Team Melli defeated New Zealand, China, and the UAE in this edition but lost to South Korea (twice), Japan, and Qatar.
The 2024 Asian Men’s Handball Championship is the 21st edition of the championship started on Jan. 11 in Bahrain, under the aegis of the Asian Handball Federation (AHF), and will run until Jan. 25.
It’s the third time in history that the championship is organized by the Bahrain Handball Federation.
It also acts as a qualification tournament for the 2025 World Men’s Handball Championship, with the top four teams from the championship directly qualifying for the event.
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