The 2020 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship would have been the 17th edition of the

Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship The Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship is the official competition organised by Asian Handball Federation for junior men's national handball teams of Asia, and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the Asian champions, the ...

, a biannual championship in handball organised by the Asian Handball Federation (AHF). It was originally scheduled to take place from 10 to 21 July 2020 in

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, I. R. Iran, but was postponed due to the

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. In January 2021, AHF Executive Committee decided to move the event from I. R. Iran due to COVID-19 restrictions in the country and awarded the event to

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scheduled to take place from 20 to 29 March 2021. On 22 February 2021, the AHF cancelled the tournament because of the pandemic.

Teams

Following 10 teams intended to participate in the championship. The draw was scheduled to be held on Thursday, 25 February 2021 at 18:00 (UTC+03:00) at the Bahrain Handball Federation Headquarter,

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References

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