Season Description The 2026 Asian Men's Handball Championship will be the 22nd edition of the Asian Men's Handball Championship, the biennial international men's handball championship of Asia and Oceania organized by AHF. The tournament is scheduled to be held from 15 to 29 January 2026 in Sabah Al-Salem, Kuwait.
It will be the fourth time in history that the championship will be organised by the Kuwait Handball Association.
It also acts as a qualification tournament for the 2027 World Men's Handball Championship in Germany, with top four teams from the championship directly qualifying for the event. If Australia finishes inside the top five, they are qualified as well as the representative of Oceania.
Qatar are the six time defending champions, recently beating Japan 30–24 in the 2024 final in Isa Town.
Round 1 Hong Kong Handball vs UAE Handball - 11:00:00 Australia Handball vs Japan Handball - 13:00:00 India Handball vs Kuwait Handball - 15:00:00 Saudi Arabia Handball vs Iran Handball - 17:00:00 Oman Handball vs Qatar Handball - 11:00:00 Jordan Handball vs Bahrain Handball - 13:00:00 China Handball vs Iraq Handball - 15:00:00
Round 2 Australia Handball vs Iran Handball - 11:00:00 India Handball vs UAE Handball - 13:00:00 Hong Kong Handball vs Kuwait Handball - 15:00:00 Saudi Arabia Handball vs Japan Handball - 17:00:00 Jordan Handball vs Iraq Handball - 11:00:00 South Korea Handball vs Oman Handball - 13:00:00 China Handball vs Bahrain Handball - 15:00:00
Round 3 Australia Handball vs Saudi Arabia Handball - 11:00:00 India Handball vs Hong Kong Handball - 13:00:00 UAE Handball vs Kuwait Handball - 15:00:00 Iran Handball vs Japan Handball - 17:00:00 Jordan Handball vs China Handball - 11:00:00 Iraq Handball vs Bahrain Handball - 13:00:00 Qatar Handball vs South Korea Handball - 15:00:00
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