Handball at the Asian Games

Handball has been an Asian Games event since 1982 when the sport was first played in New Delhi, India.

Men

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
1982	New Delhi		File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	24–19	Japan		File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea	32–22	File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait
1986	Seoul		File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea	No playoffs	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China		Japan	No playoffs	File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait
1990	Beijing		File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea	No playoffs	Japan		File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia	No playoffs	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
1994	Hiroshima		File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea	No playoffs	Japan		File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	No playoffs	File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait
1998	Bangkok		File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea	29–18	File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait		Japan	28–23	File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran
2002	Busan		File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea	22–21	File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait		30x27px Qatar	28–21	Japan
2006	Doha		File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait	27–24	30x27px Qatar		File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran	31–27	File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
2010	Guangzhou		File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea	32–28	File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran		Japan	27–20	File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
2014	Incheon		30x27px Qatar	24–21	File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea		File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain	28–25	File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran
2018	Jakarta–Palembang		30x27px Qatar	32–27 OT	File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain		File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea	24–23	Japan

Women

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
1990	Beijing		Template:Hbw-big	No playoffs	Template:Hbw-big		Template:Hbw-big	No playoffs	Template:Hbw-big
1994	Hiroshima		Template:Hbw-big	No playoffs	Template:Hbw-big		Template:Hbw-big	No playoffs	Template:Hbw-big
1998	Bangkok		Template:Hbw-big	No playoffs	Template:Hbw-big		Template:Hbw-big	No playoffs	Template:Hbw-big
2002	Busan		Template:Hbw-big	No playoffs	Template:Hbw-big		Template:Hbw-big	No playoffs	Template:Hbw-big
2006	Doha		Template:Hbw-big	29–22	Template:Hbw-big		Template:Hbw-big	25–22	Template:Hbw-big
2010	Guangzhou		Template:Hbw-big	31–22	Template:Hbw-big		Template:Hbw-big	38–26	Template:Hbw-big
2014	Incheon		Template:Hbw-big	29–19	Template:Hbw-big		Template:Hbw-big	27–26	Template:Hbw-big
2018	Jakarta–Palembang		Template:Hbw-big	29–23	Template:Hbw-big		Template:Hbw-big	43–14	Template:Hbw-big

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea (KOR)	13	1	3	17
2	China (CHN)	2	3	3	8
3	Qatar Qatar (QAT)	2	1	1	4
4	Kuwait (KUW)	1	2	0	3
5	Japan (JPN)	0	6	6	12
6	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	2	1	3
7	Bahrain (BRN)	0	1	1	2
	Iran (IRI)	0	1	1	2
9	North Korea (PRK)	0	1	0	1
10	Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	0	1	1
	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 nations)		18	18	18	54

Related pages

• Asian Women's Handball Championship
• Asian Men's Handball Championship

References

• Medallists from previous Asian Games - Handball