2000 Asian Women's Handball Championship

The 2000 Asian Women's Handball Championship, the eighth Asian Championship, which was taking place from 10 to 17 August 10 2000 in Shanghai, China. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2001 World Women's Handball Championship.

2000 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host country	China
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	10–17 August
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (8th title)
Runner-up	Japan
Third place	North Korea
Fourth place	China
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	697 (49.79 per match)

Teams

Group A	Group B
South Korea Japan Kazakhstan Chinese Taipei	China North Korea India

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC 8).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	0	91	46	45	6
Japan	3	2	0	1	71	63	8	4
Kazakhstan	3	1	0	2	69	74	−5	2
Chinese Taipei	3	0	0	3	40	88	−48	0

Source:

10 August 2000 14:00	South Korea	30–18	Kazakhstan	Shanghai
		(18–6)

10 August 2000 16:00	Japan	27–12	Chinese Taipei	Shanghai
		(12–4)

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11 August 2000 14:00	South Korea	33–9	Chinese Taipei	Shanghai
		(20–6)

11 August 2000 16:00	Japan	25–23	Kazakhstan	Shanghai
		(14–10)

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13 August 2000 14:00	Kazakhstan	30–16	Chinese Taipei	Shanghai
		(12–6)

13 August 2000 16:00	South Korea	28–19	Japan	Shanghai
		(13–11)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China (H)	2	2	0	0	76	35	41	4
North Korea	2	1	0	1	75	39	36	2
India	2	0	0	2	22	99	−77	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

10 August 2000 20:00	China	28–24	North Korea	Shanghai
		(15–15)

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11 August 2000 18:00	North Korea	51–11	India	Shanghai
		(27–7)

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13 August 2000 18:30	China	48–11	India	Shanghai
		(24–5)

Placement 5th/6th

16 August 2000 16:00	Kazakhstan	48–10	India	Shanghai
		(26–8)

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	15 August – Shanghai
	South Korea	29
					17 August – Shanghai
	North Korea	23
					South Korea	33
	15 August – Shanghai
					Japan	23
	China	21
	Japan	24
					Bronze medal match
					17 August – Shanghai
					North Korea	24
					China	18

Semifinals

15 August 2000 16:00	South Korea	29–23	North Korea	Shanghai
		(10–9)

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15 August 2000 18:00	China	21–24	Japan	Shanghai
		(10–9)

Bronze medal match

17 August 2000 16:00	North Korea	24–18	China	Shanghai
		(10–9)

Gold medal match

17 August 2000 18:00	South Korea	33–23	Japan	Shanghai
		(14–9)

Final standing

Rank	Team
	South Korea
	Japan
	North Korea
4	China
5	Kazakhstan
6	India
7	Chinese Taipei

Team qualified for the 2001 World Championship

External links

• Results
• www.handball.jp