2000 Asian Men's Handball Championship

2000 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	25–30 January
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (6th title)
Runner-up	China
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	Chinese Taipei
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	478 (47.8 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tan Tsung-sheng (31)

The 2000 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the ninth Asian Championship, which was taking place from 25 30 January 30 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	129	62	+67	8
China	4	3	0	1	105	99	+6	6
Japan (H)	4	2	0	2	97	75	+22	4
Chinese Taipei	4	1	0	3	86	110	−24	2
Iran	4	0	0	4	61	132	−71	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

Results

All times are local (UTC+9).

25 January 2000 17:00	South Korea	37–12	Chinese Taipei	Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Al-Janahi, Al-Rashid (KSA)
	Lim S.S. 8	(18–4)	Tan T.S. 5
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25 January 2000 19:00	Iran	18–34	China	Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Chung, Lim (KOR)
	Nikounejad, Jafarnia 5	(8–18)	Zhang J., Zhu W.X. 8
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26 January 2000 17:00	South Korea	38–14	Iran	Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Goto, Shimizu (JPN)
	Yoon K.S. 6	(17–8)	Nikounejad 3
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26 January 2000 19:00	Japan	24–18	Chinese Taipei	Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Zhang, Zhang (CHN)
	Iwamoto 6	(10–9)	Tan T.S. 8
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27 January 2000 18:00	Japan	20–24	China	Matsubase Town Sports Centre, Kumamoto Referees: Kalin, Korić (SLO)
	Kayaba 5	(11–9)	Zhu W.X., Wang X.D. 6
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28 January 2000 17:00	Iran	18–27	Chinese Taipei	Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Goto, Shimizu (JPN)
	Safari 6	(5–12)	Tan T.S. 7
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28 January 2000 19:00	South Korea	32–16	China	Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Abdullah, Abbas (KUW)
	Yoon K.S. 7	(16–3)	Zhu W.X. 7
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29 January 2000 14:00	Japan	33–11	Iran	Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Zhang, Zhang (CHN)
	Kato, Tsuji 6	(15–3)	Khalaj 3
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30 January 2000 14:00	South Korea	22–20	Japan	Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Kalin, Korić (SLO)
	Yoon K.S. 11	(13–7)	Sasaki, Tomimoto 5
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30 January 2000 16:00	Chinese Taipei	29–31	China	Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Al-Janahi, Al-Rashid (KSA)
	Tan T.S. 11	(15–18)	Zhu W.X. 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	Chinese Taipei
5	Iran

Team qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics

References

• Results

External links

• www.handball.jp