Handball at the 1986 Asian Games
# Handball at the 1986 Asian Games

The Handball events at the 1986 Asian Games were held in South Korea between September 23 and September 28, 1986. The competition included only men's event.

South Korea won the gold medal in a round robin competition, China finished second and won the silver medal while Japan won the bronze medal after beating Kuwait, Iran and Hong Kong.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men details | South Korea Bae Sang-ki Choi Tai-sub Hong Sung-woong Hwang Yo-na Kang Jae-won Kim Jae-hwan Koh Suk-chang Lee Jong-kyung Lee Sang-hyo Lim Jin-suk Lim Kyu-ha Park Do-hun Park Kwang-soo Park Young-dae Shin Young-suk Yoon Tae-il | China Deng Shanjun Di Wenming Dong Chao Huang Ping Jiang Shanming Jun Baocheng Meng Yousheng Shan Shuo Shao Zhixiong Wang Feng Wang Kan Wei Heping Xue Manyan Yu Wei Zhang Ming Zhao Zhiwei | Japan Kazumitsu Aso Izumi Fujii Osamu Ichikawa Hidetada Ito Kazuhiro Miyashita Hiroki Naitou Kiyoshi Nishiyama Takahiro Ohata Shinji Okuda Yoshihiro Shiga Shinichi Shudo Koji Tachiki Takashi Taguchi Seiichi Takamura Kenji Tamamura Hiroshi Yanai |

## Results

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | South Korea | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 204 | 106 | +98 | 10 |
| 2 | China | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 151 | 114 | +37 | 8 |
| 3 | Japan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 147 | 116 | +31 | 6 |
| 4 | Kuwait | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 163 | 124 | +39 | 4 |
| 5 | Iran | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 90 | 185 | −95 | 2 |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 68 | 178 | −110 | 0 |
| 23 September | Japan | 38–16 | Iran | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon |
| 23 September | South Korea | 45–10 | Hong Kong | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon |
| 23 September | China | 28–22 | Kuwait | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon |
| 24 September | South Korea | 35–29 | Kuwait | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon |
| 24 September | China | 35–11 | Iran | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon |
| 24 September | Japan | 33–10 | Hong Kong | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon |
| 25 September | China | 34–16 | Hong Kong | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon |
| 25 September | Kuwait | 46–24 | Iran | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon |
| 25 September | South Korea | 38–26 | Japan | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon |
| 27 September | Kuwait | 44–14 | Hong Kong | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon |
| 27 September | China | 30–27 | Japan | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon |
| 27 September | South Korea | 48–17 | Iran | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon |
| 28 September | Iran | 22–18 | Hong Kong | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon |
| 28 September | Japan | 23–22 | Kuwait | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon |
| 28 September | South Korea | 38–24 | China | Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | South Korea | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| | China | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| | Japan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Kuwait | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Iran | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
