2006 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

2006 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	6–10 June
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	Greenland
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches	20
Goals scored	1124 (56.2 per match)
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The 2006 Pan American Men's Handball Championship was the twelfth edition of the tournament, held in Aracaju, Brazil from 6 to 10 June 2006. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 2007 World Championship, where the top three placed team qualied.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil (H)	3	3	0	0	116	65	+51	6	Semifinals
2	Greenland	3	2	0	1	81	97	−16	4
3	Chile	3	1	0	2	83	106	−23	2
4	Uruguay	3	0	0	3	78	90	−12	0

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Host

6 June 2006 14:00	Greenland	32–30	Chile
		(16–18)

6 June 2006 20:30	Brazil	31–22	Uruguay
		(11–11)

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7 June 2006 16:00	Chile	27–26	Uruguay
		(16–11)

7 June 2006 20:00	Brazil	37–17	Greenland
		(21–10)

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8 June 2006 16:00	Greenland	32–30	Uruguay
		(14–14)

8 June 2006 20:00	Brazil	48–26	Chile
		(22–15)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	107	54	+53	6	Semifinals
2	United States	3	1	1	1	76	91	−15	3
3	Puerto Rico	3	1	0	2	79	87	−8	2
4	Mexico	3	0	1	2	63	93	−30	1

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

6 June 2006 16:00	Argentina	38–20	Puerto Rico
		(19–10)

6 June 2006 18:00	United States	28–28	Mexico
		(11–11)

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7 June 2006 14:00	United States	28–25	Puerto Rico
		(10–8)

7 June 2006 18:00	Argentina	31–14	Mexico
		(19–8)

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8 June 2006 14:00	Puerto Rico	34–21	Mexico
		(17–11)

8 June 2006 18:00	Argentina	38–20	United States
		(18–7)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Brazil	39
	United States	16
					Brazil	28
					Argentina	23
	Argentina	32
	Greenland	18
					Third place
					United States	29
					Greenland	30

Fifth place bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Chile	34
	Mexico	24
					Chile	27
					Uruguay	19
	Puerto Rico	22
	Uruguay	34
					Third place
					Mexico	35
					Puerto Rico	31

5–8th place semifinals

9 June 2006 14:00	Uruguay	34–22	Puerto Rico
		(19–14)

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9 June 2006 16:00	Chile	34–24	Mexico
		(12–17)

Semifinals

9 June 2006 18:00	Brazil	39–16	United States
		(20–7)

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9 June 2006 20:00	Argentina	32–18	Greenland
		(14–9)

Seventh place game

10 June 2006 14:00	Mexico	35–31	Puerto Rico
		(19–14)

Fifth place game

10 June 2006 16:00	Chile	27–19	Uruguay
		(13–12)

Third place game

10 June 2006 18:00	Greenland	30–29	United States
		(14–13)

Final

10 June 2006 20:00	Brazil	28–23	Argentina
		(11–12)

Final ranking

Qualified for the 2007 World Championship

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Argentina
	Greenland
4	United States
5	Chile
6	Uruguay
7	Mexico
8	Puerto Rico

External links

• Results on todor66.com