21st Asian Mens Handball Championship
This will be the third time New Zealand will compete at the Asian Mens Handball Championship. They were not able to participate during the 2022 tournament due to Covid-19 travel restrictions.
The tournament will be held in Bahrain, 11 - 25 January 2024. The competition will serve as a qualification tournament for the World Championship. The top four teams from the event will qualify for the 29th IHF Men’s Handball World Championship, scheduled to be held in Croatia, Denmark, and Norway from January 14 to February 2, 2025. New Zealand will have the chance to qualify by achieving a ranking of fifth or higher.
The preliminary groups are:
Team
Schedule & Results
Martyr Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Cup (placement rounds)
CHANGES TO THE ABOVE SCHEDULE:
Hong Kong - New Zealand is now 15:00 while the Kazakhstan - China game is 13:00
Saudi Arabia - Chinese Taipei is 19:00 while the India - Oman is 17:00
Preliminary Round - New Zealand vs Iran
Video of game from Aqmar4k.handball YouTube channel
Preliminary Round - NZ vs South Korea
Video of game embedded from Aqmar4k.handball YouTube channel
Preliminary Round - NZ vs China
Video of game embedded from Aqmar4k.handball YouTube channel
Placement Round - NZ vs Saudi Arabia
Placement Round - NZ vs Hong Kong
Placement Round - NZ vs Chinese Taipei
15-16 Place - NZ vs India
Results will also be posted in our Facebook, Instagram and X accounts. Post game interviews and highlights will be posted in YouTube NZ Handball Live and NZ Handball Korero.
Livestream
YouTube channel - Aqmar4k.handball (no scheduled events, they livestream the games as they happen)
Web channel - Alkass Digital (you need to login in via Apple, Google or email/password)
Photos
Game 2 - NZ vs South Korea album
Game 4 - NZ vs Saudi Arabia album
Game 5 - NZ vs Hong Kong album
Game 6 - NZ vs Chinese Taipei album
Links
21st Asian Mens Handball Championship
Give a Little fundraising page
Media
‘Handball is made for our people’: The Māori out to make history in a game with similarities to kī-o-rahi, article by Kelvin McDonald of Te Ao Maori News
16 teams to compete for the title at the 2024 AHF Asian Men’s Handball Men’s Championship, IHF News
‘We’ll leave everything on the court’: NZ lose handball opener to Iran, article by Kelvin McDonald of Te Ao Maori News
‘Crunch time’: NZ excited by chance to make history, article by Kelvin McDonal of Te Ao Maori News
‘I’ll tell you the story about Adam’: The young boy who tapped two Māori on the shoulder to say he loves haka, article by Kelvin McDonald of Te Ao Maori News
The young Bahrain boy who tapped two Māori on the shoulder to say he loves haka, Kelvin McDonald’s article shared by NZ Herald
