| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Kazakhstan |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 19–25 December |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Kazakhstan(2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  South Korea |
| Third place |  China |
| Fourth place |  Japan |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 18 |
| Goals scored | 1,061 (58.94 per match) |
The2010 Asian Women's Handball Championship was the 13thAsian Championship, which took place from 19 to 25 December 2010 inAlmaty,Kazakhstan. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the2011 World Women's Handball Championship inBrazil.
Due to heavy snow, bothSouth Korea andJapan couldn't make the trip to Kazakhstan in time and the program was moved forward.[1]
China,Japan,Kazakhstan andSouth Korea qualified for the World championship after reaching the semifinals.
| Group A | Group B |
|---|---|
All times are local (UTC+6).
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan(H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 66 | +29 | 6 |
| China | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 69 | +32 | 4 |
 North Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 105 | 90 | +15 | 2 |
 Iran | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 128 | −76 | 0 |
| 19 December 2010 18:30 | China | 22–25 | Kazakhstan | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports,Almaty |
| (14–13) | ||||
| 20 December 2010 14:00 | Iran | 22–47 | North Korea | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports,Almaty |
| (12–25) | ||||
| 21 December 2010 14:00 | China | 33–27 | North Korea | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports,Almaty |
| (14–12) | ||||
| 21 December 2010 17:00 | Kazakhstan | 35–13 | Iran | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports,Almaty |
| (23–7) | ||||
| 22 December 2010 14:00 | China | 46–17 | Iran | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports,Almaty |
| (20–7) | ||||
| 22 December 2010 17:00 | Kazakhstan | 35–31 | North Korea | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports,Almaty |
| (17–15) | ||||
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 120 | 49 | +71 | 5 |
| Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 117 | 61 | +56 | 5 |
 Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 142 | −73 | 2 |
 Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 107 | −54 | 0 |
| 19 December 2010 17:00 | Thailand | 25–31 | Uzbekistan | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports,Almaty |
| (11–17) | ||||
| 20 December 2010 15:30 | Japan | 57–22 | Uzbekistan | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports,Almaty |
| (31–11) | ||||
| 20 December 2010 17:00 | South Korea | 38–11 | Thailand | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports,Almaty |
| (21–5) | ||||
| 21 December 2010 15:30 | South Korea | 60–16 | Uzbekistan | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports,Almaty |
| (32–10) | ||||
| 21 December 2010 18:30 | Japan | 38–17 | Thailand | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports,Almaty |
| (18–9) | ||||
| 22 December 2010 15:30 | South Korea | 22–22 | Japan | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports,Almaty |
| (10–10) | ||||
| 24 December 2010 15:00 | Iran | 20–30 | Thailand | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports,Almaty |
| (7–11) | ||||
| 24 December 2010 17:00 | North Korea | 52–21 | Uzbekistan | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports,Almaty |
| (24–7) | ||||
| Semifinals | Gold medal match | |||||
| 23 December –Almaty | ||||||
| Kazakhstan | 29 | |||||
| 25 December –Almaty | ||||||
| Japan | 24 | |||||
| Kazakhstan | 33 | |||||
| 23 December –Almaty | ||||||
| South Korea | 32 | |||||
| South Korea | 31 | |||||
| China | 26 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| 25 December –Almaty | ||||||
| Japan | 25 | |||||
| China | 26 | |||||
| 23 December 2010 15:00 | Kazakhstan | 29–24 | Japan | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports,Almaty |
| (16–13) | ||||
| 23 December 2010 17:00 | South Korea | 31–26 | China | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports,Almaty |
| (13–14) | ||||
| 25 December 2010 15:00 | Japan | 25–26 | China | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports,Almaty |
| (14–15) | ||||
| 25 December 2010 17:00 | Kazakhstan | 33–32 | South Korea | Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports,Almaty |
| (16–15) | ||||
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
 | Kazakhstan |
 | South Korea |
 | China |
| 4 | Japan |
| 5 | North Korea |
| 6 | Uzbekistan |
| 7 | Thailand |
| 8 | Iran |
| Team qualified for the2011 World Championship |