| Tourney Name: | Asian Championship |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Dates: | 18–28 January |
| Num Teams: | 14 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champion: | QAT |
| Count: | 3 |
| Second: | BHR |
| Third: | KOR |
| Fourth: | KSA |
| Matches: | 45 |
| Goals: | 2428 |
| Previous: | 2016 Asian Men's Handball Championship |
| Next: | 2020 Asian Men's Handball Championship |
The 2018 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the 18th edition of the championship held under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. The championship was hosted at Suwon, South Korea from 18 to 28 January 2018. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship. For the first time, Australia, New Zealand and Bangladesh participated.[1] [2]
Qatar won their third title after defeating Bahrain 33–31 in the final.[3] [4]
The draw took place on 13 September 2017 at 11:00.
Iraq withdrew on 4 January 2018 due to unavoidable circumstances. Iraq's withdrawal left only two teams in Group A, therefore Uzbekistan was moved from Group B to Group A to balance the number of teams in each group.
The following ten referee pairs were selected.
| Referees | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hussain Al-Mawt Samir Marhoon | ||
| Cheng Yufeng Zhou Yunlei | ||
| Robert Schulze Tobias Tönnies | ||
| Alireza Mousavian Majid Kolahduzan | ||
| Fadhil Imran Khalid Hussein | ||
| Referees | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kiyoshi Hizaki Tomokazu Ikebuchi | ||
| Akram Al-Zayat Yasser Awad | ||
| Ivan Pavićević Miloš Ražnatović | ||
| Koo Bo-nok Lee Se-ok | ||
| Lee Gae-ul Lee Eun-ha | ||
All times are local (UTC+9).[5]
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| width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc | Team qualified for the 2019 World Championship |
| width=10px bgcolor=#ccf3ff | Team qualified for the 2019 World Championship as a wild-card. |
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