Handball at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China from November 13 to 26, 2010. In this tournament, 11 teams played in the men's competition, and 9 teams participated in the women's competition.
The draw ceremony for the team sports was held on 7 October 2010 at Guangzhou. The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2006 Asian Games.
Kazakhstan was later added to Group A.