| Handball at the 2022 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | ZJSU Sports Centre ZJNU Xiaoshan Gymnasium |
| Date | 24 September – 5 October 2023 |
| Competitors | 344 from 15 nations |
Handball at the 2022 Asian Games was held at the Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre and Zhejiang Normal University Xiaoshan Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China, from 24 September to 5 October 2023. [1] In this tournament, 13 teams participated in the men's competition while nine teams participated in the women's competition.
| P | Preliminary round | S | Second round | ½ | Semifinals | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 24th Sun | 25th Mon | 26th Tue | 27th Wed | 28th Thu | 29th Fri | 30th Sat | 1st Sun | 2nd Mon | 3rd Tue | 4th Wed | 5th Thu |
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| Men | P | P | P | S | S | S | ½ | F | ||||
| Women | P | P | P | P | P | ½ | F |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Qatar (QAT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Bahrain (BRN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 |  China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
The draw for the competition was done at 27 July 2023. The draw was conducted by Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee (HAGOC) in the presence of an Asian Handball Federation events officer. [2]
The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2022 Asian Men's Handball Championship.
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The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2022 Asian Women's Handball Championship.
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| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
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 |  Qatar | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
 |  Bahrain | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
 |  Kuwait | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Japan | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 |  China | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 |  South Korea | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 |  Iran | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 |  Kazakhstan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 |  Hong Kong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 |  Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 |  Thailand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 |  Uzbekistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 |  Mongolia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L |
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| Japan | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| South Korea | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| China | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 |  India | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 |  Nepal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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