Handball at the 2006 Asian Games

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.

Draw
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.

Men

 * Group A
 * (6)
 * (Host)


 * Group B
 * (2)
 * (7)


 * Group C
 * (4)
 * (8)


 * Group D
 * (1)

Women

 * Group A
 * (2)
 * (3)


 * Group B
 * (1)
 * (4)