The 2017 Asian Women's Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the Asian Women's Handball Championship, which took place from 13 to 22 March 2017 in Suwon, South Korea. The tournament was held under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. It was the second time that South Korea hosted the tournament, after the 1995 Championship. It also acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship.

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2017 Asian Women's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	13–22 March
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (13th title)
Runner-up	Japan
Third place	China
Fourth place	Kazakhstan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	1,095 (54.75 per match)
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The draw was held on 11 January 2017 at the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea.^[1] Maldives withdrew from the championship after the draw. Vietnam was initially drawn in Group B but was shifted to Group A, to balance number of teams in each group.

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Group A	Group B
South Korea	Japan
China	Kazakhstan
Iran	Uzbekistan
Maldives	Hong Kong
Vietnam

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Three male and two female referee pairs were selected for the championship. Bahraini, Jordanian and Iranian pairs were male while the rest of two were female:

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Referees  Bahrain Samir Ali Marhoon Hussain Saeed Al-Mawt  Iran Mehdi Tavakoli Ataabadi Saeed Valadkhanian  Japan Tomoko Ota Mariko Shimajiri

Referees  Jordan Yaser Eial Awwad Akram Al-Zayyat  South Korea Eunha Lee Gaeul Lee

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All times are local (UTC+9).

Group A

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea (H)	3	3	0	0	135	57	+78	6	Semifinals
2	China	3	2	0	1	97	61	+36	4
3	Vietnam	3	1	0	2	54	119	−65	2
4	Iran	3	0	0	3	61	110	−49	0

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Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

13 March 2017 14:15	China	33–8	Iran	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
	Zhang 6	(17–3)	Bapiri 3
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

13 March 2017 16:30	South Korea	48–11	Vietnam	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (JPN)
	Shin 11	(22–7)	Nguyễn 4
	3× 1×	Report	2×

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15 March 2017 14:15	Vietnam	10–40	China	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (JPN)
	Trang 3	(5–18)	Lan 7
	2×	Report	3×

15 March 2017 16:30	Iran	22–44	South Korea	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Mawt, Ali Marhoon (BHR)
	four players 3	(9–23)	Choi 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

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17 March 2017 14:15	Iran	31–33	Vietnam	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Mawt, Ali Marhoon (BHR)
	Yousefi 7	(11–14)	Trang 13
	3× 4×	Report	3× 2×

17 March 2017 16:30	South Korea	43–24	China	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Shimajiri, Ota (JPN)
	Choi 9	(21–13)	Qiao 6
	1× 1×	Report	4× 3×

Group B

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	104	37	+67	6	Semifinals
2	Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	84	63	+21	4
3	Uzbekistan	3	1	0	2	67	93	−26	2
4	Hong Kong	3	0	0	3	39	101	−62	0

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Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

14 March 2017 14:15	Kazakhstan	35–22	Uzbekistan	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
	Alexandrova 8	(14–13)	Voronina 12
	3× 5×	Report	3× 4×

14 March 2017 16:30	Japan	37–7	Hong Kong	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Mawt, Ali Marhoon (BHR)
	Kawata 7	(17–5)	Lei 2
	3× 1×	Report	3× 4×

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16 March 2017 14:15	Hong Kong	13–35	Kazakhstan	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Tavakoli, Valadkhanian (IRI)
	Wong 4	(7–15)	five players 4
	3× 5×	Report	3× 1×

16 March 2017 16:30	Uzbekistan	16–39	Japan	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
	Voronina 7	(7–16)	Kawata 10
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

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18 March 2017 14:15	Uzbekistan	29–19	Hong Kong	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Al-Zayyat, Awwad (JOR)
	Abdulhamidova 12	(13–10)	Lei 5
	3× 8×	Report	3× 3×

18 March 2017 16:30	Japan	28–14	Kazakhstan	Suwon Gymnasium, Suwon Referees: Lee, Lee (KOR)
	Kawata, Ohyama 4	(11–11)	Rodina 4
	4× 3×	Report	3× 3×