Handball at the Asian Games
Handball has been an Asian Games event since 1982 when the sport was first played in New Delhi, India.
Summary
Men
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | ||||
| 1982 |
New Delhi |
China |
24–19 | Japan |
South Korea |
32–22 | Kuwait | ||
| 1986 |
Seoul |
South Korea |
No playoffs | China |
Japan |
No playoffs | Kuwait | ||
| 1990 |
Beijing |
South Korea |
No playoffs | Japan |
Saudi Arabia |
No playoffs | China | ||
| 1994 |
Hiroshima |
South Korea |
No playoffs | Japan |
China |
No playoffs | Kuwait | ||
| 1998 |
Bangkok |
South Korea |
29–18 | Kuwait |
Japan |
28–23 | Iran | ||
| 2002 |
Busan |
South Korea |
22–21 | Kuwait |
Qatar |
28–21 | Japan | ||
| 2006 |
Doha |
Kuwait |
27–24 | Qatar |
Iran |
31–27 | South Korea | ||
| 2010 |
Guangzhou |
South Korea |
32–28 | Iran |
Japan |
27–20 | Saudi Arabia | ||
| 2014 |
Incheon |
Qatar |
24–21 | South Korea |
Bahrain |
28–25 | Iran | ||
| 2018 |
Jakarta–Palembang |
Qatar |
32–27 OT | Bahrain |
South Korea |
24–23 | Japan | ||
| 2022 |
Hangzhou |
Qatar |
32–25 | Bahrain |
Kuwait |
31–30 | Japan | ||
Women
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | ||||
| 1990 |
Beijing |
South Korea |
No playoffs | China |
Chinese Taipei |
No playoffs | North Korea | ||
| 1994 |
Hiroshima |
South Korea |
No playoffs | Japan |
China |
No playoffs | Kazakhstan | ||
| 1998 |
Bangkok |
South Korea |
No playoffs | North Korea |
Japan |
No playoffs | China | ||
| 2002 |
Busan |
South Korea |
No playoffs | Kazakhstan |
China |
No playoffs | Japan | ||
| 2006 |
Doha |
South Korea |
29–22 | Kazakhstan |
Japan |
25–22 | China | ||
| 2010 |
Guangzhou |
China |
31–22 | Japan |
South Korea |
38–26 | Kazakhstan | ||
| 2014 |
Incheon |
South Korea |
29–19 | Japan |
Kazakhstan |
27–26 | China | ||
| 2018 |
Jakarta–Palembang |
South Korea |
29–23 | China |
Japan |
43–14 | Thailand | ||
| 2022 |
Hangzhou |
Japan |
29–19 | South Korea |
China |
39–26 | Kazakhstan | ||
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 13 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| 2 | Qatar (QAT) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | China (CHN) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Kuwait (KUW) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Bahrain (BRN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 8 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (11 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | |
Participating nations
Men
| Team | 1982 |
1986 |
1990 |
1994 |
1998 |
2002 |
2006 |
2010 |
2014 |
2018 |
2022 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bahrain | 7th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 7 | ||||
| China | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 6th | 7th | 11th | 7th | 10th | 5th | 10 | |
| Chinese Taipei | 5th | 8th | 9th | 3 | ||||||||
| Hong Kong | 6th | 13th | 10th | 11th | 8th | 9th | 6 | |||||
| India | 8th | 12th | 9th | 14th | 10th | 5 | ||||||
| Indonesia | 12th | 1 | ||||||||||
| Iran | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 7th | 7 | ||||
| Iraq | 7th | 1 | ||||||||||
| Japan | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 9th | 4th | 4th | 11 |
| Kazakhstan | 7th | 1 | ||||||||||
| Kuwait | 4th | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 8th | 5th | 3rd | 9 | ||
| Lebanon | 9th | 1 | ||||||||||
| Macau | 15th | 1 | ||||||||||
| Mongolia | 9th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 4 | |||||||
| North Korea | 5th | 1 | ||||||||||
| Malaysia | 13th | 1 | ||||||||||
| Oman | 6th | 1 | ||||||||||
| Pakistan | 11th | 1 | ||||||||||
| Qatar | 7th | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 7 | ||||
| Saudi Arabia | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 8th | 4th | 7th | 6th | 9th | 8 | |||
| South Korea | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 11 |
| Syria | 5th | 1 | ||||||||||
| Thailand | 8th | 9th | 2 | |||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 6th | 6th | 5th | 8th | 10th | 13th | 6 | |||||
| Uzbekistan | 14th | 9th | 2 | |||||||||
| Number of teams | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
Women
| Team | 1990 |
1994 |
1998 |
2002 |
2006 |
2010 |
2014 |
2018 |
2022 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 9 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 3 | ||||||
| Hong Kong | 6th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 4 | |||||
| India | 8th | 8th | 8th | 9th | 5th | 5 | ||||
| Indonesia | 8th | 1 | ||||||||
| Japan | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 9 |
| Kazakhstan | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 8 | |
| Malaysia | 10th | 1 | ||||||||
| Maldives | 9th | 1 | ||||||||
| Nepal | 9th | 1 | ||||||||
| North Korea | 4th | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5 | ||||
| Qatar | 9th | 1 | ||||||||
| South Korea | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 9 |
| Thailand | 6th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 4th | 7th | 6 | |||
| Uzbekistan | 6th | 5th | 5th | 3 | ||||||
| Number of teams | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 |