2025 Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship

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Host country Uzbekistan
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Dates20–29 August
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
2025 Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Uzbekistan
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Dates20–29 August
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Japan (1st title)
Runners-up South Korea
Third place China
Fourth place Chinese Taipei
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored1,402 (58.42 per match)
Top scorersIran Aseman Badavi
(65 goals)
Awards
Best playerJapan Wakana Kita
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The 2025 Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship was the 18th edition of the championship held from 20 to 29 August 2025 at the Alpomish Ice Palace, Tashkent, Uzbekistan under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation. It was the first time in history that championship was organised by the Handball Federation of Uzbekistan. It also acted as the qualification tournament for the 2026 IHF Women's U20 Handball World Championship.[1]

The draw was held on 8 April 2025 at the Republican Training Center for Olympic and Paralympic Sports, Tashkent.[2]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+5).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China 3 3 0 0 95 46 +49 6 Semifinals
2  Chinese Taipei 3 2 0 1 77 70 +7 4
3  India 3 1 0 2 88 92 −4 2 5–8th place semifinals
4  Hong Kong 3 0 0 3 51 103 −52 0
—  Uzbekistan (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disqualified[3]
Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts
20 August 2025
14:00		 Hong Kong  11–32  China Alpomish Ice Palace, Tashkent
(6–15)
Report
20 August 2025
18:00		 India  29–46  Uzbekistan Alpomish Ice Palace, Tashkent
(14–24)
21 August 2025
14:00		 Chinese Taipei  14–27  China Alpomish Ice Palace, Tashkent
(5–13)
Report
21 August 2025
18:00		 Hong Kong  15–45  Uzbekistan Alpomish Ice Palace, Tashkent
(8–22)
22 August 2025
12:00		 China  36–21  India Alpomish Ice Palace, Tashkent
(20–9)
Report
22 August 2025
16:00		 Hong Kong  15–32  Chinese Taipei Alpomish Ice Palace, Tashkent
(9–15)
Report
24 August 2025
14:00		 India  39–25  Hong Kong Alpomish Ice Palace, Tashkent
(15–14)
Report
24 August 2025
18:00		 Chinese Taipei  27–29  Uzbekistan Alpomish Ice Palace, Tashkent
(15–13)
25 August 2025
14:00		 India  28–31  Chinese Taipei Alpomish Ice Palace, Tashkent
(13–14)
Report
25 August 2025
18:00		 Uzbekistan  25–29  China Alpomish Ice Palace, Tashkent
(13–16)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 4 4 0 0 171 62 +109 8 Semifinals
2  Japan 4 3 0 1 187 63 +124 6
3  Iran 4 2 0 2 151 106 +45 4 5–8th place semifinals
4  Kazakhstan 4 1 0 3 114 140 −26 2
5  Kyrgyzstan 4 0 0 4 47 299 −252 0
Source: AHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
20 August 2025
12:00		 Kyrgyzstan  5–69  South Korea Alpomish Ice Palace, Tashkent
(2–35)
Report
20 August 2025
16:00		 Kazakhstan  14–41  Japan Alpomish Ice Palace, Tashkent
(5–17)
Report
21 August 2025
12:00		 Iran  18–30  Japan Alpomish Ice Palace, Tashkent
(10–12)
Report
21 August 2025
16:00		 Kazakhstan  17–40  South Korea Alpomish Ice Palace, Tashkent
(9–15)
Report
22 August 2025
14:00		 Japan  95–8  Kyrgyzstan Alpomish Ice Palace, Tashkent
(51–4)
Report
22 August 2025
18:00		 Kazakhstan  25–37  Iran Alpomish Ice Palace, Tashkent
(13–22)
Report
24 August 2025
12:00		 Kyrgyzstan  22–58  Kazakhstan Alpomish Ice Palace, Tashkent
(9–25)
Report
24 August 2025
16:00		 Iran  19–39  South Korea Alpomish Ice Palace, Tashkent
(7–18)
Report
25 August 2025
12:00		 Kyrgyzstan  12–77  Iran Alpomish Ice Palace, Tashkent
(2–39)
Report
25 August 2025
16:00		 South Korea  23–21  Japan Alpomish Ice Palace, Tashkent
(9–11)
Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
27 August
 
 
 China19
 
29 August
 
 Japan26
 
 Japan20
 
27 August
 
 South Korea18
 
 South Korea31
 
 
 Chinese Taipei17
 
Third place
 
 
29 August
 
 
 China22
 
 
 Chinese Taipei17
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
27 August
 
 
 India34
 
29 August
 
 Kazakhstan33
 
 India22
 
27 August
 
 Iran21
 
 Iran39
 
 
 Hong Kong20
 
Seventh place
 
 
29 August
 
 
 Kazakhstan45
 
 
 Hong Kong37

5–8th place semifinals

27 August 2025
12:00		 India  34–33  Kazakhstan Alpomish Ice Palace, Tashkent
(14–18)
Report
27 August 2025
14:00		 Iran  39–20  Hong Kong Alpomish Ice Palace, Tashkent
(20–10)
Report

Semifinals

27 August 2025
16:00		 China  19–26  Japan Alpomish Ice Palace, Tashkent
Referees: Razakbergenova, Allayarova (UZB)
Huang Z. 4 (12–16) Kita 6
1×Yellow card Report  1×number 2 in light blue rounded square
27 August 2025
18:00		 South Korea  31–17  Chinese Taipei Alpomish Ice Palace, Tashkent
Referees: Mozafari, Mazaheri (IRI)
Kim B. 7 (16–11) Lin C. 4
 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square Report

Seventh place game

29 August 2025
12:00		 Kazakhstan  45–37  Hong Kong Alpomish Ice Palace, Tashkent
(24–18)
Report

Fifth place game

29 August 2025
14:00		 India  22–21  Iran Alpomish Ice Palace, Tashkent
(10–12)
Report

Third place game

29 August 2025
16:00		 China  22–17  Chinese Taipei Alpomish Ice Palace, Tashkent
Referees: Kim, Kwon (KOR)
Hu, Zheng 4 (9–9) Lin C. 6
 1×number 2 in light blue rounded square Report

Final

29 August 2025
18:00		 Japan  20–18  South Korea Alpomish Ice Palace, Tashkent
Referees: Al-Enezi, Al-Naseem (KUW)
Nakamura 9 (11–10) Seo 7
1×Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square Report 1×Yellow card 1×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card

Final standings

RankTeam
1st place, gold medalist(s) Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) China
4 Chinese Taipei
5 India
6 Iran
7 Kazakhstan
8 Hong Kong
9 Kyrgyzstan
DSQ Uzbekistan
Team qualified for the 2026 U20 World Championship
Team qualified for the 2026 U20 World Championship as a host nation

All-Star Team

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