2006 Asian Men's Handball Championship

The 2006 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the twelfth Asian Championship and was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 12 to 21 February 2006. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship in Germany.

2006 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	12–21 February
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Kuwait (4th title)
Runner-up	South Korea
Third place	Qatar
Fourth place	Iran
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	1,265 (57.5 per match)

Draw

Group A	Group B
Kuwait Thailand Bahrain Jordan South Korea	Japan Qatar Saudi Arabia * Iran China

* Withdrew

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+7).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	4	4	0	0	141	101	+40	8
South Korea	4	3	0	1	150	107	+43	6
Bahrain	4	2	0	2	128	117	+11	4
Jordan	4	1	0	3	130	119	+11	2
Thailand (H)	4	0	0	4	81	186	−105	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

12 February 2006 14:00	Kuwait	32–30	Bahrain	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(14–16)

12 February 2006 18:30	Thailand	26–45	Jordan	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(10–24)

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13 February 2006 14:00	Bahrain	31–40	South Korea	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(14–16)

13 February 2006 16:00	Kuwait	28–25	Jordan	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(15–13)

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14 February 2006 16:00	Thailand	15–47	South Korea	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(5–26)

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15 February 2006 14:00	Bahrain	27–26	Jordan	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(13–14)

15 February 2006 16:00	Kuwait	27–25	South Korea	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(16–14)

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16 February 2006 16:00	Thailand	19–40	Bahrain	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok

16 February 2006 18:00	Jordan	34–38	South Korea	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(19–19)

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17 February 2006 16:00	Kuwait	54–21	Thailand	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(26–7)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Qatar	3	3	0	0	83	64	+19	6
Iran	3	2	0	1	79	61	+18	4
Japan	3	1	0	2	93	82	+11	2
China	3	0	0	3	49	97	−48	0

Source:

12 February 2006 16:00	Japan	25–28	Iran	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(11–12)

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13 February 2006 18:00	Qatar	21–20	Iran	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(16–10)

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14 February 2006 18:00	Qatar	28–14	China	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(13–6)

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15 February 2006 18:00	Japan	38–20	China	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(19–12)

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17 February 2006 14:00	Japan	30–34	Qatar	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(20–15)

17 February 2006 18:00	Iran	31–15	China	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(17–6)

Placement 5th–8th

7th/8th

20 February 2006 16:00	Jordan	28–25	China	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(12–11)

5th/6th

20 February 2006 18:00	Bahrain	32–37	Japan	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(16–18)

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	19 February – Bangkok
	Kuwait	27
					21 February – Bangkok
	Iran	23
					Kuwait	33
	19 February – Bangkok
					South Korea	30
	Qatar	26
	South Korea	29
					Bronze medal match
					21 February – Bangkok
					Iran	20
					Qatar	21

Semifinals

19 February 2006 16:00	Kuwait	27–23	Iran	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(16–13)

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19 February 2006 18:00	Qatar	26–29	South Korea	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(10–13)

Bronze medal match

21 February 2006 14:30	Iran	20–21	Qatar	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(10–10)

Gold medal match

21 February 2006 17:00	Kuwait	33–30	South Korea	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok
		(16–14)

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Kuwait
	South Korea
	Qatar
4	Iran
5	Japan
6	Bahrain
7	Jordan
8	China
9	Thailand

Team qualified for the 2007 World Championship

External links

• Goalzz
• www.handball.jp
• Results