1998 Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship

The 1998 Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship (5th tournament) took place in Osaka from 31 August–4 September. It acts as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 1999 Women's Junior World Handball Championship.

1998 Asian Junior Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	31 August – 4 September 1998
Teams	5
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (5th title)
Runner-up	China
Third place	Kazakhstan
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches	10
Goals scored	463 (46.3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kim Hyang-ki (30)
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Results

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	4	4	0	0	122	89	+33	8
China	4	3	0	1	92	86	+6	6
Kazakhstan	4	2	0	2	80	89	−9	4
Japan	4	1	0	3	89	92	−3	2
Chinese Taipei	4	0	0	4	80	107	−27	0

Source:

31 August 1998 14:30	Japan	20–21	Kazakhstan	Maishima Arena, Osaka
	six players 3	(8–12)	Kubassova, Sidorenko 6
	2× 2×	Report	2× 3×

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31 August 1998 16:30	South Korea	25–19	China	Maishima Arena, Osaka
	Kim H.K. 10	(12–7)	Li Y. 7
	3× 2×	Report	2× 3×

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1 September 1998 14:30	South Korea	30–22	Chinese Taipei	Maishima Arena, Osaka
	Myoung B.H. 5	(13–11)	Tu H.Y. 6
	2× 1×	Report	1× 3×

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1 September 1998 16:30	China	22–15	Kazakhstan	Maishima Arena, Osaka
	Li Y., Li Y.L. 6	(12–8)	Kubassova, Sidorenko 4
	3× 4×	Report	2× 1×

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2 September 1998 14:30	Japan	19–20	China	Maishima Arena, Osaka
	Sugaya 7	(8–9)	Li Y. 7
	4× 4× 1×	Report	3× 2× 1×

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2 September 1998 16:30	Kazakhstan	24–16	Chinese Taipei	Maishima Arena, Osaka
	Yegunova 6	(12–5)	Liang Y.P. 5
	1× 6× 1×	Report	2× 5×

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3 September 1998 14:30	South Korea	31–20	Kazakhstan	Maishima Arena, Osaka
	Lee H.Y. 9	(20–7)	Shapovalova 6
	2× 6× 1×	Report	3×

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3 September 1998 16:30	Japan	22–15	Chinese Taipei	Maishima Arena, Osaka
	Sugaya 6	(9–7)	Tu H.Y., Su C.L. 3
	3× 11× 3×	Report	3× 6× 1×

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4 September 1998 14:30	China	31–27	Chinese Taipei	Maishima Arena, Osaka
	Li Y.L. 8	(16–11)	Tsai P.L. 7
	2× 5× 1×	Report	2× 6× 1×

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4 September 1998 16:30	South Korea	36–28	Japan	Maishima Arena, Osaka
	Kim H.K. 13	(19–15)	Watanabe 8
	3× 6× 1×	Report	3× 1×

Final standing

Rank	Team
	South Korea
	China
	Kazakhstan
4	Japan
5	Chinese Taipei

Team qualified for the 1999 Junior World Championship

All-star team

•  Kim Hyang-ki (KOR)
•  Myoung Bok-hee (KOR)
•  Li Yang (CHN)
•  Li Yuling (CHN)
•  Olessya Kubassova (KAZ)
•  Yukari Asai (JPN)
•  Liang Ya-ping (TPE)

References

• www.handball.jp (Archived 2009-09-04)

External links

• www.asianhandball.com