2010 Asian Men's Handball Championship Explained

Tourney Name:	Asian Championship
Year:	2010
Size:	200px
Country:	Lebanon
Dates:	6–19 February
Num Teams:	12
Confederations:	1
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champion:	KOR
Count:	8
Second:	BHR
Third:	JPN
Fourth:	KSA
Matches:	34
Goals:	1867
Previous:	2008 Asian Men's Handball Championship
Next:	2012 Asian Men's Handball Championship

The 2010 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the 14th edition of the Asian Men's Handball Championship, held in Beirut, Lebanon, from 6 to 19 February 2010. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship in Sweden.

Draw

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* Following the IOC decision to suspend the NOC of Kuwait which came in force on 1 January 2010, the International Handball Federation decided to suspend handball in Kuwait in all categories.^[1] Following this decision Iraq replaced Kuwait in Group B to balance the number of teams in each group.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Placement 9th–12th

9th–12th semifinals

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9th/10th

Main round

Group E

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Group F

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Placement 5th–8th

5th/6th

Final round

Semifinals

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Gold medal match

Final standing

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width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc		Team qualified for the 2011 World Championship

External links

Notes and References

News: IHF suspends handball in Kuwait . 2010-01-24 .