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2004 Asian Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	12–21 February
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Kuwait (3rd title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	Qatar
Fourth place	Bahrain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	1,128 (51.27 per match)

The 2004 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the eleventh Asian Championship and was held in Doha, Qatar from 12 to 21 February 2004.

Draw

Group A	Group B
Kuwait Iran Japan United Arab Emirates Oman	Saudi Arabia Qatar Bahrain Jordan

South Korea probably withdrew.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	4	4	0	0	130	93	+37	8
Japan	4	3	0	1	113	91	+22	6
United Arab Emirates	4	2	0	2	106	107	−1	4
Iran	4	1	0	3	103	111	−8	2
Oman	4	0	0	4	80	130	−50	0

Source:

12 February 2004 16:30	Iran	22–28	United Arab Emirates	Khalifa Arena, Doha
		(11–14)

12 February 2004 19:30	Kuwait	26–23	Japan	Khalifa Arena, Doha
		(16–10)

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13 February 2004 19:00	Japan	27–21	Oman	Khalifa Arena, Doha
		(15–11)

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14 February 2004 18:00	Kuwait	30–24	United Arab Emirates	Khalifa Arena, Doha
		(14–10)

14 February 2004 19:30	Iran	33–20	Oman	Khalifa Arena, Doha

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15 February 2004 19:30	Japan	35–23	United Arab Emirates	Khalifa Arena, Doha
		(17–12)

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16 February 2004 16:30	Kuwait	39–19	Oman	Khalifa Arena, Doha

16 February 2004 18:00	Iran	21–28	Japan	Khalifa Arena, Doha
		(9–9)

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17 February 2004 16:30	United Arab Emirates	31–20	Oman	Khalifa Arena, Doha
		(15–9)

17 February 2004 19:30	Kuwait	35–27	Iran	Khalifa Arena, Doha
		(19–13)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Qatar (H)	3	3	0	0	78	64	+14	6
Bahrain	3	2	0	1	72	66	+6	4
Saudi Arabia	3	1	0	2	69	67	+2	2
Jordan	3	0	0	3	63	85	−22	0

Source:
(H) Hosts

12 February 2004 18:00	Qatar	27–19	Jordan	Khalifa Arena, Doha
		(13–9)

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13 February 2004 17:30	Saudi Arabia	18–20	Bahrain	Khalifa Arena, Doha
		(7–12)

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14 February 2004 16:30	Saudi Arabia	30–23	Jordan	Khalifa Arena, Doha

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15 February 2004 17:30	Qatar	27–24	Bahrain	Khalifa Arena, Doha

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16 February 2004 19:30	Saudi Arabia	21–24	Qatar	Khalifa Arena, Doha
		(10–11)

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17 February 2004 18:00	Bahrain	28–21	Jordan	Khalifa Arena, Doha

Placement 5th–8th

7th/8th

20 February 2004 17:30	Iran	28–27	Jordan	Khalifa Arena, Doha

5th/6th

20 February 2004 19:00	United Arab Emirates	25–29	Saudi Arabia	Khalifa Arena, Doha

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	19 February – Doha
	Kuwait	29
					21 February – Doha
	Bahrain	21
					Kuwait	28
	19 February – Doha
					Japan	24
	Qatar	23
	Japan	27
					Bronze medal match
					21 February – Doha
					Bahrain	26
					Qatar	27

Semifinals

19 February 2004 17:30	Kuwait	29–21	Bahrain	Khalifa Arena, Doha
		(18–10)

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19 February 2004 19:00	Qatar	23–27	Japan	Khalifa Arena, Doha
		(13–15)

Bronze medal match

21 February 2004 17:30	Bahrain	26–27	Qatar	Khalifa Arena, Doha

Gold medal match

21 February 2004 19:00	Kuwait	28–24	Japan	Khalifa Arena, Doha
		(16–9)

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Kuwait
	Japan
	Qatar
4	Bahrain
5	Saudi Arabia
6	United Arab Emirates
7	Iran
8	Jordan
9	Oman

Team qualified for the 2005 World Championship

External links

• "Men Handball XI Asia Championship 2004 Doha (QAT)". todor66.com. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
• "11th Asian Men's Handball Championship". Japan Handball Association. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
• "Asian Handball Championship 2004". goalzz.com. Retrieved 28 August 2020.