# 2002 Asian Men's Handball Championship

The 2002 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the tenth Asian Championship. It took place from 10 to 19 February 2002 in Isfahan, Iran. The championship was held in Isfahan's Pirouzi Arena. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2003 World Men's Handball Championship.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B |
| Kuwait  Iran  Qatar  Bahrain | South Korea  Saudi Arabia  Japan |

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3:30).

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Kuwait | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 68 | −1 | 4 |
| Qatar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 42 | +12 | 4 |
| Iran (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 75 | 71 | +4 | 3 |
| Bahrain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 65 | −15 | 1 |
| 10 February 2002 14:30 | Kuwait | 19–18 | Qatar | Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan |
| 10 February 2002 14:30 | | (10–11) | | Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan |
| 10 February 2002 17:00 | Iran | 26–26 | Bahrain | Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan |
| 10 February 2002 17:00 | | (12–13) | | Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan |
| 12 February 2002 15:00 | Kuwait | 29–24 | Bahrain | Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan |
| 12 February 2002 15:00 | | (14–13) | | Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan |
| 12 February 2002 17:00 | Iran | 23–26 | Qatar | Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan |
| 12 February 2002 17:00 | | (10–14) | | Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan |
| 14 February 2002 15:00 | Qatar | 10–0 | Bahrain | Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan |
| 14 February 2002 15:00 | | (Bahrain walked out) | | Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan |
| 14 February 2002 17:00 | Kuwait | 19–26 | Iran | Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan |
| 14 February 2002 17:00 | | (8–13) | | Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| South Korea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 2 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 2 |
| Japan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 2 |
| 11 February 2002 17:00 | South Korea | 23–20 | Japan | Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan |
| 11 February 2002 17:00 | | (12–11) | | Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan |
| 13 February 2002 17:00 | Japan | 20–18 | Saudi Arabia | Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan |
| 13 February 2002 17:00 | | (10–8) | | Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan |
| 15 February 2002 17:00 | South Korea | 28–30 | Saudi Arabia | Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan |
| 15 February 2002 17:00 | | (11–13) | | Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan |

## Placement 5th/6th

| 18 February 2002 17:00 | Iran | 29–25 | Japan | Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Referees: Al-Dossary, Al-Qarni (KSA) |
| 18 February 2002 17:00 | | (16–13) | | Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Referees: Al-Dossary, Al-Qarni (KSA) |

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 17 February – Isfahan | 17 February – Isfahan |
| Kuwait | 30 |
| Kuwait | 30 | 19 February – Isfahan | 19 February – Isfahan |
| Saudi Arabia | 27 | 19 February – Isfahan | 19 February – Isfahan |
| Saudi Arabia | 27 | Kuwait | 29 |
| 17 February – Isfahan | 17 February – Isfahan | | Kuwait | 29 |
| 17 February – Isfahan | 17 February – Isfahan | Qatar | 25 |
| South Korea | 28 | Qatar | 25 |
| Qatar | 33 | | |
| Qatar | 33 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 19 February – Isfahan | 19 February – Isfahan |
| | | Saudi Arabia | 38 |
| | | South Korea | 33 |

### Semifinals

| 17 February 2002 15:00 | Kuwait | 30–27 | Saudi Arabia | Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Referees: Al-Mulla, Al-Zarraa (QAT) |
| 17 February 2002 15:00 | | (16–16) | | Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Referees: Al-Mulla, Al-Zarraa (QAT) |
| 17 February 2002 17:00 | South Korea | 23–28 | Qatar | Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Referees: Al-Shuwairbat, Abulrethaei (KUW) |
| 17 February 2002 17:00 | | (14–16) | | Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Referees: Al-Shuwairbat, Abulrethaei (KUW) |

### Bronze medal match

| 19 February 2002 15:00 | Saudi Arabia | 38–33 | South Korea | Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Referees: Al-Busaidi, Al-Bulushi (OMA) |
| 19 February 2002 15:00 | | (17–14) | | Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Referees: Al-Busaidi, Al-Bulushi (OMA) |

### Gold medal match

| 19 February 2002 17:00 | Kuwait | 29–25 | Qatar | Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Referees: Kouzehgari, Hayatpour (IRI) |
| 19 February 2002 17:00 | | (14–10) | | Pirouzi Arena, Isfahan Referees: Kouzehgari, Hayatpour (IRI) |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Kuwait |
| | Qatar |
| | Saudi Arabia |
| 4 | South Korea |
| 5 | Iran |
| 6 | Japan |
| 7 | Bahrain |
* Team qualified for the 2003 World Championship

## All-star team

* Goalkeeper: Yousef Al-Fadhli (KUW)
* Left wing: Nabil Al-Obaidi (KSA)
* Left back: Ahmed Saad Al-Saad (QAT)
* Pivot: Mohsen Taheri (IRI)
* Centre back: Daisuke Miyazaki (JPN)
* Right back: Cho Hyun-chul (KOR)
* Right wing: Husain Siwan (KUW)