The 2018 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the 18th edition of the championship held under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. The championship was hosted at Suwon, South Korea from 18 to 28 January 2018. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship. For the first time, Australia, New Zealand and Bangladesh participated.
Qatar won their third title after defeating Bahrain 33–31 in the final.
Venues Suwon GymnasiumCapacity: 5,145 Seo-Suwon Chilbo GymnasiumCapacity: 4,411
Draw The draw took place on 13 September 2017 at 11:00.
Iraq withdrew on 4 January 2018 due to unavoidable circumstances. Iraq's withdrawal left only two teams in Group A, therefore Uzbekistan was moved from Group B to Group A to balance the number of teams in each group. Referees The following ten referee pairs were selected.
Referees Hussain Al-MawtSamir Marhoon Cheng YufengZhou Yunlei Robert SchulzeTobias Tönnies Alireza MousavianMajid Kolahduzan Fadhil ImranKhalid Hussein
Referees Kiyoshi HizakiTomokazu Ikebuchi Akram Al-ZayatYasser Awad Ivan PavićevićMiloš Ražnatović Koo Bo-nokLee Se-ok Lee Gae-ulLee Eun-ha
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+9).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Classement round Group 3
Group 4
Placement matches 13th place game
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Main round Group 1
Group 2
Knockout stage Bracket
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final standing Team qualified for the 2019 World Championship
Team qualified for the 2019 World Championship as a wild-card. Rank Team4567891011121314
References
External links AHF website Results at todor66