# Handball at the South American Games

Handball has been a South American Games event since 2002 in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. In addition to crowning the handball champions of the South American 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 |
| 2002 Details | São Bernardo do Campo | Argentina | 20–18 | Brazil | Uruguay | 24–17 | Chile |
| 2006 Details | Mar del Plata | Argentina | 28–21 | Uruguay | Chile | 43–24 | Paraguay |
| 2010 Details | Medellin | Brazil | No playoffs | Argentina | Chile | No playoffs | Uruguay |
| 2014 Details | Santiago | Brazil | 25–23 | Argentina | Chile | 27–21 | Uruguay |
| 2018 Details | Cochabamba | Brazil | 25–22 | Argentina | Chile | 23–20 | Uruguay |
| 2022 Details | Asunción | Argentina | No playoffs | Chile | Uruguay | No playoffs | Paraguay |

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Chile | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | Uruguay | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |

### Participating nations

| Nation | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2022 | Years |
| Argentina | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 6 |
| Bolivia | - | - | - | - | 7th | - | 1 |
| Brazil | 2nd | - | 1st | 1st | 1st | - | 4 |
| Chile | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 6 |
| Colombia | - | - | 5th | 7th | - | - | 2 |
| Paraguay | 5th | 4th | - | 6th | - | 4th | 4 |
| Peru | - | - | - | - | 6th | - | 1 |
| Uruguay | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 6 |
| Venezuela | - | - | - | 5th | 5th | 5th | 3 |
| Total | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | |

## 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 |
| 2002 Details | São Bernardo do Campo | Brazil | 26–13 | Argentina | Uruguay | 25–16 | Paraguay |
| 2006 Details | Mar del Plata | Argentina | 27–26 | Paraguay | Chile | 24–23 | Uruguay |
| 2010 Details | Medellín | Argentina | No playoffs | Brazil | Uruguay | No playoffs | Chile |
| 2014 Details | Santiago | Brazil | No playoffs | Argentina | Chile | No playoffs | Uruguay |
| 2018 Details | Cochabamba | Brazil | 26–12 | Argentina | Chile | 31–25 | Paraguay |
| 2022 Details | Asunción | Brazil | No playoffs | Paraguay | Argentina | No playoffs | Uruguay |

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Argentina | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Paraguay | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Chile | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |

### Participating nations

| Nation | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2022 | Years |
| Argentina | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 6 |
| Bolivia | - | - | - | - | 7th | 6th | 2 |
| Brazil | 1st | - | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 5 |
| Chile | - | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 5 |
| Colombia | - | - | 6th | - | - | - | 1 |
| Paraguay | 4th | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 4th | 2nd | 6 |
| Peru | - | - | - | - | 6th | - | 1 |
| Uruguay | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 4th | 6 |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | |