2016 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

2016 Pan American Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	11–19 June
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (3rd title)
Runner-up	Chile
Third place	Argentina
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	2,210 (55.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Minik Dahl Høegh; (56 goals)
Best player	Minik Dahl Høegh
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The 2016 Pan American Men's Handball Championship was the 17th official competition for senior men's national handball teams of North, Center, Caribbean and South America. It was held from 11 to 19 June 2016 at the Tecnópolis in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It also acted as the qualifying competition for the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship in France, securing three vacancies for the World Championship.^[1]

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Brazil won the tournament for the third time after defeating Chile 28–24 in the final.^[2]

Venezuela was originally qualified but withdrew due to economic trouble. The Pan-American Team Handball Federation chose Mexico to replace it.^[3]

The draw was held on 23 April 2016 at the Planetario in Buenos Aires.^[4]^[5]^[6]

All times are local (UTC−3).

Group A

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chile	5	4	1	171	109	+62	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Semifinals
2	Argentina (H)	5	4	1	161	88	+73	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Semifinals
3	Greenland	5	4	1	166	131	+35	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Mexico	5	2	3	122	159	−37	4
5	Canada	5	1	4	110	162	−52	2
6	Guatemala	5	0	5	101	182	−81	0

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Source: Panamericanohandball2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

Chile 2 Pts, +7 GD; Argentina 2 Pts, −1 GD; Greenland 2 Pts, −6 GD

11 June 2016 15:10	Chile	30–21	Mexico	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Sosa, Lemes
	Baeza 7	(18–10)	Al. Villalobos 9
	3×	Report	1× 1×

11 June 2016 17:00	Greenland	31–24	Canada	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Oliveira, Nascimento
	Høegh 6	(16–10)	Sartisson 9
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

11 June 2016 17:00	Argentina	37–12	Guatemala	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga
	Fernández 8	(19–3)	Herrera 4
	2×	Report	3× 4×

12 June 2016 15:00	Canada	13–37	Argentina	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Ojeda, Zapata
	Sartisson, Touzel 3	(5–17)	Fernández 8
	3× 4×	Report	2× 3×

12 June 2016 16:00	Mexico	24–36	Greenland	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Pinto, Menezes
	Al. Villalobos 6	(12–18)	Høegh, Ingemann 7
	1× 3× 1×	Report	1× 3×

12 June 2016 18:00	Guatemala	11–41	Chile	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Quadros, Lima
	Garrido, Grijalva 3	(7–21)	Er. Feuchtmann, E. Salinas 7
	1× 1×	Report	2× 4× 1×

13 June 2016 15:00	Argentina	42–17	Mexico	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Oliveira, Nascimento
	Pizarro 8	(21–7)	three players 3
	3× 6×	Report	3× 2× 1×

13 June 2016 16:00	Guatemala	24–27	Canada	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Prieto, González
	Grijalva, Herrera 5	(7–18)	Spence 8
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4×

13 June 2016 19:00	Chile	37–29	Greenland	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Tonnies, Schulze
	R. Salinas 8	(16–16)	Høegh 16
	2× 4×	Report	2× 5× 1×

15 June 2016 15:00	Greenland	25–23	Argentina	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Quadros, Lima
	Kreutzmann 8	(12–12)	P. Simonet 6
	3× 2×	Report	2× 5×

15 June 2016 16:00	Mexico	32–31	Guatemala	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Pinto, Menezes
	Ávalos, Morales 6	(19–13)	Martínez 8
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

15 June 2016 19:00	Chile	42–26	Canada	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Sosa, Lemes
	Er. Feuchtmann 7	(23–12)	Touzel 11
	2× 5× 1×	Report	2× 5× 2×

16 June 2016 15:00	Greenland	45–23	Guatemala	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires
	Moller 16	(25–13)	Herrera 9
	1× 2×	Report	1× 1×

16 June 2016 18:00	Canada	20–28	Mexico	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires
	Sartisson 5	(12–13)	Morales 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

16 June 2016 19:00	Argentina	22–21	Chile	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires
	Vieyra 7	(15–8)	Em. Feuchtmann 5
	3× 6× 1×	Report	2× 6×

Group B

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	214	78	+136	10	Semifinals
2	Uruguay	5	4	1	135	113	+22	8	Semifinals
3	Puerto Rico	5	3	2	145	143	+2	6
4	United States	5	2	3	122	143	−21	4
5	Colombia	5	1	4	100	169	−69	2
6	Paraguay	5	0	5	115	185	−70	0

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Source: Panamericanohandball2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.

11 June 2016 15:00	United States	26–31	Puerto Rico	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Grillo, Lenci
	Hines 9	(15–13)	Nazario 11
	1× 1×	Report	2× 2×

11 June 2016 20:05	Brazil	54–14	Paraguay	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Christiansen, Hesseldal Hansen
	Chiuffa 11	(30–7)	Pérez 4
	2× 2×	Report	2× 3×

11 June 2016 20:00	Uruguay	33–11	Colombia	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Burgos, Delgado
	Lees 5	(14–5)	Restrepo 4
	1× 3×	Report	3× 3×

12 June 2016 17:00	Puerto Rico	24–38	Brazil	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Ochatt, Hernalz
	Hiraldo, Nazario 5	(15–20)	Chiuffa 7
	2× 5×	Report	2× 1×

12 June 2016 19:00	Paraguay	19–34	Uruguay	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Schulze, Tonnies
	Pérez, Ramiro 4	(10–15)	five players 4
	3× 5×	Report	3× 5×

12 June 2016 20:05	Colombia	21–29	United States	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Christiansen, Hesseldal Hansen
	Montoya 5	(9–12)	Reed 9
	1× 4×	Report	3× 5×

13 June 2016 17:00	Brazil	42–10	Colombia	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Zavalla, Moraga
	Chiuffa, Ribeiro 7	(21–7)	Restrepo 4
	3× 2×	Report	1× 4×

13 June 2016 18:00	Paraguay	26–34	Puerto Rico	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Burgos, Delgado
	Pérez 5	(13–17)	Hiraldo, Nazario 8
	3× 5×	Report	3× 7×

13 June 2016 20:00	Uruguay	26–21	United States	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes
	Cancio, Velazco 4	(13–9)	Hines, Inahara 6
	1× 5×	Report	2× 5×

15 June 2016 17:00	United States	15–40	Brazil	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Burgos, Delgado
	Hines 6	(5–20)	Cândido 6
	3× 4×	Report	2× 3×

15 June 2016 18:00	Uruguay	27–22	Puerto Rico	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Lenci, López Grillo
	Velazco 14	(13–13)	Nazario 10
	2× 2×	Report	1× 2×

15 June 2016 20:00	Colombia	32–31	Paraguay	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Ochatt, Hernalz
	Restrepo 8	(14–16)	Mendoza Cazal 8
	1× 2×	Report	1× 5×

16 June 2016 16:00	Puerto Rico	34–26	Colombia	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires
	Mercado 9	(17–10)	Mosquera 10
	1× 3×	Report	2× 6×

16 June 2016 17:00	Brazil	40–15	Uruguay	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires
	L. Santos, Toledo 6	(20–7)	Fabra, Morandeira 4
	3× 2×	Report	2× 3×

16 June 2016 20:00	United States	31–25	Paraguay	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires
	Hines 5	(14–13)	Salinas 6
	2× 6×	Report	2× 3×

Bracket

Semifinals		Final

18 June

Chile	31
		19 June
Uruguay	24
		Chile	24
18 June
		Brazil	28
Brazil	23

Argentina	20
		Third place

		19 June

		Uruguay	13

		Argentina	29

5th place bracket

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

18 June

Greenland	37
		19 June
United States	30
		Greenland	44
18 June
		Puerto Rico	22
Puerto Rico	30

Mexico	29
		Seventh place

		19 June

		United States	27

		Mexico	31

5–8th place semifinals

18 June 2016 18:00	Greenland	37–30	United States	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires
	Høegh 16	(14–14)	Hines 9
	3× 1×	Report	2× 4×

18 June 2016 20:00	Puerto Rico	30–29	Mexico	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires
	Hiraldo 9	(14–16)	Morales 7
	2× 3×	Report	1× 2×

Semifinals

18 June 2016 14:00	Brazil	23–20	Argentina	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires
	Chiuffa 5	(9–9)	Fernández 5
	3× 6×	Report	3× 4×

18 June 2016 16:00	Chile	31–24	Uruguay	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires
	R. Salinas 7	(14–13)	Velazco 5
	2× 7× 1×	Report	1× 2×

Eleventh place game

18 June 2016 10:00	Guatemala	31–25	Paraguay	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires
	M. Morales 7	(14–16)	Pérez 5
	1× 2×	Report	3× 1×

Ninth place game

18 June 2016 12:00	Canada	21–29	Colombia	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires
	Touzel 6	(10–14)	Palacio, Restrepo 6
	3× 3×	Report	1× 7× 1×

Seventh place game

19 June 2016 12:30	United States	27–31	Mexico	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires
	Reed 9	(15–17)	Sandoval 8
	2× 2×	Report	2× 3×

Fifth place game

19 June 2016 14:30	Greenland	44–22	Puerto Rico	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires
	Kreutzmann 9	(18–11)	Hiraldo, Nazario 4
	2× 2×	Report	3× 3×

Third place game

19 June 2016 19:00	Uruguay	13–29	Argentina	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires
	Fabra, Rubbo 4	(5–15)	Pizarro 6
	1× 3×	Report	3× 4×

Final

19 June 2016 16:30	Chile	24–28	Brazil	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires
	Er. Feuchtmann 9	(12–15)	Pozzer 6
	3× 4×	Report	2× 5×

	Qualified for the 2017 World Championship

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Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Chile
	Argentina
4	Uruguay
5	Greenland
6	Puerto Rico
7	Mexico
8	United States
9	Colombia
10	Canada
11	Guatemala
12	Paraguay

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All-star team^[7]

Goalkeeper: Matías Schulz
Right Wing: Fábio Chiuffa
Right Back: Rodrigo Salinas
Playmaker: Sebastián Simonet
Left Back: Minik Dahl Høegh
Left Wing: Felipe Ribeiro
Pivot: Esteban Salinas

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Official website Archived 2016-04-22 at the Wayback Machine
Results on todor66.com

[table_hth_CHI0.46541440508581-7] Chile 2 Pts, +7 GD; Argentina 2 Pts, −1 GD; Greenland 2 Pts, −6 GD

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