2000 Asian Men's Handball Championship
# 2000 Asian Men's Handball Championship

The 2000 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the ninth Asian Championship, which was taking place from 25 30 January 30 2000 in Kumamoto, Japan. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2000 Olympic Games.

## Standings

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| South Korea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 62 | +67 | 8 |
| China | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 105 | 99 | +6 | 6 |
| Japan (H) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 97 | 75 | +22 | 4 |
| Chinese Taipei | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 86 | 110 | −24 | 2 |
| Iran | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 61 | 132 | −71 | 0 |

## Results

All times are local (UTC+9).

| 25 January 2000 17:00 | South Korea | 37–12 | Chinese Taipei | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Al-Janahi, Al-Rashid (KSA) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 25 January 2000 17:00 | Lim S.S. 8 | (18–4) | Tan T.S. 5 | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Al-Janahi, Al-Rashid (KSA) |
| 25 January 2000 17:00 | 2× 1× | Report | 3× 3× | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Al-Janahi, Al-Rashid (KSA) |
| 25 January 2000 19:00 | Iran | 18–34 | China | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Chung, Lim (KOR) |
| 25 January 2000 19:00 | Nikounejad, Jafarnia 5 | (8–18) | Zhang J., Zhu W.X. 8 | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Chung, Lim (KOR) |
| 25 January 2000 19:00 | 2× 3× | Report | 2× 4× | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Chung, Lim (KOR) |
| 26 January 2000 17:00 | South Korea | 38–14 | Iran | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Goto, Shimizu (JPN) |
| 26 January 2000 17:00 | Yoon K.S. 6 | (17–8) | Nikounejad 3 | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Goto, Shimizu (JPN) |
| 26 January 2000 17:00 | 2× | Report | 2× 2× | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Goto, Shimizu (JPN) |
| 26 January 2000 19:00 | Japan | 24–18 | Chinese Taipei | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Zhang, Zhang (CHN) |
| 26 January 2000 19:00 | Iwamoto 6 | (10–9) | Tan T.S. 8 | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Zhang, Zhang (CHN) |
| 26 January 2000 19:00 | 2× 4× 1× | Report | 3× 3× | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Zhang, Zhang (CHN) |
| 27 January 2000 18:00 | Japan | 20–24 | China | Matsubase Town Sports Centre, Kumamoto Referees: Kalin, Korić (SLO) |
| 27 January 2000 18:00 | Kayaba 5 | (11–9) | Zhu W.X., Wang X.D. 6 | Matsubase Town Sports Centre, Kumamoto Referees: Kalin, Korić (SLO) |
| 27 January 2000 18:00 | 3× 7× | Report | 3× 4× | Matsubase Town Sports Centre, Kumamoto Referees: Kalin, Korić (SLO) |
| 28 January 2000 17:00 | Iran | 18–27 | Chinese Taipei | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Goto, Shimizu (JPN) |
| 28 January 2000 17:00 | Safari 6 | (5–12) | Tan T.S. 7 | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Goto, Shimizu (JPN) |
| 28 January 2000 17:00 | 3× 5× 1× | Report | 3× 5× 1× | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Goto, Shimizu (JPN) |
| 28 January 2000 19:00 | South Korea | 32–16 | China | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Abdullah, Abbas (KUW) |
| 28 January 2000 19:00 | Yoon K.S. 7 | (16–3) | Zhu W.X. 7 | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Abdullah, Abbas (KUW) |
| 28 January 2000 19:00 | 3× 2× | Report | 2× | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Abdullah, Abbas (KUW) |
| 29 January 2000 14:00 | Japan | 33–11 | Iran | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Zhang, Zhang (CHN) |
| 29 January 2000 14:00 | Kato, Tsuji 6 | (15–3) | Khalaj 3 | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Zhang, Zhang (CHN) |
| 29 January 2000 14:00 | 2× 1× | Report | 1× 4× | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Zhang, Zhang (CHN) |
| 30 January 2000 14:00 | South Korea | 22–20 | Japan | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Kalin, Korić (SLO) |
| 30 January 2000 14:00 | Yoon K.S. 11 | (13–7) | Sasaki, Tomimoto 5 | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Kalin, Korić (SLO) |
| 30 January 2000 14:00 | 2× 3× | Report | 4× 3× | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Kalin, Korić (SLO) |
| 30 January 2000 16:00 | Chinese Taipei | 29–31 | China | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Al-Janahi, Al-Rashid (KSA) |
| 30 January 2000 16:00 | Tan T.S. 11 | (15–18) | Zhu W.X. 7 | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Al-Janahi, Al-Rashid (KSA) |
| 30 January 2000 16:00 | 2× 5× | Report | 3× 6× | Kumamoto City Gymnasium, Kumamoto Referees: Al-Janahi, Al-Rashid (KSA) |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | South Korea |
| | China |
| | Japan |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei |
| 5 | Iran |

* Team qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics
