Pan American Handball Championship

The American Handball Championship, also called PanAmericano, is the official competition for senior national handball teams of North, Center, Caribbean and South America, and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the Pan-American champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the World Men's Handball Championship.

Men's tournaments

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1979 Details	Mexico City, Mexico		Cuba	Round robin	Canada		United States	Round robin	Brazil
1981 Details	Buenos Aires, Argentina		Cuba	34 – 20	Brazil		United States	25 – 22	Argentina
1983 Details	Colorado Springs, United States		Cuba	Round robin	United States		Canada	Round robin	Brazil
1985 Details	Manaus, Brazil		Cuba	Round robin	United States		Brazil	Round robin	Mexico
1989 Details	Pinar del Río, Cuba		Cuba	Round robin	Brazil		United States	Round robin	Canada
1994 Details	Santa María, Brazil		Cuba	Round robin	Brazil		United States	Round robin	Argentina
1996 Details	Colorado Springs, United States		Cuba	28 – 24	Argentina		United States	23 – 22	Brazil
1998 Details	Havana, Cuba		Cuba	31 – 26	Argentina		Brazil	27 – 22	United States
2000 Details	São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil		Argentina	26 – 25	Cuba		Brazil	38 – 17	United States
2002 Details	Buenos Aires, Argentina		Argentina	22 – 21	Brazil		Greenland	27 – 7	United States
2004 Details	Santiago, Chile		Argentina	24 – 21	Brazil		Canada	31 – 24	Chile
2006 Details	Aracaju, Brazil		Brazil	28 – 23	Argentina		Greenland	30 – 29	United States
2008 Details	São Carlos, Brazil		Brazil	27 – 24	Argentina		Cuba	37 – 30	Chile
2010 Details	Santiago, Chile		Argentina	28 – 27	Brazil		Chile	34 – 31	Cuba
2012 Details	Argentina

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	8	1	1	10
2	Argentina	4	4	0	8
3	Brazil	2	6	3	11
4	United States	0	2	5	7
5	Canada	0	1	2	3
6	Greenland	0	0	2	2
7	Chile	0	0	1	1
Total		14	14	14	42

Teams by Year

Nation	1979	1981	1983	1985	1989	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	Years
Argentina	5th	4th		5th		4th	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	12
Brazil	4th	2nd	4th	3rd	2nd	2nd	4th	3rd	3rd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	14
Canada	2nd		3rd	6th	4th		5th	6th			3rd		7th	7th	9
Chile		7th								5th	4th	5th	4th	3rd	6
Colombia								8th		8th					2
Costa Rica							8th								1
Cuba	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd				3rd	4th	11
Dominican Republic									6th					8th	2
Greenland								5th	5th	3rd	5th	3rd	5th	6th	7
Mexico	6th	5th	5th	4th	5th	5th	6th	7th	7th	7th	8th	7th			12
Paraguay		6th				6th				6th					3
Puerto Rico			6th		6th		7th				6th	8th			5
Uruguay						7th		9th	8th			6th	6th	5th	6
United States	3rd	3rd	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	4th	4th	4th	7th	4th			12

External links

• Handball America Archive (todor66.com)