The 2020 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the 19th edition of the championship held under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation in Kuwait City, Kuwait from 16 to 27 January 2020. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship.
Qatar won their fourth consecutive title by defeating South Korea 33–21 in the final. Japan defeated Bahrain 27–26 to secure the third place.
Venues Kuwait City Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex Capacity: 6,000
Draw The draw was held on 2 November 2019 in the Millennium Hotel & Convention Centre, Salmiya, Kuwait.Draw results
Seeding Teams were seeded according to the AHF COC regulations and rankings of the previous edition of the championship. Teams who had not participate in the previous edition were in Pot 4.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Referees The following nine referee pairs were selected by Asian Handball Federation and International Handball Federation for the championship.
Referees Hussain Al-MawtSamir Marhoon Alireza MousavianMajid Kolahduzan Kiyoshi HizakiTomokazu Ikebuchi Akram Al-ZayatYasser Awad Ahmad Abdullah Al-JaimazAbdulrahman Ali Al-Mulla
Referees Lars JørumHåvard Kleven Khamis Al-WahibiOmer Al-Shahi Bojan LahDavid Sok Koo Bon-okLee Seok
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+3).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Placement round Group 3
Main round Group 1
Group 2
Final round Bracket
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking RankTeam 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Qualified for the 2021 World Championship
Awards The all-star team and MVP were announced on 30 January 2020.
Position Player Goalkeeper Right wing Right back Centre back Left back Left wing Pivot Most Valuable Player
Top goalscorers Rank Name Goals 1 Luke Ireland 40 2 Hussein Ali Hussein 39 3 Frankis Carol 384 Sun Fangwei 35 Wang Xiaofeng 6 Kim Jin-young 337 Timothy Anderson 32 Caleb Gahan9 Tatsuki Yoshino 30 Rafael Capote
References
External links AHF website البطولة الآسيوية 19 لكرة اليد – kooora.com Results at todor66