Men at the 1998 Asian Games
Venue	Thammasat Gymnasium 3
Date	7–16 December 1998
Nations	8
Medalists
South Korea    Kuwait    Japan

Handball at the 1998 Asian Games
	men	women

Men's handball at the 1998 Asian Games was held in Thammasat University, Bangkok from December 7 to December 16, 1998.

Results

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kuwait	3	2	1	0	104	54	+50	5[lower-alpha 1]	Semifinals
2	Japan	3	2	1	0	103	54	+49	5[lower-alpha 1]
3	United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	2	79	69	+10	2	Placement 5–6
4	Thailand	3	0	0	3	48	157	−109	0	Placement 7–8

Source: Results
Notes:

1. 1 2 Head-to-head result: KUW 20–20 JPN. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.

7 December 15:00	Kuwait	21–20	United Arab Emirates	Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
		(9–11)

---

7 December 17:00	Thailand	15–54	Japan	Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
		(9–26)

---

9 December 15:00	Japan	20–20	Kuwait	Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
		(9–10)

---

9 December 17:00	United Arab Emirates	40–19	Thailand	Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
		(22–11)

---

11 December 15:00	United Arab Emirates	19–29	Japan	Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
		(8–11)

---

11 December 17:00	Kuwait	63–14	Thailand	Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
		(29–6)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	0	105	74	+31	6	Semifinals
2	Iran	3	2	0	1	77	86	−9	4
3	China	3	1	0	2	78	83	−5	2	Placement 5–6
4	Qatar	3	0	0	3	75	92	−17	0	Placement 7–8

Source: Results

8 December 15:00	South Korea	32–25	China	Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
		(17–10)

---

8 December 17:00	Qatar	25–27	Iran	Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
		(10–13)

---

10 December 15:00	Iran	26–40	South Korea	Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
		(9–21)

---

10 December 17:00	China	32–27	Qatar	Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
		(12–13)

---

12 December 15:00	China	21–24	Iran	Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
		(15–12)

---

12 December 17:00	South Korea	33–23	Qatar	Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
		(20–9)

Classification 5th–8th

Placement 7–8

13 December 15:00	Thailand	15–37	Qatar	Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
		(6–22)

Placement 5–6

13 December 17:00	United Arab Emirates	29–23	China	Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
		(13–13)

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	14 December
	Kuwait	32
					16 December
	Iran	26
					Kuwait	18
	14 December
					South Korea	29
	South Korea	35
	Japan	27
					Bronze medal match
					16 December
					Iran	23
					Japan	28

Semifinals

14 December 15:00	Kuwait	32–26	Iran	Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
		(15–11)

---

14 December 17:00	South Korea	35–27	Japan	Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
		(18–11)

Bronze medal match

16 December 15:00	Iran	23–28	Japan	Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
		(12–16)

Gold medal match

16 December 17:00	Kuwait	18–29	South Korea	Thammasat Gymnasium 3, Bangkok
		(12–15)

Final standing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L
	South Korea	5	5	0	0
	Kuwait	5	3	1	1
	Japan	5	3	1	1
4	Iran	5	2	0	3
5	United Arab Emirates	4	2	0	2
6	China	4	1	0	3
7	Qatar	4	1	0	3
8	Thailand	4	0	0	4

References

• Results
• Results