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| Sport | Wheelchair handball |
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| Inaugural season | 2014 |
| No. of teams | 2–9 |
| Continent | Pan America |
| Most titles |  |
The Pan American Wheelchair Handball Championship is the official competition for senior national Wheelchair handball teams of Pan America. It has two categories 7 versus 7 and 4 versus 4 players.
| Year | Host | Location | Genders | |
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| 2014 |  | Buenos Aires | Men's and Women's | [1] |
| 2019 | | São Paulo | Women's | [2] |
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| Rank | Nation | 7x7 | 4x4 | Total | |||||||||
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| G | S | B | Total | G | S | B | Total | G | S | B | Total | ||
| 1 | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 |  | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |  | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 |  | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (5 nations) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 | |
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