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.

Year	Host	Final			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

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)		6	6	6	18

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

Year	Host	Final			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

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)		6	6	6	18

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