1989 Asian Men's Handball Championship

1989 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host country	China
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	18 August – 1 September
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (3rd title)
Runner-up	Japan
Third place	Kuwait
Fourth place	China
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21

The 1989 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the fifth Asian Championship, which was taking place from 18 August to 1 September 1989 in Beijing, China.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	2	2	0	0	65	48	+17	4
Qatar	2	1	0	1	65	45	+20	2
Chinese Taipei	2	0	0	2	33	70	−37	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

23 August 1989	Japan	33–20	Chinese Taipei	Beijing

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	Qatar	37–13	Chinese Taipei	Beijing

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	Japan	32–28	Qatar	Beijing

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	2	2	0	0	79	28	+51	4
Saudi Arabia	2	1	0	1	-	-	—	2
Hong Kong	2	0	0	2	-	-	—	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

23 August 1989	Saudi Arabia	–	Hong Kong	Beijing

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24 August 1989	Hong Kong	9–47	South Korea	Beijing

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25 August 1989	South Korea	32–19	Saudi Arabia	Beijing
		(15–10)

Elimination round

	South Korea	37–30	China	Beijing

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	Japan	–	Saudi Arabia	Beijing

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	Kuwait	–	Qatar	Beijing

Final round

Placement 7th–9th

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Chinese Taipei	2	2	0	0	76	44	+32	4
Iran	2	1	0	1	65	45	+20	2
Hong Kong	2	0	0	2	29	81	−52	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

	Chinese Taipei	32–28	Iran	Beijing

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	Iran	37–13	Hong Kong	Beijing

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	Hong Kong	16–44	Chinese Taipei	Beijing

Placement 4th–6th

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	2	2	0	0	58	31	+27	4
Saudi Arabia	2	0	1	1	39	52	−13	1
Qatar	2	0	1	1	36	50	−14	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

	China	30–17	Saudi Arabia	Beijing

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	Saudi Arabia	22–22	Qatar	Beijing

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	Qatar	14–28	China	Beijing

Championship

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	2	2	0	0	51	45	+6	4
Japan	2	1	0	1	45	37	+8	2
Kuwait	2	0	0	2	39	53	−14	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

	South Korea	24–19	Japan	Beijing

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	Japan	26–13	Kuwait	Beijing

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	Kuwait	26–27	South Korea	Beijing

Final standing

Rank	Team
	South Korea
	Japan
	Kuwait
4	China
5	Saudi Arabia
6	Qatar
7	Chinese Taipei
8	Iran
9	Hong Kong

Team qualified for the 1990 World Championship

References

• Results