The championship was hosted at Suwon, South Korea from 18 to 28 January 2018.

It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship.

For the first time, Australia, New Zealand and Bangladesh participated.

[1][2] Qatar won their third title after defeating Bahrain 33–31 in the final.

Iraq withdrew on 4 January 2018 due to unavoidable circumstances.