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2008 Asian Junior Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Jordan
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	25 July – 5 August 2008
Teams	13
Final positions
Champions	Kuwait (5th title)
Runner-up	Iran
Third place	Qatar
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	37
Goals scored	2,371 (64.08 per match)
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The 2008 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship (11th tournament) took place in Amman from 25 July – 5 August. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2009 Men's Junior World Handball Championship in Egypt.

Draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
South Korea Japan United Arab Emirates Iraq	China Iran Bahrain	Saudi Arabia Jordan India	Kuwait Qatar Hong Kong

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	113	92	+21	6
Japan	3	2	1	103	111	−8	4
United Arab Emirates	3	1	2	99	95	+4	2
Iraq	3	0	3	88	105	−17	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

25 July 2008 14:00	South Korea	32–29	United Arab Emirates	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(12–15)

25 July 2008 15:30	Japan	33–32	Iraq	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(15–15)

26 July 2008 14:00	South Korea	35–29	Iraq	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(21–12)

26 July 2008 15:30	Japan	36–33	United Arab Emirates	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(16–15)

27 July 2008 14:00	United Arab Emirates	37–27	Iraq	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(16–13)

27 July 2008 15:30	South Korea	46–34	Japan	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(25–16)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	2	2	0	73	54	+19	4
Bahrain	2	1	1	69	61	+8	2
China	2	0	2	56	83	−27	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

25 July 2008 17:00	China	30–41	Bahrain	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(12–21)

26 July 2008 17:00	Bahrain	28–31	Iran	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(14–16)

27 July 2008 17:00	China	26–42	Iran	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(11–21)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Saudi Arabia	2	2	0	72	58	+14	4
Jordan	2	1	1	72	60	+12	2
India	2	0	2	61	87	−26	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

25 July 2008 18:30	Saudi Arabia	42–31	India	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(20–13)

26 July 2008 18:30	India	30–45	Jordan	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(12–20)

27 July 2008 18:30	Saudi Arabia	30–27	Jordan	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(14–12)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	2	2	0	77	38	+39	4
Qatar	2	1	1	67	54	+13	2
Hong Kong	2	0	2	26	78	−52	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

25 July 2008 21:00	Kuwait	40–9	Hong Kong	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(19–3)

26 July 2008 21:00	Hong Kong	17–38	Qatar	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(6–22)

27 July 2008 21:00	Kuwait	37–29	Qatar	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(17–11)

Placement 9th–12th

Semifinals		9th/10th

2 August–Amman

United Arab Emirates	38
		4 August–Amman
India	19
		United Arab Emirates	29
2 August–Amman
		China	33
China	33

Hong Kong	23
		11th/12th

		4 August–Amman

		India	29

		Hong Kong	33

2 August 2008 16:00	United Arab Emirates	38–19	India	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(19–10)

2 August 2008 18:00	China	33–23	Hong Kong	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(18–13)

11th/12th

4 August 2008 14:00	India	29–33	Hong Kong	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(15–16)

9th/10th

4 August 2008 16:00	United Arab Emirates	29–33	China	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(15–15)

Main round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	3	3	0	106	90	+16	6
Iran	3	2	1	110	91	+19	4
Jordan	3	1	2	88	100	−12	2
Japan	3	0	3	92	115	−23	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

29 July 2008 15:00	Iran	38–27	Jordan	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(20–14)

29 July 2008 16:30	Kuwait	41–31	Japan	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(17–15)

30 July 2008 15:00	Iran	41–31	Japan	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(20–12)

30 July 2008 16:30	Kuwait	32–28	Jordan	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(17–14)

1 August 2008 15:00	Iran	31–33	Kuwait	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(13–20)

1 August 2008 16:30	Jordan	33–30	Japan	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(15–11)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	2	0	1	97	90	+7	4
Qatar	3	1	1	1	97	95	+2	3
Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	82	84	−2	3
Bahrain	3	1	0	2	91	98	−7	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

29 July 2008 18:00	South Korea	31–30	Bahrain	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(19–18)

29 July 2008 19:30	Saudi Arabia	26–26	Qatar	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(11–12)

30 July 2008 18:00	South Korea	40–33	Qatar	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(21–12)

30 July 2008 19:30	Saudi Arabia	29–32	Bahrain	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(13–15)

1 August 2008 18:00	South Korea	26–27	Saudi Arabia	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(11–16)

1 August 2008 19:30	Qatar	38–29	Bahrain	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(17–14)

Placement 5th–8th

7th/8th

4 August 2008 18:00	Japan	31–34	Bahrain	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(14–15)

5th/6th

4 August 2008 20:00	Jordan	31–29	Saudi Arabia	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(14–13)

Final round

Semifinals		Gold medal match

3 August – Amman

Kuwait	36
		5 August – Amman
Qatar	29
		Kuwait	31
3 August – Amman
		Iran	30
South Korea	28

Iran	36
		Bronze medal match

		5 August – Amman

		Qatar	42

		South Korea	38

Semifinals

3 August 2008 16:00	Kuwait	36–29	Qatar	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(20–13)

3 August 2008 18:00	South Korea	28–36	Iran	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(12–18)

Bronze medal match

5 August 2008 16:00	Qatar	42–38	South Korea	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(21–17)

Gold medal match

5 August 2008 18:00	Kuwait	31–30	Iran	Prince Faisal Court, Amman
		(17–17)

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Kuwait
	Iran
	Qatar
4	South Korea
5	Jordan
6	Saudi Arabia
7	Bahrain
8	Japan
9	China
10	United Arab Emirates
11	Hong Kong
12	India
13	Iraq

	Team qualified for the 2009 Junior World Championship

2008 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship

Draw

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Placement 9th–12th

11th/12th

9th/10th

Main round

Group A

Group B

Placement 5th–8th

7th/8th

5th/6th

Final round

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standing

References