Handball at the Goodwill Games explained

Sport:	Handball
Inaugural:	1986
Folded:	1994
Most Champs:	(3 titles)

Handball has been included at three editions of the Goodwill Games. It was first held for both men and women in 1986.^[1]

Two other editions have been held in 1990^[2] and 1994,^[3] but only for men.

Men's tournament

Year	Host	width=1% rowspan=5 style="background-color:#ffffff;"		Final			width=1% rowspan=5 style="background-color:#ffffff;"		3rd place match			width=1% rowspan=5 style="background-color:#ffffff;"		Teams
width=14%	Champions	width=9%	Score	width=14%	Runners-up	width=14%	3rd place	width=9%	Score	width=14%	4th place
	Soviet Union			^[4]				5 (+1)
	United States		29 – 27			24 – 19		8
	Russia		22 – 20			29 – 25		6

A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Women's tournament

Year	Host	width=1% rowspan=3 style="background-color:#ffffff;"		Final			width=1% rowspan=3 style="background-color:#ffffff;"		3rd place match			width=1% rowspan=3 style="background-color:#ffffff;"		Teams
width=14%	Champions	width=9%	Score	width=14%	Runners-up	width=14%	3rd place	width=9%	Score	width=14%	4th place
	Soviet Union							6

A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1986 Goodwill Games Results - Handball (team) . goodwillgames.com . 1986 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050207012626/http://www.goodwillgames.com/general/86resultshb.html . 2005-02-07 .
2. Web site: 1990 Goodwill Games Medalists . goodwillgames.com . 1998 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050215225306/http://www.goodwillgames.com/general/90.medalists.html . 2005-02-15.
3. Web site: 1994 Goodwill Games Medalists . goodwillgames.com . 1998 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050215225244/http://www.goodwillgames.com/general/94medalists.html . 2005-02-15.
4. Soldiers, publisher: Department of the Army, published: 2010