# 2010 Asian Women's Handball Championship

The 2010 Asian Women's Handball Championship was the 13th Asian Championship, which took place from 19 to 25 December 2010 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil.
Due to heavy snow, both South Korea and Japan couldn't make the trip to Kazakhstan in time and the program was moved forward.
China, Japan, Kazakhstan and South Korea qualified for the World championship after reaching the semifinals.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B |
| China  Kazakhstan  Iran  North Korea | South Korea  Japan  Thailand  Uzbekistan |

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+6).

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Kazakhstan (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 66 | +29 | 6 |
| China | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 69 | +32 | 4 |
| North Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 105 | 90 | +15 | 2 |
| Iran | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 128 | −76 | 0 |
| 19 December 2010 18:30 | China | 22–25 | Kazakhstan | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |
| 19 December 2010 18:30 | | (14–13) | | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |
| 20 December 2010 14:00 | Iran | 22–47 | North Korea | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |
| 20 December 2010 14:00 | | (12–25) | | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |
| 21 December 2010 14:00 | China | 33–27 | North Korea | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |
| 21 December 2010 14:00 | | (14–12) | | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |
| 21 December 2010 17:00 | Kazakhstan | 35–13 | Iran | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |
| 21 December 2010 17:00 | | (23–7) | | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |
| 22 December 2010 14:00 | China | 46–17 | Iran | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |
| 22 December 2010 14:00 | | (20–7) | | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |
| 22 December 2010 17:00 | Kazakhstan | 35–31 | North Korea | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |
| 22 December 2010 17:00 | | (17–15) | | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 49 | +71 | 5 |
| Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 117 | 61 | +56 | 5 |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 142 | −73 | 2 |
| Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 107 | −54 | 0 |
| 19 December 2010 17:00 | Thailand | 25–31 | Uzbekistan | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |
| 19 December 2010 17:00 | | (11–17) | | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |
| 20 December 2010 15:30 | Japan | 57–22 | Uzbekistan | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |
| 20 December 2010 15:30 | | (31–11) | | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |
| 20 December 2010 17:00 | South Korea | 38–11 | Thailand | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |
| 20 December 2010 17:00 | | (21–5) | | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |
| 21 December 2010 15:30 | South Korea | 60–16 | Uzbekistan | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |
| 21 December 2010 15:30 | | (32–10) | | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |
| 21 December 2010 18:30 | Japan | 38–17 | Thailand | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |
| 21 December 2010 18:30 | | (18–9) | | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |
| 22 December 2010 15:30 | South Korea | 22–22 | Japan | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |
| 22 December 2010 15:30 | | (10–10) | | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |

## Placement 5th–8th
### 7th/8th

| 24 December 2010 15:00 | Iran | 20–30 | Thailand | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |
| 24 December 2010 15:00 | | (7–11) | | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |

### 5th/6th

| 24 December 2010 17:00 | North Korea | 52–21 | Uzbekistan | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |
| 24 December 2010 17:00 | | (24–7) | | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 23 December – Almaty | 23 December – Almaty |
| Kazakhstan | 29 |
| Kazakhstan | 29 | 25 December – Almaty | 25 December – Almaty |
| Japan | 24 | 25 December – Almaty | 25 December – Almaty |
| Japan | 24 | Kazakhstan | 33 |
| 23 December – Almaty | 23 December – Almaty | | Kazakhstan | 33 |
| 23 December – Almaty | 23 December – Almaty | South Korea | 32 |
| South Korea | 31 | South Korea | 32 |
| China | 26 | | |
| China | 26 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 25 December – Almaty | 25 December – Almaty |
| | | Japan | 25 |
| | | China | 26 |

### Semifinals

| 23 December 2010 15:00 | Kazakhstan | 29–24 | Japan | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |
| 23 December 2010 15:00 | | (16–13) | | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |
| 23 December 2010 17:00 | South Korea | 31–26 | China | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |
| 23 December 2010 17:00 | | (13–14) | | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |

### Bronze medal match

| 25 December 2010 15:00 | Japan | 25–26 | China | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |
| 25 December 2010 15:00 | | (14–15) | | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |

### Gold medal match

| 25 December 2010 17:00 | Kazakhstan | 33–32 | South Korea | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |
| 25 December 2010 17:00 | | (16–15) | | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Kazakhstan |
| | South Korea |
| | China |
| 4 | Japan |
| 5 | North Korea |
| 6 | Uzbekistan |
| 7 | Thailand |
| 8 | Iran |
* Team qualified for the 2011 World Championship