2008 Pan American Men's Youth Handball Championship

2008 Pan American Handball Men's Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Venezuela
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	September 2–6
Teams	7
Final positions
Champions	Argentina
Runner-up	Brazil
Third place	Puerto Rico
Fourth place	Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	858 (57.2 per match)

The 2008 American Handball Men's Youth Championships took place in Blumenau from September 2 – 6. It acts as the Pan American qualifying tournament for the 2009 Men's Youth World Handball Championship.

Teams

Group A	Group B
Argentina Chile Puerto Rico	Brazil Paraguay Uruguay Venezuela

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	2	2	0	0	81	58	+23	4
Puerto Rico	2	1	0	1	52	69	–17	2
Chile	2	0	0	2	62	68	–6	3

September 2 16:00	Argentina	43 – 22	Puerto Rico	Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra II, Blumenau

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September 3 14:15	Chile	26 – 30	Puerto Rico	Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra II, Blumenau

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September 4 16:00	Argentina	38 – 36	Chile	Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra II, Blumenau

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	134	44	+90	6
Venezuela	3	2	0	1	78	77	+1	4
Uruguay	3	1	0	2	63	94	–31	2
Paraguay	3	0	0	3	57	117	–60	0

September 2 14:15	Uruguay	19 – 25	Venezuela	Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra II, Blumenau

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September 2 20:00	Brazil	51 – 13	Paraguay	Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra I, Blumenau
		(25-10)

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September 3 16:00	Uruguay	32 – 26	Paraguay	Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra II, Blumenau

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September 3 19:30	Brazil	40 – 19	Venezuela	Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra I, Blumenau
		(21-10)

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September 4 14:18	Venezuela	34 – 18	Paraguay	Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra II, Blumenau

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September 4 19:30	Brazil	43 – 12	Uruguay	Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra I, Blumenau
		(21-4)

Placement 5th–7th

September 5 14:15	Chile	46 – 18	Paraguay	Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra II, Blumenau

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September 6 14:15	Chile	32 – 30	Uruguay	Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra II, Blumenau

Final round

	Semifinal				Final
	September 5 – Blumenau
	Argentina	35
					September 5 – Blumenau
	Venezuela	20
					Argentina	27
	September 5 – Blumenau
					Brazil	21
	Puerto Rico	17
	Brazil	38
					Third place
					September 5 – Blumenau
					Venezuela	18
					Puerto Rico	29

Semifinals

September 5 16:00	Argentina	35 – 20	Venezuela	Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra II, Blumenau
		(21-10)

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September 5 19:30	Brazil	38 – 17	Puerto Rico	Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra I, Blumenau
		(18-11)

Bronze medal match

September 6 16:00	Venezuela	18 – 29	Puerto Rico	Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra II, Blumenau

Gold medal match

September 6 19:30	Brazil	21 – 27	Argentina	Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra I, Blumenau
		(9-15)

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Argentina
	Brazil
	Puerto Rico
4	Venezuela
5	Chile
6	Uruguay
7	Paraguay

Team advanced to the 2009 Men's Youth World Handball Championship