2022 Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship

16th Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship 2022
Tournament details
Host country Kazakhstan
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates7–14 March 2022
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions India (1st title)
Runner-up Iran
Third place Kazakhstan
Fourth place Uzbekistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored552 (55.2 per match)
Best playerIndia Bhawana Sharma[1]
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The 2022 Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship was 16th edition of the championship held from 7 to 14 March 2022 in Almaty, Kazakhstan under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation.[2] It was the fifth time in history that the championship was organised by the Kazakhstan Handball Federation.[3] It also acted as the qualification tournament for the 2022 Women's Junior World Handball Championship, with top tree teams from the championship directly qualifying for the event to be held in Slovenia.[4]

Previously, the championship was supposed to be held in Uzbekistan, but in December 2021, AHF decided to move the event to Kazakhstan due to unavoidable circumstances. In January 2022, the championship was further postponed from the planned dates of February 13–20 due to the 2022 Kazakh unrest.

Draw

The draw was held on 28 December 2021 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[5]

Seeding

Teams were seeded according to the AHF COC regulations and rankings of the previous edition of the championship. Teams who did not participated in the previous edition were in Pot 3.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
 Kazakhstan
 South Korea 		 Uzbekistan
 India 		 Iran
 Thailand

South Korea withdrew from the tournament after the draw.[6]

Results

All times are local (UTC+6).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  India 4 3 0 1 139 112 +27 6[a] 2022 Junior World Championship
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Iran 4 3 0 1 119 109 +10 6[a]
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Kazakhstan (H) 4 3 0 1 108 95 +13 6[a]
4  Uzbekistan 4 1 0 3 104 109 −5 2
5  Thailand 4 0 0 4 82 127 −45 0
Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c India 2 Pts, +3 GD; Iran 2 Pts, –1 GD; Kazakhstan 2 Pts, –2 GD
7 March 2022
17:00 		Thailand  20–28  Kazakhstan Universal sports complex Dostyk, Almaty
(7–14)
8 March 2022
15:00 		India  32–31  Uzbekistan Universal sports complex Dostyk, Almaty
(18–14)
8 March 2022
17:00 		Iran  24–30  Kazakhstan Universal sports complex Dostyk, Almaty
(9–16)
10 March 2022
15:00 		India  37–42  Iran Universal sports complex Dostyk, Almaty
(17–21)
10 March 2022
17:00 		Uzbekistan  30–23  Thailand Universal sports complex Dostyk, Almaty
(14–11)
12 March 2022
15:00 		Thailand  21–28  Iran Universal sports complex Dostyk, Almaty
(10–8)
12 March 2022
17:00 		India  29–21  Kazakhstan Universal sports complex Dostyk, Almaty
(15–9)
13 March 2022
15:00 		Iran  25–21  Uzbekistan Universal sports complex Dostyk, Almaty
(16–12)
14 March 2022
15:00 		Thailand  18–41  India Universal sports complex Dostyk, Almaty
(9–20)
14 March 2022
17:00 		Kazakhstan  29–22  Uzbekistan Universal sports complex Dostyk, Almaty
(16–9)

All-Star Team

The all-star team was announced on 14 March 2022.[7] [8]

Position Player
Goalkeeper India Chetna Sharma
Centre back Hungary Hedieh Veisi
Right back Japan Bhawana Sharma
MVP India Bhawana Sharma

References

  1. ^ "India win debut continental title at Asian Women's Junior Championship". IHF. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  2. ^ "16TH ASIAN WOMEN'S JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP". www.ihf.info. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship". www.asianhandball.org. 2 September 2021. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Match schedule confirmed for 16th Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship". AHF. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  5. ^ "16th Asian's Women's Junior Championship Draw". AHF Instagram Account. 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  6. ^ "16th Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship - Asian Handball Federation". www.asianhandball.org. 2022-03-06. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  7. ^ "Indian women win Asian junior handball gold, qualify for world event". hindustantimes.com. 14 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Iran's Veisi Chosen as Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship Best Right Back". tasnimnews.com. 15 March 2022.