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.
| Year | Host Country | width=1% rowspan=13 bgcolor=ffffff | Gold medal game | width=1% rowspan=13 bgcolor=ffffff | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=15% | Gold | width=8% | Score | width=15% | Silver | width=15% | Bronze | width=8% | Score | width=15% | Fourth place |
| 1997 Details | Portugal | – | – | ||||||||
| 2001 Details |  Spain | 28–27 | – | ||||||||
| 2003 Details |  France | – | – | ||||||||
| 2009 Details |  Finland | 35–27 | 29–26 | ||||||||
| 2011 Details |  Turkey | 28–26 (ET) | 31–28 | ||||||||
| 2013 Details | Netherlands | 28–23 | 33–22 | ||||||||
| 2015 Details |  Georgia | 30–28 | 31–19 | ||||||||
| 2017 Details |  Hungary | 29–26 | 28–26 | ||||||||
| 2019 Details |  Azerbaijan | 29–28 | 28–21 | ||||||||
| 2022 Details |  Slovakia | 29–28 | 28–24 | ||||||||
| 2023 Details | Slovenia | 32–27 | 43–42 | ||||||||
| Year | Host Country | width=1% rowspan=14 bgcolor=ffffff | Gold medal game | width=1% rowspan=14 bgcolor=ffffff | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=15% | Gold | width=8% | Score | width=15% | Silver | width=15% | Bronze | width=8% | Score | width=15% | Fourth place |
| 1997 Details | Portugal | – | – | ||||||||
| 1999 Details | Denmark | – | – | ||||||||
| 2005 Details |  Italy | 23–19 | 26–24 | ||||||||
| 2007 Details |  Serbia | 30–26 | 27–24 | ||||||||
| 2009 Details | Finland | 30–24 | 33–24 | ||||||||
| 2011 Details | Turkey | 38–20 | 26–22 | ||||||||
| 2013 Details | Netherlands | 29–22 | 28–23 | ||||||||
| 2015 Details | Georgia | 21–20 (ET) | 37–23 | ||||||||
| 2017 Details | Hungary | 30–23 | 32–27 | ||||||||
| 2019 Details | Azerbaijan | 23–21 | 30–20 | ||||||||
| 2022 Details | Slovakia | 30–26 | 28–23 | ||||||||
| 2023 Details | Slovenia | 32–27 | 26–17 | ||||||||