# 2002 Asian Women's Handball Championship

The 2002 Asian Women's Handball Championship, the ninth Asian Championship, which was taking place from 26 to 31 July 2002 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B |
| South Korea  China  North Korea *  Turkmenistan | Japan  Kazakhstan  Chinese Taipei  Uzbekistan |
* Withdrew

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+6).

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| South Korea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 30 | +44 | 4 |
| China | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 44 | +17 | 2 |
| Turkmenistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 86 | −61 | 0 |
| 26 July 2002 13:30 | South Korea | 32–17 | China | Almaty |
| 26 July 2002 13:30 | | (15–10) | | Almaty |
| 27 July 2002 14:00 | South Korea | 42–13 | Turkmenistan | Almaty |
| 27 July 2002 14:00 | | (22–4) | | Almaty |
| 28 July 2002 14:00 | China | 44–12 | Turkmenistan | Almaty |
| 28 July 2002 14:00 | | (18–5) | | Almaty |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Kazakhstan (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 61 | +30 | 6 |
| Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 63 | +36 | 4 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 72 | −3 | 2 |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 125 | −63 | 0 |
| 26 July 2002 16:00 | Japan | 22–17 | Chinese Taipei | Almaty |
| 26 July 2002 16:00 | | (13–8) | | Almaty |
| 26 July 2002 18:00 | Kazakhstan | 35–22 | Uzbekistan | Almaty |
| 26 July 2002 18:00 | | (16–7) | | Almaty |
| 27 July 2002 16:00 | Japan | 53–19 | Uzbekistan | Almaty |
| 27 July 2002 16:00 | | (23–12) | | Almaty |
| 27 July 2002 18:00 | Kazakhstan | 29–15 | Chinese Taipei | Almaty |
| 27 July 2002 18:00 | | (15–6) | | Almaty |
| 28 July 2002 16:00 | Japan | 24–27 | Kazakhstan | Almaty |
| 28 July 2002 16:00 | | (10–15) | | Almaty |
| 28 July 2002 18:00 | Chinese Taipei | 37–21 | Uzbekistan | Almaty |
| 28 July 2002 18:00 | | (14–13) | | Almaty |

## Placement 5th/6th

| 30 July 2002 14:00 | Turkmenistan | 28–31 | Chinese Taipei | Almaty |
| 30 July 2002 14:00 | | (14–18) | | Almaty |

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 30 July – Almaty | 30 July – Almaty |
| South Korea | 31 |
| South Korea | 31 | 31 July – Almaty | 31 July – Almaty |
| Japan | 22 | 31 July – Almaty | 31 July – Almaty |
| Japan | 22 | South Korea | 25 |
| 30 July – Almaty | 30 July – Almaty | | South Korea | 25 |
| 30 July – Almaty | 30 July – Almaty | Kazakhstan | 27 |
| Kazakhstan | 25 | Kazakhstan | 27 |
| China | 21 | | |
| China | 21 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 31 July – Almaty | 31 July – Almaty |
| | | Japan | 23 |
| | | China | 29 |

### Semifinals

| 30 July 2002 16:00 | South Korea | 31–22 | Japan | Almaty |
| 30 July 2002 16:00 | | (14–9) | | Almaty |
| 30 July 2002 18:00 | Kazakhstan | 25–21 | China | Almaty |
| 30 July 2002 18:00 | | (13–11) | | Almaty |

### Bronze medal match

| 31 July 2002 16:00 | Japan | 23–29 | China | Almaty |
| 31 July 2002 16:00 | | (10–15) | | Almaty |

### Gold medal match

| 31 July 2002 18:00 | South Korea | 25–27 | Kazakhstan | Almaty |
| 31 July 2002 18:00 | | (13–13) | | Almaty |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Kazakhstan |
| | South Korea |
| | China |
| 4 | Japan |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei |
| 6 | Turkmenistan |
| 7 | Uzbekistan |
* Team qualified for the 2003 World Championship
Kazakhstan withdrew and was replaced by Japan in the 2003 World Championship.