Uzbekistan win both titles at the IHF Trophy Women 2025 – Zone III – Asia

Uzbekistan’s women’s youth and junior teams secured the two titles at the IHF Trophy Women 2025 – Zone III – Asia, which took place between 22 and 26 April in Faisalabad, Pakistan.

Five teams participated in both the youth and the junior categories, with a round-robin group played to decide the winner, where every team played against each other. In the youth competition, Kyrgyzstan, hosts Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan took part, while in the junior competition, the five participating teams were Mongolia, hosts Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

In the youth competition, there was no question about the winner, as Uzbekistan thoroughly dominated, securing double-digits wins in all the five matches played.

First, Uzbekistan took a 61:18 win over Kyrgyzstan, followed by a 39:20 win over Turkmenistan, and a 46:16 win over Tajikistan. In the final day of the competition, Uzbekistan confirmed their domination, with a 40:30 win over hosts Pakistan.

Hosts Pakistan finished on the fourth place, with two wins and two losses, as they conceded a 18:38 loss against Turkmenistan in the fourth day, with another 21:29 loss over Kyrgyzstan in the second day.

The podium was completed by Turkmenistan (three wins and a single loss) and Kyrgyzstan, which had two wins and two losses, with Turkmenistan securing the second place via a 36:18 win over Kyrgyzstan. Tajikistan finished last, with four losses in four matches.

In the junior competition, Uzbekistan also swept their opponents, with three double-digits wins – 53:12 against Mongolia, 55:14 against Pakistan and 39:16 against Tajikistan – with another eight-goal win against Turkmenistan, 26:18, completing their performance.

The second place was also secured by Turkmenistan, which won against Pakistan (50:17), Mongolia (44:12) and Tajikistan (60:9), with the podium completed by Pakistan, thanks to their wins against Mongolia (24:23) and Tajikistan (26:13).

IHF Trophy Women 2025 – Zone III – Asia – Junior final standings 

1. Uzbekistan
2. Turkmenistan
3. Pakistan
4. Mongolia
5. Tajikistan

IHF Trophy Women 2025 – Zone III – Asia – Youth final standings 

1. Uzbekistan
2. Turkmenistan
3. Kyrgyzstan
4. Pakistan
5. Tajikistan

Photo credit: Pakistan Handball