# 1998 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship

The 1998 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship (6th tournament) took place in Manama from 25 August–8 September. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 1999 Men's Junior World Handball Championship.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B |
| Qatar  Bahrain  China  Oman  United Arab Emirates | Chinese Taipei  Saudi Arabia  South Korea  Kuwait  Japan |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Bahrain | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 98 | +9 | 8 |
| China | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 124 | 101 | +23 | 6 |
| Oman | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 112 | 117 | −5 | 4 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 104 | 115 | −11 | 2 |
| Qatar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 102 | 118 | −16 | 0 |
| 25 August 1998 | Oman | 26–29 | Bahrain | Manama |
| 25 August 1998 | United Arab Emirates | 37–30 | Qatar | Manama |
| 27 August 1998 | United Arab Emirates | 19–33 | China | Manama |
| 27 August 1998 | Qatar | 24–25 | Bahrain | Manama |
| 29 August 1998 | Qatar | 26–27 | Oman | Manama |
| 29 August 1998 | Bahrain | 28–26 | China | Manama |
| 31 August 1998 | China | 29–22 | Qatar | Manama |
| 31 August 1998 | Oman | 27–26 | United Arab Emirates | Manama |
| 2 September 1998 | Bahrain | 25–22 | United Arab Emirates | Manama |
| 2 September 1998 | China | 36–32 | Oman | Manama |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 82 | +20 | 8 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 98 | 90 | +8 | 5 |
| South Korea | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 108 | 111 | −3 | 4 |
| Chinese Taipei | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 115 | 123 | −8 | 3 |
| Japan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 96 | 113 | −17 | 0 |
| 26 August 1998 | Chinese Taipei | 30–30 | Kuwait | Manama |
| 26 August 1998 | Saudi Arabia | 29–22 | South Korea | Manama |
| 28 August 1998 | Japan | 27–29 | South Korea | Manama |
| 28 August 1998 | Chinese Taipei | 22–28 | Saudi Arabia | Manama |
| 30 August 1998 | Kuwait | 17–20 | Saudi Arabia | Manama |
| 30 August 1998 | Japan | 28–35 | Chinese Taipei | Manama |
| 1 September 1998 | South Korea | 37–28 | Chinese Taipei | Manama |
| 1 September 1998 | Kuwait | 24–20 | Japan | Manama |
| 3 September 1998 | Saudi Arabia | 25–21 | Japan | Manama |
| 3 September 1998 | South Korea | 20–27 | Kuwait | Manama |

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 7 September – Manama | 7 September – Manama |
| Bahrain | 23 |
| Bahrain | 23 | 8 September – Manama | 8 September – Manama |
| Kuwait | 20 | 8 September – Manama | 8 September – Manama |
| Kuwait | 20 | Bahrain | 24 |
| 7 September – Manama | 7 September – Manama | | Bahrain | 24 |
| 7 September – Manama | 7 September – Manama | Saudi Arabia | 17 |
| Saudi Arabia | 23 | Saudi Arabia | 17 |
| China | 18 | | |
| China | 18 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 8 September – Manama | 8 September – Manama |
| | | Kuwait | 25 |
| | | China | 20 |

### Semifinals

| 7 September 1998 | Bahrain | 23–20 | Kuwait | Manama |
| 7 September 1998 | Saudi Arabia | 23–18 | China | Manama |

### Bronze medal match

| 8 September 1998 | Kuwait | 25–20 | China | Manama |

### Gold medal match

| 8 September 1998 | Bahrain | 24–17 | Saudi Arabia | Manama |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Bahrain |
| | Saudi Arabia |
| | Kuwait |
| 4 | China |
| 5 | South Korea |
| 6 | Oman |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates |
| 9 | Qatar |
| 10 | Japan |
* Team qualified for the 1999 Junior World Championship