2008 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

The 13th American Handball Championship, also called PanAmericano 2008, was the 13th edition of the Pan American Men's Handball Championship, held from 24 to 28 June 2008 in São Carlos, Brazil. It also acted as the qualifying competition for the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship, securing three vacancies for the World Championship. These places were earned by Brazil, Argentina and Cuba.

2008 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

PanAmericano 2008
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	24–28 June
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (2nd title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	Cuba
Fourth place	Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches	15
Goals scored	786 (52 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Emil Feuchtmann (34 goals)
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Eight nations had been scheduled to play at the tournament, but Dominican Republic decided not to play just a few days before the tournament, so Group B had only three participating teams.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−9).

	Team advanced to the Semifinals
	Team will play Placement Matches

All times are (UTC-3)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	93	62	+31	6
Chile	3	2	0	1	84	87	−3	4
Greenland	3	0	1	2	70	82	−12	1
Canada	3	0	1	2	58	74	−16	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

24 June 2008 16:00	Argentina	36–25	Chile
		(13–11)

24 June 2008 21:00	Greenland	20–20	Canada
		(6–11)

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25 June 2008 16:00	Chile	31–28	Greenland
		(19–12)

25 June 2008 18:00	Argentina	26–15	Canada
		(15–10)

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26 June 2008 16:00	Chile	28–23	Canada
		(17–9)

26 June 2008 18:00	Argentina	31–22	Greenland
		(16–8)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil (H)	2	2	0	0	71	34	+37	4
Cuba	2	1	0	1	49	57	−8	2
Uruguay	2	0	0	2	37	66	−29	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(H) Host

24 June 2008 18:00	Brazil	38–13	Uruguay
		(17–7)

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25 June 2008 20:00	Cuba	28–24	Uruguay
		(16–9)

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26 June 2008 20:00	Brazil	33–21	Cuba
		(20–10)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi Final				Final
	27 June 2008
	Argentina	33
					28 June 2008
	Cuba	32
					Argentina	24
	27 June 2008
					Brazil	27
	Brazil	26
	Chile	22
					3rd/4th Place
					28 June 2008
					Cuba	37
					Chile	30

Fifth place bracket

	5th–7th Place				5th/6th Place
	Greenland
					28 June 2008
	Bye
					Greenland	28
	27 June 2008
					Uruguay	21
	Canada	21
	Uruguay	23

5–7th place semifinal

27 June 2008 16:00	Uruguay	23–21	Canada
		(12–9)

Semifinals

27 June 2008 14:00	Argentina	33–32	Cuba
		(16–15)

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27 June 2008 18:00	Brazil	26–22	Chile
		(19–10)

Fifth place game

28 June 2008 14:00	Greenland	28–21	Uruguay
		(12–10)

Third place game

28 June 2008 16:00	Cuba	37–30	Chile
		(17–18)

Final

28 June 2008 18:00	Brazil	27–24	Argentina
		(11–9)

Final ranking

	Brazil
	Argentina
	Cuba
4	Chile
5	Greenland
6	Uruguay
7	Canada

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Emil Feuchtmann	Chile	34
2	Francisco Chacana	Chile	27
	Minik Dahi Hoegh	Greenland
4	Andrés Kogovsek	Argentina	25
5	Frankis Carol	Cuba	24

External links

• Official website
• Results at todor66.com