# Handball at the Central American and Caribbean Games

Handball has been a Central American and Caribbean Games event since 1993 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. In addition to crowning the handball champions of the Central American and Caribbean Games, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the Pan American Games.

## Men
### Summary

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match |
| Year | Host | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place |
| 1993 Details | Ponce | Cuba | 29–14 | Mexico | Puerto Rico | 25–21 | Guatemala |
| 2002 Details | San Salvador | Dominican Republic | 34–32 | Puerto Rico | Mexico | 32–20 | Guatemala |
| 2006 Details | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | 32–28 | Cuba | Mexico | 33–28 | Puerto Rico |
| 2010 Details | Mayaguez | Dominican Republic | 40–28 | Venezuela | Mexico | 30–24 | Puerto Rico |
| 2014 Details | Veracruz | Puerto Rico | 37–27 | Dominican Republic | Cuba | 32–22 | Mexico |
| 2018 Details | Barranquilla | Cuba | 29–18 | Puerto Rico | Mexico | 33–32 | Dominican Republic |
| 2023 Details | San Salvador | Cuba | 30–29 | Dominican Republic | Mexico | 32–29 | Puerto Rico |

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Cuba | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Puerto Rico | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### Participating nations

| Nation | 1993 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2023 | Years |
| Colombia | - | - | - | - | 5th | 5th | - | 2 |
| Costa Rica | 5th | - | - | - | 8th | 7th | 6th | 4 |
| Cuba | 1st | - | 2nd | - | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 5 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 6 |
| El Salvador | - | - | - | 7th | - | - | 8th | 3 |
| Guatemala | 4th | 4th | 6th | 5th | 6th | 6th | – | 6 |
| Honduras | - | - | 7th | - | - | 8th | – | 2 |
| Mexico | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 7 |
| Nicaragua | - | - | - | 6th | 7th | - | 7th | 3 |
| Puerto Rico | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 7 |
| Venezuela | - | - | 5th | 2nd | - | - | 5th | 3 |
| Total | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |

## Women
### Summary

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match |
| Year | Host | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place |
| 1993 Details | Ponce | Cuba | 31–19 | Mexico | Costa Rica | 15–10 | Puerto Rico |
| 2002 Details | San Salvador | Dominican Republic | 26–24 | Mexico | Puerto Rico | 28–24 | Guatemala |
| 2006 Details | Santo Domingo | Cuba | 36–24 | Dominican Republic | Puerto Rico | 23–19 | Mexico |
| 2010 Details | Mayaguez | Dominican Republic | 27–19 | Puerto Rico | Mexico | 41–16 | Costa Rica |
| 2014 Details | Veracruz | Cuba | 32–18 | Puerto Rico | Mexico | 24–15 | Dominican Republic |
| 2018 Details | Barranquilla | Dominican Republic | 29–25 | Puerto Rico | Cuba | 29–21 | Mexico |
| 2023 Details | San Salvador | Cuba | 29–28 | Puerto Rico | Dominican Republic | 29–27 | Mexico |

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Cuba | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Mexico | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Costa Rica | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### Participating nations

| Nation | 1993 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2023 | Years |
| Colombia | - | - | - | - | 5th | 6th | 5th | 3 |
| Costa Rica | 3rd | 5th | - | 4th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 6 |
| Cuba | 1st | - | 1st | - | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 5 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 6 |
| El Salvador | - | - | 5th | 5th | - | - | 8th | 3 |
| Guatemala | 5th | 4th | 6th | 6th | 8th | 5th | – | 6 |
| Mexico | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 7 |
| Nicaragua | - | - | - | - | 6th | 8th | 6th | 3 |
| Puerto Rico | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 7 |
| Total | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 |