2010 Asian Women's Handball Championship

The 2010 Asian Women's Handball Championship was the 13th Asian Championship, which took place from 19 to 25 December 2010 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil.

2010 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Kazakhstan
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	19–25 December
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Kazakhstan (2nd title)
Runner-up	South Korea
Third place	China
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	1,061 (58.94 per match)
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Due to heavy snow, both South Korea and Japan couldn't make the trip to Kazakhstan in time and the program was moved forward.^[1]

China, Japan, Kazakhstan and South Korea qualified for the World championship after reaching the semifinals.

Draw

Group A	Group B
China   Kazakhstan   Iran   North Korea	South Korea   Japan   Thailand   Uzbekistan

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+6).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kazakhstan (H)	3	3	0	0	95	66	+29	6
China	3	2	0	1	101	69	+32	4
North Korea	3	1	0	2	105	90	+15	2
Iran	3	0	0	3	52	128	−76	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

19 December 2010 18:30	China	22–25	Kazakhstan	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(14–13)

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20 December 2010 14:00	Iran	22–47	North Korea	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(12–25)

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21 December 2010 14:00	China	33–27	North Korea	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(14–12)

21 December 2010 17:00	Kazakhstan	35–13	Iran	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(23–7)

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22 December 2010 14:00	China	46–17	Iran	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(20–7)

22 December 2010 17:00	Kazakhstan	35–31	North Korea	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(17–15)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	2	1	0	120	49	+71	5
Japan	3	2	1	0	117	61	+56	5
Uzbekistan	3	1	0	2	69	142	−73	2
Thailand	3	0	0	3	53	107	−54	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

19 December 2010 17:00	Thailand	25–31	Uzbekistan	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(11–17)

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20 December 2010 15:30	Japan	57–22	Uzbekistan	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(31–11)

20 December 2010 17:00	South Korea	38–11	Thailand	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(21–5)

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21 December 2010 15:30	South Korea	60–16	Uzbekistan	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(32–10)

21 December 2010 18:30	Japan	38–17	Thailand	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(18–9)

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22 December 2010 15:30	South Korea	22–22	Japan	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(10–10)

Placement 5th–8th

7th/8th

24 December 2010 15:00	Iran	20–30	Thailand	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(7–11)

5th/6th

24 December 2010 17:00	North Korea	52–21	Uzbekistan	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(24–7)

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	23 December – Almaty
	Kazakhstan	29
					25 December – Almaty
	Japan	24
					Kazakhstan	33
	23 December – Almaty
					South Korea	32
	South Korea	31
	China	26
					Bronze medal match
					25 December – Almaty
					Japan	25
					China	26

Semifinals

23 December 2010 15:00	Kazakhstan	29–24	Japan	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(16–13)

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23 December 2010 17:00	South Korea	31–26	China	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(13–14)

Bronze medal match

25 December 2010 15:00	Japan	25–26	China	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(14–15)

Gold medal match

25 December 2010 17:00	Kazakhstan	33–32	South Korea	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports, Almaty
		(16–15)

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Kazakhstan
	South Korea
	China
4	Japan
5	North Korea
6	Uzbekistan
7	Thailand
8	Iran

Team qualified for the 2011 World Championship

References

1. "Heavy snow in Kazakhstan delays S. Korea's opener at Asian Women's Handball Championship". english.yonhapnews.co.kr. 19 December 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2010.

External links

• www.asianhandball.org
• www.handball.jp