2024 Asian Women's Handball Championship

2024 Asian Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	India
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	3–10 December
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Japan (2nd title)
Runner-up	South Korea
Third place	Kazakhstan
Fourth place	Iran
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	1,061 (53.05 per match)
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The 2024 Asian Women's Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the Asian Women's Handball Championship, which took place from 3 to 10 December 2024 in New Delhi, India.^[1] It was scheduled to be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan but later moved to India.^[2] The tournament was held under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation and acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship, with the top four teams qualifying. If countries from Oceania (Australia) would have participated in the tournament finished in the top 5, they would have qualified for the World Championships.

Japan defeated title holders South Korea 25–24 to win their second title and their first since 2004.

Draw

The draw was scheduled to be held on 22 September 2024,^[3] but later postponed.^[4] The draw took place on 18 October 2024.^[1]^[5]

Seeding

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
India South Korea	Japan China	Iran Kazakhstan	~~Uzbekistan~~ Hong Kong	~~Australia~~ Singapore

Australia and Uzbekistan withdrew before the tournament.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+5:30).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	102	39	+63	6	Semifinals
2	Kazakhstan	3	2	1	86	63	+23	4	Semifinals
3	China	3	1	2	87	63	+24	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Singapore	3	0	3	22	132	−110	0	5–8th place semifinals

Source: Asianhandball
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.

3 December 2024 12:00	China	26–28	Kazakhstan	Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi Referees: Gheisarian, Gheisarian (IRI)
	Wang Jia. 7	(12–11)	Radayeva 9
	3×	Report	1×

3 December 2024 16:00	South Korea	47–5	Singapore	Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi Referees: Mozafari, Mazaheri (IRI)
	Jeon 11	(22–2)	K. Foo 2
		Report	1×

4 December 2024 12:00	Singapore	10–47	China	Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
	Gan 5	(6–22)	Hou 8
	1×	Report	2×

4 December 2024 16:00	Kazakhstan	20–30	South Korea	Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi Referees: Al-Naseem, Al-Enezi (KUW)
	Khardina, Malysheva 5	(10–17)	Cha 7
	4×	Report	3×

6 December 2024 12:00	Kazakhstan	38–7	Singapore	Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi Referees: Mozafari, Mazaheri (IRI)
	Radayeva 6	(23–4)	three players 2
	2×	Report	2×

6 December 2024 16:00	South Korea	25–14	China	Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi Referees: Gheisarian, Gheisarian (IRI)
	Lee Y., Seo 6	(15–9)	Wang Jia. 4
	1× 1×	Report	1× 2×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	129	35	+94	6	Semifinals
2	Iran	3	2	1	72	81	−9	4	Semifinals
3	India (H)	3	1	2	76	108	−32	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Hong Kong	3	0	3	51	104	−53	0	5–8th place semifinals

Source: Asianhandball
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

3 December 2024 14:00	Japan	34–14	Iran	Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi Referees: Al-Naseem, Al-Enezi (KUW)
	Nakayama 6	(15–5)	Kiyaniara 4
	3×	Report	2×

3 December 2024 18:00	India	31–28	Hong Kong	Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi Referees: Razakbergenova, Allayarova (UZB)
	M. Thakur 9	(16–10)	Lo 7
	1×	Report	1× 5×

4 December 2024 14:00	Hong Kong	6–47	Japan	Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi Referees: Kang, Li (CHN)
	six players 1	(3–27)	three players 6
	2×	Report	1×

4 December 2024 18:00	Iran	32–30	India	Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	Koudzari 7	(16–15)	B. Sharma 7
	5×	Report	2×

6 December 2024 14:00	Iran	26–17	Hong Kong	Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
	Rajabi 6	(14–9)	Wong Y. 5
	6×	Report	2×

6 December 2024 18:00	India	15–48	Japan	Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi Referees: Razakbergenova, Allayarova (UZB)
	B. Sharma 7	(8–29)	Natsubori 8
	4×	Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

8 December

South Korea	33
		10 December
Iran	20
		South Korea	24
8 December
		Japan	25
Japan	30

Kazakhstan	23
		Third place

		10 December

		Iran	22

		Kazakhstan	28

5–8th place bracket

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

8 December

China	38
		10 December
Hong Kong	14
		China	41
8 December
		India	30
India	35

Singapore	22
		Seventh place

		10 December

		Hong Kong	33

		Singapore	18

5–8th place semifinals

8 December 2024 12:00	China	38–14	Hong Kong	Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi Referees: Mozafari, Mazaheri (IRI)
	Zhuo 6	(19–7)	Chong 4
	3×	Report	1×

8 December 2024 14:00	India	35–22	Singapore	Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi Referees: Razakbergenova, Allayarova (UZB)
	three players 6	(20–14)	four players 4
	2×	Report	1× 1×

Semifinals

8 December 2024 16:00	South Korea	33–20	Iran	Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi Referees: Kang, Li (CHN)
	Seo 8	(16–8)	Faghihi 5
	3×	Report

8 December 2024 18:00	Japan	30–23	Kazakhstan	Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
	three players 4	(15–14)	Khassakhanova 7
	1×	Report	1×

Seventh place game

10 December 2024 12:00	Hong Kong	33–18	Singapore	Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi Referees: Kang, Li (CHN)
	three players 6	(18–9)	Gan 6
	3×	Report	3×

Fifth place game

10 December 2024 14:00	China	41–30	India	Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi Referees: Gheisarian, Gheisarian (IRI)
	Qu 13	(23–15)	B. Sharma 9
	4×	Report	2×

Third place game

10 December 2024 16:00	Iran	22–28	Kazakhstan	Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi Referees: Al-Naseem, Al-Enezi (KUW)
	Rahmanian 7	(10–13)	Khassakhanova, Radayeva 7
	3×	Report	3×

Final

10 December 2024 18:00	South Korea	24–25	Japan	Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	four players 4	(12–9)	Nakayama 7
	3×	Report