The 2017 Asian Beach Handball Championship was the 6th edition of the
Asian Beach Handball Championship The Asian Beach Handball Championship is the official competition for senior men's and women's national beach handball teams of Asia
Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent i ...
held from 8 to 15 May 2017 at
Pattaya
Pattaya ( th, พัทยา, , ) is a city in Thailand. It is on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about southeast of Bangkok, within, but not part of, Bang Lamung district in the province of Chonburi province, Chonburi. Pattaya City ( ...
,
Thailand
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under the aegis of
Asian Handball Federation
The Asian Handball Federation (AHF) (Arabic: الاتحاد الآسيوي لكرة اليد) is the governing body of handball and beach handball in Asia. It has 44 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent, but excludes the trans ...
. It also acts as the qualification tournament for the
2018 Beach Handball World Championships
The IHF Beach Handball World Championships is an international beach handball competition contested by the men's and women's national teams of the member federations/associations of International Handball Federation (IHF), the sport's global gover ...
.
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
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Group A
Group B
5th–8th-place matches
Final matches
Final standings
Women
Participating nations
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Round-Robin
Final standings
References
External links
asianhandball.com
{{Asian Beach Handball Championship
Beach handball competitions