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1996 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

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1996 Pan American Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country United States
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates8–13 October
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Cuba (7th title)
Runner-up Argentina
Third place United States
Fourth place Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored918 (45.9 per match)
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The 1996 Pan American Men's Handball Championship was the seventh edition of the tournament, held in Colorado Springs, United States from 8 to 13 October 1996. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 1997 World Championship, where the top three placed team qualied.

Preliminary round

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All times are local (UTC−7).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States (H) 3 3 0 0 74 51 +23 6 Semifinals
2  Brazil 3 2 0 1 92 51 +41 4
3  Mexico 3 1 0 2 70 72 −2 2
4  Costa Rica 3 0 0 3 46 108 −62 0
Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
8 October 1996
16:30
Brazil  44–16  Costa Rica
(20–7)
8 October 1996
18:15
United States  25–20  Mexico
(13–9)

9 October 1996
16:30
Brazil  34–14  Mexico
(17–6)
9 October 1996
18:15
United States  28–17  Costa Rica
(14–6)

10 October 1996
16:30
Mexico  36–13  Costa Rica
(17–7)
10 October 1996
18:15
United States  21–14  Brazil
(9–8)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Cuba 3 3 0 0 95 49 +46 6 Semifinals
2  Argentina 3 2 0 1 75 57 +18 4
3  Canada 3 1 0 2 69 66 +3 2
4  Puerto Rico 3 0 0 3 43 110 −67 0
Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
8 October 1996
13:00
Cuba  44–16  Puerto Rico
(20–7)
8 October 1996
14:45
Argentina  25–20  Canada
(13–9)

9 October 1996
13:00
Argentina  34–14  Puerto Rico
(17–6)
9 October 1996
14:45
Cuba  28–17  Canada
(14–6)

10 October 1996
13:00
Canada  32–13  Puerto Rico
(14–7)
10 October 1996
14:45
Cuba  23–16  Argentina
(9–7)

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 United States15
 
 
 
 Argentina20
 
 Argentina24
 
 
 
 Cuba (ET)28
 
 Cuba21
 
 
 Brazil18
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 United States23
 
 
 Brazil22

Fifth place bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Mexico28
 
 
 
 Puerto Rico26
 
 Mexico19
 
 
 
 Canada26
 
 Canada30
 
 
 Costa Rica13
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 Puerto Rico21
 
 
 Costa Rica20

5–8th place semifinals

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12 October 1996
13:00
Mexico  28–26  Puerto Rico
(14–9)

12 October 1996
14:45
Canada  30–13  Costa Rica
(14–5)

Semifinals

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12 October 1996
16:30
Argentina  20–15  United States
(10–6)

12 October 1996
18:15
Cuba  21–18  Brazil
(14–10)

Seventh place game

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13 October 1996
11:50
Puerto Rico  21–20  Costa Rica
(11–5)

Fifth place game

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13 October 1996
14:45
Canada  26–19  Mexico
(12–4)

Third place game

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13 October 1996
16:30
United States  23–22  Brazil
(11–12)

Final

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13 October 1996
18:15
Cuba  28–24 (ET)  Argentina
(9–9)

FT: 21–21 ET: 7–3

Final ranking

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Qualified for the 1997 World Championship
Rank Team
 Cuba
 Argentina
 United States
4  Brazil
5  Canada
6  Mexico
7  Puerto Rico
8  Costa Rica

The United States withdrew and Brazil replaced them.

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