2018 Asian Women's Handball Championship Explained

Tourney Name:	Asian Women's Handball Championship
Year:	2018
Size:	200 px
Country:	Japan
Dates:	30 November – 9 December
Num Teams:	10
Confederations:	1
Venues:	3
Cities:	3
Count:	14
Matches:	29
Goals:	1438
Top Scorer:	Sally Potocki (57 goals)
Previous:	2017 Asian Women's Handball Championship
Next:	2021 Asian Women's Handball Championship

The 2018 Asian Women's Handball Championship was the 17th edition of the Asian Women's Handball Championship, which took place from 30 November to 9 December 2018 in Kumamoto, Yamaga and Yatsushiro, Japan.^[1] The tournament was held under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation and acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship.

South Korea won their fourth straight and 14th overall title after defeating Japan in the final.^[2]

Draw

The draw was held on 6 August 2018 at the Hotel Nikko in Kumamoto.^[3]

Teams were seeded according to the AHF COC regulations and rankings of the previous edition of the championship. Teams who had not participate in the previous edition were in Pot 4.^[4]

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Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+9).

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

5–8th place bracket

5–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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Final

Final standing

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1. If countries from Oceania (Australia or New Zealand) participating in the Asian Championships finished within the top 5, they qualified for the World Championships. If they had both placed sixth or lower, the place would have been transferred to the wild card spot.^[5]

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Qualified for the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Sally Potocki		57
2	Dana Abilda		40
3	Menika Menika		32
	Jung Yu-ra		32
5	Jin Mengqing		31

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	Team	Saves (exc. 7M)	Shots (exc. 7M)	7M Saves	7M Thr.	Total Saves	Total Shots	%
1	Manon Vernay		100	217	7	29	107	246	43.49%
2	Nina Shil		63	184	2	24	65	208	31.73%
3	Zhannat Aitenova		46	173	5	18	51	191	26.70%
4	Fatemeh Khalili Behfar		38	128	4	17	42	145	28.96%
5	Sakura Hauge		35	88	2	6	37	94	39.36%
6	Minami Itano		33	67	1	9	34	76	44.74%
7	Park Sae-young		27	66	2	8	29	74	39.19%
8	Ju Hui		28	81	0	5	28	86	32.56%
9	Chan Kam Ling		25	78	0	33	25	111	22.52%
10	Huang Xia		23	46	1	6	24	52	46.15%

External links

• Official website
• Results at todor66

Notes and References

1. Web site: 17th Asian Women’s Championship – Match Schedule. japanhandball2019.com. 18 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181020140312/https://japanhandball2019.com/asian-championship-2018/pdf/schedule_en.pdf. 20 October 2018. dead.
2. Web site: Heartbreak for hosts Japan in Asian Women’s Championship. ihf.info. 9 December 2018.
3. News: Draw results of the 17th Asian Women's Championship. Asian Handball Federation's Official Facebook Account. 6 August 2018. 18 October 2018.
4. News: Draw procedures of the 17th Asian Women's Handball Championship. Asian Handball Federation's Official Facebook Account. 3 August 2018. 18 October 2018.
5. Web site: Teams . 24th IHF Women's Handball World Championship 2019 . 8 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181209124936/https://japanhandball2019.com/team/en/ . 9 December 2018 . dead .