| Event: | Handball |
| Games: | 2019 |
| Venue: | Sports Centre Hall 1 |
| Dates: | July 24 – August 5, 2019 |
| Competitors: | 224 |
| Nations: | 10 |
| Prev: | 2015 |
| Next: | 2023 |
Handball competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, were held from July 24 (two days before the opening ceremony) to August 5.[1] The venue for the competition is the Sports Centre Hall 1 located at the Videna cluster. The venue also hosted judo. A total of eight men's and eight women's teams (each consisting of up to 14 athletes) competed in each tournament. This means a total of 224 athletes are competed.[2]
The winner of each competition qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3]
The following is the competition schedule for the handball competitions:
| P | Preliminaries | ½ | Semifinals | B | Bronze medal game | F | Final |
| Event ↓ / Date → | Wed 24 | Thu 25 | Fri 26 | Sat 27 | Sun 28 | Mon 29 | Tue 30 | Wed 31 | Thu 1 | Fri 2 | Sat 3 | Sun 4 | Mon 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | P | P | ½ | B | F | |||||||||||
| P | P | P | ½ | B | F | |||||||||||
A total of 10 countries have qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation has entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.
A total of eight men's teams and eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games in each tournament. The host nation (Peru) qualified in each tournament, along with seven other teams in various qualifying tournaments.[2]
| Event | Dates | Location | Vacancies | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | align=center | 1 | |||
| 2018 South American Games | 2–6 June | Cochabamba | 2 | ||
| 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games | 27 July – 1 August |  Barranquilla | 3 | ||
| North Zone Qualifying (Canada vs. United States)[4] | 2–5 September |  Auburn Montreal | 1 | ||
| Last chance qualification tournament[5] [6] | 12–13 April | Santiago | 1 | ||
| Total | 8 | ||||
| Event | Dates | Location | Vacancies | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | align=center | 1 | |||
| 2018 South American Games | 27–31 May | Cochabamba | 2 | ||
| 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games | 20–25 July | Barranquilla | 3 | ||
| North Zone Qualifying (Canada vs. United States) | 2–5 September | Auburn Montreal | 1 | ||
| Last chance qualification tournament[7] | 26–28 March |  Mexico City | 1 | ||
| Total | 8 | ||||