Handball at the 1982 Asian Games
Venue	Delhi University Grounds
Date	23–30 November 1982
Nations	8

The Handball events at the 1982 Asian Games were held in New Delhi, India between 19 November and 4 December 1982. The competition included only men's event.^[1]

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	China Cai Jianguo Deng Shanjun Gao Zhongxin Hu Weidong Jin Bailan Li Yingcai Min Yue Song Anwen Sun Tie Wang Xiong Wang Yueting Wei Heping Wu Mingqun Xie Jiyong	Japan Seimei Gamo Takashi Ikenoue Yasuo Ikoma Eiichi Ino Hidetada Ito Koji Matsui Toru Nagano Kiyoshi Nishiyama Takahiro Ohata Koji Saito Yoshihiro Shiga Shunji Takagi Akira Tsugawa Shinji Yamamoto	South Korea Choi Jung-ho Choi Tai-sub Kang Duck-soo Kang Jae-won Kang Sae-yong Kang Tae-koo Kim Young-nam Lee In-chul Lee Sang-hyo Lee Sang-woo Lim Jae-sik Lim Kyu-ha Lim Young-chul Oh Sae-hoon Park Byung-hong Shim Jung-man

Results

Main round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	86	51	+35	6	Semifinals
2	Kuwait	3	2	0	1	85	61	+24	4
3	United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	2	71	92	−21	2	Placement 5–6
4	India	3	0	0	3	57	95	−38	0	Placement 7–8

Source: Results

23 November	Japan	35–19	United Arab Emirates	Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi

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24 November	Kuwait	36–17	India	Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi

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25 November	Kuwait	29–19	United Arab Emirates	Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi

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25 November	Japan	26–12	India	Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi

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26 November	Japan	25–20	Kuwait	Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi

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27 November	India	28–33	United Arab Emirates	Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	0	78	62	+16	6	Semifinals
2	South Korea	3	2	0	1	94	71	+23	4
3	Saudi Arabia	3	1	0	2	52	67	−15	2	Placement 5–6
4	Bahrain	3	0	0	3	53	77	−24	0	Placement 7–8

Source: Results

23 November	China	28–15	Bahrain	Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi

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24 November	South Korea	32–18	Saudi Arabia	Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi

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25 November	South Korea	34–24	Bahrain	Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi

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25 November	China	21–19	Saudi Arabia	Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi

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26 November	Saudi Arabia	15–14	Bahrain	Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi

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27 November	China	29–28	South Korea	Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi

Classification 5th–8th

Placement 7–8

28 November	India	16–31	Bahrain	Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi

Placement 5–6

28 November	United Arab Emirates	28–34	Saudi Arabia	Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	28 November
	Japan	21
					30 November
	South Korea	20
					Japan	19
	28 November
					China	24
	China	28
	Kuwait	24
					Bronze medal match
					30 November
					South Korea	32
					Kuwait	22

Semifinals

28 November	Japan	21–20	South Korea	Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi

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28 November	China	28–24	Kuwait	Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi

Bronze medal match

30 November	South Korea	32–22	Kuwait	Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi

Gold medal match

30 November	Japan	19–24	China	Delhi University Grounds, New Delhi

Final standing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L
	China	5	5	0	0
	Japan	5	4	0	1
	South Korea	5	3	0	2
4	Kuwait	5	2	0	3
5	Saudi Arabia	4	2	0	2
6	United Arab Emirates	4	1	0	3
7	Bahrain	4	1	0	3
8	India	4	0	0	4

References

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