2016 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

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]

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

Participating teams

•  Argentina
•  Brazil
•  Canada
•  Chile
•  Colombia
•  Greenland
•  Guatemala
•  Mexico
•  Paraguay
•  Puerto Rico
•  United States
•  Uruguay

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

Preliminary round

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

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

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:

1. 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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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

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

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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

Knockout stage

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×

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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×

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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×

Final ranking

Qualified for the 2017 World Championship

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

Awards

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

References

1. "How to qualify for France Handball 2017?". francehandball2017.com. 29 April 2016. Archived from the original on 24 January 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
2. "¡Brasil campeón del Panamericano 2016!". panamericanohandball2016.com. 19 June 2016. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
3. "Venezuela se baja del Panamericano y como suplente entra México". panamhandball.org (in Spanish). 20 April 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
4. "El sorteo del Panamericano Buenos Aires 2016 será mañana en el Planetario". panamhandball.org (in Spanish). 22 April 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
5. "Se sorteó el Panamericano Buenos Aires 2016, que se jugará en Tecnópolis". panamhandball.org (in Spanish). 23 April 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
6. "Brasil conhece rivais da primeira fase do pan americano de Buenos Aires". globoesporte.gobo.com (in Portuguese). 23 April 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
7. "Brasil conquista o tricampeonato do Pan-Americano Masculino". www.brasilhandebol.com.br (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 23 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.

External links

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