# 2017 Asian Beach Handball Championship

The 2017 Asian Beach Handball Championship was the 6th edition of the Asian Beach Handball Championship held from 8 to 15 May 2017 at Pattaya, Thailand under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. It also acts as the qualification tournament for the 2018 Beach Handball World Championships.

## Format

In men's category the tournament was played on the round-robin-cum-knockout format. A team had to play match with all the other teams in group stage. Top two teams from each group will advance to semifinals. In women's category the tournament was played in a round-robin format and final standings in the group are final positions.
Matches were played in sets, the team that wins two sets is the winner of a match. When teams were equal in points the head-to-head result was decisive.

## Men
### Participating nations

* Afghanistan
* Chinese Taipei
* Iran
* Oman
* Qatar (Defending Champion)
* Thailand (Host)
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
| Qatar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 6 | Semifinal |
| Oman | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Semifinal |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 | 5th–8th Place |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 0 | 5th–8th Place |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 8 May 2017 |||
| 19:00 |||
| Chinese Taipei | 0 - 2 | Oman |
| 9 May 2017 |||
| 17:45 |||
| Uzbekistan | 0 - 2 | Qatar |
| 10 May 2017 |||
| 17:00 |||
| Uzbekistan | 0 - 2 | Oman |
| 18:30 |||
| Chinese Taipei | 0 - 2 | Qatar |
| 11 May 2017 |||
| 17:45 |||
| Chinese Taipei | 2 - 0 | Uzbekistan |
| 12 May 2017 |||
| 17:00 |||
| Qatar | 2 - 0 | Oman |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
| Vietnam | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 8 | Semifinal |
| Iran | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | Semifinal |
| Thailand | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5th–8th Place |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 2 | 5th–8th Place |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 0 | 9th Place |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 8 May 2017 |||
| 17:00 |||
| Afghanistan | 0 - 2 | Iran |
| 18:15 |||
| United Arab Emirates | 1 - 2 | Thailand |
| 9 May 2017 |||
| 17:00 |||
| Vietnam | 2 - 1 | Iran |
| 18:30 |||
| Afghanistan | 0 - 2 | Thailand |
| 10 May 2017 |||
| 16:15 |||
| Iran | 2 - 0 | United Arab Emirates |
| 17:45 |||
| Afghanistan | 0 - 2 | Vietnam |
| 11 May 2017 |||
| 17:00 |||
| United Arab Emirates | 2 - 0 | Afghanistan |
| 18:30 |||
| Vietnam | 2 - 1 | Thailand |
| 12 May 2017 |||
| 16:15 |||
| United Arab Emirates | 0 - 2 | Vietnam |
| 18:30 |||
| Thailand | 0 - 2 | Iran |

### 5th–8th-place matches

| 5th–8th-place semifinals | 5th–8th-place semifinals | 5th-place match | 5th-place match |
| 14 May - 10:00hrs | 14 May - 10:00hrs |
| Chinese Taipei | 2 |
| Chinese Taipei | 2 | 14 May - 17:00hrs | 14 May - 17:00hrs |
| United Arab Emirates | 0 | 14 May - 17:00hrs | 14 May - 17:00hrs |
| United Arab Emirates | 0 | Chinese Taipei | 2 |
| 14 May - 10:45hrs | 14 May - 10:45hrs | | Chinese Taipei | 2 |
| 14 May - 10:45hrs | 14 May - 10:45hrs | Thailand | 1 |
| Thailand | 2 | Thailand | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | | |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 7th-place match | 7th-place match |
| | | 14 May - 16:15hrs | 14 May - 16:15hrs |
| | | United Arab Emirates | 2 |
| | | Uzbekistan | 0 |

### Final matches

| Semifinal match | Semifinal match | Final match | Final match |
| 14 May - 18:30hrs | 14 May - 18:30hrs |
| Vietnam | 0 |
| Vietnam | 0 | 15 May - 17:15hrs | 15 May - 17:15hrs |
| Qatar | 2 | 15 May - 17:15hrs | 15 May - 17:15hrs |
| Qatar | 2 | Qatar | 2 |
| 14 May - 19:15hrs | 14 May - 19:15hrs | | Qatar | 2 |
| 14 May - 19:15hrs | 14 May - 19:15hrs | Oman | 0 |
| Oman | 2 | Oman | 0 |
| Iran | 1 | | |
| Iran | 1 | Third-place match | Third-place match |
| | | 15 May - 15:45hrs | 15 May - 15:45hrs |
| | | Vietnam | 1 |
| | | Iran | 2 |

### Final standings

| | Qatar (4th Title) (Defending Champion) |
| | Oman |
| | Iran |
| 4 | Vietnam |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei |
| 6 | Thailand (Host) |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates |
| 8 | Uzbekistan |
| 9 | Afghanistan |
* Qualified for the 2018 Beach Handball World Championships

## Women
### Participating nations

* China
* Chinese Taipei
* Thailand (Defending Champion) (Host)
* Vietnam

### Round-Robin

| Team | Pld | W | L | SW | SL | Diff | Pts |
| Thailand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| China | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 12 May 2017 |||
| 15:30 |||
| Vietnam | 2 - 0 | Chinese Taipei |
| 17:45 |||
| China | 1 - 2 | Thailand |
| 14 May 2017 |||
| 15:30 |||
| China | 0 - 2 | Chinese Taipei |
| 17:45 |||
| Vietnam | 0 - 2 | Thailand |
| 15 May 2017 |||
| 17:00 |||
| Vietnam | 2 - 0 | China |
| 18:30 |||
| Thailand | 2 - 0 | Chinese Taipei |

### Final standings

| | Thailand (3rd Title) (Defending Champion) (Host) |
| | Vietnam |
| | Chinese Taipei |
| 4 | China |
* Qualified for the 2018 Beach Handball World Championships