2023 Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship

2023 Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Hong Kong
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	30 June – 9 July
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (16th title)
Runner-up	China
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	Chinese Taipei
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	1,681 (57.97 per match)
Best player	Kim Min-seo
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The 2023 Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship was the 17th edition of the championship held from 30 June to 9 July 2023 at the Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation.^[2] It was the second time in history that championship was organised by the Handball Association of Hong Kong, China. It also acted as the qualification tournament for the 2024 Women's Junior World Handball Championship.

Draw[edit]

The draw was held on 3 February 2023 at the Olympic House, Hong Kong.^[3]

Seeding[edit]

Teams were seeded according to the AHF COC regulations and rankings of the previous edition of the championship. Teams who did not participated in the previous edition were in Pot 4.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Hong Kong India	Iran Kazakhstan	Uzbekistan	China Chinese Taipei Japan Kuwait South Korea

Preliminary round[edit]

All times are local (UTC+8).

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	4	4	0	160	78	+82	8	Semifinals
2	Japan	4	3	1	174	79	+95	6	Semifinals
3	Kazakhstan	4	2	2	120	108	+12	4	5–8th place semifinals
4	Hong Kong (H)	4	1	3	65	137	−72	2	5–8th place semifinals
5	Kuwait	4	0	4	38	155	−117	0	Ninth place game

Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts

30 June 2023 14:00	Japan	43–29	Kazakhstan	Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
		(23–13)
		Report

30 June 2023 17:30	South Korea	46–9	Hong Kong	Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
		(26–4)
		Report

1 July 2023 12:00	Kuwait	4–33	Kazakhstan	Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
		(2–14)
		Report

1 July 2023 16:00	Japan	46–8	Hong Kong	Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
		(19–5)
		Report

2 July 2023 12:00	Japan	55–7	Kuwait	Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
		(26–3)
		Report

2 July 2023 18:00	Kazakhstan	26–44	South Korea	Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
		(11–26)
		Report

4 July 2023 16:00	Kuwait	13–31	Hong Kong	Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
		(8–16)
		Report

4 July 2023 18:00	South Korea	34–30	Japan	Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
		(19–17)
		Report

5 July 2023 16:00	South Korea	36–14	Kuwait	Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
		(23–5)
		Report

5 July 2023 18:00	Hong Kong	17–32	Kazakhstan	Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
		(8–13)
		Report

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	4	4	0	0	130	87	+43	8	Semifinals
2	Chinese Taipei	4	2	1	1	104	104	0	5	Semifinals
3	Iran	4	2	0	2	117	124	−7	4	5–8th place semifinals
4	Uzbekistan	4	1	1	2	135	143	−8	3	5–8th place semifinals
5	India	4	0	0	4	105	133	−28	0	Ninth place game

Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.

30 June 2023 10:00	Chinese Taipei	25–22	India	Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
		(11–7)
		Report

30 June 2023 12:00	China	29–23	Iran	Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
		(13–11)
		Report

1 July 2023 14:00	Uzbekistan	36–37	Iran	Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
		(15–18)
		Report

1 July 2023 18:00	China	35–22	India	Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
		(14–9)
		Report

2 July 2023 14:00	China	39–28	Uzbekistan	Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
		(20–10)
		Report

2 July 2023 16:00	Iran	18–28	Chinese Taipei	Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
		(8–15)
		Report

4 July 2023 12:00	Uzbekistan	34–30	India	Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
		(15–11)
		Report

4 July 2023 14:00	Chinese Taipei	14–27	China	Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
		(5–13)
		Report

5 July 2023 12:00	Chinese Taipei	37–37	Uzbekistan	Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
		(19–20)
		Report

5 July 2023 14:00	India	31–39	Iran	Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
		(13–14)
		Report

Knockout stage[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Semifinals		Final

7 July

South Korea	41
		9 July
Chinese Taipei	20
		South Korea	34
7 July
		China	15
China	28

Japan	27
		Third place

		9 July

		Chinese Taipei	23

		Japan	43

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

7 July

Kazakhstan	34
		8 July
Uzbekistan	28
		Kazakhstan	24
7 July
		Iran	27
Iran	45

Hong Kong	16
		Seventh place

		8 July

		Uzbekistan	44

		Hong Kong	23

5–8th place semifinals[edit]

7 July 2023 12:00	Kazakhstan	34–28	Uzbekistan	Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
		(21–19)
		Report

7 July 2023 14:00	Iran	45–16	Hong Kong	Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
		(22–8)
		Report

Semifinals[edit]

7 July 2023 16:00	South Korea	41–20	Chinese Taipei	Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
		(24–10)
	1×	Report	2×

7 July 2023 18:00	China	28–27	Japan	Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
		(11–16)
		Report

Ninth place game[edit]

7 July 2023 10:00	Kuwait	10–51	India	Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
		(6–28)
		Report

Seventh place game[edit]

8 July 2023 14:00	Uzbekistan	44–23	Hong Kong	Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
		(24–12)
		Report

Fifth place game[edit]

8 July 2023 16:00	Kazakhstan	24–27	Iran	Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui
		(12–15)
		Report

Third place game[edit]

9 July 2023 14:00	Chinese Taipei	23–43	Japan	Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui Referees: Noochan, Suansiri (THA)
	You 7	(12–18)	Koyama 8
	7×	Report	1×

Final[edit]

9 July 2023 16:00	South Korea	34–15	China	Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui Referees: Al-Naseem, Al-Enezi (KUW)
	Kim Min-s. 9	(21–7)	Hou, Liang 4
	2×	Report	1×

Final standings[edit]

Rank	Team
	South Korea
	China
	Japan
4	Chinese Taipei
5	Iran
6	Kazakhstan
7	Uzbekistan
8	Hong Kong
9	India
10	Kuwait

	Team qualified for the 2024 Junior World Championship

All Star Team[edit]

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Wu Hsin-yun
Right wing	Shi Zihan
Right back	Lee Hye-won
Centre back	Toko Yamaguchi
Left back	Ayumi Rokugawa
Left wing	Kim Seo-jin
Pivot	Hou Changqing
MVP	Kim Min-seo

References[edit]

^ "Golden generation wins another gold for the Republic of Korea at the AHF Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship". IHF. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
^ "Dates set for draw of 17th Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship". AHF. 29 January 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
^ "Draw results of 17th Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship". AHF. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.

External links[edit]

Official Website

[1] "Golden generation wins another gold for the Republic of Korea at the AHF Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship". IHF. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.

[2] "Dates set for draw of 17th Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship". AHF. 29 January 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.

[3] "Draw results of 17th Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship". AHF. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.

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