| Tourney Name: | Asian Championship |
| Year: | 1979 |
| Country: | China |
| Dates: | 4–9 November |
| Num Teams: | 5 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champion: | JPN |
| Count: | 2 |
| Second: | CHN |
| Third: | KUW |
| Fourth: | PLE |
| Matches: | 10 |
| Previous: | 1977 Asian Men's Handball Championship |
| Next: | 1983 Asian Men's Handball Championship |
The 1979 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the second Asian Championship, which was held from 1 to 11 November 1979, in Nanjing, China.acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
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Japan qualified for Olympic tournament 1980 but refused to play, China apparently too. So Kuwait took their place.
| width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc | Team qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics |
| Rank | width=180 | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | ||
| 5 |