title: Beach handball at the Asian Beach Games
text: # Beach handball at the Asian Beach Games
  
  The Beach handball at the Asian Beach Games is a Beach handball competition of the Asian Beach Games. It was first held in 2008.
  
  ## Summary
  
  ### Men
  
  | Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place |
  | 2008 details | Bali | Pakistan | 2–1 | Kuwait | Thailand | 2–1 | Qatar |
  | 2010 details | Muscat | Athletes from Kuwait | 2–0 | Pakistan | Thailand | 2–1 | Oman |
  | 2012 details | Haiyang | Qatar | 2–0 | Bahrain | Pakistan | 2–1 | Oman |
  | 2014 details | Phuket | Qatar | 2–0 | Oman | Pakistan | 2–1 | Bahrain |
  | 2016 details | Da Nang | Qatar | 2–1 | Oman | Pakistan | 2–1 | Vietnam |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place |
  | 2008 details | Bali | China | 2–0 | Thailand | Chinese Taipei | 2–0 | India |
  | 2010 details | Muscat | China | No playoffs | Thailand | Vietnam | No playoffs | Japan |
  | 2012 details | Haiyang | China | 2–0 | Chinese Taipei | Vietnam | 2–1 | Thailand |
  | 2014 details | Phuket | Thailand | 2–0 | Chinese Taipei | Vietnam | 2–1 | China |
  | 2016 details | Da Nang | Vietnam | 2–1 | China | Thailand | 2–0 | Chinese Taipei |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | China (CHN) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
  | 2 | Qatar (QAT) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
  | 3 | Thailand (THA) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
  | 4 | Pakistan (PAK) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
  | 5 | Kuwait (KUW) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 6 | Vietnam (VIE) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
  | 7 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
  | 8 | Oman (OMA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | 9 | Bahrain (BRN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
  
  ## Participating nations
  
  ### Men
  
  | Team | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | Years |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Afghanistan | | 10th | 10th | | 10th | 3 |
  | Bahrain | | 7th | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 4 |
  | Bangladesh | | | | 11th | | 1 |
  | China | | | 6th | | | 1 |
  | Chinese Taipei | | 9th | | | | 1 |
  | Hong Kong | | | 11th | 9th | 8th | 3 |
  | India | | | 9th | 10th | 11th | 3 |
  | Indonesia | 8th | 8th | | | | 2 |
  | Japan | 7th | 11th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 5 |
  | Jordan | 5th | 6th | | | | 2 |
  | Kuwait | 2nd | 1st | 5th | 5th | | 4 |
  | Mongolia | | | 14th | | | 1 |
  | Oman | 6th | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 5 |
  | Pakistan | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 5 |
  | Qatar | 4th | 5th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 5 |
  | Sri Lanka | | | 13th | | 9th | 2 |
  | Thailand | 3rd | 3rd | 8th | 7th | 7th | 5 |
  | Vietnam | | | 12th | 8th | 4th | 3 |
  | Number of teams | 8 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 11 | |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Team | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | Years |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Bangladesh | | | | | 9th | 1 |
  | China | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 5 |
  | Chinese Taipei | 3rd | | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 4 |
  | Hong Kong | 9th | | 7th | 6th | 6th | 4 |
  | India | 4th | | 9th | 10th | 8th | 4 |
  | Indonesia | 8th | 5th | | | | 2 |
  | Japan | 6th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 7th | 5 |
  | Jordan | 7th | | 8th | 7th | 5th | 4 |
  | Philippines | | | 10th | 9th | | 2 |
  | Thailand | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 5 |
  | Turkmenistan | | | 6th | 8th | | 2 |
  | Vietnam | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 5 |
  | Number of teams | 9 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 9 | |
  