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International handball competition From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1980 Pan American Men's Handball Championship was the first edition of the Pan American Men's Handball Championship, held in Mexico from 7 to 14 January 1980. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 1980 Summer Olympics. The tournament was planned to be in 1979 but was delayed several times.[1]
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Mexico |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 7–14 January 1980 |
Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Cuba (1st title) |
Runner-up | Canada |
Third place | United States |
Fourth place | Brazil |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 588 (39.2 per match) |
7 January 1980 | Canada | 22–22 | Mexico | Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City |
Obzygaile 5 | (11–9) | García 7 | ||
[2] |
7 January 1980 | Cuba | 19–19 | Brazil | Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City |
(8–12) | Luizinho 6 | |||
[3] |
7 January 1980 | Argentina | 12–19 | United States | Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City |
(5–10) | ||||
8 January 1980 | United States | 27–23 | Brazil | Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City |
(14–10) | ||||
[4] |
8 January 1980 | Mexico | 15–19 | Argentina | Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City |
Grote 4 | (9–9) | Quipiro 7 | ||
[5] |
8 January 1980 | Canada | 19–22 | Cuba | Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City |
(9–8) | ||||
11 January 1980 | Canada | 18–13 | Argentina | Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City |
(6–5) | ||||
11 January 1980 | Brazil | 14–13 | Mexico | Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City |
(5–4) | ||||
[6] |
11 January 1980 | Cuba | 23–20 | United States | Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City |
(12–9) | ||||
12 January 1980 | Cuba | 29–17 | Argentina | Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City |
(17–7) | ||||
12 January 1980 | Canada | 19–16 | Brazil | Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City |
(9–9) | ||||
12 January 1980 | Mexico | 17–32 | United States | Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City |
(7–13) | ||||
14 January 1980 | Canada | 20–17 | United States | Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City |
(10–10) | ||||
14 January 1980 | Argentina | 14–18 | Brazil | Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City |
(5–6) | ||||
[7] |
14 January 1980 | Mexico | 22–28 | Cuba | Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City |
(12–14) | ||||
Qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics |
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