Handball at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Men's handball
at the XVIII Pan American Games

Tournament details
Host country	Peru
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	31 July – 5 August
Teams	8 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (2nd title)
Runners-up	Chile
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	1,068 (53.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Erwin Feuchtmann (34 goals)
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The handball men's tournament at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru was held between 31 July and 5 August 2019. Eight nations participated. ^[1]

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams qualified to compete at the games in each tournament. The host nation (Peru) qualified in each tournament, along with seven other teams in various qualifying tournaments. ^[2]

Summary

Event	Dates	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	Peru
2018 South American Games	2–6 June	Cochabamba	2	Brazil   Argentina
2018 Central American and Caribbean Games	27 July – 1 August	Barranquilla	3	Cuba   Puerto Rico   Mexico
2018 North Zone Qualifying	2–5 September	and	1	United States
2019 Last chance qualification tournament	12–13 April	Santiago	1	Chile
Total			8

North Zone Qualifying

The North Zone Qualifying event opposed Canada to United States : ^[3]

2 September 2018	United States	36–24	Canada	Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum, Auburn
		(18–14)

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5 September 2018	Canada	27–27	United States	Montreal

United States won 63–51 on aggregate.

Last chance qualification tournament

Last chance qualification tournament opposed Chile (3rd placed finisher at the South American Games) and Colombia (5th at the Central American and Caribbean Games). ^{[4] [5]}

12 April 2019	Chile	36–26	Colombia	Polideportivo de Ñuñoa, Santiago
		(20–12)

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13 April 2019	Colombia	23–40	Chile	Polideportivo de Ñuñoa, Santiago
		(10–21)

Chile won 76–49 on aggregate.

Results

All times are in Peru Time. (UTC−5)

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	92	75	+17	6	Semifinals
2	Chile	3	2	0	1	101	85	+16	4
3	United States	3	1	0	2	77	97	−20	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Cuba	3	0	0	3	74	87	−13	0

Source: Lima 2019
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.

31 July 2019 13:00	Cuba	28–38	Chile	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Corzo 8	(10–20)	Er. Feuchtmann, R. Salinas 10
	2× 2×	Report	1× 6×

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31 July 2019 20:30	Argentina	38–25	United States	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Baronetto 7	(21–13)	Fofana 7
	1× 6×	Report	2× 7×

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1 August 2019 15:30	United States	26−25	Cuba	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Lenci, López (ARG)
	Hoddersen 7	(14−14)	Taboada, Veitía 5
	1× 4×	Report	2× 2×

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1 August 2019 20:30	Chile	29−31	Argentina	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Er. Feuchtmann 7	(15−12)	Simonet 8
	3× 8× 1×	Report	3× 6×

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2 August 2019 13:00	United States	26−34	Chile	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
	Hines 5	(11−17)	Ceballos, R. Salinas 8
	3× 3×	Boxscore	1× 4×

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2 August 2019 18:00	Argentina	23–21	Cuba	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	F. Pizarro 6	(11–10)	Corzo 5
	4× 6×	Report	2× 7× 1×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	108	65	+43	6	Semifinals
2	Mexico	3	2	0	1	81	69	+12	4
3	Puerto Rico	3	1	0	2	72	82	−10	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Peru (H)	3	0	0	3	56	101	−45	0

Source: Lima 2019
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

31 July 2019 15:30	Puerto Rico	27–23	Peru	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Paolantoni, García (ARG)
	Nazario 7	(14–10)	Velez 7
	2× 1× 1×	Report	1× 5×

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31 July 2019 18:00	Brazil	33–23	Mexico	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes (CUB)
	Borges 9	(18–10)	Al. Villalobos 8
	1× 7×	Report	1×

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1 August 2019 13:00	Mexico	24–19	Puerto Rico	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes (CUB)
	Morales 7	(15–7)	Nazario 7
	2× 3×	Report	1× 5×

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1 August 2019 18:00	Peru	16–40	Brazil	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Pineda, Estrada (COL)
	Velez 4	(7–27)	Chiuffa 10
	2×	Report	2× 5×

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2 August 2019 17:30	Mexico	34–17	Peru	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Pineda, Estrada (COL)
	Ávalos 9	(16–9)	Trelles, Zerillo 4
	5×	Report	2× 3×

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2 August 2019 20:30	Brazil	35–26	Puerto Rico	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Lenci, López (ARG)
	Nantes 9	(18–13)	Ceballos, Nazario 7
	1× 6×	Report	1× 5×

Classification round

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	4 August — Lima
	Puerto Rico	12
					5 August — Lima
	Cuba	36
					Cuba	32
	4 August — Lima
					United States	24
	United States	22
	Peru	16
					Seventh place
					5 August — Lima
					Puerto Rico	27
					Peru	19

5–8th place semifinals

4 August 2019 10:00	Puerto Rico	12–36	Cuba	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Lenci, López (ARG)
	four players 2	(8–17)	García, Taboada 6
	1× 1×	Report	1× 2×

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4 August 2019 12:00	United States	22–16	Peru	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Hoddersen 8	(13–7)	Alvarado, Zerillo 3
	3× 2×	Report	6× 1×

Seventh place match

5 August 2019 10:00	Puerto Rico	27–19	Peru	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Pineda, Estrada (COL)
	Nazario 8	(12–9)	Zerillo 6
	1× 4×	Report	2× 4×

Fifth place match

5 August 2019 12:00	Cuba	32–24	United States	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
	Corzo, Toledano 5	(16–10)	Fofana 7
	1× 1×	Report	3× 1×

Medal round

	Semifinals				Final
	4 August — Lima
	Brazil	29
					5 August — Lima
	Chile	32
					Chile	27
	4 August — Lima
					Argentina	31
	Argentina	34
	Mexico	14
					Third place
					5 August — Lima
					Brazil	32
					Mexico	20

Semifinals

4 August 2019 18:00	Brazil	29–32	Chile	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Langaro 8	(15–18)	Ayala 7
	1× 4×	Report	2× 3×

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4 August 2019 20:30	Argentina	34–14	Mexico	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
	F. Pizarro 9	(16–7)	Al. Villalobos 4
	1×	Report	1× 1×

Bronze medal match

5 August 2019 18:00	Brazil	32–20	Mexico	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Lenci, López (ARG)
	four players 5	(16–10)	Sandoval 6
	2× 3×	Report	1× 1×

Gold medal match

5 August 2019 20:30	Chile	27–31	Argentina	Villa Deportiva Nacional Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Er. Feuchtmann 7	(14–15)	Simonet 11
	4× 7×	Report	1× 4×

Ranking and statistics

Rank Team   Argentina   Chile   Brazil 4   Mexico 5   Cuba 6   United States 7   Puerto Rico 8   Peru Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament

2019 Pan American Games winners  Argentina Second title

Top scorers Rank Name Goals Shots % 1 Erwin Feuchtmann 34 50 68 2 Felipe Borges 31 44 70 3 Jorge Nazario 50 62 4 Rodrigo Salinas 52 60 5 Federico Pizarro 28 38 74 Source: Lima 2019 Archived 2019-08-06 at the Wayback Machine

Top goalkeepers Rank Name % Saves Shots 1 Matías Schulz 39 41 104 2 Leonardo Terçariol 37 35 94 3 Alejandro Romero 36 41 114 4 Felipe Barrientos 33 54 166 5 Cedric Rivera 50 153 Source: Lima 2019 Archived 2019-08-06 at the Wayback Machine

References

1. 2019 Pan American Games. "Cronograma Panamericano - Balonmano Masculino" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-16. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
2. "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
3. "USA men and women through to Lima 2019". IHF. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
4. "Last chance for Pan American Games". IHF. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
5. "Chile book final 2019 Pan American Games place". IHF. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.