Women's Handball Asian Championship
The women's handball Asian Championship is an Asian indoor handball competition that has been held at regular intervals since 1987. In the tournament, the Asian champions will be determined among the Asian women's national handball teams . In addition, the top three will qualify for the next handball world championship .
The first Asian Cup took place in 1987 in the Jordanian capital Amman , and the tournament has been held 17 times so far, most recently in 2018 in Kumamoto, Japan . The record winner with fourteen successes is the South Korean women's national handball team , which is also the reigning Asian champion.
Tournaments at a glance
year | venue | gold | silver | bronze |
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1987 | Amman , Jordan | South Korea | China | Japan |
1989 | Beijing , China | South Korea | China | Japan |
1991 | Hiroshima , Japan | South Korea | China | Japan |
1993 | Shantou , China | South Korea | China | North Korea |
1995 | Seoul , South Korea | South Korea | China | Japan |
1997 | Amman, Jordan | South Korea | China | Japan |
2000 (1) | Kumamoto , Japan | South Korea | China | Japan |
2000 (2) | Shanghai , China | South Korea | Japan | North Korea |
2002 | Almaty , Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan | South Korea | China |
2004 | Hiroshima, Japan | Japan | China | South Korea |
2006 | Guangzhou , China | South Korea | China | Japan |
2008 | Bangkok , Thailand 1 | South Korea | China | Japan |
2010 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan | South Korea | China |
2012 | Yogyakarta , Indonesia | South Korea | China | Japan |
2015 | Jakarta , Indonesia | South Korea | Japan | China |
2017 | Suwon , South Korea | South Korea | Japan | China |
2018 | Kumamoto, Japan | South Korea | Japan | China |
1 China was automatically qualified to host the 2009 World Cup. The teams from 4th place (Thailand) and 5th (Kazakhstan) were thus also qualified alongside those from 1st and 3rd place.
Ranking list
rank | country | Asian champion | Second | Third | total |
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1 | South Korea | 14th | 2 | 1 | 17th |
2 | Kazakhstan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Japan | 1 | 5 | 8th | 14th |
4th | People's Republic of China | 0 | 10 | 6th | 16 |
5 | North Korea | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
total | 17th | 17th | 17th | 51 |