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Date: 7/19/2018
 

Following the draw back in April, the 2018 AHF Asian Men's Junior Championship threw-off earlier this week in the southern Omani city of Salalah and will last until Wednesday 25 July.

 

2018 is the 16th edition of the competition in which 14 teams – after Palestine and Uzbekistan withdrew – are competing across four Preliminary Round groups initially, before progressing through to the knockout rounds and final set of matches and the possibility of qualifying through to the 2019 IHF Men’s Junior World Championship in Spain.

 

All games were initially to be played at the Al-Saada Indoor Hall or Sultania Hall, but due to some construction issues, the AHF decided to only use Al-Saada.

 

After the conclusion of the Preliminary Round, all four group leaders have a 100% record, having won all of their games.

 

In Group A Korea beat Japan, China and Lebanon to sit top with a goal difference of +23, while in Group B, Qatar beat Iraq and Syria with +15 goals in the bank.

 

Group C saw Bahrain beat Saudi Arabia by one and Chinese Taipei resulting in their first-place finish in the group with a goal difference of +16, but most impressive is Iran, having won all three of their games, scoring 123 times and conceding just 53 against Oman, India and Yemen.

 

Preliminary Group Results

up to, and including, Wednesday 18 July

 

Group A: Korea, Japan, China, Lebanon

LBN-KOR 31:45 (15:23)

CHN-JPN 15:22 (8:8)

KOR-CHN 32:27 (16:14)

JPN-LBN 34:12 (20:6)

LBN-CHN 18:33 (6:16)

JPN-KOR 23:27 (8:14)

 

Group B: Qatar, Iraq, Syria

SYR-QAT 26:36 (9:21)

IRQ-SYR 45:22 (24:13)

IRQ-QAT 21:26 (9:11)

 

Group C: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Chinese Taipei

TPE-KSA 30:41 (16:20)

BRN-TPE 38:23 (18:14)

BRN-KSA 22:21 (10:10)

 

Group D: Oman, Iran, India, Yemen

IND-IRI 17:48 (8:23)

YEM-OMA 28:36 (15:21)

OMA-IND 38:37 (17:21)

IRI-YEM 49:19 (29:6)

YEM-IND 24:37 (13:19)

IRI-OMA 26:17 (10:11)

 

The 2018 edition is the 30th anniversary of the competition after the 1st AHF Asian Men's Junior Championship was held back in 1988 in Syria, with South Korea winning the title, followed by Kuwait in silver and Syria in bronze. Kuwait and Qatar currently hold the record of five titles each in the 15 previous editions with the Qataris winning the last four in a row, beating Saudi Arabia in the 2016 final held in Amman, Jordan.

 

For more information visit the Asian Handball Federation website: www.asianhandball.org

 

Photo: Asian Handball Federation

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