1980 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

1979 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	6–12 January 1980
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Cuba (1st title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	588 (39.2 per match)

The 1979 Pan American Men's Handball Championship was the first edition of the Pan American Men's Handball Championship, held in Mexico from 6 to 12 January 1980. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cuba	5	4	1	0	121	97	+24	9
Canada	5	3	1	1	98	90	+8	7
United States	5	3	0	2	115	95	+20	6
Brazil	5	2	1	2	90	92	−2	5
Argentina	5	1	0	4	75	99	−24	2
Mexico (H)	5	0	1	4	89	115	−26	1

Source:
(H) Hosts

Results

7 January 1980	Cuba	19–19	Brazil
		(8–12)

7 January 1980	Argentina	12–19	United States
		(5–10)

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9 January 1980	United States	27–23	Brazil
		(14–10)

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11 January 1980	Canada	18–13	Argentina
		(6–5)

11 January 1980	Brazil	14–13	Mexico
		(5–4)

11 January 1980	Cuba	23–20	United States
		(12–9)

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	Canada	22–22	Mexico
		(11–9)

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	Mexico	15–19	Argentina
		(9–9)

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	Canada	19–22	Cuba
		(9–8)

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	Cuba	29–17	Argentina
		(17–7)

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	Canada	19–16	Brazil
		(9–9)

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	Mexico	17–32	United States
		(7–13)

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	Canada	20–17	United States
		(10–10)

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	Argentina	14–18	Brazil
		(5–6)

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	Mexico	22–28	Cuba
		(12–14)

Final ranking

Qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics

Rank	Team
	Cuba
	Canada
	United States
4	Brazil
5	Argentina
6	Mexico

External links

• Results on todor66.com
• (in French) French Handball Federation, ed. (March 1980). "Hand-ball : bulletin fédéral n°158". p. 29.