| Sport | Handball |
|---|---|
| Inaugural season | 1986 |
| Ceased | 1994 |
| Most titles |  Soviet Union (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.
| Year | Host | Final | 3rd place match | Teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runners-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | ||||||
| 1986 | Soviet Union |  Soviet Union [4] [5] | n/a |  United States [6] [5] [7] |  Czechoslovakia [5] | n/a |  Iceland | 5 (+1) | |||
| 1990 |  United States | Soviet Union [8] | 29 – 27 ( a.e.t. ) [9] |  Yugoslavia [8] [10] |  Spain | 24 – 19 | United States | 8 | |||
| 1994 |  Russia |  France | 22 – 20 |  Russia | Spain | 29 – 25 |  South Korea | 6 | |||
| Year | Host | Final | 3rd place match | Teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runners-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | ||||||
| 1986 | Soviet Union | Soviet Union | n/a |  West Germany |  Hungary | n/a |  Denmark | 6 | |||
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 |  France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 West Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  Spain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 |  Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (9 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
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