# 2006 Asian Men's Handball Championship

The 2006 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the twelfth Asian Championship and was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 12 to 21 February 2006. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship in Germany.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B |
| Kuwait  Thailand  Bahrain  Jordan  South Korea | Japan  Qatar  Saudi Arabia *  Iran  China |
* Withdrew

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+7).

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Kuwait | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 101 | +40 | 8 |
| South Korea | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 150 | 107 | +43 | 6 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 128 | 117 | +11 | 4 |
| Jordan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 130 | 119 | +11 | 2 |
| Thailand (H) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 81 | 186 | −105 | 0 |
| 12 February 2006 14:00 | Kuwait | 32–30 | Bahrain | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 12 February 2006 14:00 | | (14–16) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 12 February 2006 18:30 | Thailand | 26–45 | Jordan | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 12 February 2006 18:30 | | (10–24) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 13 February 2006 14:00 | Bahrain | 31–40 | South Korea | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 13 February 2006 14:00 | | (14–16) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 13 February 2006 16:00 | Kuwait | 28–25 | Jordan | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 13 February 2006 16:00 | | (15–13) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 14 February 2006 16:00 | Thailand | 15–47 | South Korea | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 14 February 2006 16:00 | | (5–26) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 15 February 2006 14:00 | Bahrain | 27–26 | Jordan | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 15 February 2006 14:00 | | (13–14) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 15 February 2006 16:00 | Kuwait | 27–25 | South Korea | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 15 February 2006 16:00 | | (16–14) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 16 February 2006 16:00 | Thailand | 19–40 | Bahrain | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 16 February 2006 18:00 | Jordan | 34–38 | South Korea | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 16 February 2006 18:00 | | (19–19) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 17 February 2006 16:00 | Kuwait | 54–21 | Thailand | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 17 February 2006 16:00 | | (26–7) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Qatar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 64 | +19 | 6 |
| Iran | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 61 | +18 | 4 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 93 | 82 | +11 | 2 |
| China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 97 | −48 | 0 |
| 12 February 2006 16:00 | Japan | 25–28 | Iran | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 12 February 2006 16:00 | | (11–12) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 13 February 2006 18:00 | Qatar | 21–20 | Iran | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 13 February 2006 18:00 | | (16–10) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 14 February 2006 18:00 | Qatar | 28–14 | China | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 14 February 2006 18:00 | | (13–6) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 15 February 2006 18:00 | Japan | 38–20 | China | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 15 February 2006 18:00 | | (19–12) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 17 February 2006 14:00 | Japan | 30–34 | Qatar | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 17 February 2006 14:00 | | (20–15) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 17 February 2006 18:00 | Iran | 31–15 | China | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 17 February 2006 18:00 | | (17–6) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |

## Placement 5th–8th
### 7th/8th

| 20 February 2006 16:00 | Jordan | 28–25 | China | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 20 February 2006 16:00 | | (12–11) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |

### 5th/6th

| 20 February 2006 18:00 | Bahrain | 32–37 | Japan | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 20 February 2006 18:00 | | (16–18) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 19 February – Bangkok | 19 February – Bangkok |
| Kuwait | 27 |
| Kuwait | 27 | 21 February – Bangkok | 21 February – Bangkok |
| Iran | 23 | 21 February – Bangkok | 21 February – Bangkok |
| Iran | 23 | Kuwait | 33 |
| 19 February – Bangkok | 19 February – Bangkok | | Kuwait | 33 |
| 19 February – Bangkok | 19 February – Bangkok | South Korea | 30 |
| Qatar | 26 | South Korea | 30 |
| South Korea | 29 | | |
| South Korea | 29 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 21 February – Bangkok | 21 February – Bangkok |
| | | Iran | 20 |
| | | Qatar | 21 |

### Semifinals

| 19 February 2006 16:00 | Kuwait | 27–23 | Iran | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 19 February 2006 16:00 | | (16–13) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 19 February 2006 18:00 | Qatar | 26–29 | South Korea | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 19 February 2006 18:00 | | (10–13) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |

### Bronze medal match

| 21 February 2006 14:30 | Iran | 20–21 | Qatar | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 21 February 2006 14:30 | | (10–10) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |

### Gold medal match

| 21 February 2006 17:00 | Kuwait | 33–30 | South Korea | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |
| 21 February 2006 17:00 | | (16–14) | | Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Kuwait |
| | South Korea |
| | Qatar |
| 4 | Iran |
| 5 | Japan |
| 6 | Bahrain |
| 7 | Jordan |
| 8 | China |
| 9 | Thailand |
* Team qualified for the 2007 World Championship