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Iran 5th at 2024 Asian Men’s Junior Handball Championship
The 18th Asian Men’s Junior (U21) Handball Championship took place from 14 to 25 July 2024, at the Princess Sumaya Hall in Amman, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, according to asianhandball.org.
The championship served as a qualifying event for the 25th IHF Men’s Junior (U21) Handball World Championship in Poland, slated for June/July 2025. The top four teams from this competition namely Japan, Republic of Korea, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia secured qualification spots for the World Championship.
Japan entered as the defending champion, having won their maiden title in 2022. Notably, Japan and the Republic of Korea were the only teams to have participated in all seventeen previous editions of the championship. Additionally, Qatar had participated in sixteen editions, missing only one. Kuwait and Qatar were the record title holders, each having won the championship on five occasions. The Republic of Korea had won the most medals in the championship, totalling twelve, including three gold, six silver, and three bronze medals.