Handball competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, were held from July 24 (two days before the opening ceremony) to August 5.[1] The venue for the competition is the Sports Centre Hall 1 located at the Videna cluster. The venue also hosted judo. A total of eight men's and eight women's teams (each consisting of up to 14 athletes) competed in each tournament. This means a total of 224 athletes are competed.[2]
A total of eight men's teams and eight women's teams qualified to compete at the games in each tournament. The host nation (Peru) qualified in each tournament, along with seven other teams in various qualifying tournaments.[2]
Chile (3rd-placed finisher at the South American Games) and Colombia (5th at the Central American and Caribbean Games) competed in the last chance tournament.
Chile (3rd-placed finisher at the South American Games), Mexico and Guatemala (4th and 5th at the Central American and Caribbean Games) and Canada (loser of the North Zone Qualifying) competed in the last chance tournament.
^"Pan American Schedule"(PDF). www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 13 June 2019. Archived from the original(PDF) on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.