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1977 Asian Men's Handball Championship

Field	Value
tourney_name	Asian Championship
year	1977
country	Kuwait
dates	26 March – 4 April
num_teams	9
confederations	1
venues	1
cities	1
champion	JPN
count	1
second	KOR
second-flagvar	1949
third	CHN
fourth	KUW
next	1979 Asian Men's Handball Championship

| second-flagvar = 1949 The 1977 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the first Asian Championship, which took place from 26 March 4 April 1977 in Kuwait City, Kuwait. The games were played outside at the Al-Sadiq school station. The IHF was represented by president Paul Högberg, general secretary Max Rinkenurger and the Asian representative Kazumi Watanabe.

Preliminary round

Group A

Games from Japan:

At the score of 11-11 it began to rain and it was unplayable.
According to Japan: 25-14

Group B

Final round

| ||26||19 | ||22||16 | ||24||14 | ||38||16

Semifinals

According to Japan: 21-16

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standing

Rank	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9

	Team qualified for the 1978 World Championship

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals
1	Kin Hyakku	31
2	Yoji Sato	30
3	Jungjeong Kyun	28
4	Graeme	25
5	Haruaki Gamo	23
Kim Sung Heon

Source:

References

(July 1977). "I. Asiatisches Handballturnier in Kuwait". [[International Handball Federation]].
(May 1977). "Nihon kinmedaru, kesshō de Kankoku o kudasu 〜-hatsu no Ajia senshuken 〜 chūmoku no Chūgoku 3-i, kuu~ēto 4-i". [[Japan Handball Association]].
(2 February 1987). "Ajia senshuken 〜 danshi nomi 〜". [[Japan Handball Association]].
(2 February 1987). "Zen'nihon danshi kōshiki kokusai shiai". [[Japan Handball Association]].
Ilbo, JoongAng. (31 March 1977). "hangug, jung-gong gyeogpa jungyeol jinchul".
Ilbo, JoongAng. (4 April 1977). "hangug-ilbon daegyeol{{!}}aju haendeubol gyeolseungseo".

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