title: 1983 Asian Men's Handball Championship
text: # 1983 Asian Men's Handball Championship
  
  The 1983 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the third Asian Championship, which was taking place from 25 September to 1 October 1983 in Seoul, South Korea.
  
  ## Preliminary round
  
  ### Group A
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | South Korea (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 54 | +68 | 6 |
  | Kuwait | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 102 | 70 | +32 | 4 |
  | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 91 | 64 | +27 | 2 |
  | Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 156 | −127 | 0 |
  | 25 September 1983 | Hong Kong | 15–54 | Kuwait | Seoul |
  | 25 September 1983 | South Korea | 35–21 | Saudi Arabia | Seoul |
  | Kuwait | 21–18 | Saudi Arabia | Seoul |
  | South Korea | 50–6 | Hong Kong | Seoul |
  | Saudi Arabia | 52–8 | Hong Kong | Seoul |
  | Kuwait | 27–37 | South Korea | Seoul |
  
  ### Group B
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 41 | +55 | 6 |
  | Bahrain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 68 | +1 | 4 |
  | Qatar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 65 | −13 | 2 |
  | Jordan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 93 | −43 | 0 |
  | Japan | 37–8 | Jordan | Seoul |
  | 25 September 1983 | Qatar | 14–18 | Bahrain | Seoul |
  | Japan | 28–17 | Qatar | Seoul |
  | Jordan | 23–35 | Bahrain | Seoul |
  | Qatar | 21–19 | Jordan | Seoul |
  | 29 September 1983 | Bahrain | 16–31 | Japan | Seoul |
  
  ## Final round
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 29 September – Seoul | 29 September – Seoul |
  | South Korea | 25 |
  | South Korea | 25 | 1 October – Seoul | 1 October – Seoul |
  | Bahrain | 22 | 1 October – Seoul | 1 October – Seoul |
  | Bahrain | 22 | South Korea | 25 |
  | 29 September – Seoul | 29 September – Seoul | | South Korea | 25 |
  | 29 September – Seoul | 29 September – Seoul | Japan | 19 |
  | Japan | 26 | Japan | 19 |
  | Kuwait | 22 | | |
  | Kuwait | 22 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
  | | | 1 October – Seoul | 1 October – Seoul |
  | | | Bahrain | 21 |
  | | | Kuwait | 31 |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  | 29 September 1983 | South Korea | 25–22 | Bahrain | Seoul |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 29 September 1983 | Japan | 26–22 | Kuwait | Seoul |
  
  ### Bronze medal match
  
  | 1 October 1983 | Bahrain | 21–31 | Kuwait | Seoul |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  ### Gold medal match
  
  | 1 October 1983 | South Korea | 25–19 | Japan | Seoul |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  ## Final standing
  
  | Rank | Team |
  | - | - |
  | | South Korea |
  | | Japan |
  | | Kuwait |
  | 4 | Bahrain |
  | 5 | Saudi Arabia |
  | 6 | Qatar |
  | 7 | Jordan |
  | 8 | Hong Kong |
  