# 2008 Asian Women's Handball Championship

The 2008 Asian Women's Handball Championship was the twelfth Asian Championship, which was taking place from 21 to 30 November 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship in China.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B |
| Japan  South Korea  Kazakhstan  Uzbekistan  Iran | China  Thailand  India  Qatar  Vietnam |

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+7).

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| South Korea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 97 | +79 | 8 |
| Japan | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 147 | 96 | +51 | 6 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 135 | 93 | +42 | 4 |
| Iran | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 82 | 157 | −75 | 2 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 78 | 175 | −97 | 0 |
| 21 November 2008 12:00 | South Korea | 57–26 | Uzbekistan | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 21 November 2008 12:00 | | (31–10) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 21 November 2008 13:30 | Kazakhstan | 41–18 | Iran | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 21 November 2008 13:30 | | (21–5) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 22 November 2008 13:30 | Japan | 47–14 | Uzbekistan | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 22 November 2008 13:30 | | (21–3) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 22 November 2008 18:00 | South Korea | 32–29 | Kazakhstan | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 22 November 2008 18:00 | | (16–15) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 23 November 2008 14:30 | Japan | 42–20 | Iran | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 23 November 2008 14:30 | | (21–8) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 24 November 2008 15:00 | Kazakhstan | 42–12 | Uzbekistan | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 24 November 2008 15:00 | | (19–4) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 24 November 2008 16:30 | South Korea | 48–15 | Iran | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 24 November 2008 16:30 | | (22–7) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 25 November 2008 14:30 | Japan | 31–23 | Kazakhstan | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 25 November 2008 14:30 | | (15–9) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 26 November 2008 13:30 | Uzbekistan | 26–29 | Iran | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 26 November 2008 13:30 | | (12–17) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 26 November 2008 15:00 | South Korea | 39–27 | Japan | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 26 November 2008 15:00 | | (22–11) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| China | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 169 | 61 | +108 | 8 |
| Thailand (H) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 121 | 110 | +11 | 6 |
| Vietnam | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 106 | 132 | −26 | 4 |
| India | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 108 | 136 | −28 | 2 |
| Qatar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 82 | 147 | −65 | 0 |
| 21 November 2008 16:15 | Thailand | 34–23 | Qatar | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 21 November 2008 16:15 | | (17–8) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 21 November 2008 17:45 | China | 42–12 | India | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 21 November 2008 17:45 | | (21–5) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 22 November 2008 15:00 | China | 38–14 | Qatar | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 22 November 2008 15:00 | | (19–5) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 22 November 2008 16:30 | India | 27–29 | Vietnam | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 22 November 2008 16:30 | | (15–13) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 23 November 2008 16:00 | Thailand | 29–20 | Vietnam | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 23 November 2008 16:00 | | (19–15) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 24 November 2008 13:30 | India | 37–23 | Qatar | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 24 November 2008 13:30 | | (18–13) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 24 November 2008 18:00 | China | 54–19 | Vietnam | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 24 November 2008 18:00 | | (26–10) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 25 November 2008 16:00 | Thailand | 42–32 | India | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 25 November 2008 16:00 | | (22–13) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 26 November 2008 16:30 | China | 35–16 | Thailand | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 26 November 2008 16:30 | | (19–11) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 26 November 2008 18:00 | Qatar | 22–38 | Vietnam | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 26 November 2008 18:00 | | (7–20) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |

## Placement 5th–10th
### 9th/10th

| 29 November 2008 14:00 | Uzbekistan | 10–0 | Qatar | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 29 November 2008 14:00 | | (Walkover) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |

### 7th/8th

| 29 November 2008 16:00 | Iran | 34–30 | India | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 29 November 2008 16:00 | | (17–12) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |

### 5th/6th

| 29 November 2008 18:00 | Kazakhstan | 43–18 | Vietnam | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 29 November 2008 18:00 | | (21–7) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 28 November – Bangkok | 28 November – Bangkok |
| South Korea | 38 |
| South Korea | 38 | 30 November – Bangkok | 30 November – Bangkok |
| Thailand | 17 | 30 November – Bangkok | 30 November – Bangkok |
| Thailand | 17 | South Korea | 35 |
| 28 November – Bangkok | 28 November – Bangkok | | South Korea | 35 |
| 28 November – Bangkok | 28 November – Bangkok | China | 23 |
| China | 29 | China | 23 |
| Japan | 28 | | |
| Japan | 28 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 30 November – Bangkok | 30 November – Bangkok |
| | | Thailand | 16 |
| | | Japan | 39 |

### Semifinals

| 28 November 2008 16:00 | South Korea | 38–17 | Thailand | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 28 November 2008 16:00 | | (18–10) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 28 November 2008 18:00 | China | 29–28 | Japan | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 28 November 2008 18:00 | | (12–14) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |

### Bronze medal match

| 30 November 2008 15:00 | Thailand | 16–39 | Japan | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 30 November 2008 15:00 | | (11–20) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |

### Gold medal match

| 30 November 2008 17:00 | South Korea | 35–23 | China | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 30 November 2008 17:00 | | (16–14) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | South Korea |
| | China |
| | Japan |
| 4 | Thailand |
| 5 | Kazakhstan |
| 6 | Vietnam |
| 7 | Iran |
| 8 | India |
| 9 | Uzbekistan |
| 10 | Qatar |
* Team qualified for the 2009 World Championship