The Asian Men’s Olympic Qualification tournament is underway in Toyota, Japan. Japan, South Korea, Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates will be competing in a straight round robin from 1-6 September. Three matches have been played so far and Kuwait, Japan and Qatar are all tied for 1st place with 1-0-0 records. Notably, Kuwait held all time Bundesliga leading goal scorer Kyung-Shin Yoon to 1 goal on 10 shots in their 28-20 opening round victory.
Kuwait – South Korea 28-20
Japan – UAE 33 -28
Qatar – UAE 33 -28
[b]Current Standings W T L Pts GF GA GD[/b]
Kuwait 1 0 0 2 28 20 +8
Japan 1 0 0 2 33 28 +5
Qatar 1 0 0 2 33 28 +5
South Korea 0 0 1 0 20 28 -8
UAE 0 0 2 0 56 66 -10
[b]Remaining Matches[/b]
3 September
South Korea – Qatar
Japan – Kuwait
4 September
UAE – Kuwait
5 September
Japan – Qatar
South Korea – UAE
6 September
Kuwait – Qatar
South Korea – Japan
Match Reports: http://www.handball.jp/games/2007/toyota_yosen/daily-n.html
Kuwait News Service Report: http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1838287&Language=en