# Handball at the European Youth Olympic Festival

Handball has featured as a sport at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival since its fourth edition in 1997. It has appeared on the programme at every subsequent edition of the biennial multi-sport event.

## Medal count

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Denmark | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 2 | Russia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | France | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Spain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Hungary | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Slovenia | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Croatia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Norway | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Romania | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Portugal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Serbia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | Totals (17 entries) | 23 | 22 | 22 | 67 |

## Men's tournaments

| Year | Host Country | Gold medal game | Gold medal game | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| Year | Host Country | Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place |
| 1997 Details | Portugal | Denmark | – | Spain | Portugal | – | |
| 2001 Details | Spain | Spain | 28–27 | Slovenia | Serbia and Montenegro | – | |
| 2003 Details | France | Spain | – | Russia | France | – | |
| 2009 Details | Finland | France | 35–27 | Denmark | Croatia | 29–26 | Norway |
| 2011 Details | Turkey | Denmark | 28–26 (ET) | Germany | Serbia | 31–28 | France |
| 2013 Details | Netherlands | Slovenia | 28–23 | Norway | Sweden | 33–22 | Belarus |
| 2015 Details | Georgia | France | 30–28 | Slovenia | Germany | 31–19 | Norway |
| 2017 Details | Hungary | Germany | 29–26 | Slovenia | Croatia | 28–26 | France |
| 2019 Details | Azerbaijan | Croatia | 29–28 | Germany | Denmark | 28–21 | France |
| 2022 Details | Slovakia | Germany | 29–28 | Denmark | Portugal | 28–24 | Croatia |
| 2023 Details | Slovenia | Germany | 32–27 | Slovenia | Hungary | 43–42 | Croatia |

## Women's tournaments

| Year | Host Country | Gold medal game | Gold medal game | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| Year | Host Country | Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place |
| 1997 Details | Portugal | Denmark | – | | | – | |
| 1999 Details | Denmark | Denmark | – | Norway | Lithuania | – | |
| 2005 Details | Italy | Russia | 23–19 | Norway | Denmark | 26–24 | Slovenia |
| 2007 Details | Serbia | Russia | 30–26 | Norway | Denmark | 27–24 | Serbia |
| 2009 Details | Finland | Russia | 30–24 | Slovakia | Denmark | 33–24 | Netherlands |
| 2011 Details | Turkey | Russia | 38–20 | Sweden | Denmark | 26–22 | Netherlands |
| 2013 Details | Netherlands | Denmark | 29–22 | Russia | Germany | 28–23 | Netherlands |
| 2015 Details | Georgia | Russia | 21–20 (ET) | Denmark | Norway | 37–23 | Czech Republic |
| 2017 Details | Hungary | Hungary | 30–23 | Romania | Denmark | 32–27 | Russia |
| 2019 Details | Azerbaijan | France | 23–21 | Netherlands | Hungary | 30–20 | Switzerland |
| 2022 Details | Slovakia | Hungary | 30–26 | Denmark | Norway | 28–23 | Germany |
| 2023 Details | Slovenia | France | 32–27 | Romania | Poland | 26–17 | Netherlands |