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6th Asian Beach Handball Championship 2017

Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	8 – 15 May 2017
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Qatar (men) Thailand (women)
Runners-up	Oman (men) Vietnam (women)
Third place	Iran (men) Chinese Taipei (women)
Fourth place	Vietnam (men) China (women)

The 2017 Asian Beach Handball Championship was the 6th edition of the Asian Beach Handball Championship held from 8 to 15 May 2017 at Pattaya, Thailand under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. It also acts as the qualification tournament for the 2018 Beach Handball World Championships.

Format

In men's category the tournament was played on the round-robin-cum-knockout format. A team had to play match with all the other teams in group stage. Top two teams from each group will advance to semifinals. In women's category the tournament was played in a round-robin format and final standings in the group are final positions.

Matches were played in sets, the team that wins two sets is the winner of a match. When teams were equal in points the head-to-head result was decisive.

Men

Participating nations

• Afghanistan
• Chinese Taipei
• Iran
• Oman
• Qatar (Defending Champion)
• Thailand (Host)
• United Arab Emirates
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Diff	Pts	Qualification
Qatar	3	3	0	6	0	+6	6	Semifinal
Oman	3	2	1	4	2	+2	4	Semifinal
Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	2	4	-2	2	5th–8th Place
Uzbekistan	3	0	3	0	6	-6	0	5th–8th Place

Team 1	Score	Team 2
8 May 2017
19:00
Chinese Taipei	0 - 2	Oman
9 May 2017
17:45
Uzbekistan	0 - 2	Qatar
10 May 2017
17:00
Uzbekistan	0 - 2	Oman
18:30
Chinese Taipei	0 - 2	Qatar
11 May 2017
17:45
Chinese Taipei	2 - 0	Uzbekistan
12 May 2017
17:00
Qatar	2 - 0	Oman

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Diff	Pts	Qualification
Vietnam	4	4	0	8	2	+6	8	Semifinal
Iran	4	3	1	7	2	+5	6	Semifinal
Thailand	4	2	2	5	5	0	4	5th–8th Place
United Arab Emirates	4	1	3	3	6	-3	2	5th–8th Place
Afghanistan	4	0	4	0	8	-8	0	9th Place

Team 1	Score	Team 2
8 May 2017
17:00
Afghanistan	0 - 2	Iran
18:15
United Arab Emirates	1 - 2	Thailand
9 May 2017
17:00
Vietnam	2 - 1	Iran
18:30
Afghanistan	0 - 2	Thailand
10 May 2017
16:15
Iran	2 - 0	United Arab Emirates
17:45
Afghanistan	0 - 2	Vietnam
11 May 2017
17:00
United Arab Emirates	2 - 0	Afghanistan
18:30
Vietnam	2 - 1	Thailand
12 May 2017
16:15
United Arab Emirates	0 - 2	Vietnam
18:30
Thailand	0 - 2	Iran

5th–8th-place matches

	5th–8th-place semifinals				5th-place match
	14 May - 10:00hrs
	Chinese Taipei	2
					14 May - 17:00hrs
	United Arab Emirates	0
					Chinese Taipei	2
	14 May - 10:45hrs
					Thailand	1
	Thailand	2
	Uzbekistan	0
					7th-place match
					14 May - 16:15hrs
					United Arab Emirates	2
					Uzbekistan	0

Final matches

	Semifinal match				Final match
	14 May - 18:30hrs
	Vietnam	0
					15 May - 17:15hrs
	Qatar	2
					Qatar	2
	14 May - 19:15hrs
					Oman	0
	Oman	2
	Iran	1
					Third-place match
					15 May - 15:45hrs
					Vietnam	1
					Iran	2

Final standings

	Qatar (4th Title) (Defending Champion)
	Oman
	Iran
4	Vietnam
5	Chinese Taipei
6	Thailand (Host)
7	United Arab Emirates
8	Uzbekistan
9	Afghanistan

Qualified for the 2018 Beach Handball World Championships

Women

Participating nations

• China
• Chinese Taipei
• Thailand (Defending Champion) (Host)
• Vietnam

Round-Robin

Team	Pld	W	L	SW	SL	Diff	Pts
Thailand	3	3	0	6	1	+5	6
Vietnam	3	2	1	4	2	+2	4
Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	2	4	-2	2
China	3	0	3	1	6	-5	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
12 May 2017
15:30
Vietnam	2 - 0	Chinese Taipei
17:45
China	1 - 2	Thailand
14 May 2017
15:30
China	0 - 2	Chinese Taipei
17:45
Vietnam	0 - 2	Thailand
15 May 2017
17:00
Vietnam	2 - 0	China
18:30
Thailand	2 - 0	Chinese Taipei

Final standings

	Thailand (3rd Title) (Defending Champion) (Host)
	Vietnam
	Chinese Taipei
4	China

Qualified for the 2018 Beach Handball World Championships

External links

• asianhandball.com