| Women at the 2006 Asian Games | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall | ||||||
| Date | 6–13 December 2006 | ||||||
| Competitors | 123 from 8 nations | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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| Handball at the 2006 Asian Games | ||
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| men | women | |
Women's handball at the 2006 Asian Games was held in Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan from 3 December 6 to 13 December 2006.
 China |  Chinese Taipei |  India |  Japan |
|---|---|---|---|
 Kazakhstan |  South Korea |  Thailand |  Uzbekistan |
All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kazakhstan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 54 | +39 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 |  China | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 127 | 68 | +59 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 93 | −35 | 2 | Placement 5–6 |
| 4 |  India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 123 | −63 | 0 | Placement 7–8 |
| 6 December 10:00 | Kazakhstan | 23–12 | Uzbekistan | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Al-Marzouqi (UAE) |
| Pikalova, Yakovleva 5 | (13–6) | Sukhoplyasova 4 | ||
3× 4× | 3× 3× |
| 6 December 12:00 | China | 56–19 | India | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Dib, Haidar (LIB) |
| Wang M. 7 | (29–11) | An. Kumari 13 | ||
| 3× 2× | 3× 1× |
| 8 December 10:00 | Kazakhstan | 38–17 | India | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Dib, Haidar (LIB) |
| Pikalova 11 | (18–12) | An. Kumari 7 | ||
| 3× 3× | 3× 3× |
| 8 December 12:00 | China | 46–17 | Uzbekistan | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Kim, Kim (KOR) |
| Wang M., Li W.W. 7 | (24–9) | Kudratova 4 | ||
| 3× 6× | 2× 2× |
| 10 December 9:30 | Kazakhstan | 32–25 | China | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI) |
| Portova 7 | (15–9) | Li W.W. 8 | ||
| 3× 7× | 4× 9× |
| 10 December 13:30 | Uzbekistan | 29–24 | India | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Tanji, Samha (SYR) |
| Udiryakova 6 | (14–9) | An. Kumari 10 | ||
| 1× 9× | 2× 1× |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 52 | +65 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 |  Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 61 | +31 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 99 | −32 | 2 | Placement 5–6 |
| 4 |  Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 115 | −64 | 0 | Placement 7–8 |
| 7 December 10:00 | South Korea | 45–14 | Thailand | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Liu, Liu (CHN) |
| An J.H. 7 | (22–7) | Thanawat 4 | ||
| 3× | 2× 1× |
| 7 December 12:00 | Japan | 31–20 | Chinese Taipei | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Abdulhusain, Khalaf (KUW) |
| Kinjo 5 | (14–11) | Chen Y.J. 6 | ||
| 3× 4× | 2× 4× |
| 9 December 10:00 | South Korea | 44–17 | Chinese Taipei | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Ogasawara, Hamada (JPN) |
| Woo S.H. 9 | (23–8) | Chia L.H. 6 | ||
| 3× 2× | 3× 2× |
| 9 December 12:00 | Japan | 40–13 | Thailand | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Liu, Liu (CHN) |
| Hayafune, Uegaki 6 | (22–7) | Sriruksa, Camjun 3 | ||
| 3× 3× | 2× 1× |
| 10 December 11:30 | South Korea | 28–21 | Japan | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Abdulhusain, Khalaf (KUW) |
| four players 4 | (16–9) | Kinjo 7 | ||
| 2× 3× | 3× 2× |
| 10 December 15:30 | Thailand | 24–30 | Chinese Taipei | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Dib, Haidar (LIB) |
| Sriruksa 5 | (12–17) | Chia L.H. 13 | ||
| 3× 1× | 3× 1× |
| 12 December 10:00 | India | 20–43 | Thailand | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Liu, Liu (CHN) |
| An. Kumari 5 | (9–25) | Thanawat 8 | ||
| 3× 4× | 3× 4× |
| 12 December 12:00 | Uzbekistan | 25–26 | Chinese Taipei | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Dib, Haidar (LIB) |
| Sukhoplyasova 6 | (11–16) | Chen Y.J. 9 | ||
| 3× 3× | 3× 1× |
| Semifinals | Gold medal match | |||||
| 11 December | ||||||
| Kazakhstan | 32 | |||||
| 13 December | ||||||
| Japan | 28 | |||||
| Kazakhstan | 22 | |||||
| 11 December | ||||||
| South Korea | 29 | |||||
| South Korea | 34 | |||||
| China | 32 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| 13 December | ||||||
| Japan | 25 | |||||
| China | 22 | |||||
| 11 December 14:00 | Kazakhstan | 32–28 | Japan | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI) |
| Adzhiderskaya, Kozlova 11 | (17–14) | Hayafune 9 | ||
| 3× 5× | 4× 6× |
| 11 December 16:00 | South Korea | 34–32 | China | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Tanji, Samha (SYR) |
| Choi I.J. 8 | (18–14) | Li W.W. 8 | ||
3× 4× 1× | 3× 5× |
| 13 December 16:00 | Japan | 25–22 | China | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Ossipov, Porol (KAZ) |
| Kinjo, Taniguchi, Yamada 5 | (16–13) | Li W.W. 13 | ||
| 4× 4× | 4× 4× |
| 13 December 18:00 | Kazakhstan | 22–29 | South Korea | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Tanji, Samha (SYR) |
| Adzhiderskaya, Kozlova 4 | (14–14) | Moon P.H. 9 | ||
| 2× 1× | 3× 3× |
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 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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