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was contested at the

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. All matches played at the Al-Rayyan Indoor Hall.

Schedule

Medalists

Medal table

Draw

The draw ceremony for the team sports was held on 7 September 2006 at Doha.

Men

Due to scheduling conflicts with 2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, China,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

, Japan,

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and

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alongside the host team

qualified directly to the quarterfinal stage. The remaining teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the

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and

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, the next top two teams started the competition from the preliminary round. ;Qualification – Pool A * (10) * * ;Qualification – Pool B * ~~(11)~~* * * ;Qualification – Pool C * (13) * * ;Qualification – Pool D * (17) * (18) * * * * Withdrew. ;Preliminary – Pool A * (4) * 2nd Qualification – Pool A * 1st Qualification – Pool B * 2nd Qualification – Pool C * 1st Qualification – Pool D ;Preliminary – Pool B * (5) * 1st Qualification – Pool A * 2nd Qualification – Pool B * 1st Qualification – Pool C * 2nd Qualification – Pool D ;Quarterfinals * (Host) vs. 1st Preliminary – Pool B * Asia Rank 1 vs. 1st Preliminary – Pool A * Asia Rank 2 vs. Asia Rank 5 * Asia Rank 3 vs. Asia Rank 4 The teams were seeded based on their performance at the 2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.

Women

The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the

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. ;Pool A * (1) * (4) * (5) * ;Pool B * (2) * (3) * (6) * *

Final standing

Men

Women

References

Men's results

External links

Official website – Volleyball

Official website – Beach volleyball
{{Asian Games Volleyball 2006 Asian Games events

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