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2008 Asian Men's Handball Championship

Field	Value
tourney_name	Asian Championship
year	2008
image	Asian Handball 2008 logo.png
size	200px
country	Iran
dates	17–26 February
num_teams	10
confederations	1
venues	1
cities	1
champion	KOR
count	7
second	KUW
third	KSA
fourth	IRI
matches	27
goals	1563
previous	2006 Asian Men's Handball Championship
next	2010 Asian Men's Handball Championship

The 2008 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the 13th Asian Championship, which was taking place from 17 to 26 February 2008 in Isfahan, Iran. The championship was held in Isfahan's Pirouzi Arena and acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship in Croatia.

Draw

Group A	Group B

Preliminary round

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

Group A

Group B

Placement 5th–10th

9th/10th

7th/8th

5th/6th

** Bahrain didn't not show up and was penalized to the last place.*

Final round

|24 February – Isfahan ||32||29 |24 February – Isfahan ||33||24 |26 February – Isfahan ||21||27 |26 February – Isfahan ||24||23

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standing

Rank	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

	Team qualified for the 2009 World Championship

All-star team

Goalkeeper: Yousef Al-Fadhli
Left wing: Yu Dong-geun
Left back: Rahim Momenizadeh
Pivot: Abdullah Al-Theyab
Centre back: Bandar Al-Harbi
Right back: Park Wong-chul
Right wing: Hussain Al-Ekhwan

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