The 2010 Asian Women's Handball Championship was the 13th

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, which took place from 19 to 25 December 2010 in

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. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the

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. Due to heavy snow, both

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and

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couldn't make the trip to Kazakhstan in time and the program was moved forward.

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and

qualified for the World championship after reaching the semifinals.

Draw

Preliminary round

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).''

Group A

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Group B

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Placement 5th–8th

7th/8th

5th/6th

Final round

Semifinals

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Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standing

References

Results on todor66.com

External links

www.asianhandball.org
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