# 2002 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship

The 2002 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship (8th tournament) took place in Bangkok from 21 August–31 August. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2003 Men's Junior World Handball Championship in Brazil.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B |
| Kuwait  Thailand  Japan  United Arab Emirates | Qatar  South Korea  Chinese Taipei  China |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 60 | +20 | 6 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 91 | +7 | 4 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 86 | 80 | +6 | 2 |
| Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 111 | −33 | 0 |
| 21 August 2002 16:00 | Thailand | 24–35 | Japan | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Mulla, Al-Zarraa (QAT) |
| 21 August 2002 16:00 | | (9–17) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Mulla, Al-Zarraa (QAT) |
| 22 August 2002 16:00 | Kuwait | 21–17 | Japan | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Sheikh, Al-Nofli (OMA) |
| 22 August 2002 16:00 | | (11–7) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Sheikh, Al-Nofli (OMA) |
| 23 August 2002 16:00 | Thailand | 30–44 | United Arab Emirates | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Nakada, Uemura (JPN) |
| 23 August 2002 16:00 | | (15–23) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Nakada, Uemura (JPN) |
| 24 August 2002 16:00 | Kuwait | 27–19 | United Arab Emirates | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Kouzehgari, Hayatpour (IRI) |
| 24 August 2002 16:00 | | (13–6) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Kouzehgari, Hayatpour (IRI) |
| 25 August 2002 16:00 | Kuwait | 32–24 | Thailand | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Al-Marzouqi (UAE) |
| 25 August 2002 16:00 | | (16–6) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Al-Marzouqi (UAE) |
| 26 August 2002 16:00 | Japan | 34–35 | United Arab Emirates | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Mulla, Al-Zarraa (QAT) |
| 26 August 2002 16:00 | | (16–16) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Mulla, Al-Zarraa (QAT) |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Qatar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 78 | +31 | 6 |
| South Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 104 | 103 | +1 | 4 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 111 | 115 | −4 | 2 |
| China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 90 | 118 | −28 | 0 |
| 21 August 2002 18:00 | South Korea | 42–34 | Chinese Taipei | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Shuwairbat, Al-Shutti (KUW) |
| 21 August 2002 18:00 | | (17–17) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Shuwairbat, Al-Shutti (KUW) |
| 22 August 2002 18:00 | Qatar | 36–25 | Chinese Taipei | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Al-Marzouqi (UAE) |
| 22 August 2002 18:00 | | (21–10) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Al-Marzouqi (UAE) |
| 23 August 2002 18:00 | South Korea | 37–29 | China | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Kouzehgari, Hayatpour (IRI) |
| 23 August 2002 18:00 | | (21–10) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Kouzehgari, Hayatpour (IRI) |
| 24 August 2002 18:00 | Qatar | 33–24 | China | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Sheikh, Al-Nofli (OMA) |
| 24 August 2002 18:00 | | (20–15) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Sheikh, Al-Nofli (OMA) |
| 25 August 2002 18:00 | Qatar | 40–25 | South Korea | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Shuwairbat, Al-Shutti (KUW) |
| 25 August 2002 18:00 | | (19–10) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Shuwairbat, Al-Shutti (KUW) |
| 26 August 2002 18:00 | Chinese Taipei | 48–37 | China | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Nakada, Uemura (JPN) |
| 26 August 2002 18:00 | | (21–17) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Nakada, Uemura (JPN) |

## Placement 5th–8th
### 7th/8th

| 29 August 2002 16:00 | Thailand | 26–36 | China | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Al-Marzouqi (UAE) |
| 29 August 2002 16:00 | | (12–18) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Al-Marzouqi (UAE) |

### 5th/6th

| 29 August 2002 18:00 | Japan | 33–29 | Chinese Taipei | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Shuwairbat, Al-Shutti (KUW) |
| 29 August 2002 18:00 | | (15–12) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Shuwairbat, Al-Shutti (KUW) |

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 28 August – Bangkok | 28 August – Bangkok |
| Kuwait | 31 |
| Kuwait | 31 | 30 August – Bangkok | 30 August – Bangkok |
| South Korea | 27 | 30 August – Bangkok | 30 August – Bangkok |
| South Korea | 27 | Kuwait | 23 |
| 28 August – Bangkok | 28 August – Bangkok | | Kuwait | 23 |
| 28 August – Bangkok | 28 August – Bangkok | Qatar | 21 |
| Qatar | 33 | Qatar | 21 |
| United Arab Emirates | 29 | | |
| United Arab Emirates | 29 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 30 August – Bangkok | 30 August – Bangkok |
| | | South Korea | 48 |
| | | United Arab Emirates | 40 |

### Semifinals

| 28 August 2002 16:00 | Kuwait | 31–27 | South Korea | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Mulla, Al-Zarraa (QAT) |
| 28 August 2002 16:00 | | (16–11) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Mulla, Al-Zarraa (QAT) |
| 28 August 2002 18:00 | Qatar | 33–29 | United Arab Emirates | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Kouzehgari, Hayatpour (IRI) |
| 28 August 2002 18:00 | | (15–12) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Kouzehgari, Hayatpour (IRI) |

### Bronze medal match

| 30 August 2002 16:00 | South Korea | 48–40 | United Arab Emirates | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Nakada, Uemura (JPN) |
| 30 August 2002 16:00 | | (25–17) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Nakada, Uemura (JPN) |

### Gold medal match

| 30 August 2002 18:00 | Kuwait | 23–21 | Qatar | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Sheikh, Al-Nofli (OMA) |
| 30 August 2002 18:00 | | (12–10) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok Referees: Al-Sheikh, Al-Nofli (OMA) |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Kuwait |
| | Qatar |
| | South Korea |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates |
| 5 | Japan |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei |
| 7 | China |
| 8 | Thailand |
* Team qualified for the 2003 Junior World Championship