Kabaddi was contested by five teams at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar from December 2 to December 6. The competition took place at the Aspire Hall 4.
The draw ceremony for the team sports was held on 7 September 2006 at Doha. The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2002 Asian Games.
<nowiki>*</nowiki> The format was changed to five-team round-robin after Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand withdrew.
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