| Handball at the 2006 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall |
| Date | 3–14 December 2006 |
| Competitors | 355 from 18 nations |
The handball events at the 2006 Asian Games were held in Al-Rayyan, Qatar between 3 December and 14 December 2006. It was the seventh time handball was included at the Asian Games. All matches were held in the Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall.
| P | Preliminary round | S | Second round | C | Classification | ½ | Semifinals | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 3rd Sun | 4th Mon | 5th Tue | 6th Wed | 7th Thu | 8th Fri | 9th Sat | 10th Sun | 11th Mon | 12th Tue | 13th Wed | 14th Thu |
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| Men | P | P | P | P | S | S | S | C | ½ | C | C | F |
| Women | P | P | P | P | P | ½ | C | F |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Kuwait (KUW) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 |  Iran (IRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
A draw ceremony was held on 7 September 2006 to determine the groups for the men's and women's competitions. The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2002 Asian Games.
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| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
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 |  Kuwait | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
 |  Qatar | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
 |  Iran | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 |  South Korea | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Syria | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 |  Japan | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 |  Bahrain | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 |  Saudi Arabia | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 |  Lebanon | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 |  United Arab Emirates | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 |  China | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 |  India | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 |  Hong Kong | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 |  Uzbekistan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 |  Macau | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
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| South Korea | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
|  Kazakhstan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Japan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | China | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 |  Chinese Taipei | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Uzbekistan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 |  Thailand | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | India | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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