2000 Asian Women's Handball Championship
# 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.

## 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 |
| 10 August 2000 14:00 | South Korea | 30–18 | Kazakhstan | Shanghai |
| 10 August 2000 14:00 | | (18–6) | | Shanghai |
| 10 August 2000 16:00 | Japan | 27–12 | Chinese Taipei | Shanghai |
| 10 August 2000 16:00 | | (12–4) | | Shanghai |
| 11 August 2000 14:00 | South Korea | 33–9 | Chinese Taipei | Shanghai |
| 11 August 2000 14:00 | | (20–6) | | Shanghai |
| 11 August 2000 16:00 | Japan | 25–23 | Kazakhstan | Shanghai |
| 11 August 2000 16:00 | | (14–10) | | Shanghai |
| 13 August 2000 14:00 | Kazakhstan | 30–16 | Chinese Taipei | Shanghai |
| 13 August 2000 14:00 | | (12–6) | | Shanghai |
| 13 August 2000 16:00 | South Korea | 28–19 | Japan | Shanghai |
| 13 August 2000 16:00 | | (13–11) | | Shanghai |

### 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 |
| 10 August 2000 20:00 | China | 28–24 | North Korea | Shanghai |
| 10 August 2000 20:00 | | (15–15) | | Shanghai |
| 11 August 2000 18:00 | North Korea | 51–11 | India | Shanghai |
| 11 August 2000 18:00 | | (27–7) | | Shanghai |
| 13 August 2000 18:30 | China | 48–11 | India | Shanghai |
| 13 August 2000 18:30 | | (24–5) | | Shanghai |

## Placement 5th/6th

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

## Final round

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

### Semifinals

| 15 August 2000 16:00 | South Korea | 29–23 | North Korea | Shanghai |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 August 2000 16:00 | | (10–9) | | Shanghai |
| 15 August 2000 18:00 | China | 21–24 | Japan | Shanghai |
| 15 August 2000 18:00 | | (10–9) | | Shanghai |

### Bronze medal match

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

### Gold medal match

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

## 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
