[1] Due to scheduling conflicts with 2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, China, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan and South Korea alongside the host team Qatar qualified directly to the quarterfinal stage.

The remaining teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2005 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.

India and Thailand, the next top two teams started the competition from the preliminary round.

The teams were seeded based on their performance at the 2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship.

The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2005 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship.