Column 1
Oman
1 (in 1 host city)
16–26 July
14 (from 1 confederation)
South Korea (3rd title)
Japan
Bahrain
Saudi Arabia
51
2,988 (58.59 per match)
The 2018 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the championship, held from 16 to 26 July 2018 at Salalah , Oman , under the aegis of the Asian Handball Federation . It was the first time in history that the championship was organised in Oman by the Oman Handball Association . It also acted as the qualification tournament for the 2019 Men's Junior World Handball Championship . The top three teams from the championship directly qualified for the Junior World Championship, which was held in Spain .
The draw was held on Friday, 13 April 2018 at 17:30 (UTC+04:00 ) in the City Seasons Hotel, Muscat , Oman .
Teams were seeded according to the AHF COC regulations and rankings of the previous edition of the championship. Teams who had not participated in the previous edition were in Pot 4.
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Qatar Saudi Arabia South Korea Oman Japan Iraq Bahrain Iran China Uzbekistan India Palestine Syria Chinese Taipei Yemen Lebanon
Palestine and Uzbekistan were drawn in Group B and Group C respectively. They withdrew from the tournament after the draw due to unavoidable internal circumstances.
All times are local (UTC+4 ).
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
16 July 2018 13:00 Lebanon 31–45 South Korea Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Al-Dossary, Al-Marri (KSA)
Mansour 16 (15–23) Shin J. 8
7× 1× 3× 4×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
16 July 2018 16:30 China 15–22 Japan Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Huang 4 (8–8) Klampt, Takano 4
2× 4× 2× 5×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
17 July 2018 17:00 South Korea 32–27 China Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
Kang, Kim R. 7 (16–14) Jin 7
1× 1× 2× 3×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
17 July 2018 18:45 Japan 34–12 Lebanon Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
Nishi 10 (20–6) Chahine, Mansour 4
3× 2× 3× 4×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
18 July 2018 13:30 Lebanon 18–33 China Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Al-Wahibir, Al-Shahi (OMA)
Mansour 6 (6–16) Huang 8
1× 3× 4× 7×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
18 July 2018 17:00 Japan 23–27 South Korea Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
Tokuda 8 (8–14) Shin J. 9
3× 3× 1× 2×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
16 July 2018 14:45 Syria 26–36 Qatar Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
Al-Azem 7 (9–21) Al-Kharusi 5
2× 2× 3× 6×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
17 July 2018 10:00 Iraq 45–22 Syria Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Tavakoli, Valadkhanian (IRI)
Al-Bufaradi 9 (24–13) Al-Bashouri 6
3× 9× 3× 5× 1×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
18 July 2018 11:45 Iraq 21–26 Qatar Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
Al-Mashhadani 6 (9–11) Al-Mughanni, Gačević 4
3× 1× 2× 3×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
16 July 2018 11:15 Chinese Taipei 30–41 Saudi Arabia Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
Chen 6 (16–20) Al-Mesallem 9
2× 1× 2× 5×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
17 July 2018 11:45 Bahrain 38–23 Chinese Taipei Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Ah. Ali 10 (18–14) Jou 6
3× 3× 3× 6×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
18 July 2018 15:15 Bahrain 22–21 Saudi Arabia Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Ah. Ali 9 (10–10) Al-Mesallem 7
2× 2× 4× 3×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
16 July 2018 09:30 India 17–48 Iran Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Usui, Kawai (JPN)
Ankit 5 (8–23) Taheri 7
1× 4× 3× 3×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
16 July 2018 19:00 Yemen 28–36 Oman Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Ke, Li (CHN)
Rezq 11 (15–21) Al-Hasani 8
6× 1× 3× 3×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
17 July 2018 13:30 Oman 38–37 India Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Al-Dossary, Al-Marri (KSA)
Al-Hasani 14 (17–21) Sunny 10
3× 6× 2× 3×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
17 July 2018 15:15 Iran 49–19 Yemen Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Usui, Kawai (JPN)
Falavarjani, Yahyaye 7 (29–6) Derhem, Othman 6
3× 6× 2× 8× 1×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
18 July 2018 10:00 Yemen 24–37 India Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Ke, Li (CHN)
Othman 10 (13–19) Ankit 9
3× 3× 1× 2×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
18 July 2018 18:45 Iran 26–17 Oman Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
Behnamnia 6 (10–11) Al-Maashari 6
1× 6× 2× 4× 1× 1×
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9 5 5 0 0 188 124 +64 10
10 5 4 0 1 214 161 +53 8
11 5 3 0 2 186 192 −6 6
12 5 2 0 3 165 178 −13 4
13 5 1 0 4 152 179 −27 2
14 5 0 0 5 150 221 −71 0
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
20 July 2018 09:00 Chinese Taipei 41–38 India Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Hung 12 (23–16) Naveen 9
3× 6× 2× 2×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
20 July 2018 10:45 Syria 25–40 Lebanon Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Al-Bashouri 8 (11–23) Mansour 13
3× 4× 1× 2× 6×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
20 July 2018 12:30 China 47–26 Yemen Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Jin 8 (23–14) Othman 11
3× 4× 2× 3× 2×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
21 July 2018 09:00 Syria 30–45 Chinese Taipei Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
Al-Masri 7 (10–19) Li 7
2× 7× 1× 1× 4×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
21 July 2018 10:45 Lebanon 13–30 China Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
Assaad, Kobeissi 3 (6–13) Jin 6
2× 4× 2× 1×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
21 July 2018 12:30 India 36–32 Yemen Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Tavakoli, Valadkhanian
Naveen 9 (20–12) Othman 7
3× 5× 3× 7×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
22 July 2018 09:00 China 50–31 India Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Huang 11 (27–18) Sunny 7
3× 4× 1× 2×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
22 July 2018 10:45 Yemen 25–36 Syria Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Othman, Rezq 5 (14–21) Al-Bashouri 7
1× 3× 2× 5×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
22 July 2018 12:30 Chinese Taipei 41–35 Lebanon Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Chang 9 (24–18) Mansour 15
3× 4× 3× 2× 1×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
24 July 2018 09:00 Lebanon 44–39 Yemen Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
(22–16)
1× 2× 3× 1×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
24 July 2018 10:45 Chinese Taipei 29–30 China Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
(12–16)
3× 5× 4× 4×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
24 July 2018 12:30 India 38–36 Syria Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
(20–22)
2× 3× 3× 2×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
25 July 2018 10:45 Yemen 28–58 Chinese Taipei Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Rezq 10 (12–30) Jou 8
1× 5× 3× 1×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
26 July 2018 12:45 India 43–33 Lebanon Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Ke, Li (CHN)
Ankit, Sunny 10 (20–14) Al-Oukaibe 7
3× 4× 1× 3×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
26 July 2018 14:30 China 31–25 Syria Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Tavakoli, Valadkhanian (IRI)
Li 8 (16–12) Al-Azem 7
2× 6× 4× 4×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
20 July 2018 18:10 Iraq 22–29 Bahrain Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
Al-Sahlani 6 (9–15) H. Ali 6
4× 8× 2× 4×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
20 July 2018 19:55 South Korea 37–20 Oman Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Tavakoli, Valadkhanian (IRI)
Lee 6 (20–8) Al-Araimi 6
2× 1× 4× 11× 2×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
21 July 2018 18:00 Iraq 34–24 Oman Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
(12–15)
2× 6× 2× 1×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
21 July 2018 20:10 South Korea 32–25 Bahrain Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
Kang 9 (14–11) Ab. Ali, Al-Maqabi 6
3× 4× 2× 4×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
22 July 2018 17:45 Oman 18–30 Bahrain Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
Al-Maashari 6 (8–14) three players 5
2× 4× 3× 6×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
22 July 2018 19:30 Iraq 24–34 South Korea Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
Sabeeh 4 (12–16) Kim R. 8
2× 5× 2×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
20 July 2018 14:25 Qatar 17–19 Saudi Arabia Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Gačević, Mohammad 4 (8–10) Al-Mesallem 7
3× 5× 3× 3×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
20 July 2018 16:25 Japan 19–19 Iran Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
Sakurai, Tokuda 5 (9–5) Behnamnia 6
2× 5× 1× 5×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
21 July 2018 14:30 Qatar 26–26 Iran Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Gačević 8 (11–11) Taheri 6
3× 4× 1× 4× 2×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
21 July 2018 16:15 Japan 26–23 Saudi Arabia Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah
Takano 8 (16–9) Al-Sadah 6
3× 1× 1× 3×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
22 July 2018 14:15 Iran 24–30 Saudi Arabia Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Behnamnia 5 (12–15) Al-Madan 11
3× 2× 3× 2×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
22 July 2018 16:00 Qatar 17–23 Japan Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
Mohamed 6 (10–12) Kawasaki, Tokuda 4
3× 2× 1× 3×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7
Semifinals Final
24 July
South Korea 24
26 July
Saudi Arabia 19
South Korea (OT) 27
24 July
Japan 25
Japan 20
Bahrain 17
Third place
26 July
Saudi Arabia 28
Bahrain 29
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
24 July 2018 14:15 Oman 23–25 Qatar Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Tavakoli, Valadkhanian (IRI)
(9–10)
3× 1× 3× 3×
FT: 20–20 Pen: 3–5
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
24 July 2018 16:00 Iran 29–23 Iraq Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
(14–12)
3× 2× 3× 2×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
24 July 2018 17:45 South Korea 24–19 Saudi Arabia Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Kim R. 8 (9–12) Al-Madan 6
4× 4× 4× 5×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
24 July 2018 19:30 Japan 20–17 Bahrain Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Hussein, Imran (IRQ)
Tokuda 8 (13–9) Al-Zaimoor 8
2× 5× 3× 7×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
26 July 2018 16:15 Saudi Arabia 28–29 Bahrain Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
Al-Madan 6 (11–16) Al-Zaimoor 10
3× 2× 2×
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5
26 July 2018 18:15 South Korea 27–25 (ET) Japan Al-Saada Indoor Hall, Salalah Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
Kang 9 (12–9) Tokuda 8
2× 3× 2× 3×
FT: 22–22 ET: 5–3
Rank Team
South Korea
Japan
Bahrain
4 Saudi Arabia
5 Iran
6 Iraq
7 Qatar
8 Oman
9 China
10 Chinese Taipei
11 India
12 Lebanon
13 Syria
14 Yemen
Column 1 Column 2
Team qualified for the 2019 Junior World Championship
Position Player
Goalkeeper Hassan Al-Turaik (KSA)
Right wing Kim Jin-young (KOR)
Right back Rennosuke Tokuda (JPN)
Centre back Kang Tan (KOR)
Left back Abdulla Al-Zaimoor (BHR)
Left wing Jeon Young-je (KOR)
Pivot Sota Takano (JPN)
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