Handball at the 1998 Asian Games – Men

Men
at the 1998 Asian Games
VenueThammasat Gymnasium 3
Date7–16 December 1998
Nations8
Medalists
gold medal  South Korea
silver medal  Kuwait
bronze medal  Japan
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Main article: Handball at the 1998 Asian Games

Men's handball at the 1998 Asian Games was held in Thammasat University, Bangkok from December 7 to December 16, 1998.

Results

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Kuwait 3 2 1 0 104 54 +50 5[a] Semifinals
2  Japan 3 2 1 0 103 54 +49 5[a]
3  United Arab Emirates 3 1 0 2 79 69 +10 2 Placement 5–6
4  Thailand 3 0 0 3 48 157 −109 0 Placement 7–8
Source: Results
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: KUW 20–20 JPN. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.
7 December
15:00 		Kuwait  21–20  United Arab Emirates Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
(9–11)
7 December
17:00 		Thailand  15–54  Japan Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
(9–26)
9 December
15:00 		Japan  20–20  Kuwait Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
(9–10)
9 December
17:00 		United Arab Emirates  40–19  Thailand Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
(22–11)
11 December
15:00 		United Arab Emirates  19–29  Japan Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
(8–11)
11 December
17:00 		Kuwait  63–14  Thailand Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
(29–6)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 3 3 0 0 105 74 +31 6 Semifinals
2  Iran 3 2 0 1 77 86 −9 4
3  China 3 1 0 2 78 83 −5 2 Placement 5–6
4  Qatar 3 0 0 3 75 92 −17 0 Placement 7–8
Source: Results
8 December
15:00 		South Korea  32–25  China Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
(17–10)
8 December
17:00 		Qatar  25–27  Iran Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
(10–13)
10 December
15:00 		Iran  26–40  South Korea Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
(9–21)
10 December
17:00 		China  32–27  Qatar Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
(12–13)
12 December
15:00 		China  21–24  Iran Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
(15–12)
12 December
17:00 		South Korea  33–23  Qatar Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
(20–9)

Classification 5th–8th

Placement 7–8

13 December
15:00 		Thailand  15–37  Qatar Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
(6–22)

Placement 5–6

13 December
17:00 		United Arab Emirates  29–23  China Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
(13–13)

Final round

 
SemifinalsGold medal match
 
      
 
14 December
 
 
 Kuwait32
 
16 December
 
 Iran26
 
 Kuwait18
 
14 December
 
 South Korea29
 
 South Korea35
 
 
 Japan27
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
16 December
 
 
 Iran23
 
 
 Japan28

Semifinals

14 December
15:00 		Kuwait  32–26  Iran Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
(15–11)
14 December
17:00 		South Korea  35–27  Japan Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
(18–11)

Bronze medal match

16 December
15:00 		Iran  23–28  Japan Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
(12–16)

Gold medal match

16 December
17:00 		Kuwait  18–29  South Korea Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
(12–15)

Final standing

Rank Team Pld W D L
1st place, gold medalist(s)  South Korea 5 5 0 0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Kuwait 5 3 1 1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Japan 5 3 1 1
4  Iran 5 2 0 3
5  United Arab Emirates 4 2 0 2
6  China 4 1 0 3
7  Qatar 4 1 0 3
8  Thailand 4 0 0 4

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