2018 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

2018 Pan American Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Greenland
Dates	16–24 June
Teams	11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (7th title)
Runner-up	Brazil
Third place	Chile
Fourth place	Greenland
Tournament statistics
Matches	34
Goals scored	1,874 (55 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Fábio Chiuffa ; (45 goals)
Best player	Henrique Teixeira
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Last updated March 16, 2022

The 2018 Pan American Men's Handball Championship was the 18th official competition for senior men's national handball teams of North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. It was held from 16 to 24 June 2018 in Nuuk, Greenland. It also acted as the qualifying competition for the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship in Denmark and Germany, securing three vacancies for the World Championship.^[1]^[2]

Venue


Nuuk	Nuuk
Inussivik
Capacity: 2,150

Qualification

Qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	1	Greenland
Automatic qualifiers^[4]	3	Argentina Brazil Chile
Central American Games ^[4]	1	Guatemala
South Zone^[5]	4	Colombia Paraguay Peru Uruguay
Nor.Ca. Championship ^[6]	3	Canada ~~Cuba~~ Puerto Rico

Cuba withdrew before the tournament.^[7]

Draw

The draw was held on 14 April 2018 at Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[8]

Seeding

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Brazil Chile	Argentina Uruguay	Greenland ~~Cuba~~	Canada Puerto Rico	Colombia Guatemala	Paraguay Peru

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−2).^[9]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	4	4	0	168	54	+114	8	Semifinals
2	Chile	4	3	1	126	77	+49	6	Semifinals
3	Puerto Rico	4	2	2	106	121	−15	4	5–8th place semifinals
4	Guatemala	4	1	3	76	151	−75	2	5–8th place semifinals
5	Peru	4	0	4	72	145	−73	0	9th place game
6	Cuba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn^[7]

Source: Panamhandball
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.

16 June 2018 14:00	Argentina	48–8	Peru	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 344 Referees: Alaufsen, Sørensen (GRL)
	I. Pizarro 13	(24–4)	Gutelius 3
	2× 2×	Report	1×

16 June 2018 18:00	Chile	33–26	Puerto Rico	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 600 Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
	R. Salinas 8	(18–14)	Nazario 9
	1× 4×	Report	4× 1×

17 June 2018 14:00	Puerto Rico	18–42	Argentina	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 230 Referees: Rocha, Magalhães (BRA)
	Hiraldo 6	(11–23)	I. Pizarro 7
	1× 3×	Report	2× 4×

17 June 2018 18:00	Guatemala	14–39	Chile	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 200 Referees: López, Lenci (ARG)
	Herrera 6	(7–17)	Ayala 7
	1× 2×	Report	1× 4×

18 June 2018 14:00	Puerto Rico	32–21	Guatemala	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 130 Referees: Meneses, Pinto (BRA)
	Gutiérrez, Nazario 8	(14–10)	Herrera 8
	2× 6×	Report	1× 1×

18 June 2018 18:00	Chile	36–13	Peru	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 290 Referees: Rocha, Magalhães (BRA)
	Feuchtmann 7	(18–6)	Vélez 4
	2× 6×	Report	1×

20 June 2018 10:00	Argentina	54–10	Guatemala	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 100 Referees: Meneses, Pinto (BRA)
	F. Pizarro 13	(29–4)	García 3
	2×	Report	2×

20 June 2018 14:00	Peru	25–30	Puerto Rico	Inussivik, Nuuk Referees: Alaufsen, Sørensen (GRL)
	Camborda, López 5	(13–16)	Hiraldo 6
	3× 2×	Report	2× 3×

21 June 2018 10:00	Guatemala	31–26	Peru	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 90 Referees: Rocha, Magalhães (URU)
	Martínez, M. Morales 10	(16–10)	Gutelius 7
	1× 4×	Report	4× 5×

21 June 2018 18:00	Chile	18–24	Argentina	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 1,760 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Feuchtmann 8	(9–10)	F. Fernández 7
	4× 4×	Report	3× 7×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	195	96	+99	10	Semifinals
2	Greenland (H)	5	4	1	159	131	+28	8	Semifinals
3	Uruguay	5	3	2	136	137	−1	6	5–8th place semifinals
4	Canada	5	2	3	107	145	−38	4	5–8th place semifinals
5	Colombia	5	1	4	116	150	−34	2	9th place game
6	Paraguay	5	0	5	104	158	−54	0

Source: Panamhandball
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) Host

16 June 2018 12:00	Uruguay	34–25	Paraguay	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 222 Referees: López, Lenci (ARG)
	Fabra 8	(18–12)	Mendoza 6
	2×	Report	2× 4×

16 June 2018 16:00	Brazil	42–13	Canada	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 289 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Chiuffa 8	(21–6)	Mercier, Touzel 3
	3×	Report	2× 2×

16 June 2018 20:30	Greenland	35–24	Colombia	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Høegh, Ak. Kreutzmann 6	(18–11)	S. Restrepo 9
	3× 6×	Report	2× 4× 1×

17 June 2018 12:00	Canada	24–26	Uruguay	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 100 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Fischer 6	(8–14)	Rostagno 6
	2× 4×	Report	2× 4×

17 June 2018 16:00	Colombia	22–42	Brazil	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 247 Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
	S. Restrepo 9	(11–18)	Borges 7
	6×	Report	1× 5×

17 June 2018 20:00	Paraguay	22–35	Greenland	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 933 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA)
	Melgarejo 6	(13–17)	Heilmann 7
	1× 4× 1×	Report	3× 3×

18 June 2018 12:00	Canada	25–24	Colombia	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 120 Referees: López, Lenci (ARG)
	Mercier 8	(11–11)	Mayo 11
	2× 8×	Report	2× 8×

18 June 2018 16:00	Brazil	40–14	Paraguay	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 140 Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
	Chiuffa 9	(18–6)	Mendoza 4
	3× 4×	Report	1× 1× 1×

18 June 2018 20:00	Uruguay	29–31	Greenland	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 1,920 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Fabra 6	(14–17)	Høegh 7
	1× 3×	Report	2× 7× 1×

20 June 2018 12:00	Paraguay	21–25	Canada	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 200 Referees: López, Lenci (ARG)
	V. Pérez 5	(9–12)	three players 4
	3× 7× 1×	Report	1× 6× 1×

20 June 2018 16:00	Uruguay	26–22	Colombia	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 219 Referees: Rocha, Magalhães (BRA)
	Chaparro 5	(13–12)	Cardona 5
	2× 4×	Report	2× 7× 1×

20 June 2018 20:00	Greenland	26–36	Brazil	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 2,150 Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
	Høegh 8	(11–21)	Chiuffa 7
	5× 1×	Report	2× 2×

21 June 2018 12:00	Colombia	24–22	Paraguay	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 150 Referees: Meneses, Pinto (BRA)
	S. Restrepo 7	(11–12)	Garcete 6
	2× 6×	Report	3× 7×

21 June 2018 16:00	Brazil	35–21	Uruguay	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 300 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Chiuffa 7	(20–8)	Fabra 7
		Report	2× 1×

21 June 2018 20:00	Greenland	32–20	Canada	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 2,200 Referees: López, Lenci (ARG)
	Sandgreen 8	(15–9)	Touzel 6
	2× 4×	Report	2× 4× 1×

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals		Final

23 June

Argentina	39
		24 June
Greenland	17
		Argentina	29
23 June
		Brazil	24
Chile	24

Brazil	32
		Third place

		24 June

		Greenland	36

		Chile (ET)	39

5th place bracket

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

23 June

Guatemala	15
		24 June
Uruguay	36
		Uruguay	22
23 June
		Canada	29
Puerto Rico	26

Canada	30
		Seventh place

		24 June

		Guatemala	20

		Puerto Rico	32

Ninth place game

23 June 2018 12:00	Peru	26–33	Colombia	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 222 Referees: Alaufsen, Sørensen (GRL)
	Buitrón 6	(15–15)	S. Restrepo 11
	4× 2×	Report	1× 3×

5–8th place semifinals

23 June 2018 14:00	Puerto Rico	26–30	Canada	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 200 Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
	Hiraldo 10	(14–14)	Mercier 8
	3× 2×	Report	1× 2×

23 June 2018 16:00	Guatemala	15–36	Uruguay	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 400 Referees: Rocha, Magalhães (BRA)
	Herrera 4	(7–17)	Melián, Rostagno 6
	1× 5×	Report	2×

Semifinals

23 June 2018 18:00	Chile	24–32	Brazil	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 2,122 Referees: López, Lenci (ARG)
	Ayala 5	(11–14)	Toledo 10
	4× 5× 1×	Report	3× 3×

23 June 2018 20:15	Argentina	39–17	Greenland	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 2,460 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	four players 5	(17–8)	Høegh 3
	2× 6×	Report	4× 1×

Seventh place game

24 June 2018 10:00	Guatemala	20–32	Puerto Rico	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 92 Referees: Alaufsen, Sørensen (GRL)
	Grijalva, Herrera 4	(10–18)	Gutiérrez, P. Rodríguez 7
	1× 1×	Report	2× 1×

Fifth place game

24 June 2018 12:00	Uruguay	22–29	Canada	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 800 Referees: Meneses, Pinto (BRA)
	Fabra 4	(9–14)	Larouche, Touzel 5
	3× 5×	Report	2× 5×

Third place game

24 June 2018 14:00	Greenland	36–39 (ET)	Chile	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 2,420 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Høegh 12	(16–16)	R. Salinas 12
	1× 4×	Report	4× 6×
	FT: 31–31 ET: 5–8

Final

24 June 2018 16:00	Argentina	29–24	Brazil	Inussivik, Nuuk Attendance: 1,730 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	F. Pizarro 10	(13–8)	Dos Santos 7
	1× 5×	Report	2× 4×

Final ranking

	Qualified for the 2019 World Championship

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

Awards

All-star team^[10]

Best player: Henrique Teixeira
Goalkeeper: Isak Olsen
Right Wing: Fábio Chiuffa
Right Back: José Toledo
Playmaker: Sebastián Simonet
Left Back: Thiagus dos Santos
Left Wing: Federico Fernández
Pivot: Esteban Salinas

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References

↑ "Greenland to host 2018 senior Pan Am Championships". handball-world.news. 1 August 2016.
↑ "Se llevó a cabo el Congreso 2016 de la PATHF, con renovación de autoridades y definición de sedes". panamhandball.org. 31 July 2016.
↑ "Argentina reclaim Pan American title". ihf.info. 24 June 2018.
1 2 "Six teams vie for three tickets to Pan American Championship". ihf.info. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
↑ "2018 Men's Pan American Championship – 'South Zone' qualification". ihf.info. 16 February 2018.
↑ "Cuba, Canada and Puerto Rico to Pan American Championship". ihf.info. 9 April 2018.
1 2 "Confirmado: Cuba NO juega el Panamericano de Groenlandia". blog.mundohandball.com. 15 June 2018. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
↑ "Draw for 2018 Pan American Men's Championship". ihf.info. 13 April 2018.
↑ "2018 Men's Pan American Championship - Match schedule released". ihf.info. 27 April 2018.
↑ "¡¡¡ARGENTINA CAMPEÓN PANAMERICANO!!!". handballargentina.org. 24 June 2018.

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[1] "Greenland to host 2018 senior Pan Am Championships". handball-world.news. 1 August 2016.

[2] "Se llevó a cabo el Congreso 2016 de la PATHF, con renovación de autoridades y definición de sedes". panamhandball.org. 31 July 2016.

[3] "Argentina reclaim Pan American title". ihf.info. 24 June 2018.

[ihf-4] 1 2 "Six teams vie for three tickets to Pan American Championship". ihf.info. Retrieved 1 April 2018.

[5] "2018 Men's Pan American Championship – 'South Zone' qualification". ihf.info. 16 February 2018.

[6] "Cuba, Canada and Puerto Rico to Pan American Championship". ihf.info. 9 April 2018.

[Cuba-7] 1 2 "Confirmado: Cuba NO juega el Panamericano de Groenlandia". blog.mundohandball.com. 15 June 2018. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.

[8] "Draw for 2018 Pan American Men's Championship". ihf.info. 13 April 2018.

[9] "2018 Men's Pan American Championship - Match schedule released". ihf.info. 27 April 2018.

[10] "¡¡¡ARGENTINA CAMPEÓN PANAMERICANO!!!". handballargentina.org. 24 June 2018.

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v t e Pan American Handball Championship
Men	Mexico 1979 Argentina 1981 USA 1983 Brazil 1985 Cuba 1989 Brazil 1994 USA 1996 Cuba 1998 Brazil 2000 Argentina 2002 Chile 2004 Brazil 2006 Brazil 2008 Chile 2010 Argentina 2012 Uruguay 2014 Argentina 2016 Greenland 2018
Women	Brazil 1986 USA 1989 Brazil 1991 Brazil 1997 Argentina 1999 Brazil 2000 Brazil 2003 Brazil 2005 Dominican Republic 2007 Chile 2009 Brazil 2011 Dominican Republic 2013 Cuba 2015 Argentina 2017

v t e 2019 World Men's Handball Championship qualification
Africa	2018 African Men's Handball Championship
Asia	2018 Asian Men's Handball Championship
America	2018 Pan American Men's Handball Championship
Europe	2018 European Men's Handball Championship European qualification