| Event: | Handball |
| Games: | 2018 Asian Games |
| Venue: | POPKI Sports Hall |
| Date: | 13–31 August 2018 |
| Competitors: | 362 |
| Nations: | 17 |
| Prev: | 2014 |
| Next: | 2022 |
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.
| P | Preliminary round | S | Second round | C | Classification | ½ | Semifinals | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 13th Mon | 14th Tue | 15th Wed | 16th Thu | 17th Fri | 18th Sat | 19th Sun | 20th Mon | 21st Tue | 22nd Wed | 23rd Thu | 24th Fri | 25th Sat | 26th Sun | 27th Mon | 28th Tue | 29th Wed | 30th Thu | 31st Fri | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | P | P | S | C | S | S | C | ½ | C | F | ||||||||||
| P | P | P | P | P | C | ½ | C | F |
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]
