Handball at the 2018 Asian Games was held at the POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta, Indonesia, from 13 August to 31 August 2018.[1] In this tournament, 13 teams participated in the men's competition while 10 teams participated in the women's competition.
The draw for the competition was done at the JS Luwansa Hotel, Jakarta on 5 July 2018. The draw was conducted by Indonesian Asian Games Organizing Committee (Inasgoc) in the presence of Asian Handball Federation events officer.[2] The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2014 Asian Games.[3][4]
