The 2021

Asian Women's Handball Championship The AHF Asian Women's Handball Championship is a biennial continental handball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Asian Handball Federation (AHF). Since 2018, it also includes teams from Oceania. The comp ...

was the 18th edition of the championship held from 15 to 25 September 2021 in

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, Jordan under the aegis of

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. It is the third time in history that the championship is organised by the Jordan Handball Federation. It also acted as the qualification tournament for the

2021 World Women's Handball Championship The 2021 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 25th event by the International Handball Federation, was held in Spain from 1 to 19 December 2021. On 18 October 2018, at a congress in Doha, Qatar, the IHF announced that the World Championsh ...

, with the top five teams from the championship directly qualifying for the event to be held in Spain. On 9 August 2020, the AHF decided to postpone the championship due to the

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. Previously, the championship was scheduled to take place from 10 to 22 December 2020. On 3 August 2021, the AHF announced to move the event from South Korea to Jordan due to the pandemic. South Korea won their fifth straight and 15th overall title after defeating Japan in the final.

Draw

The draw was held in

, Jordan on 11 August 2021 at 18:00.

Seeding

Teams were seeded according to the AHF COC regulations and rankings of the previous edition of the championship. Teams who had not participate in the previous edition were in Pot 5. As organizer, Jordan had the right to choose their group. * For the first time,

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

did not participate. * Since 2018 countries from Oceania (Australia and New Zealand) may participate in the Asian Championships and may qualify for the World Championship if one of them finishes within the top five. * In August 2021,

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

, who was drawn in Group B, withdrew from the championship due to the fall of Kabul. In the same time,

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

, also drawn in Group B, also withdrew from the championship due to unavoidable circumstances. As a consequence,

Palestine Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a country in West Asia. Recognized by International recognition of Palestine, 147 of the UN's 193 member states, it encompasses the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and th ...

and

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

were added to Group B to replace those two countries. * In September 2021, a few days before the start of the championship,

Qatar Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Geography of Qatar, Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares Qatar–Saudi Arabia border, its sole land b ...

withdrew from the championship due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

5–8th place bracket

Ninth place game

5–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final standing

References

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Asian Handball Championships

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