On 19 February 2020, the AHF decided to postpone the championship due to COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Previously, the championship was scheduled to take place firstly from 1 to 10 April 2020, then from 11 to 17 September 2020 and then from 15 to 22 February 2021 but was postponed all times due to COVID-19 outbreak.[3]
The men's tournament was played on the round-robin and knockout format. A team had to play match with all the other teams in their group and top two teams from each group will qualify for semi-finals.
The women's tournament was played on double round-robin format.
Matches were played in sets, the team that wins two sets is the winner of a match. When teams were equal in points the head-to-head result was decisive.
Draw[]
The date and venue of the draw will be announced soon.
Men[]
Seeding[]
Teams were seeded according to the AHF COC regulations and rankings of the previous edition of the championship. Teams who had not participated in the previous edition were in Pot 4.