The handball tournament at the 2026 Asian Games was held between 19 and 29 September 2026 at two locations in Aichi Prefecture. In this tournament, nine teams participate in the men's competition, while seven teams participate in the women's competition.
Schedule The schedule is as follows: ●Round●Last roundPPreliminary round¼Quarterfinals½SemifinalsFFinals Event↓/Date → 19thSat 20thSun 21stMon 22ndTue 23rdWed 24thThu 25thFri 26thSat 27thSun 28thMon 29thTue Men P P P P P P ¼ ½ F Women ● ● ● ● ● ● ● colspan=2
Medal summary
Medal table
Medalists MenMohamed RabiaHesham IsaSalman Al-ShowaikhAhmed KadhemAhmed JalalMohamed AliAbdulla AbdulkarimSayed ShubbarHasan MadanAli MohamedAhmed EidJasim KhamisHasan MerzaMohamed HabibMohamed Habib NaserHusain Al-SayyadAhmad MadadiRafael CapoteFrankis CarolAbdulrazzaq MuradSaifdinne DhibEldar MemiševićNasreddine MegdichFiras ZemzemiAbdelrahman AbdallaAhmed AbdelrhemYoussef AliAmine GuehisMalek SoussouMohamedali HamamAmeen ZakkarEbrahim EbaidTakumi NakamuraKota NakataTaiga TsutayaTomoya SakuraiDaisuke TanakaAdam BaigSoya IchiharaNaoki SugiokaJin WatanabeYuta IwashitaTatsuki YoshinoHayato GotoHiroyasu TamakawaNaoki FujisakaAkio HashimotoKotaro MizumachiWomenLee Hye-wonLee Won-jungLee Yeong-yeongRyu Eun-heeJeong Jin-huiPark Sae-youngHan Mi-seulKang Eun-hyeJo Eun-beenKim So-raWoo Bit-naGwon Han-naCha Seo-yeonJeon Ji-yeonGim Bo-eunKim Min-seoMiyako HatsumiArisa KinjoKaho NakayamaNaoko SaharaKaoru WadaNatsuki AizawaAsuka FujitaSakura KametaniHaruno SasakiMinami MatsuuraClare GrayYuki YoshidomeAi NakaoAki UeshimaKaede HigaSora IshikawaLu ChangPan FengyingLiang JingJiang XintongShi ZihanLiu ChanLi XiaoqingYang YueHuang SitongHou ChangqingZhang PingpingYuan LingjieQu WennaLiu XuedanZheng YunLiu Yuting
Draw The draw for the competition was held on 23 July 2026.
Men Nine teams were divided into a group of five and a group of four. The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2026 Asian Men's Handball Championship (with the exception of Kazakhstan, who did not qualify).
Group A
(hosts)
Group B
Women Seven teams were placed in one group. The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2024 Asian Women's Handball Championship (with the exceptions of Uzbekistan, who withdrew, and Vietnam, who did not qualify).
Group (hosts)
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