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{{Short description|Organization}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox national sports federations
| name = Asian Handball Federation
| abbr = AHF
| logo = AHF (logo).png
| logosize = 200px
| url = www.AsianHandball.org
| sport = [[Handball]]
| othersport1 = [[Beach handball]]
| othersport2 = 
| historytitle = History 
| founded = {{Start date and age|1974|08|26|df=y}}<br />{{small|at  [[Tehran]], [[Pahlavi dynasty|Imperial State of Iran]] {{flagicon|IRI|1964}}}}
| demographicstitle = Demographics 
| membership_size = [[#Members|44 Members]]
| affiliationstitle = Affiliations 
| IF = [[International Handball Federation]]
| IF_abbr = IHF
| IF_joined = 1974
| other_aff1 = [[Olympic Council of Asia]]
| other_aff2 = 
| electedtitle = Governance
| patron = 
| president = {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yoshihide Watanabe]] ''(acting)''
| chair = 
| board_type = 1st Vice-President
| board1 = {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshihide Watanabe
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| sectitle = Secretariat 
| address1 = South Surrah, Al-Salam Area, Block 7, Street No. 705, Villa 508
| address2 = 
| country = {{KUW}}
| staff_pos2 = Official Language(s)
| staff_name2 = [[English language|English]] {{small|''(Official)''}}<br />[[Arabic]] {{small|''(Also used for correspondences)''}}
| staff_pos1 = Secretary General
| staff_name1 = {{flagicon|PAK}} [[Muhammad Shafiq]]
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| staff_number = 8
| financetitle = Finance 
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| sponsors = [[Al Kass Sports Channels]]<br>[[SK Group]]<br>[[Gerflor]]<br>[[Molten Corporation]]
| regionstitle = Regions 
| region1 = [[Western Asia]]
| region2 = [[Central Asia]]
| region3 = [[South Asia]]
| region4 = [[Southeast Asia]]
| region5 = [[East Asia]]
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The '''Asian Handball Federation''' ('''AHF''') is the governing body of [[handball]] and [[beach handball]] in [[Asia]]. It has 44 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent, but excludes the [[List of transcontinental countries#Asia and Europe|transcontinental countries]] with territory in both Europe and Asia – [[Azerbaijan]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Russia]]n Federation and [[Turkey]] – which are instead members of European Handball Federation (EHF). Three other states located along the western fringe of Asia – [[Cyprus]], [[Armenia]] and [[Israel]] – are also EHF members. [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]], although not independent countries (both are [[Special administrative regions of China|special regions]] of [[China]]), are also members of the AHF.

One of [[International Handball Federation|IHF's]] six continental confederations, the AHF was formed officially on 26 August 1974 in [[Tehran]] ([[Pahlavi dynasty|Imperial State of Iran]]), on the sidelines of the [[1974 Asian Games|7th Asian Games 1974]]. The AHF headquarters is located in [[Kuwait City]] ([[Kuwait]]). Its current president is Sheikh [[Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah]] from [[Kuwait]], who is a member of [[House of Al Sabah]], the ruling family of Kuwait.

==History==
The Asian Handball Federation (AHF) is in one way absolutely unique: during its history to date it has had only two presidents, and they were father and son.

When in 1976 the federation was officially founded and Sheikh [[Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah]] was elected as president, the sheikh had already contributed significantly to efforts around the sport. In 1974, during the [[1974 Asian Games|7th Asian Games]] in [[Tehran]] ([[Iran]]), he applied as head of the Kuwaiti delegation at the executive committee for the inclusion of handball into the sports programme and the foundation of a continental handball federation. Handball was at that point already widely spread in Asia. The leaders of the Asian Games accepted handball as an official sport and asked the sheikh to act as interim president and to prepare the statutes of the federation. In this task he was supported by the Secretary General [[Syed Abul Hassan]] ([[Pakistan]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://asianhandball.org/history/ |title=AHF History |work=Asian Handball Federation's Official Website |access-date=10 March 2020}}</ref>

==Presidents==
{| class="wikitable"
!S. No. !! Name !! Tenure
|-
|1. || {{flagicon|KUW}} [[Sheikh]] [[Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah]] || 26 August 1974 – 2 August 1990{{ref|1}}
|-
| ''Acting'' || {{flagicon|BHR}} Mohammed Ali Abul || 2 August 1990 – 1991
|-
|2.|| {{flagicon|KUW}} [[Sheikh]] [[Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah]] || 1991 – 5 November 2021{{ref|2}}
|-
| ''Acting'' || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yoshihide Watanabe]] || 5 November 2021 – ''present''
|}

{{refbegin}}
''{{note|1|1}}'' Sheikh Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah died on 2 August 1990 during the [[Iraqi invasion of Kuwait]] while [[Battle of Dasman Palace|defending Dasman Palace]]. Mohammed Ali Abul served as acting president until the war finished in 1991.<br />
''{{note|2|2}}'' Sheikh Ahmed stepped down from AHF presidency following a guilty verdict against him in a Swiss [[forgery]] trial. Therefore, 1st Vice-President Yoshihide Watanabe was appointed as acting president till further orders.
{{refend}}

==Secretaries-General==
{| class="wikitable"
!S. No. !! Name !! Tenure
|-
| 1. || {{flagicon|PAK}} Syad Abul Hassan || 26 August 1974 – 26 November 2000
|-
| 2. || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Roshan Lal Anand]] || 26 November 2000 – 25 October 2013
|-
| 3. || {{flagicon|PAK}} [[Muhammad Shafiq]] || 25 October 2013 – ''present''
|}

==Executive committee==
The following is the AHF Executive Committee for 2017 – 2021.
{| class="wikitable"
!Designation !! Name 
|-
| '''President''' || Vacant
|-
| '''1st Vice-President''' || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yoshihide Watanabe]]
|-
| '''Secretary General''' || {{flagicon|PAK}} [[Muhammad Shafiq]]
|-
| '''Treasurer''' || {{flagicon|KUW}} Bader Mohammad Al-Theyab
|-
| '''Member''' || {{flagicon|QAT}} Ahmed Mohamed Abdulrab Al-Shaabi
|}

==Council==
The following is the AHF Council for the term 2021 — 2025.
{| class="wikitable"
!Designation !! Name
|-
| '''President''' || {{flagicon|KUW}} [[Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah|Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah]]
|-
| '''1st Vice-President''' || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yoshihide Watanabe]]
|-
|rowspan=4|'''Vice-President '''|| {{flagicon|QAT}} Ahmad Mohammed Abdulrab Al-Shaabi
|-
| {{flagicon|BHR}} Ali Mohamed Isa Eshaqi
|-
| {{flagicon|JOR}} Sari Hamdan Ghanima
|-
| {{flagicon|CHN}} Ms. Wang Tao
|-
| '''Secretary General''' || {{flagicon|PAK}} [[Muhammad Shafiq]]
|-
| '''Treasurer '''|| {{flagicon|KUW}} Bader Mohammad Al-Theyab
|-
|rowspan=5|'''Council Member '''|| {{flagicon|OMA}} Ameen Al-Barwani
|-
| {{flagicon|KOR}} Choi Jung-suck
|-
| {{flagicon|UAE}} Mohammed Julfar
|-
| {{flagicon|THA}} Sombat Kuruphan
|-
| {{flagicon|IRI}} Alireza Pakdel
|-
| '''Female Council Member''' || {{flagicon|KAZ}} Gulnara Turlykhanova
|-
| '''Chairman of AHF COC''' || {{flagicon|KSA}} Fadhel Al-Nemer
|-
| '''Chairman of AHF PRC''' || {{flagicon|UAE}} Saleh bin Ashour
|-
| '''Chairman of AHF CCM'''|| {{flagicon|KOR}} Chung Hyung-kyun
|-
| '''Chairman of AHF MC'''|| {{flagicon|JPN}} Katsuhiko Sakuma
|-
| '''Chairman of AHF CPP''' || {{flagicon|IRI}} Mitra Noorigollehjareh
|-
| '''Chairman of AHF MKC '''|| {{flagicon|QAT}} Mohammad Jaber Al-Mulla
|-
| '''Chairman of AHF UDC'''|| {{flagicon|UZB}} Ismoiljon Matkhalikov
|-
| '''Chairman of AHF CYSH'''|| {{flagicon|IRQ}} Mohammed Al-Araje
|}

== Commissions==
The following are the AHF Commission members for the term 2017—2021.
{| class="wikitable"
! Commission !! Chairman !! Members
|-
| '''AHF Commission of Organizing and Competition''' (COC) || {{flagicon|KSA}} Fadhel Al-Nemer || {{Collapsible list
  |framestyle=border:none; padding:0;
  |title=COC Members
  |1={{flagicon|OMA}} Issa Abdullah Al-Jabri |2={{flagicon|LBN}} Ahmad Darwich |3={{flagicon|KUW}} Faisal Baqer |4={{flagicon|IND}} Anandeshwar Panday |5={{flagicon|JPN}} Noboru Goto |6={{flagicon|CHN}} Qiao Cheng |7={{flagicon|KOR}} Ms. [[Hong Jeong-ho (handballer)|Hong Jeong-ho]]
 }}
|-
| '''AHF Playing Rules and Referees Commission''' (PRC) || {{flagicon|UAE}} Saleh bin Ashour || {{Collapsible list
  |framestyle=border:none; padding:0;
  |title=PRC Members
  |1={{flagicon|KUW}} Khalaf Al-Enezi |2={{flagicon|SYR}} Zuhir Samha |3={{flagicon|JOR}} Zain Al-Abedin Bani Hani |4={{flagicon|CHN}} Wu Ruiting |5={{flagicon|JPN}} Minoru Nakada |6={{flagicon|THA}} Chatchai Sangsukeelux
 }}
|-
| '''AHF Commission of Coaching and Methods''' (CCM) || {{flagicon|KOR}} Chung Hyung Kyun || {{Collapsible list
  |framestyle=border:none; padding:0;
  |title=CCM Members
  |1={{flagicon|IRI}} Alireza Habibi |2={{flagicon|SYR}} Amjad Karwani |3={{flagicon|BHR}} Nabeel Taha Al-Shehab |4={{flagicon|JOR}} Taiysir Mansi |5={{flagicon|IRQ}} Dhafer Sahib Mohammed
 }}
|-
| '''AHF Medical Commission''' (MC) || {{flagicon|JPN}} Katsuhiko Sakuma || {{Collapsible list
  |framestyle=border:none; padding:0;
  |title=MC Members
  |1={{flagicon|IRI}} Mohammad Saeid Rajaei |2={{flagicon|BHR}} Hussein Al-Haddad
 }}
|-
| '''AHF Promotion and Public Relations Commission''' (CPP) || {{flagicon|IRI}} Mitra Noorigollehjareh || {{Collapsible list
  |framestyle=border:none; padding:0;
  |title=CPP Members
  |1={{flagicon|LBN}} Helmi Cheaib |2={{flagicon|BHR}} Husain Al-Asfoor |3={{flagicon|OMA}} Othman Al-Qasmi |4={{flagicon|YEM}} Ameen Al-Muddaeai |5=''TBA'' |6={{flagicon|QAT}} Matar Al-Zarraa |7={{flagicon|IRQ}} Kareem Abdullah Al-Rammahi
 }}
|-
| '''AHF Marketing Commission''' (MKC) || {{flagicon|QAT}} Mohammad Jaber Al-Mulla || {{Collapsible list
  |framestyle=border:none; padding:0;
  |title=MKC Members
  |1={{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Daulet Turlykhanov]] |2={{flagicon|LBN}} Tamim Sulaiman |3={{flagicon|IRQ}} Abed Naji Oudah |4={{flagicon|KSA}} Nasser Saab Al-Shammari |5={{flagicon|UAE}} Nasir Al-Hammadi |6={{flagicon|INA}} Ms. Vivin Cahyani
 }}
|-
| '''AHF Under Development Countries Commission''' (UDC) || {{flagicon|UZB}} Ismoiljon Matkhalikov || {{Collapsible list
  |framestyle=border:none; padding:0;
  |title=UDC Members
  |1={{flagicon|YEM}} Hamza Saleh Hamza |2={{flagicon|PLE}} Jamal Abuyousef |3={{flagicon|JOR}} Ms. Nour Obeidat |4={{flagicon|NEP}} Tej Bahadur Gurung |5={{flagicon|SRI}} Francis Gihan Dalpethado |6={{flagicon|UZB}} Ms. Mavjuda Matkhalikova |7={{flagicon|PRK}} Kim Kwang-su
 }}
|-
| '''AHF Commission of Youth and School Handball''' (CYSH) || {{flagicon|IRQ}} Mohammed Al-Araje || {{Collapsible list
  |framestyle=border:none; padding:0;
  |title=CYSH Members
  |1={{flagicon|OMA}} Moosa Al-Bulushi |2={{flagicon|PHI}} Ms. Joanna Franquelli |3={{flagicon|KUW}} Ms. Samha Salem Al-Ajmi |4={{flagicon|OMA}} Ms. Abeer Ali Al-Zadjali |5={{flagicon|INA}} Mustafa Masyhur |6={{flagicon|CHN}} Ms. Yang Li |7={{flagicon|}}
 }}
|-
| '''AHF Arbitration Commission''' (AC) || {{center|''NA''}} || {{Collapsible list
  |framestyle=border:none; padding:0;
  |title=AC Members
  |1={{flagicon|KUW}} Abdulla Musfir Al-Hayyan |2={{flagicon|IRI}} Ms. Roya Rahimi 
 }}
|-
| '''AHF Experts Commission''' (EC) || {{center|''NA''}} || {{Collapsible list
  |framestyle=border:none; padding:0;
  |title=EC Members
  |1={{flagicon|KUW}} Khalid Al-Sharji |2={{flagicon|KUW}} Abdullah Al-Theyab |3={{flagicon|KSA}} Ali Hassan Al-Aliwat |4={{flagicon|JOR}} Nasir Herz Allah |5={{flagicon|KOR}} Ms. [[Oh Seong-ok]] |6={{flagicon|KOR}} [[Yoon Kyung-shin]] |7={{flagicon|JOR}} Ms. Nasrein Abuhashieh |8={{flagicon|CHN}} Li Zhiwen |9={{flagicon|UAE}} Nabeel Bin Ashour |10={{flagicon|UZB}} Ulugbek Ikromov 
 }}
|-
| '''AHF Women's Commission''' (WC) || {{center|''NA''}} || {{Collapsible list
  |framestyle=border:none; padding:0;
  |title=WC Members
  |1={{flagicon|KAZ}} Mrs. Gulnara Turlykhanova |2={{flagicon|VIE}} Ms. Nguyễn Thị Như Quỳnh |3={{flagicon|KAZ}} Ms. Valentina Degtyareva |4={{flagicon|KUW}} Ms. Mona Khalil Kamal |5={{flagicon|KUW}} Ms. Dalal Mohammad 
 }}
|-
| '''AHF Beach Handball Working Group''' (BHWG) || {{center|''NA''}} || {{Collapsible list
  |framestyle=border:none; padding:0;
  |title=BHWG Members
  |1={{flagicon|UAE}} Ismail Salem Mohammad |2={{flagicon|UAE}} Fadhil Ahmed Baqer |3={{flagicon|PAK}} Muhammad Imran |4={{flagicon|JOR}} Mutasem Ahmad Khatatbeh |6={{flagicon|CHN}} Ms. Long Peili |7={{flagicon|THA}} Ms. Sirintra Poburipanich
 }}
|}

==Tournaments==
===AHF===
* [[Asian Men's Handball Championship]]
* [[Asian Women's Handball Championship]]
* [[Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship]]
* [[Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship]]
* [[Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship]]
* [[Asian Women's Youth Handball Championship]]
* [[Handball at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]
* [[Handball at the Asian Youth Games|Asian Youth Games]]

===Club===
* [[Asian Club League Handball Championship]]
* [[Asian Women's Club League Handball Championship]]

===Beach===
* [[Asian Beach Handball Championship]]
* [[Asian Youth Beach Handball Championship]]
* [[Beach handball at the Asian Beach Games|Asian Beach Games]]

===Zones===
'''West Asia'''
* [[West Asian Women's Handball Championship]]
* [[West Asian Games#Handball|West Asian Games]]

'''South Asia'''
* [[South Asian Men's Handball Championship]]
* [[South Asian Women's Handball Championship]]
* [[Handball at the South Asian Games|South Asian Games]]

'''Southeast Asia'''
* [[Beach handball at the Southeast Asian Games|Southeast Asian Games]]

'''East Asia'''
* [[Handball at the East Asian Games|East Asian Games]]

==Current champions==
{| class=wikitable
! Category
! Men's
! Women's
|-
| '''Senior Handball Championship'''
| {{hb|QAT}} ([[2024 Asian Men's Handball Championship|2024]]) (6)
| {{hbw|JAP}} ([[2024 Asian Women's Handball Championship|2024]]) (2*)
|-
| '''Asian Games'''
| {{hb|QAT}} ([[Handball at the 2022 Asian Games – Men|2022]]) (3)
| {{hbw|JAP}} ([[Handball at the 2022 Asian Games – Women|2022]]) (1)
|-
| '''Junior Handball Championship'''
| {{hbj|JPN}} ([[2024 Asian Men's Junior Handball Championship|2024]]) (2)
| {{hbwj|KOR}} ([[2023 Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship|2023]]) (16*)
|-
| '''Asian Youth Games'''
| {{hby|QAT}} ([[Handball at the 2013 Asian Youth Games|2013]]) (1*)
| {{hbwy|KOR}} ([[Handball at the 2013 Asian Youth Games|2013]]) (1*)
|-
| '''Youth Handball Championship'''
| {{hby|JAP}} ([[2024 Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship|2024]]) (1)
| {{hbwy|JAP}} ([[2023 Asian Women's Youth Handball Championship|2023]]) (1)
|-
| '''Beach Handball Championship'''
| {{bh|OMA}} ([[2025 Asian Beach Handball Championship|2025]]) (2)
| {{bhw|VIE}} ([[2025 Asian Beach Handball Championship|2025]]) (3*)
|-
| '''Asian Beach Games'''
| {{bh|QAT}} ([[Beach handball at the 2016 Asian Beach Games|2016]]) (3*)
| {{bhw|VIE}} ([[Beach handball at the 2016 Asian Beach Games|2016]]) (1)
|-
| '''Youth Beach Handball Championship'''
| {{bh|IRI}} ([[2022 Asian Men's Youth Beach Handball Championship|2022]]) (1*)
| {{bhw|THA}} ([[2022 Asian Women's Youth Beach Handball Championship|2022]]) (1*)
|-
| '''Club Handball Championship'''
| {{flagicon|KSA}} [[Al-Khaleej FC#Handball|Khaleej Club]] ([[2024 Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship|2024]]) (1)
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Kaysar Club]] ([[2024 Asian Women's Club League Handball Championship|2024]]) (3*)
|}
(Titles)
(*) Record titles

==Disputes==
A dispute arises between the [[International Handball Federation]] (IHF) and the AHF following a controversial decision to replace referees of opening match of Asian Men's Handball Qualification Tournament for the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] between [[Kuwait men's national handball team|Kuwait]] and [[South Korea men's national handball team|South Korea]] played on 1 September 2007 in [[Toyota, Aichi|Toyota]] ([[Japan]]). AHF replaced experienced and IHF nominated [[Germany|German]] referees Lemme and Ulrich with [[Jordan]]ian referees Al-Shoubaki and Hirzallah, neither of whom stood on the list of IHF-qualified referees having "[[IHF Referee's Badge of Honour|IHF Status]]", meaning that they had not completed the Global Referees Training Programme (GRTP), a program established by the IHF for the development of IHF-level referees. The Jordanian referee pair completely destroyed the South Korean team with more than 20 wrong decisions only in first half of the match which favoured the Kuwaiti team. IHF COC Chairman Aleksandr Kozhukhov ([[Russia]]) who was appointed by IHF as supervisor for the event and member of AHF Technical Committee Khalaf Al-Enezi ([[Kuwait]]) intervened into the matter at half-time of the match and asked the referees to be fair but the South Korean team
nevertheless could not get the result in their own favour losing the match by 28–20.

Later, on 17 December 2007, in an [[IHF Council]] meeting held in [[Paris]] ([[France]]), IHF decided not to approve the results of the event conduct by AHF and decided to replay both men's and women's events due to biased referee allegations. AHF objected against this decision and warned all the AHF member federations not to participate in the replay organised by IHF. Only South Korea and [[Japan]] participated in the IHF replay and South Korea won both men's and women's matches. On February 5, 2008, AHF imposed a fine of $1000 on both the Japan and South Korea and banned them from participating in any event organised by AHF until the fine is paid.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aroundtherings.com/site/A__26438/Title__Referee-Questions-for-Handball-and-Badminton/292/Articles |title=Referee Questions for Handball and Badminton |work=www.aroundtherings.com |access-date=2 August 2008}}</ref>

When the matter becomes that complicated, both AHF and IHF mutually decided to took the case to [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]] (CAS) for decision. The [[Kazakhstan Handball Federation]] and [[Kuwait Handball Association]] also want to become a party in the case but CAS refused their appeal. On 20 May 2008, after hearing all the parties, CAS decided to approve the result of IHF men's replay and also approved the AHF organised women's event results.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jurisprudence.tas-cas.org/Shared%20Documents/1483.pdf |title=Original decision of CAS |work=www.tas-cas.org |access-date=10 March 2020}}</ref>

==Members==
;First level
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|BHR}} [[Bahrain Handball Federation|Bahrain]]
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Chinese Handball Association|China]]
*{{flagicon|IRI}} [[Islamic Republic of Iran Handball Federation|Iran]]
*{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Iraqi Handball Federation|Iraq]]
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Japan Handball Association|Japan]]
*{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Kuwait Handball Association|Kuwait]]
*{{flagicon|QAT}} [[Qatar Handball Association|Qatar]]
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Saudi Arabian Handball Federation|Saudi Arabia]]
*{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Korea Handball Federation|South Korea]]
*{{flagicon|UAE}} [[United Arab Emirates Handball Federation|United Arab Emirates]]
*{{flagicon|OMA}} [[Oman Handball Association|Oman]]
{{div col end}}

;Second level
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|TPE}} [[Chinese Taipei Handball Association|Chinese Taipei]]
*{{flagicon|JOR}} [[Jordan Handball Federation|Jordan]]
*{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Kazakhstan Handball Federation|Kazakhstan]]
*{{flagicon|LBN}} [[Lebanese Handball Federation|Lebanon]]
*{{flagicon|PRK}} [[Handball Association of the DPR Korea|North Korea]]
*{{flagicon|Syria|1932}} [[Syrian Arab Handball Federation|Syria]]
*{{flagicon|THA}} [[Handball Association of Thailand|Thailand]]
{{div col end}}

;Third level
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|AFG|2013}} [[Afghanistan Handball Federation|Afghanistan]]
*{{flagicon|BAN}} [[Bangladesh Handball Federation|Bangladesh]]
*{{flagicon|BHU}} [[Bhutan Handball Federation|Bhutan]] ✝
*{{flagicon|BRN}} [[Brunei Handball Federation|Brunei]]
*{{flagicon|CAM}} [[Cambodian Handball Federation|Cambodia]] 
*{{flagicon|TLS}} [[East Timor Handball Association|East Timor]]
*{{flagicon|HKG}} [[Handball Association of Hong Kong, China|Hong Kong, China]]
*{{flagicon|IND}} [[Handball Federation of India|India]]
*{{flagicon|INA}} [[Indonesia Handball Association|Indonesia]]
*{{flagicon|KGZ}} [[Kyrgyzstan Handball Federation|Kyrgyzstan]]
*{{flagicon|LAO}} [[Laos Handball Federation|Laos]] ✝
*{{flagicon|MAC}} [[Macau-China Handball Association|Macau China]]
*{{flagicon|MAS}} [[Malaysian Handball Federation|Malaysia]]
*{{flagicon|MDV}} [[Maldives Handball Federation|Maldives]]
*{{flagicon|MGL}} [[Mongolian Handball Federation|Mongolia]]
*{{flagicon|NEP}} [[Nepal Handball Association|Nepal]]
*{{flagicon|PAK}} [[Pakistan Handball Federation|Pakistan]]
*{{flagicon|PLE}} [[Palestinian Handball Association|Palestine]]
*{{flagicon|PHI}} [[Philippine Handball Federation|Philippines]]
*{{flagicon|SIN}} [[Handball Federation Singapore|Singapore]]
*{{flagicon|SRI}} [[Handball Federation of Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]]
*{{flagicon|TJK}} [[Tajikistan Handball Association|Tajikistan]]
*{{flagicon|TKM}} [[Handball Federation of Turkmenistan|Turkmenistan]]
*{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Handball Federation of Uzbekistan|Uzbekistan]]
*{{flagicon|VIE}} [[Vietnam Handball Federation|Vietnam]]
*{{flagicon|YEM}} [[Yemen Handball Association|Yemen]]
{{div col end}}
* ✝ non-active member

==Sponsors==
* [[Al-Kass Sports Channel]]
* [[SK Group]]
* [[Molten Corporation]]
* [[Gerflor]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website|https://www.asianhandball.org}} {{in lang|en|ar}}

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