1991 Asian Men's Handball Championship

1991 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	22 August – 1 September
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (4th title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	China
Fourth place	Qatar
Tournament statistics
Matches played	34
Goals scored	1,679 (49.38 per match)

The 1991 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the sixth Asian Championship, which was taking place from 22 August to 1 September 1991 in Hiroshima, Japan.

South Korea won their fourth consecutive and overall title with a finals win over Japan.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan (H)	2	2	0	0	50	33	+17	4
Qatar	2	1	0	1	40	38	+2	2
North Korea	2	0	0	2	33	52	−19	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

	Japan	23–15	Qatar	Hiroshima
		JHA

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24 August 1991	North Korea	18–27	Japan	Hiroshima
		JHA

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	Qatar	25–15	North Korea	Hiroshima

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	2	2	0	0	53	37	+16	4
United Arab Emirates	2	1	0	1	49	49	0	2
Syria	2	0	0	2	44	60	−16	0

Source:

	Kuwait	29–19	Syria	Hiroshima

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24 August 1991	United Arab Emirates	18–24	Kuwait	Hiroshima

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	Syria	25–31	United Arab Emirates	Hiroshima

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	2	2	0	0	77	40	+37	4
Bahrain	2	0	1	1	49	65	−16	1
Iran	2	0	1	1	53	74	−21	1

Source:

	South Korea	34–18	Bahrain	Hiroshima

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24 August 1991	Iran	22–43	South Korea	Hiroshima

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	Bahrain	31–31	Iran	Hiroshima

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	2	2	0	0	57	24	+33	4
Chinese Taipei	2	0	1	1	37	50	−13	1
Saudi Arabia	2	0	1	1	29	49	−20	1

Source:

	China	29–16	Chinese Taipei	Hiroshima

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24 August 1991	Chinese Taipei	21–21	Saudi Arabia	Hiroshima

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	Saudi Arabia	8–28	China	Hiroshima

Placement 9th–12th

	Semifinals				9th/10th
	North Korea	33
	Iran	31
					North Korea	37
					Saudi Arabia	36
	Syria	22
	Saudi Arabia	26
					11th/12th
					Iran	26
					Syria	25

27 August 1991	North Korea	33–32 or 33–31	Iran	Hiroshima
		(17-15)

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27 August 1991	Syria	22–26	Saudi Arabia	Hiroshima
		(9-10)

11th/12th

	Iran	26–25	Syria	Hiroshima
		(16-12)

9th/10th

	North Korea	37–36	Saudi Arabia	Hiroshima
		(15-13)

Main round

Group I

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan (H)	3	3	0	0	74	56	+18	6
Qatar	3	2	0	1	60	58	+2	4
Bahrain	3	1	0	2	63	68	−5	2
Kuwait	3	0	0	3	52	67	−15	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

	Qatar	21–13	Kuwait	Hiroshima
		(10-5)

	Japan	25–21	Bahrain	Hiroshima
		(13-9)
		JHA

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27 August 1991	Bahrain	21–20	Kuwait	Hiroshima
		(11-8)

27 August 1991	Japan	24–10 or 24–16	Qatar	Hiroshima
		(11-6)
		JHA

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	Japan	25–19	Kuwait	Hiroshima
		(12-9)
		JHA

	Bahrain	21–23	Qatar	Hiroshima
		(12-11)

Group II

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	0	120	55	+65	6
China	3	2	0	1	89	72	+17	4
United Arab Emirates	3	0	1	2	61	92	−31	1
Chinese Taipei	3	0	1	2	64	115	−51	1

Source:

	China	40–19	Chinese Taipei	Hiroshima
		(19-9)

	South Korea	38–14 or 38–15	United Arab Emirates	Hiroshima
		(16-6)

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27 August 1991	China	26–18	United Arab Emirates	Hiroshima
		(12-10)

27 August 1991	Chinese Taipei	17–47	South Korea	Hiroshima
		(6-26)

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	South Korea	35–23	China	Hiroshima
		(18-10)

	United Arab Emirates	28–28	Chinese Taipei	Hiroshima
		(15-15)

Placement 5th–8th

7th/8th

	Kuwait	24–28	Chinese Taipei	Hiroshima
		(10-12)

5th/6th

	Bahrain	24–22	United Arab Emirates	Hiroshima
		(11-13)

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	Japan	26
	China	18
					Japan	23
					South Korea	27
	South Korea	32
	Qatar	19
					Bronze medal match
					China	29
					Qatar	17

Semifinals

	Japan	26–18	China	Hiroshima
		(15-9)
		JHA

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	South Korea	32–19	Qatar	Hiroshima
		(16-10)

Bronze medal match

1 September 1991	China	29–17	Qatar	Hiroshima
		(14-10)

Gold medal match

1 September 1991	Japan	23–27	South Korea	Hiroshima
		(8-13)
		JHA

Final ranking

Final ranking is:

Rank	Team	Qualification(s)
	South Korea	1992 OG and 1993 WC
	Japan	1992 B-WC
	China	1992 B-WC
4	Qatar	none
5	Bahrain
6	United Arab Emirates
7	Chinese Taipei
8	Kuwait
9	North Korea
10	Saudi Arabia
11	Iran
12	Syria