Handball at the South Asian Games

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 unfortunately 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		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Runner Up		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2010 Details	Dhaka		Pakistan	37–31	India		Bangladesh	42–11	Nepal
2016 Details	Guwahati & Shillong		India	32–31	Pakistan		Bangladesh	37–25	Nepal
2019 Details	Kathmandu & Pokhara		Pakistan	30–29	India		Sri Lanka	26–23	Bangladesh

Women

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

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Runner Up		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2016 Details	Guwahati & Shillong		India	45–25	Bangladesh		Pakistan	28–24	Nepal
2019 Details	Kathmandu & Pokhara		India	35–21	Nepal		Bangladesh	31–15	Pakistan

Medal table

Men

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Pakistan	2	1	0	3
2	India	1	2	0	3
3	Bangladesh	0	0	2	2
4	Sri Lanka	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 nations)		3	3	3	9

Women

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India	2	0	0	2
2	Bangladesh	0	1	1	2
3	Nepal	0	1	0	1
4	Pakistan	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 nations)		2	2	2	6

References

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

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