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{{Infobox sports competition event
| event       = Handball
| games       = 1998 Asian Games
| image       = Handball pictogram.svg
| image_size  = 100px
| venue       = [[Thammasat Stadium|Thammasat Gymnasium 3]]<br />[[Srinakharinwirot University]]
| date        = 7–16 December 1998
| competitors = 
| nations     = 9
| prev        = [[Handball at the 1994 Asian Games|1994]]
| next        = [[Handball at the 2002 Asian Games|2002]]
}}
The '''[[Team handball|Handball]]''' events at the '''[[1998 Asian Games]]''' were held in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]] between December 7 and December 16, 1998. South Korea dominated the competition by winning both gold medals.

==Schedule==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:90%; line-height:1.25em; text-align:center;"
|-
|bgcolor="#FFBBBB" align=center|●||Round
|bgcolor="#FFDF80" align=center|●||Last round
|bgcolor="#FFBBBB" align=center|P||Preliminary round
|bgcolor="#D0A9F5" align=center|C||Classification
|bgcolor="#97DEFF" align=center|½||Semifinals
|bgcolor="#FFDF80" align=center|F||Finals
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:90%; line-height:1.25em; text-align:center;"
! Event↓/Date → || 7th<br />Mon || 8th<br />Tue || 9th<br />Wed || 10th<br />Thu || 11th<br />Fri || 12th<br />Sat || 13th<br />Sun || 14th<br />Mon || 15th<br />Tue || 16th<br />Wed
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Handball at the 1998 Asian Games – Men|Men]] || bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|P || bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|P || bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|P || bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|P || bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|P || bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|P || bgcolor="#D0A9F5"|C || bgcolor="#97DEFF"|½ || || bgcolor="#FFDF80"|F
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Handball at the 1998 Asian Games – Women|Women]] || || || bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|● || bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|● ||bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|● || bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|● || || bgcolor="#FFDF80"|● || || 
|}

==Medalists==
{|{{MedalistTable|type=Event}}
|-
|Men<br />{{DetailsLink|Handball at the 1998 Asian Games – Men}}
|{{flagIOC2|KOR|1998 Asian Games}}<br />[[Back Sang-suh]]<br />[[Chang Joon-sung]]<br />[[Cho Bum-yun]]<br />[[Choi Hyun-ho]]<br />[[Han Kyung-tai]]<br />[[Hwangbo Sung-il]]<br />[[Jung Kang-wook]]<br />[[Kim Sung-heon]]<br />[[Lee Jae-woo (handballer)|Lee Jae-woo]]<br />[[Lee Suik-houng]]<br />[[Lim Seong-sik]]<br />[[Paek Won-chul]]<br />[[Park Jung-jin (handballer)|Park Jung-jin]]<br />[[Shin Chang-ho]]<br />[[Yoon Kyung-min]]<br />[[Yoon Kyung-shin]]
|{{flagIOC2|KUW|1998 Asian Games}}<br />[[Qaied Al-Adwani]]<br />[[Saad Al-Azemi]]<br />[[Abdulrazzaq Al-Boloushi]]<br />[[Yousef Al-Fadhli]]<br />[[Adel Al-Kahham]]<br />[[Ahmad Al-Kandari]]<br />[[Khaldoun Al-Khashti]]<br />[[Khalifa Al-Khashti]]<br />[[Khaled Al-Mulla]]<br />[[Raed Al-Zoabi]]<br />[[Abu Marzouq]]<br />[[Ali Murad]]<br />[[Mubarak Mushawih]]<br />[[Abdullah Saleh]]<br />[[Walid Salmin]]<br />[[Meshal Swailem]]
|{{flagIOC2|JPN|1998 Asian Games}}<br />[[Takashi Fujii (handballer)|Takashi Fujii]]<br />[[Yukihiro Hashimoto]]<br />[[Kazuyuki Hihara]]<br />[[Yoshitaka Hiromasa]]<br />[[Masanori Iwamoto]]<br />[[Yuji Kakutani]]<br />[[Kiyoshi Kayaba]]<br />[[Toru Moriyama]]<br />[[Tsuyoshi Nakayama]]<br />[[Norihiro Sasaki]]<br />[[Masahiro Sueoka]]<br />[[Yuichi Sugiyama]]<br />[[Eiji Tomimoto]]<br />[[Toshihiro Tsubone]]<br />[[Shoichi Tsuji]]<br />[[Osamu Yamaguchi]]
|-
|Women<br />{{DetailsLink|Handball at the 1998 Asian Games – Women}}
|{{flagIOC2|KOR|1998 Asian Games}}<br />[[Cho Hee-jung]]<br />[[Han Sun-hee]]<br />[[Huh Soon-young]]<br />[[Kim Eun-gyung]]<br />[[Kim Eun-mi]]<br />[[Kim Hyang-ki]]<br />[[Kim Hyang-ok]]<br />[[Kim Hyun-ok (handballer)|Kim Hyun-ok]]<br />[[Kwag Hye-jeong]]<br />[[Lee Jae-kyung (handballer)|Lee Jae-kyung]]<br />[[Lee Nam-soo]]<br />[[Lee Sang-eun]]<br />[[Lee Yoon-jung (handballer)|Lee Yoon-jung]]<br />[[Oh Soon-yol]]<br />[[Oh Yong-ran]]<br />[[Yoon Sung-mi]]
|valign=top|{{flagIOC2|PRK|1998 Asian Games}}<br />[[Im Hyon-ae]]<br />[[Ji Ok-ran]]<br />[[Kim Kyong-hui (handballer)|Kim Kyong-hui]]<br />[[Ku Yong-ae]]<br />[[Paek Myong]]<br />[[Pak Chun-bok]]<br />[[Ri Chung-sil]]<br />[[Ri Hui-yong]]<br />[[Ri Hyon-sil]]<br />[[Ri Mi]]<br />[[Rim Kil-hwa]]<br />[[Yu Myong-hui]]<br />[[Yun Kyong-ok]]
|{{flagIOC2|JPN|1998 Asian Games}}<br />[[Akane Aoto]]<br />[[Mie Fujiura]]<br />[[Namiko Ikeda]]<br />[[Naomi Kobayashi (handballer)|Naomi Kobayashi]]<br />[[Mariko Komatsu]]<br />[[Yuko Kumagai]]<br />[[Mitsuko Kurachi]]<br />[[Emi Matsumoto]]<br />[[Naomi Miyamoto]]<br />[[Tomomi Nakamura]]<br />[[Masako Okidoi]]<br />[[Mineko Tanaka]]<br />[[Miyoko Tanaka]]<br />[[Yumiko Tanaka]]<br />[[Ayako Yamaguchi]]<br />[[Michiko Yamashita]]
|}

==Medal table==
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = flagIOC2team
 | event          = 1998 Asian Games
 | team           = 
 | gold_KOR = 2 | silver_KOR = 0 | bronze_KOR = 0
 | gold_KUW = 0 | silver_KUW = 1 | bronze_KUW = 0
 | gold_PRK = 0 | silver_PRK = 1 | bronze_PRK = 0
 | gold_JPN = 0 | silver_JPN = 0 | bronze_JPN = 2
}}

==Draw==

{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;Group A
*{{hb|KUW}}
*{{hb|THA}}
*{{hb|JPN|1947}}
*{{hb|UAE}}
{{col-2}}
;Group B
*{{hb|KOR|1997}}
*{{hb|QAT}}
*{{hb|IRI}}
*{{hb|CHN}}
{{col-end}}

== Final standing ==
=== Men ===
{{Further|Handball at the 1998 Asian Games – Men}}
{{#section:Handball at the 1998 Asian Games – Men|Ranking}}

=== Women ===
{{Further|Handball at the 1998 Asian Games – Women}}
{{#section:Handball at the 1998 Asian Games – Women|Ranking}}

==References==
*[http://todor66.com/handball/Asia/Men_Asia_Games_1998.html Results – Men]
*[http://todor66.com/handball/Asia/Women_Asia_Games_1998.html Results – Women]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20020427170002/http://www.handball.jp/national/13_asia/13_asia.htm Japan Handball Federation]

==External links==
* [https://www.asianhandball.org/index.php?lang=en Asian Handball Federation]

{{Events at the 1998 Asian Games}}
{{Handball at the Asian Games}}

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