American Handball Women's Championship

The American Handball Women's Championship, also called PanAmericano, is the official competition for senior national handball teams of North, Central, 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 Women's Handball Championship.

Women's tournaments

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Champion	Score	Second place		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1986 Details	Novo Hamburgo, Brazil		United States		Canada		Brazil		Argentina
1989 Details	Colorado Springs, United States		Canada		United States		Brazil		Mexico
1991 Details	Maringá, Brazil		United States		Canada		Brazil		Argentina
1997 Details	Poços de Caldas, Brazil		Brazil		Canada		Uruguay		Argentina
1999 Details	Buenos Aires, Argentina		Brazil		Cuba		Argentina		Uruguay
2000 Details	Aracaju, Brazil		Brazil		Uruguay		Greenland		Argentina
2003 Details	São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil		Brazil		Argentina		Uruguay		United States
2005 Details	São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil		Brazil		Argentina		Uruguay		Canada
2007 Details	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic		Brazil		Argentina		Dominican Republic		Paraguay
2009 Details	Santiago, Chile		Argentina	26 – 25	Brazil		Chile	34 – 30	Dominican Republic
2011 Details	São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil		Brazil	35 – 16	Argentina		Cuba	37 – 27	Uruguay

Medal table

1	Brazil	7	1	3	11
2	United States	2	1	0	3
3	Argentina	1	4	1	6
4	Canada	1	3	0	4
5	Uruguay	0	1	3	4
6	Cuba	0	1	1	2
7	Greenland	0	0	1	1
	Dominican Republic	0	0	1	1
	Chile	0	0	1	1
Total		11	11	11	33

Teams by year

Nation	1986	1989	1991	1997	1999	2000	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	Years
Argentina	4th	-	4th	4th	3rd	4th	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	10
Brazil	3rd	3rd	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	11
Canada	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	-	-	5th	4th	6th	-	-	7
Chile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3rd	5th	2
Colombia	-	-	-	-	6th	6th	-	-	-	-	-	2
Costa Rica	-	-	-	5th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Cuba	-	-	-	-	2nd	-	-	-	-	-	3rd	2
Dominican Republic	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	5th	3rd	4th	6th	5
Greenland	-	-	-	-	5th	3rd	-	-	-	-	-	2
Guatemala	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	-	-	-	1
Mexico	-	4th	-	6th	-	5th	-	-	8th	5th	7th	6
Paraguay	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	4th	7th	-	3
Puerto Rico	-	-	7th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Uruguay	-	-	5th	3rd	4th	2nd	3rd	3rd	5th	6th	4th	9
United States	1st	2nd	1st	-	-	-	4th	6th	7th	-	-	6
Venezuela	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	1