2010 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

2010 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

PanAmericano 2010
Tournament details
Host country	Chile
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	22–26 June
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (4th title)
Runner-up	Brazil
Third place	Chile
Fourth place	Cuba
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	1,076 (53.8 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Emil Feuchtman

The 2010 American Handball Championship, also called PanAmericano 2010, was the 14th official competition for senior men's national handball teams of North, Center, Caribbean and South America. It was held from June 22–26, 2010 in Santiago, Chile. It was also acting as the qualifying competition for the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship, securing three vacancies for the World Championship. Brazil, Argentina and Chile got the Tickets for finishing at the first three places.

Participating teams

Group A	Group B
Argentina Chile (Host Nation) Uruguay Canada	Brazil (Defending Champion) Cuba Greenland Dominican Republic

Preliminary round

	Team advanced to the Semifinals
	Team will play Placement Matches

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
Argentina	3	3	0	0	97	44	+53	6
Chile	3	1	1	1	81	78	+3	3
Uruguay	3	1	1	1	73	88	−15	3
Canada	3	0	0	3	66	107	−41	0

June 22
Argentina	32 – 14	Uruguay
Canada	25 – 36	Chile
June 23
Canada	12 – 39	Argentina
Chile	27 – 27	Uruguay
June 24
Canada	29 – 32	Uruguay
Argentina	26 – 18	Chile

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
Brazil	3	3	0	0	100	66	+34	6
Cuba	3	2	0	1	97	81	+16	4
Greenland	3	1	0	2	73	81	−8	2
Dominican Republic	3	0	0	3	52	94	−42	0

June 22
Brazil	29 – 23	Greenland
Cuba	39 – 15	Dominican Republic
June 23
Cuba	32 – 25	Greenland
Brazil	30 – 17	Dominican Republic
June 24
Cuba	26 – 41	Brazil
Greenland	25 – 20	Dominican Republic

Placement matches

	5th–8th Place				5th/6th Place
	June 25, 2010
	Dominican Republic	24
					June 26, 2010
	Uruguay	28
					Uruguay	30
	June 25, 2010
					Greenland	27
	Greenland	38
	Canada	36
					7th/8th Place
					June 26, 2010
					Dominican Republic	22
					Canada	33

5th–8th place

June 25
Dominican Republic	24 – 28	Uruguay
Greenland	38 – 36 (OT)	Canada

7th/8th place

June 26
Dominican Republic	22 – 33	Canada

5th/6th place

June 26
Uruguay	30 – 27	Greenland

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	June 25, 2010
	Brazil	33
					June 26, 2010
	Chile	21
					Brazil	27
	June 25, 2010
					Argentina	28
	Argentina	17
	Cuba	8
					3rd/4th Place
					June 26, 2010
					Chile	34
					Cuba	31

Semifinals

June 25
Brazil	33 – 21	Chile
Argentina	17 – 8	Cuba

• Bomb threat stopped the semifinal of the Pan American Tournament. An anonymous phone call announced an imminent bomb explosion in the Centro de Entrenamiento Olimpico in Santiago de Chile forced the officials to stop the semifinal match of the Pan American Tournament, Argentina – Cuba. In that moment, Argentina was leading Cuba 17–8.

3rd/4th place

June 26
Chile	34 – 31	Cuba

Final

June 26
Brazil	27 – 28	Argentina

Final ranking

	Argentina
	Brazil
	Chile
4	Cuba
5	Uruguay
6	Greenland
7	Canada
8	Dominican Republic

Team advanced to the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship

2010 Men's American Champions Argentina Fourth Title

Best Team: Santos, Mirabal, Martínez, Vidal, Pacheco, Feutchmann, Carau

External links

• Panamhandball.org