# 2008 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship

The 2008 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship (3rd tournament) took place in Amman from 11 July–21 July. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2009 Men's Youth World Handball Championship in Tunisia.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B |
| Qatar  South Korea  Iraq  India  Kuwait  Chinese Taipei | Iran  Jordan  Japan  Bahrain  Saudi Arabia |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Kuwait | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 177 | 138 | +39 | 10 |
| Qatar | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 181 | 118 | +63 | 8 |
| South Korea | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 198 | 142 | +56 | 6 |
| Chinese Taipei | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 148 | 173 | −25 | 4 |
| Iraq | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 124 | 164 | −40 | 2 |
| India | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 129 | 222 | −93 | 0 |
| 11 July 2008 14:00 | Qatar | 45–25 | India | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 11 July 2008 14:00 | | (20–13) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 11 July 2008 17:00 | Iraq | 27–35 | Kuwait | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 11 July 2008 17:00 | | (10–18) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 11 July 2008 20:00 | South Korea | 44–30 | Chinese Taipei | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 11 July 2008 20:00 | | (18–17) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 12 July 2008 14:00 | Chinese Taipei | 30–24 | Iraq | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 12 July 2008 14:00 | | (13–14) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 12 July 2008 15:30 | Kuwait | 25–23 | Qatar | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 12 July 2008 15:30 | | (12–14) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 12 July 2008 17:00 | South Korea | 60–19 | India | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 12 July 2008 17:00 | | (29–12) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 14 July 2008 14:00 | Qatar | 38–18 | Chinese Taipei | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 14 July 2008 14:00 | | (22–6) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 14 July 2008 17:00 | India | 25–48 | Kuwait | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 14 July 2008 17:00 | | (13–24) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 14 July 2008 20:00 | South Korea | 33–22 | Iraq | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 14 July 2008 20:00 | | (20–9) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 16 July 2008 14:00 | Iraq | 19–36 | Qatar | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 16 July 2008 14:00 | | (11–20) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 16 July 2008 15:30 | South Korea | 30–32 | Kuwait | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 16 July 2008 15:30 | | (15–13) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 16 July 2008 17:00 | Chinese Taipei | 37–30 | India | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 16 July 2008 17:00 | | (15–13) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 17 July 2008 15:30 | Qatar | 39–31 | South Korea | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 17 July 2008 15:30 | | (19–15) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 17 July 2008 17:00 | Kuwait | 37–33 | Chinese Taipei | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 17 July 2008 17:00 | | (19–16) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 17 July 2008 20:00 | Iraq | 32–30 | India | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 17 July 2008 20:00 | | (16–17) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Iran | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 113 | +22 | 8 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 121 | 120 | +1 | 6 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 118 | 124 | −6 | 4 |
| Japan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 119 | 122 | −3 | 2 |
| Jordan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 91 | 105 | −14 | 0 |
| 11 July 2008 15:30 | Iran | 35–31 | Bahrain | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 11 July 2008 15:30 | | (14–15) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 11 July 2008 18:30 | Japan | 33–34 | Saudi Arabia | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 11 July 2008 18:30 | | (18–13) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 12 July 2008 18:30 | Jordan | 22–25 | Saudi Arabia | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 12 July 2008 18:30 | | (12–12) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 14 July 2008 15:30 | Iran | 34–28 | Japan | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 14 July 2008 15:30 | | (16–11) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 14 July 2008 18:30 | Jordan | 26–27 | Bahrain | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 14 July 2008 18:30 | | (13–12) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 15 July 2008 16:00 | Iran | 39–32 | Saudi Arabia | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 15 July 2008 16:00 | | (17–17) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 15 July 2008 17:30 | Japan | 32–33 | Bahrain | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 15 July 2008 17:30 | | (17–19) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 16 July 2008 18:30 | Jordan | 21–26 | Japan | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 16 July 2008 18:30 | | (12–15) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 17 July 2008 14:00 | Bahrain | 30–27 | Saudi Arabia | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 17 July 2008 14:00 | | (13–13) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 17 July 2008 18:30 | Iran | 27–22 | Jordan | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 17 July 2008 18:30 | | (14–8) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |

## Placement 5th–10th
### 9th/10th

| 20 July 2008 16:00 | Iraq | 22–31 | Jordan | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 20 July 2008 16:00 | | (10–12) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |

### 7th/8th

| 20 July 2008 17:30 | Chinese Taipei | 30–31 | Japan | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 20 July 2008 17:30 | | (12–17) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |

### 5th/6th

| 20 July 2008 19:00 | South Korea | 44–37 | Saudi Arabia | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 20 July 2008 19:00 | | (26–16) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 19 July – Amman | 19 July – Amman |
| Kuwait | 33 |
| Kuwait | 33 | 21 July – Amman | 21 July – Amman |
| Bahrain | 29 | 21 July – Amman | 21 July – Amman |
| Bahrain | 29 | Kuwait | 31 |
| 19 July – Amman | 19 July – Amman | | Kuwait | 31 |
| 19 July – Amman | 19 July – Amman | Qatar | 26 |
| Iran | 27 | Qatar | 26 |
| Qatar | 28 | | |
| Qatar | 28 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 21 July – Amman | 21 July – Amman |
| | | Bahrain | 25 |
| | | Iran | 31 |

### Semifinals

| 19 July 2008 16:00 | Kuwait | 33–29 | Bahrain | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 19 July 2008 16:00 | | (16–13) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 19 July 2008 17:30 | Iran | 27–28 | Qatar | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 19 July 2008 17:30 | | (14–16) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |

### Bronze medal match

| 21 July 2008 16:00 | Iran | 31–25 | Bahrain | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 21 July 2008 16:00 | | (16–12) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |

### Gold medal match

| 21 July 2008 17:30 | Kuwait | 31–26 | Qatar | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |
| 21 July 2008 17:30 | | (16–10) | | Sports Palace Arena, Amman |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Kuwait |
| | Qatar |
| | Iran |
| 4 | Bahrain |
| 5 | South Korea |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia |
| 7 | Japan |
| 8 | Chinese Taipei |
| 9 | Jordan |
| 10 | Iraq |
| 11 | India |
* Team qualified for the 2009 Youth World Championship