Handball at the 2026 Asian Games

Handball at the 2026 Asian Games
Venue	Kasugai City General Gymnasium Toyoda Gosei Memorial Gymnasium
Location	Kasugai and Inazawa, Japan
Date	19 – 29 September 2026
Nations	11

The Handball events will be among the 43 sports played at the 2026 Asian Games. In this tournament, nine teams will participate in the men's competition, while seven teams will participate in the women's competition.

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:

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Round

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Last round

P

Preliminary round

S

Second round

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Semifinals

F

Finals

Event↓/Date →	19th Sat	20th Sun	21st Mon	22nd Tue	23rd Wed	24th Thu	25th Fri	26th Sat	27th Sun	28th Mon	29th Tue
Men	P	P	P	P	P	—N/a	P	S	—N/a	½	F
Women	●	●	—N/a	●	●	—N/a	●	●	●	—N/a

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men
Women

Venues

Kasugai	Inazawa
Kasugai City General Gymnasium	Toyoda Gosei Memorial Gymnasium
Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 3,500

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 (with the exception of Kazakhstan, who did not qualify) were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2026 Asian Men's Handball Championship.

Group A

• Qatar
• Japan
• China
• Hong Kong

Group B

• Bahrain
• Kuwait
• South Korea
• Iran
• Kazakhstan

Women

Seven teams were divided into one group. The teams (with the exceptions of Uzbekistan, who withdrew, and Vietnam, who did not qualify) were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2024 Asian Women's Handball Championship.

Group

• Japan
• South Korea
• Kazakhstan
• China
• Hong Kong
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam