# 2016 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship

The 2016 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship was the 7th edition of the Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship held from 27 August - 5 September 2016 at Manama, Bahrain under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. Is also acted as the qualification tournament for the 2017 Men's Youth World Handball Championship to be held in Georgia.

## Preliminary groups

| Group A | Group B |
| Bahrain | South Korea |
| Japan | Qatar |
| Iraq | Iran |
| Saudi Arabia | China |
| Hong Kong | Uzbekistan |
* Islamic Republic of Iran withdrew from the championship after the draw due to security conditions in Bahrain.

## Competition schedule

| G | Group stage | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze-medal match | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Sat 27 | Sun 28 | Mon 29 | Tue 30 | Wed 31 | Thu 1 | Fri 2 | Sat 3 | Sun 4 | Sun 4 | Mon 5 | Mon 5 |
| Men | G | G | G | Rest Day | G | G | Rest Day | ½ | | | B | F |

## Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Bahrain | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 110 | 82 | +28 | 7 |
| Japan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 105 | 84 | +21 | 7 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 105 | 90 | +15 | 4 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 91 | 91 | 0 | 2 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 60 | 124 | −64 | 0 |
| 27 August 2016 15:00 | Saudi Arabia | 24-28 | Japan | Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama |
| 27 August 2016 19:00 | Hong Kong | 17-34 | Bahrain | Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama |
| 28 August 2016 15:00 | Iraq | 22-27 | Japan | Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama |
| 28 August 2016 19:00 | Saudi Arabia | 23-25 | Bahrain | Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama |
| 29 August 2016 15:00 | Japan | 27-15 | Hong Kong | Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama |
| 29 August 2016 19:00 | Saudi Arabia | 24-21 | Iraq | Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama |
| 31 August 2016 15:00 | Hong Kong | 16 - 34 | Saudi Arabia | Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama |
| 31 August 2016 19:00 | Iraq | 19 - 28 | Bahrain | Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama |
| 1 September 2016 17:00 | Hong Kong | 12 - 29 | Iraq | Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama |
| 1 September 2016 19:00 | Bahrain | 23 - 23 | Japan | Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama |

## Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 64 | +67 | 6 |
| Qatar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 70 | −5 | 4 |
| China | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 80 | 99 | −19 | 2 |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 114 | −43 | 0 |
| 27 August 2016 13:00 | China | 20-27 | Qatar | Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama, Bahrain |
| 27 August 2016 17:00 | Uzbekistan | 27-53 | South Korea | Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama, Bahrain |
| 28 August 2016 17:00 | China | 24-43 | South Korea | Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama, Bahrain |
| 29 August 2016 17:00 | Qatar | 25-15 | Uzbekistan | Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama, Bahrain |
| 31 August 2016 17:00 | Uzbekistan | 29 - 36 | China | Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama, Bahrain |
| 1 September 2016 15:00 | South Korea | 35 - 13 | Qatar | Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama, Bahrain |

## 5th–8th Placement Matches
### 5th–8th Placement Semifinals

| 3 September 2016 13:00 | Saudi Arabia | 44 - 23 | Uzbekistan | Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama |
| 3 September 2016 15:00 | China | 28 - 30 | Iraq | Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama |

### 7th–8th-place match

| 4 September 2016 17:00 | Uzbekistan | 28 - 23 | China | Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama |

### 5th–6th-place match

| 4 September 2016 19:00 | Saudi Arabia | 27 - 23 | Iraq | Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama |

## Knockout stage
### Semifinal matches

| 3 September 2016 17:00 | Bahrain | 23 - 19 | Qatar | Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama |
| 3 September 2016 19:00 | Japan | 30 - 29 | South Korea | Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama |

### Bronze-medal match

| 5 September 2016 17:00 | Qatar | 23 - 29 | South Korea | Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama |

### Gold-medal match

| 5 September 2016 19:00 | Bahrain | 25 - 23 | Japan | Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Manama |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Bahrain (1st title) (Host) |
| | Japan |
| | South Korea (Defending Champion) |
| 4 | Qatar |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia |
| 6 | Iraq |
| 7 | Uzbekistan |
| 8 | China |
| 9 | Hong Kong |
* Team qualified for the 2017 Youth World Championship