Handball at the South Asian Games explained

Handball has been a South Asian Games event since 2010 for men's and since 2016 for women's.

Pakistan is most successful team in men's handball event winning 2 gold and 1 silver medal, ahead of their arch rivals India. Pakistan won gold in the 2010 and 2019 edition of the South Asian Games beating India by 37–31 and 30–29 respectively.^[1] ^[2] In the 2016 edition, Pakistan lost to the hosts India, score being 32–31.^[3]

In women's handball event, India is at top winning 2 gold medals.

Summary

Men

Handball event for men was added to the South Asian Games in its 11th edition held at Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Year	Host	width=1% rowspan=8 bgcolor=ffffff		Final			width=1% rowspan=8 bgcolor=ffffff		Third Place Match
width=15%	Champion	width=9%	Score	width=15%	Runner Up	width=15%	Third Place	width=9%	Score	width=15%	Fourth Place
2010 Details	Dhaka		37–31			42–11
2016 Details	Guwahati & Shillong		32–31			37–25
2019 Details	Kathmandu & Pokhara		30–29			26–23

Women

Handball event for women was added to the South Asian Games in its 12th edition held at Guwahati, India.

Year	Host	width=1% rowspan=8 bgcolor=ffffff		Final			width=1% rowspan=8 bgcolor=ffffff		Third Place Match
width=15%	Champion	width=9%	Score	width=15%	Runner Up	width=15%	Third Place	width=9%	Score	width=15%	Fourth Place
2016 Details	Guwahati & Shillong		45–25			28–24
2019 Details	Kathmandu & Pokhara		35–21			31–15

Medal table

Women

Notes and References

Web site: South Asian Games Handball: Final results . www.teamhandballnews.com . February 7, 2010.
Web site: Pakistan men's Handball team labours to Gold over India in 13th South Asian Games . www.khilari.com.pk . December 9, 2019.
Web site: SAG Handball: India clinches gold in men's and women's event . 15 February 2016 . www.sportstar.thehindu.com . February 15, 2016.