# Handball at the 2006 Asian Games – 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.

## Squads

| China | Chinese Taipei | India | Japan |
| Liu Guini Liu Yun Li Bing Luan Zheng Wang Chanchan Wang Min Wang Shasha Zhang Zhiqing Huang Hong Wu Yanan Liu Xiaomei Sun Laimiao Yu Geli Wu Wenjuan Li Weiwei | Chang Ya-wei Wen Hui-tzu Lin Wen-ya Yang Ya-ting Hsu Ju-fang Chen Te-jung Lin Li-ping Chia Ling-hui Tseng Chien-chiu Chen Yi-ling Kung Ju-wen Chu Chiu-en Yang Chia-wen Su Chia-li Chen Ying-ju Tu Hsiao-yuan | Amita Kumari P. P. Shajina Anita Kumari Sangita Tiwari Seena Chamundi Juliet Lawrence Pushpa Karishma Sahu Anamika Mukherjee Renu Goswami Kamini Gautam Priyanka Urmila Kumari Pavana Raja Gopal Sangeeta Kataria Rita Devi | Sachiko Katsuda Yuko Arihama Mariko Komatsu Kaori Onozawa Akiko Kinjo Hitomi Sakugawa Tomoko Sakamoto Aiko Hayafune Kimiko Hida Keiko Mizuno Noriko Omae Hisayo Taniguchi Mami Tanaka Kazusa Nagano Eiko Yamada Akie Uegaki |
| Kazakhstan | South Korea | Thailand | Uzbekistan |
| Olga Travnikova Olga Adzhiderskaya Marina Buzmakova Irina Borechko Marina Pikalova Alexandra Yefimova Lyazzat Kilibayeva Yelena Kozlova Gulnar Mendybayeva Yelena Portova Natalya Kubrina Anastassiya Batuyeva Yuliya Goncharova Yevgeniya Nikolayeva Natalya Yakovleva Yana Vassilyeva | Woo Sun-hee Yoon Hyun-kyung Huh Soon-young Lee Gong-joo An Jung-hwa Yu Ji-yeong Kim Cha-youn Huh Young-sook Moon Kyeong-ha Park Chung-hee Kwon Geun-hae Lee Min-hee Myoung Bok-hee Kang Ji-hey Choi Im-jeong Moon Pil-hee | Keeratika Lokam Supannee Vilasang Jitthita Sipak Areerat Pinitmontree Taweeporn Meephian Jatuporn Phonsen Thidaporn Sutthachip Pattarasiri Thanawat Busarakam Sriruksa Chamaiporn Camjun Nattha Suphasanan Nantiya Chawdorn Soonyakan Panyim Duangjai Thaohom Preeyanut Bureeruk | Dilbar Safina Nadejda Shadrina Alla Beketova Lola Kudratova Alina Sukhoplyasova Zinaida Penkova Anastasiya Tkachyova Kristina Ofitserova Asya Yusupova Ekaterina Antonova Margarita Pshenichnaya Elena Udiryakova Aziza Abzalova |

## Results

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

### Preliminary league
#### Group A

| 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 | Semifinals |
| 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) |
| 6 December 10:00 | Pikalova, Yakovleva 5 | (13–6) | Sukhoplyasova 4 | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Al-Marzouqi (UAE) |
| 6 December 10:00 | 3× 4× | | 3× 3× | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Al-Marzouqi (UAE) |
| 6 December 12:00 | China | 56–19 | India | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Dib, Haidar (LIB) |
| 6 December 12:00 | Wang M. 7 | (29–11) | An. Kumari 13 | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Dib, Haidar (LIB) |
| 6 December 12:00 | 3× 2× | | 3× 1× | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Dib, Haidar (LIB) |
| 8 December 10:00 | Kazakhstan | 38–17 | India | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Dib, Haidar (LIB) |
| 8 December 10:00 | Pikalova 11 | (18–12) | An. Kumari 7 | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Dib, Haidar (LIB) |
| 8 December 10:00 | 3× 3× | | 3× 3× | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Dib, Haidar (LIB) |
| 8 December 12:00 | China | 46–17 | Uzbekistan | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Kim, Kim (KOR) |
| 8 December 12:00 | Wang M., Li W.W. 7 | (24–9) | Kudratova 4 | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Kim, Kim (KOR) |
| 8 December 12:00 | 3× 6× | | 2× 2× | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Kim, Kim (KOR) |
| 10 December 9:30 | Kazakhstan | 32–25 | China | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI) |
| 10 December 9:30 | Portova 7 | (15–9) | Li W.W. 8 | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI) |
| 10 December 9:30 | 3× 7× | | 4× 9× | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI) |
| 10 December 13:30 | Uzbekistan | 29–24 | India | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Tanji, Samha (SYR) |
| 10 December 13:30 | Udiryakova 6 | (14–9) | An. Kumari 10 | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Tanji, Samha (SYR) |
| 10 December 13:30 | 1× 9× | | 2× 1× | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Tanji, Samha (SYR) |

#### Group B

| 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 | Semifinals |
| 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) |
| 7 December 10:00 | An J.H. 7 | (22–7) | Thanawat 4 | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Liu, Liu (CHN) |
| 7 December 10:00 | 3× | | 2× 1× | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Liu, Liu (CHN) |
| 7 December 12:00 | Japan | 31–20 | Chinese Taipei | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Abdulhusain, Khalaf (KUW) |
| 7 December 12:00 | Kinjo 5 | (14–11) | Chen Y.J. 6 | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Abdulhusain, Khalaf (KUW) |
| 7 December 12:00 | 3× 4× | | 2× 4× | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Abdulhusain, Khalaf (KUW) |
| 9 December 10:00 | South Korea | 44–17 | Chinese Taipei | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Ogasawara, Hamada (JPN) |
| 9 December 10:00 | Woo S.H. 9 | (23–8) | Chia L.H. 6 | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Ogasawara, Hamada (JPN) |
| 9 December 10:00 | 3× 2× | | 3× 2× | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Ogasawara, Hamada (JPN) |
| 9 December 12:00 | Japan | 40–13 | Thailand | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Liu, Liu (CHN) |
| 9 December 12:00 | Hayafune, Uegaki 6 | (22–7) | Sriruksa, Camjun 3 | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Liu, Liu (CHN) |
| 9 December 12:00 | 3× 3× | | 2× 1× | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Liu, Liu (CHN) |
| 10 December 11:30 | South Korea | 28–21 | Japan | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Abdulhusain, Khalaf (KUW) |
| 10 December 11:30 | four players 4 | (16–9) | Kinjo 7 | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Abdulhusain, Khalaf (KUW) |
| 10 December 11:30 | 2× 3× | | 3× 2× | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Abdulhusain, Khalaf (KUW) |
| 10 December 15:30 | Thailand | 24–30 | Chinese Taipei | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Dib, Haidar (LIB) |
| 10 December 15:30 | Sriruksa 5 | (12–17) | Chia L.H. 13 | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Dib, Haidar (LIB) |
| 10 December 15:30 | 3× 1× | | 3× 1× | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Dib, Haidar (LIB) |

### Placement 5–8
#### Placement 7–8

| 12 December 10:00 | India | 20–43 | Thailand | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Liu, Liu (CHN) |
| 12 December 10:00 | An. Kumari 5 | (9–25) | Thanawat 8 | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Liu, Liu (CHN) |
| 12 December 10:00 | 3× 4× | | 3× 4× | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Liu, Liu (CHN) |

#### Placement 5–6

| 12 December 12:00 | Uzbekistan | 25–26 | Chinese Taipei | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Dib, Haidar (LIB) |
| 12 December 12:00 | Sukhoplyasova 6 | (11–16) | Chen Y.J. 9 | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Dib, Haidar (LIB) |
| 12 December 12:00 | 3× 3× | | 3× 1× | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Dib, Haidar (LIB) |

### Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 11 December | 11 December |
| Kazakhstan | 32 |
| Kazakhstan | 32 | 13 December | 13 December |
| Japan | 28 | 13 December | 13 December |
| Japan | 28 | Kazakhstan | 22 |
| 11 December | 11 December | | Kazakhstan | 22 |
| 11 December | 11 December | South Korea | 29 |
| South Korea | 34 | South Korea | 29 |
| China | 32 | | |
| China | 32 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 13 December | 13 December |
| | | Japan | 25 |
| | | China | 22 |

#### Semifinals

| 11 December 14:00 | Kazakhstan | 32–28 | Japan | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI) |
| 11 December 14:00 | Adzhiderskaya, Kozlova 11 | (17–14) | Hayafune 9 | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI) |
| 11 December 14:00 | 3× 5× | | 4× 6× | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI) |
| 11 December 16:00 | South Korea | 34–32 | China | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Tanji, Samha (SYR) |
| 11 December 16:00 | Choi I.J. 8 | (18–14) | Li W.W. 8 | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Tanji, Samha (SYR) |
| 11 December 16:00 | 3× 4× 1× | | 3× 5× | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Tanji, Samha (SYR) |

#### Bronze medal match

| 13 December 16:00 | Japan | 25–22 | China | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Ossipov, Porol (KAZ) |
| 13 December 16:00 | Kinjo, Taniguchi, Yamada 5 | (16–13) | Li W.W. 13 | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Ossipov, Porol (KAZ) |
| 13 December 16:00 | 4× 4× | | 4× 4× | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Ossipov, Porol (KAZ) |

#### Gold medal match

| 13 December 18:00 | Kazakhstan | 22–29 | South Korea | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Tanji, Samha (SYR) |
| 13 December 18:00 | Adzhiderskaya, Kozlova 4 | (14–14) | Moon P.H. 9 | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Tanji, Samha (SYR) |
| 13 December 18:00 | 2× 1× | | 3× 3× | Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al-Rayyan Referees: Tanji, Samha (SYR) |

## Final standing

| 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 |