2017 Pan American Men's Youth Handball Championship

The 2017 Pan American Men's Youth Handball Championship the XIII edition of this tournament took place in Santiago, Chile from 15 to 22 April 2017. It acts as a qualifying tournament for the 2017 Men's Youth World Handball Championship.^[2][3]

2017 Pan American Men's Youth Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Chile
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	15–22 April
Teams	11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (8th title)
Runner-up	Brazil
Third place	Chile[1]
Fourth place	Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Matches played	35
Goals scored	1,845 (52.71 per match)
Attendance	8,723 (249 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Guilherme Torriani Israel Bayardo (43 goals)
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Participating teams

•  Argentina
•  Brazil
•  Canada
•  Chile
•  Costa Rica
•  Mexico
•  Paraguay
•  Puerto Rico
•  United States
•  Uruguay
•  Venezuela

Referees

Following six referee pairs were selected by the Pan-American Team Handball Federation for the championship:

Referees  Argentina Gonzalo Delgado / Rubén Burgos  Brazil Tarsis Kelson de Oliveira / Dnaldo Silva  Chile Marcelo Moraga / Angel Zavalla

Referees  Mexico Juan Coba / Omar Osalde  Paraguay José Galeano / Ángel Franco  Uruguay Cristian Lemes / Mathías Sosa

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Argentina	4	4	0	0	147	57	90	8
2	Venezuela	4	3	0	1	117	108	9	6
3	Uruguay	4	2	0	2	87	95	–8	4
4	Canada	4	1	0	3	111	126	–15	2
5	Puerto Rico	4	0	0	4	75	151	–76	0

Team qualified to the semi-finals

All times are local (UTC−03:00).

April 15 12:00	Uruguay	31–23	Canada	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 150 Referees: Moraga, Zavalla (CHI)
	Brugnoli 8	(17–11)	Labonville 6
	1× 5×	Report	2× 4×

April 15 16:00	Argentina	49–10	Puerto Rico	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 160 Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
	Cañete 9	(21–5)	Rivera 4
	2× 3×	Report	1× 3×

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April 16 12:00	Puerto Rico	24–41	Venezuela	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Referees: Moraga, Zavalla (CHI)
	Saunders 6	(11–19)	four players 7
	2× 11× 1×	Report	3× 4×

April 16 16:00	Canada	21–38	Argentina	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 180 Referees: Galeano, Franco (PAR)
	Bastille 7	(6–18)	Gallardo 7
	2×	Report	1× 5×

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April 17 12:00	Puerto Rico	25–36	Canada	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 100 Referees: Coba, Osalde (MEX)
	Saunders 6	(12–17)	Belanguer 8
	3× 5×	Report	1× 3×

April 17 14:00	Venezuela	27–22	Uruguay	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 100 Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
	Lobo 9	(10–10)	three players 5
	1× 5×	Report	2× 6×

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April 18 12:00	Venezuela	32–31	Canada	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 100 Referees: Franco, Galeano (PAR)
	Lobo 9	(19–13)	Paul-Hus 6
	6×	Report	1× 3×

April 18 18:00	Uruguay	9–29	Argentina	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 200 Referees: Oliveira, Silva (BRA)
	Brugnoli 4	(7–12)	Sulak 4
	1×	Report	1× 2×

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April 20 14:00	Uruguay	25–16	Puerto Rico	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 100 Referees: Coba, Osalde (MEX)
	Salas 6	(14–6)	Santiago 4
	2× 2×	Report	3× 4×

April 20 18:00	Argentina	31–17	Venezuela	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 300 Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
	Arakaki, Aizen 7	(15–9)	Lobo 6
	3× 1×	Report	1× 2×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brazil	5	5	0	0	219	77	142	10
2	Chile	5	4	0	1	178	95	83	8
3	Mexico	5	2	0	3	115	136	–21	4
4	Paraguay	5	2	0	3	133	181	–48	4
5	United States	5	1	1	3	83	174	–91	3
6	Costa Rica	5	0	1	4	95	160	–65	1

Team qualified to the semi-finals

April 15 14:00	Paraguay	35–32	Costa Rica	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 180 Referees: Oliveira, Silva (BRA)
	Fiore 10	(17–12)	Arias 9
	4× 6×	Report	2× 3×

April 15 18:00	Brazil	33–21	Mexico	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 300 Referees: Galeano, Franco (PAR)
	Cândido 8	(19–9)	Loya, Bayardo 5
	1× 6×	Report	2× 3×

April 15 20:30	Chile	38–12	United States	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 600 Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
	Avedaño 6	(16–11)	Skorupa 4
	3× 1×	Report	1× 1×

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April 16 14:00	Costa Rica	7–40	Brazil	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 250 Referees: Coba, Osalde (MEX)
	Marchena, Arias 3	(4–25)	Monte, Catarino 7
	4×	Report	1× 1×

April 16 18:00	United States	17–31	Paraguay	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 303 Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
	Dobrani 4	(7–13)	Fiore 9
	1× 3×	Report	3× 2× 1×

April 16 20:00	Mexico	20–37	Chile	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 300 Referees: Oliveira, Silva (BRA)
	Bayardo 9	(9–14)	Codina, López
	3× 3× 1×	Report	3× 7×

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April 17 16:00	Mexico	24–21	Costa Rica	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 150 Referees: Zavalla, Moraga (CHI)
	Martinez 5	(13–10)	Zuñiga 6
	3× 9×	Report	2× 8×

April 17 18:00	Brazil	60–7	United States	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 150 Referees: Franco, Galeano (PAR)
	Santos Jr. 10	(30–4)	Kennedy 4
	3×	Report	1× 5×

April 17 20:00	Chile	44–25	Paraguay	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 300 Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
	Arancibia 6	(19–9)	Fiore 6
	3× 7×	Report	3× 2×

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April 18 14:00	United States	23–21	Mexico	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 100 Referees: Brugos, Delgado (ARG)
	Kennedy, Skorupa 6	(8–11)	Bayardo, Marquez 4
	3× 5×	Report	1× 3×

April 18 16:00	Paraguay	20–59	Brazil	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 150 Referees: Zavalla, Moraga (CHI)
	Corvalan, Canata 5	(7–35)	Torriani 12
	1× 8× 1×	Report	3× 5×

April 18 20:00	Chile	37–11	Costa Rica	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 230 Referees: Coba, Osalde (MEX)
	Andrade 8	(15–6)	Solano 6
	3× 5×	Report	1× 2×

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April 20 12:00	Paraguay	22–29	Mexico	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 100 Referees: Oliveira, Silva (BRA)
	Cruz 6	(12–12)	Bayardo 10
	4× 7× 1×	Report	3× 2×

April 20 16:00	Costa Rica	24–24	United States	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 100 Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
	Marchena, Brenes 5	(12–9)	Amitovic, Eriksson 5
	2× 2×	Report	1× 4×

April 20 20:00	Brazil	27–22	Chile	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 850 Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
	Cândido 9	(16–13)	Gomez 6
	3× 6×	Report	4× 3× 1×

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	April 21
	Argentina	20
					April 22
	Chile	12
					Argentina (OT)	22
	April 21
					Brazil	21
	Brazil	42
	Venezuela	16
					Third place
					April 22
					Chile	35
					Venezuela	20

5–8th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	April 21
	Uruguay	25
					April 22
	Paraguay	22
					Uruguay	15
	April 21
					Mexico	25
	Canada	25
	Mexico	28
					Seventh place
					April 22
					Paraguay	23
					Canada	32

5–8th place semifinals

April 21 14:00	Canada	25–28	Mexico	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 100 Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
	Dueck, Belanguer 6	(11–14)	Loya 14
	2× 8×	Report	1× 5×

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April 21 16:00	Uruguay	25–22	Paraguay	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 150 Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
	Sagasti, Esteves 6	(12–12)	Piñanes 8
	1× 3×	Report	3× 5× 1×

Semifinals

April 21 18:00	Brazil	42–16	Venezuela	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 320 Referees: Zavalla, Moraga (CHI)
	Cândido 9	(23–8)	Rojas 5
	2× 3×	Report	2× 4×

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April 21 20:00	Argentina	20–12	Chile	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 950 Referees: Oliveira, Silva (BRA)
	Aizen 6	(9–4)	Valenzuela 4
	4× 7×	Report	4× 2×

Consolation round

April 21 12:00	Puerto Rico	26–27	Costa Rica	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 100 Referees: Franco, Galeano (PAR)
	Rivera 5	(15–12)	Marchena 8
	2× 4×	Report	1× 4×

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April 22 11:00	Puerto Rico	25–24	United States	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 100 Referees: Coba, Osalde (MEX)
	Saunders 5	(10–12)	Skorupa 9
	3× 2×	Report	1× 6× 1×

Seventh place game

April 22 13:00	Paraguay	23–32	Canada	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 100 Referees: Zavalla, Moraga (CHI)
	Duarte 5	(9–16)	Labonville 6
	3× 4×	Report	1× 3×

Fifth place game

April 22 15:00	Uruguay	15–25	Mexico	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 200 Referees: Burgos, Delgado (ARG)
	Echeverry 4	(7–10)	Bayardo 8
	2× 4× 1×	Report	2×

Third place game

April 22 17:00	Chile	35–20	Venezuela	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 300 Referees: Oliveira, Silva (BRA)
	Cabrera 9	(17–10)	Rojas 8
	2× 3×	Report	3× 1×

Final

April 22 19:00	Argentina	22–21 (ET)	Brazil	Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico, Santiago Attendance: 950 Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
	Martinez 5	(8–8)	Torriani 7
	1× 2×	Report	3×
	FT: 16–16 ET: 6–5

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Argentina
	Brazil
	Chile
4	Venezuela
5	Mexico
6	Uruguay
7	Canada
8	Paraguay
9	Costa Rica
10	Puerto Rico
11	United States

Teams qualified to the 2017 Men's Youth World Handball Championship

Awards

All-star team^[4]

• Goalkeeper: Santiago Giovagnola
• Right Wing: Martín Arakaki
• Right Back: Leonardo Comerlatto
• Center Back: Yericson Monroy
• Left Back: Paulo Cândido
• Left Wing: Guilherme Torriani
• Pivot: José Luis López
• MVP: Paulo Cândido

References

1. "Chile se queda con el bronce en el Panamericano Juvenil de Balonmano". www.diarioeldia.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2017.
2. "Chile jugará en el grupo B del Panamericano juvenil de Handball Santiago 2017". www.farodeportivo.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 April 2017.
3. "Este fin de semana comienza en el CEO el Panamericano Juvenil Masculino de balonmano". www.radiosport.cl (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
4. "¡Argentina es campeón juvenil panamericano!". panamhandball.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2017.

External links

• Championship page on PATHF Official Website