2024 South and Central American Men's Youth Handball Championship

2024 South and Central American Men's Youth Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Nicaragua
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	5–9 November
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (2nd title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	Uruguay
Fourth place	Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	1,095 (54.75 per match)
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The 2024 South and Central American Men's Youth Handball Championship took place in Managua, Nicaragua, from 5 to 9 November 2024. ^[1] It acted as the South and Central American qualifying tournament for the 2025 IHF Men's U19 Handball World Championship.

Qualification

Qualification	Host	Dates	Vacancies	Qualified
Automated entry			4	Argentina   Brazil   Chile   Uruguay
IHF Trophy South and Central America – Central American Zone [2]	Managua	16–20 April 2024	2	Guatemala   Nicaragua
IHF Trophy South and Central America – South American Zone [3]	Palmira	23–27 April 2024	2	Colombia   Paraguay

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC–6).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	125	58	+67	6	Semifinals
2	Uruguay	3	2	0	1	99	81	+18	4
3	Nicaragua (H)	3	1	0	2	90	122	−32	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Paraguay	3	0	0	3	71	124	−53	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
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

5 November 2024 19:00	Argentina	50–24	Nicaragua	Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua Attendance: 80 Referees: Sepulveda, Leyton (CHI)
	Medina 8	(23–12)	O. López 7
	5×	Report	1×

5 November 2024 21:00	Uruguay	43–21	Paraguay	Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua Attendance: 70 Referees: Bohoiavlenska, Molina (USA)
	Carpineli 7	(16–11)	Barrios, Vigo 4
	1×	Report	3×

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6 November 2024 17:00	Paraguay	17–42	Argentina	Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua Attendance: 80 Referees: Santana, Ramalho (BRA)
	Martínez 6	(7–18)	Lazcano 8
	1×	Report	1× 3×

6 November 2024 19:00	Nicaragua	27–39	Uruguay	Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua Attendance: 55 Referees: Bohoiavlenska, Molina (USA)
	O. López, Sinclair 5	(9–18)	González 6
	3×	Report	1× 3×

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7 November 2024 17:00	Argentina	33–17	Uruguay	Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua Attendance: 70 Referees: Gonçalves, Dezembro (BRA)
	Colombo 6	(15–5)	three players 3
	4×	Report	3×

7 November 2024 19:00	Nicaragua	39–33	Paraguay	Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua Referees: Lenzue, Burgos (URU)
	O. López 7	(19–18)	Barrios, Ruiz 8
	2×	Report	3×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	110	43	+67	6	Semifinals
2	Chile	3	2	0	1	74	57	+17	4
3	Colombia	3	1	0	2	63	88	−25	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Guatemala	3	0	0	3	55	114	−59	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
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.

5 November 2024 11:00	Chile	34–19	Guatemala	Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua Attendance: 43 Referees: Petrone, Rueda (ARG)
	Calderón 7	(18–8)	Kreuzer 6
	1×	Report	1×

5 November 2024 13:00	Brazil	40–15	Colombia	Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua Attendance: 59 Referees: Lenzue, Burgos (URU)
	Silva 11	(23–7)	Salazar 6
		Report

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6 November 2024 11:00	Guatemala	9–49	Brazil	Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua Attendance: 45 Referees: Sepulveda, Leyton (CHI)
	Ortiz 3	(2–21)	Silva 11
	1×	Report

6 November 2024 13:00	Colombia	17–21	Chile	Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua Attendance: 47 Referees: Gonçalves, Dezembro (BRA)
	López, Salazar 6	(8–9)	Ramos, Serrano 3
	3×	Report	1× 3×

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7 November 2024 11:00	Brazil	21–19	Chile	Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua Attendance: 42 Referees: Petrone, Rueda (ARG)
	Borja 9	(11–6)	Calderón, Verona 4
	2×	Report	3×

7 November 2024 13:00	Colombia	31–27	Guatemala	Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua Attendance: 49 Referees: Gutiérrez, Aguilera (CHI)
	M. Montoya 10	(17–12)	Lemus, Ortiz 6
	1× 1×	Report	7×

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	8 November
	Argentina	31
					9 November
	Chile	21
					Argentina	17
	8 November
					Brazil	19
	Brazil	21
	Uruguay	13
					Third place
					9 November
					Chile	23
					Uruguay	24

5–8th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	8 November
	Nicaragua	33
					9 November
	Guatemala	26
					Nicaragua	36
	8 November
					Paraguay	33
	Colombia	28
	Paraguay	29
					Seventh place
					9 November
					Guatemala	23
					Colombia	31

5–8th place semifinals

8 November 2024 11:00	Nicaragua	33–26	Guatemala	Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua Attendance: 13 Referees: Sepulveda, Leyton (CHI)
	Meza 8	(13–13)	Guzmán, Lemus 5
	6×	Report	4×

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8 November 2024 13:00	Colombia	28–29	Paraguay	Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua Attendance: 49 Referees: Gutierrez, Aguilera (CHI)
	López 10	(14–14)	Duarte 5
	4×	Report	3×

Semifinals

8 November 2024 17:00	Argentina	31–21	Chile	Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua Attendance: 70 Referees: Santana, Ramalho (BRA)
	Pérez 6	(16–9)	Venegas, Verona 4
	2×	Report	3×

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8 November 2024 19:00	Brazil	21–13	Uruguay	Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua Attendance: 75 Referees: Petrone, Rueda (ARG)
	Siquieira, Suzuki 5	(10–6)	Carpinelli 4
	5× 1× 1×	Report	1× 1×

Seventh place game

9 November 2024 11:00	Guatemala	23–31	Colombia	Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua Attendance: 38 Referees: Burgos, Lenzue (URU)
	Lemus 8	(13–16)	M. Montoya 5
	2×	Report	1× 2×

Fifth place game

9 November 2024 13:00	Nicaragua	36–33	Paraguay	Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua Attendance: 120 Referees: Bohoiavlenska, Molina (USA)
	Ó. López 11	(16–16)	Barrios 8
	1× 1×	Report	2×

Third place game

9 November 2024 17:00	Chile	23–24	Uruguay	Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua Attendance: 102 Referees: Gonçalves, Dezembro (BRA)
	Castillo 8	(14–12)	four players 4
	1×	Report	4×

Final

9 November 2024 19:00	Argentina	17–19	Brazil	Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua Attendance: 130 Referees: Gutiérrez, Aguilera (CHI)
	Torossian 6	(6–7)	Siqueira 7
	1× 3×	Report	1× 5× 1×

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Argentina
	Uruguay
4	Chile
5	Nicaragua
6	Paraguay
7	Colombia
8	Guatemala

	Qualified for the 2025 Men's U19 World Championship
	Qualified for the 2025 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy

References

1. "Torneos Sur-Centro Juvenil + IHF Trophy Masculino – Managua, Nicaragua 2024". handballargentina.org (in Spanish). 4 November 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
2. "Guatemala and Nicaragua triumph at Central American Zone tournaments of the Men's IHF Trophy South and Central America". IHF. 23 April 2024. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
3. "Colombia and Venezuela win South American Zone of IHF Trophy South and Central America". IHF. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 6 November 2024.