The 2017 Asian Women's Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the Asian Women's Handball Championship, which took place from 13 to 22 March 2017 in Suwon, South Korea. The tournament was held under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. It was the second time that South Korea hosted the tournament, after the 1995 Championship. It also acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship.
Venues Suwon Suwon Gymnasium Capacity: 5,145
Draw The draw was held on 11 January 2017 at the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea.Iran Drawn with S. Korea at Asian Women's Handball Championship Maldives withdrew from the championship after the draw. Vietnam was initially drawn in Group B but was shifted to Group A, to balance number of teams in each group.
Group AGroup B
Referees Three male and two female referee pairs were selected for the championship. Bahraini, Jordanian and Iranian pairs were male while the rest of two were female:
Referees Samir Ali MarhoonHussain Saeed Al-Mawt Mehdi Tavakoli AtaabadiSaeed Valadkhanian Tomoko OtaMariko Shimajiri
Referees Yaser Eial AwwadAkram Al-Zayyat Eunha LeeGaeul Lee
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+9).
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage Bracket
5–8th place bracket
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final standing Rank Team45678
Team qualified for the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship
References
External links Official website Results at todor66