1999 Asian Women's Handball Championship

1999 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	24–29 January 2000
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (7th title)
Runner-up	China
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	North Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	493 (49.3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mineko Tanaka (31)

The 1999 Asian Women's Handball Championship was the seventh Asian Championship, which was taking place from 24 to 30 January 2000 in Kumamoto, Japan. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2000 Olympic Games.

Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	4	4	0	0	131	84	+47	8
China	4	2	1	1	105	89	+16	5
Japan (H)	4	2	0	2	100	86	+14	4
North Korea	4	1	1	2	103	108	−5	3
Chinese Taipei	4	0	0	4	54	126	−72	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

Results

All times are local (UTC+9).

24 January 2000 17:00	South Korea	36–27	North Korea	Yamaga City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Abdullah, Abbas (KUW)
	Huh S.Y., Oh S.O. 8	(19–14)	Ko Y.A. 7
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24 January 2000 19:00	Japan	31–7	Chinese Taipei	Yamaga City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Husain, Hamdan (JOR)
	Komatsu, Kurachi 5	(15–4)	Su C.L. 5
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25 January 2000 17:00	South Korea	30–20	Japan	Yamaga City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Abdullah, Abbas (KUW)
	Lee S.E. 12	(15–13)	Tanaka 8
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25 January 2000 19:00	China	21–21	North Korea	Yamaga City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Kalin, Korić (SLO)
	Zhai C. 6	(8–11)	Pak S.O. 7
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26 January 2000 18:00	China	31–14	Chinese Taipei	Yamaga City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Hamada, Ogasawara (JPN)
	Chen J., Chen L. 6	(16–8)	Kung J.W. 6
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27 January 2000 17:00	South Korea	34–8	Chinese Taipei	Yamaga City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Husain, Hamdan (JOR)
	Jang S.Y. 8	(16–1)	Kung J.W., Huang W.Y. 3
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27 January 2000 19:00	Japan	26–25	North Korea	Yamaga City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Al-Janahi, Al-Rashid (KSA)
	Tanaka 9	(11–9)	Ri H.Y. 5
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28 January 2000 18:00	China	24–23	Japan	Yamaga City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Kalin, Korić (SLO)
	Li J.F. 7	(8–10)	Tanaka 10
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29 January 2000 15:00	South Korea	31–29	China	Yamaga City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Abdullah, Abbas (KUW)
	Lee S.E. 13	(17–13)	Li J.F. 7
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29 January 2000 17:00	North Korea	30–25	Chinese Taipei	Yamaga City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Zhang, Zhang (CHN)
	Ri H.Y. 13	(11–11)	Su C.L. 7
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Final standing

Rank	Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)	South Korea
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Japan
4	North Korea
5	Chinese Taipei

Team qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics

References

• Results

External links

• www.handball.jp