1983 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	25 September – 1 October
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (1st title)
Runner-up	Japan
Third place	Kuwait
Fourth place	Bahrain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18

The 1983 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the third Asian Championship, which was taking place from 25 September to 1 October 1983 in Seoul, South Korea.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea (H)	3	3	0	0	122	54	+68	6
Kuwait	3	2	0	1	102	70	+32	4
Saudi Arabia	3	1	0	2	91	64	+27	2
Hong Kong	3	0	0	3	29	156	−127	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

25 September 1983	Hong Kong	15–54	Kuwait	Seoul

25 September 1983	South Korea	35–21	Saudi Arabia	Seoul

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	Kuwait	21–18	Saudi Arabia	Seoul

	South Korea	50–6	Hong Kong	Seoul

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	Saudi Arabia	52–8	Hong Kong	Seoul

	Kuwait	27–37	South Korea	Seoul

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	0	96	41	+55	6
Bahrain	3	2	0	1	69	68	+1	4
Qatar	3	1	0	2	52	65	−13	2
Jordan	3	0	0	3	50	93	−43	0

Source:

	Japan	37–8	Jordan	Seoul

25 September 1983	Qatar	14–18	Bahrain	Seoul

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	Japan	28–17	Qatar	Seoul

	Jordan	23–35	Bahrain	Seoul

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	Qatar	21–19	Jordan	Seoul

29 September 1983	Bahrain	16–31	Japan	Seoul

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	29 September – Seoul
	South Korea	25
					1 October – Seoul
	Bahrain	22
					South Korea	25
	29 September – Seoul
					Japan	19
	Japan	26
	Kuwait	22
					Bronze medal match
					1 October – Seoul
					Bahrain	21
					Kuwait	31

Semifinals

29 September 1983	South Korea	25–22	Bahrain	Seoul

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29 September 1983	Japan	26–22	Kuwait	Seoul

Bronze medal match

1 October 1983	Bahrain	21–31	Kuwait	Seoul

Gold medal match

1 October 1983	South Korea	25–19	Japan	Seoul

Final standing

Rank	Team
	South Korea
	Japan
	Kuwait
4	Bahrain
5	Saudi Arabia
6	Qatar
7	Jordan
8	Hong Kong

References

• Results