The 2017 Asian Beach Handball Championship was the 6th edition of the Asian Beach Handball Championship held from 8 to 15 May 2017 at Pattaya, Thailand under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. It also acts as the qualification tournament for the 2018 Beach Handball World Championships. Format In men's category the tournament was played on the round-robin-cum-knockout format. A team had to play match with all the other teams in group stage. Top two teams from each group will advance to semifinals. In women's category the tournament was played in a round-robin format and final standings in the group are final positions.
Matches were played in sets, the team that wins two sets is the winner of a match. When teams were equal in points the head-to-head result was decisive. Men
Participating nations
(Defending Champion) (Host)
Group A TeamPldWLSWSLDiffPtsQualification33060+66Semifinal32142+24Semifinal31224-225th–8th Place30306-605th–8th Place Team 1ScoreTeam 28 May 201719:000 - 29 May 201717:450 - 210 May 201717:000 - 218:300 - 211 May 201717:452 - 012 May 201717:002 - 0
Group B TeamPldWLSWSLDiffPtsQualification44082+68Semifinal43172+56Semifinal42255045th–8th Place41336-325th–8th Place40408-809th Place Team 1ScoreTeam 28 May 201717:000 - 218:151 - 29 May 201717:002 - 118:300 - 210 May 201716:152 - 017:450 - 211 May 201717:002 - 018:302 - 112 May 201716:150 - 218:300 - 2 5th–8th-place matches
Final matches
Final standings (4th Title) (Defending Champion) 4 5 6 (Host)7 8 9 Qualified for the 2018 Beach Handball World Championships
Women
Participating nations
(Defending Champion) (Host)
Round-Robin TeamPldWLSWSLDiffPts33061+5632142+2431224-2230316-50 Team 1ScoreTeam 212 May 201715:30 2 - 017:45 1 - 214 May 201715:300 - 217:450 - 215 May 201717:002 - 018:302 - 0
Final standings (3rd Title) (Defending Champion) (Host) 4 Qualified for the 2018 Beach Handball World Championships
References
External links asianhandball.com