2020 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship

The 2020 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship will be 17th edition of the championship to be held from 20 to 29 March 2021 at Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation (AHF).[1][2] It will be second time in history that championship will be organised by the Bahrain Handball Federation (BHF). It also acts as the qualification tournament for the 2021 Men's Junior World Handball Championship. Top four teams from the championship will directly qualify for the Junior World Championship to be held in Hungary.

17th Asian Men's Junior (U-21) Handball Championship 2021
Tournament details
Host country Bahrain
Dates20 – 29 March 2021
TeamsTBA (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
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The championship was previously awarded to Islamic Republic of Iran Handball Federation and was scheduled to take place in Shiraz, I. R. Iran firstly from 10 to 21 July 2020 and then from 6 to 15 October 2020 but was postponed both times due to COVID-19 pandemic.[3] [4] In January 2021, AHF Executive Committee decided to move the event from I. R. Iran due to COVID-19 restrictions in the country and awarded the event to Bahrain Handball Federation.

Draw

The schedule of draw will be announced soon by the Asian Handball Federation.

Seeding

Teams were seeded according to the AHF COC regulations and rankings of the previous edition of the championship. Teams who had not participated in the previous edition were in Pot 4.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

References
  1. "New dates set for Asian Men's Junior and Youth Championships". www.ihf.info. April 28, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  2. "New dates for the 17th Asian Men's Junior (U-21) Handball Championship". AHF's Official Facebook Page. 13 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  3. "Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship awarded to Islamic Republic of Iran". AHF's Official Facebook Page. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  4. "17th Asian Men's Junior (U-21) Handball Championship postponed". Asian Handball Federation's Official Twitter Account. 8 March 2020.
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