals |
| 5 | Australia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 80 | 169 | −89 | 0 | Ninth place game |
| 24 November 2022 14:00 | India | 35–43 | Iran | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Attendance: 300 Referees: Kawai, Usui (JPN) |
| 24 November 2022 14:00 | Menika 10 | (14–24) | four players 6 | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Attendance: 300 Referees: Kawai, Usui (JPN) |
| 24 November 2022 14:00 | 6× | Report | 6× | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Attendance: 300 Referees: Kawai, Usui (JPN) |
| 24 November 2022 18:00 | Australia | 9–48 | South Korea | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Hideki, Tetsuro (JPN) |
| 24 November 2022 18:00 | Fallah 3 | (4–22) | Seo 8 | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Hideki, Tetsuro (JPN) |
| 24 November 2022 18:00 | 6× 1× | Report | 1× | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Hideki, Tetsuro (JPN) |
| 25 November 2022 14:00 | Uzbekistan | 32–35 | Iran | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Xu, Liu (CHN) |
| 25 November 2022 14:00 | Obidjonova 12 | (16–15) | Merikh 10 | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Xu, Liu (CHN) |
| 25 November 2022 14:00 | 1× 8× | Report | 1× 7× | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Xu, Liu (CHN) |
| 25 November 2022 18:00 | India | 8–38 | South Korea | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA) |
| 25 November 2022 18:00 | Menika, Sonika 3 | (4–18) | Seo 8 | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA) |
| 25 November 2022 18:00 | 2× 1× | Report | 4× | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA) |
| 27 November 2022 12:00 | India | 28–22 | Uzbekistan | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Mohamed, Al-Aradi (BHR) |
| 27 November 2022 12:00 | Menika 8 | (13–7) | Khudoykulova 5 | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Mohamed, Al-Aradi (BHR) |
| 27 November 2022 12:00 | 3× 1× | Report | 1× 3× | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Mohamed, Al-Aradi (BHR) |
| 27 November 2022 14:00 | Iran | 43–15 | Australia | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Nawaf, Al-Naseem (KUW) |
| 27 November 2022 14:00 | Oshaghi 8 | (19–9) | C. Wan 4 | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Nawaf, Al-Naseem (KUW) |
| 27 November 2022 14:00 | 2× 1× | Report | 7× 1× | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Nawaf, Al-Naseem (KUW) |
| 28 November 2022 12:00 | Australia | 30–42 | India | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Faraj, Taqi (KUW) |
| 28 November 2022 12:00 | Buckett 11 | (13–22) | Bhawana 16 | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Faraj, Taqi (KUW) |
| 28 November 2022 12:00 | 3× | Report | 6× | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Faraj, Taqi (KUW) |
| 28 November 2022 18:00 | Uzbekistan | 21–41 | South Korea | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Xu, Liu (CHN) |
| 28 November 2022 18:00 | Obidjonova, Ruzieva 4 | (8–21) | Seo 8 | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Xu, Liu (CHN) |
| 28 November 2022 18:00 | 3× | Report | 1× 6× | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Xu, Liu (CHN) |
| 30 November 2022 14:00 | Australia | 26–36 | Uzbekistan | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Ali, Al-Aradi (BHR) |
| 30 November 2022 14:00 | Mouncey 11 | (11–19) | Khudoykulova 9 | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Ali, Al-Aradi (BHR) |
| 30 November 2022 14:00 | 7× | Report | 2× | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Ali, Al-Aradi (BHR) |
| 30 November 2022 18:00 | South Korea | 41–11 | Iran | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Hideki, Tetsuro (JPN) |
| 30 November 2022 18:00 | Song J. 10 | (19–5) | Merikh 5 | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Hideki, Tetsuro (JPN) |
| 30 November 2022 18:00 | 4× | Report | 1× 3× 1× | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Hideki, Tetsuro (JPN) |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 63 | +85 | 8 | Semifinals |
| 2 | China | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 126 | 89 | +37 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 105 | 109 | −4 | 4 | 5–8th place semifinals |
| 4 | Thailand | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 130 | −60 | 2 | 5–8th place semifinals |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 72 | 130 | −58 | 0 | Ninth place game |
| 24 November 2022 12:00 | China | 28–26 | Kazakhstan | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Attendance: 300 Referees: Nawaf, Al-Naseem (KUW) |
| 24 November 2022 12:00 | Li, Liu C. 7 | (12–11) | Khardina 8 | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Attendance: 300 Referees: Nawaf, Al-Naseem (KUW) |
| 24 November 2022 12:00 | 6× | Report | 1× 2× | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Attendance: 300 Referees: Nawaf, Al-Naseem (KUW) |
| 24 November 2022 16:00 | Thailand | 9–44 | Japan | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Attendance: 300 Referees: Marzieh, Hassanzadah (IRI) |
| 24 November 2022 16:00 | Sripho 3 | (4–16) | Hattori 9 | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Attendance: 300 Referees: Marzieh, Hassanzadah (IRI) |
| 24 November 2022 16:00 | 2× | Report | 1× 3× | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Attendance: 300 Referees: Marzieh, Hassanzadah (IRI) |
| 25 November 2022 12:00 | Hong Kong | 24–28 | Kazakhstan | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Mozafarivanani, Mazaheri (IRI) |
| 25 November 2022 12:00 | Wu 7 | (7–9) | Malysheva 5 | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Mozafarivanani, Mazaheri (IRI) |
| 25 November 2022 12:00 | 1× | Report | 3× | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Mozafarivanani, Mazaheri (IRI) |
| 25 November 2022 16:00 | China | 26–29 | Japan | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB) |
| 25 November 2022 16:00 | Jin 7 | (16–18) | Hattori 11 | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB) |
| 25 November 2022 16:00 | 4× | Report | 1× | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB) |
| 27 November 2022 16:00 | China | 36–21 | Hong Kong | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Marzieh, Hassanzadah (IRI) |
| 27 November 2022 16:00 | Zhou 10 | (19–6) | Cheung 6 | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Marzieh, Hassanzadah (IRI) |
| 27 November 2022 16:00 | 1× 3× | Report | 1× 3× 1× | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Marzieh, Hassanzadah (IRI) |
| 27 November 2022 18:00 | Kazakhstan | 30–24 | Thailand | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Kim, Kwon (KOR) |
| 27 November 2022 18:00 | Seitkassym 10 | (16–14) | Wichaisang 10 | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Kim, Kwon (KOR) |
| 27 November 2022 18:00 | 4× | Report | 3× | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Kim, Kwon (KOR) |
| 28 November 2022 14:00 | Thailand | 13–36 | China | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Gheisarian, Gheisarian (IRI) |
| 28 November 2022 14:00 | Sopharak 4 | (8–23) | Gong 6 | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Gheisarian, Gheisarian (IRI) |
| 28 November 2022 14:00 | 1× | Report | 1× | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Gheisarian, Gheisarian (IRI) |
| 28 November 2022 16:00 | Hong Kong | 7–42 | Japan | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Mozafarivanani, Mazaheri (IRI) |
| 28 November 2022 16:00 | Cheung, Chong 2 | (4–25) | Kinjo 9 | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Mozafarivanani, Mazaheri (IRI) |
| 28 November 2022 16:00 | 2× | Report | | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Mozafarivanani, Mazaheri (IRI) |
| 30 November 2022 12:00 | Thailand | 24–20 | Hong Kong | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Kim, Kwon (KOR) |
| 30 November 2022 12:00 | Wichaisang 9 | (12–9) | Ip 4 | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Kim, Kwon (KOR) |
| 30 November 2022 12:00 | 1× 5× | Report | 4× | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Kim, Kwon (KOR) |
| 30 November 2022 16:00 | Japan | 33–21 | Kazakhstan | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA) |
| 30 November 2022 16:00 | Aizawa 7 | (12–11) | Khardina 5 | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA) |
| 30 November 2022 16:00 | | Report | 1× 1× | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA) |

## Knockout stage
### Ninth place game

| 2 December 2022 11:00 | Australia | 26–28 | Hong Kong | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB) |
| 2 December 2022 11:00 | Buckett 12 | (10–14) | Wong K. 7 | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB) |
| 2 December 2022 11:00 | 5× | Report | 1× | Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB) |

### 5–8th place bracket

| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 2 December | 2 December |
| India | 37 |
| India | 37 | 3 December | 3 December |
| Thailand | 25 | 3 December | 3 December |
| Thailand | 25 | India | 31 |
| 2 December | 2 December | | India | 31 |
| 2 December | 2 December | Kazakhstan | 42 |
| Kazakhstan | 30 | Kazakhstan | 42 |
| Uzbekistan | 28 | | |
| Uzbekistan | 28 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 3 December | 3 December |
| | | Thailand | 39 |
| | | Uzbekistan | 35 |

#### 5–8th place semifinals

| 2 December 2022 13:00 | India | 37–25 | Thailand | SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul Referees: Kawai, Usui (JPN) |
| 2 December 2022 13:00 | P. Thakur, S. Thakur 9 | (18–16) | Wichaisang 12 | SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul Referees: Kawai, Usui (JPN) |
| 2 December 2022 13:00 | 4× | Report | 5× | SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul Referees: Kawai, Usui (JPN) |
| 2 December 2022 15:00 | Kazakhstan | 30–28 | Uzbekistan | SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul Referees: Xu, Liu (CHN) |
| 2 December 2022 15:00 | Khardina 7 | (14–12) | Vosiljonova 7 | SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul Referees: Xu, Liu (CHN) |
| 2 December 2022 15:00 | 1× 1× | Report | 1× 3× | SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul Referees: Xu, Liu (CHN) |

#### Seventh place game

| 3 December 2022 14:00 | Thailand | 39–35 | Uzbekistan | SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul Referees: Marzieh, Hassanzadah (IRI) |
| 3 December 2022 14:00 | Wichaisang 15 | (20–17) | Obidjonova 8 | SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul Referees: Marzieh, Hassanzadah (IRI) |
| 3 December 2022 14:00 | 2× | Report | 4× | SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul Referees: Marzieh, Hassanzadah (IRI) |

#### Fifth place game

| 3 December 2022 16:00 | India | 31–42 | Kazakhstan | SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul Referees: Hideki, Tetsuro (JPN) |
| 3 December 2022 16:00 | Bhawana 8 | (11–18) | Khardina 7 | SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul Referees: Hideki, Tetsuro (JPN) |
| 3 December 2022 16:00 | 1× | Report | 1× | SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul Referees: Hideki, Tetsuro (JPN) |

### Championship bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 2 December | 2 December |
| Japan | 43 |
| Japan | 43 | 4 December | 4 December |
| Iran | 19 | 4 December | 4 December |
| Iran | 19 | Japan | 29 |
| 2 December | 2 December | | Japan | 29 |
| 2 December | 2 December | South Korea (ET) | 34 |
| South Korea | 34 | South Korea (ET) | 34 |
| China | 16 | | |
| China | 16 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 4 December | 4 December |
| | | Iran | 24 |
| | | China | 39 |

#### Semifinals

| 2 December 2022 17:00 | Japan | 43–19 | Iran | SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul Referees: Nawaf, Al-Naseem (KUW) |
| 2 December 2022 17:00 | Nakayama 6 | (21–7) | Merikh 7 | SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul Referees: Nawaf, Al-Naseem (KUW) |
| 2 December 2022 17:00 | 4× | Report | 3× | SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul Referees: Nawaf, Al-Naseem (KUW) |
| 2 December 2022 19:00 | South Korea | 34–16 | China | SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul Referees: Al-Shahi, Al-Wahibi (OMA) |
| 2 December 2022 19:00 | three players 6 | (16–9) | Li 4 | SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul Referees: Al-Shahi, Al-Wahibi (OMA) |
| 2 December 2022 19:00 | 1× 1× | Report | 4× 1× | SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul Referees: Al-Shahi, Al-Wahibi (OMA) |

#### Third place game

| 4 December 2022 14:00 | Iran | 24–39 | China | SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul Attendance: 200 Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB) |
| 4 December 2022 14:00 | Merikh 9 | (11–20) | Lin 6 | SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul Attendance: 200 Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB) |
| 4 December 2022 14:00 | 2× | Report | 3× | SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul Attendance: 200 Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB) |

#### Final

| 4 December 2022 16:00 | Japan | 29–34 (ET) | South Korea | SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Gheisarian, Gheisarian (IRI) |
| 4 December 2022 16:00 | Sasaki 7 | (16–10) | Ryu 19 | SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Gheisarian, Gheisarian (IRI) |
| 4 December 2022 16:00 | 4× | Report | 5× | SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Gheisarian, Gheisarian (IRI) |
| SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, Seoul Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Gheisarian, Gheisarian (IRI) |||

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | South Korea |
| | Japan |
| | China |
| 4 | Iran |
| 5 | Kazakhstan |
| 6 | India |
| 7 | Thailand |
| 8 | Uzbekistan |
| 9 | Hong Kong |
| 10 | Australia |
* Qualified for the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship

### All-Star team

| Position | Player |
| Goalkeeper | Lu Chang |
| Right wing | Song Ji-young |
| Right back | Ryu Eun-hee |
| Centre back | Song Hye-soo |
| Left back | Veronika Khardina |
| Left wing | Hadiseh Norouzi |
| Pivot | Mika Nagata |
| Most valuable player | Natsuki Aizawa |