2014 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

The 2014 Pan American Men's Handball Championship, was the 16th official competition for senior men's national handball teams of North, Center, Caribbean and South America. It was held from 23 to 29 June 2014 in Uruguay. It also acted as the qualifying competition for the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship, securing three vacancies for the World Championship.^[1]

2014 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Uruguay
Dates	23–29 June
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (6th title)
Runner-up	Brazil
Third place	Chile
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches	20
Goals scored	1,113 (56 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Akutaaneq Kreutzmann (43 goals)
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Argentina won the tournament for the third consecutive and sixth time total after defeating Brazil 30–19 in the final.^[2]

Participating teams

•   Argentina
•   Brazil
•   Chile
•   Greenland
•   Guatemala
•   Mexico
•   Uruguay
•   United States
• Venezuela was originally qualified but withdrew one day prior to the tournament.^[3]
• Cuba was originally qualified but withdrew. The organizing committee tried to find a replacement but Paraguay rejected this offer.^[4]

Referees

Six referee pairs were selected.^[5]

Referees   Argentina Carlos Marina Darío Minore   Brazil Nilson Menezes Rogério Pinto   Croatia Matija Gubica Boris Milošević

Referees   Puerto Rico Enrique Pérez José Guzmán   Uruguay Gabriel González Camilo Prieto   United States Lars Jorgensen Christian Posch

Preliminary round

The draw was held on 24 May 2014.

All times are local (UTC−3).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	114	44	+70	6
Uruguay (H)	3	2	0	1	78	74	+4	4
United States	3	1	0	2	74	83	−9	2
Guatemala	3	0	0	3	59	124	−65	0

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

24 June 2014 18:00	United States	17–28	Brazil	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 300 Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Elzoghby 4	(8–15)	Gama 5
	3×  4×	Report	2×  3×

24 June 2014 20:00	Uruguay	36–19	Guatemala	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 700 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Fabra 8	(17–9)	Lun 5
	3×  1×	Report	2×  7×

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25 June 2014 16:00	Brazil	54–12	Guatemala	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA)
	Freitas 14	(28–4)	V. Morales 4
	2×  1×	Report	1×  4×

25 June 2014 20:00	Uruguay	27–23	United States	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Gamiz 9	(15–5)	Hines, Elzoghby 5
	3×  3×	Report	2×  3×

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26 June 2014 14:00	United States	34–28	Guatemala	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 200 Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR)
	Elzoghby 10	(13–12)	V. Morales 6
	3×  7×  1×	Report	2×  3×

26 June 2014 20:00	Uruguay	15–32	Brazil	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	five players 2	(7–15)	Freitas 7
	2×  3×	Report	3×  1×

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	100	55	+45	6
Chile	3	2	0	1	82	76	+6	4
Greenland	3	1	0	2	77	86	−9	2
Mexico	3	0	0	3	58	100	−42	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

23 June 2014 16:30	Chile	34–18	Mexico	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 200 Referees: González, Prieto (URU)
	E. Salinas 7	(15–8)	Bermúdez 7
	3×	Report	1×  3×

23 June 2014 18:30	Argentina	33–20	Greenland	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Pizarro 6	(14–12)	Ak. Kreutzmann 6
	3×  4×	Report	2×  6×

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25 June 2014 14:00	Argentina	33–16	Mexico	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 400 Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR)
	F. Fernández, Cangiani 6	(18–8)	Ab. Villalobos 4
	1×  1×	Report	3×  3×  1×

25 June 2014 18:00	Greenland	24–29	Chile	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Ak. Kreutzmann 7	(12–13)	R. Salinas 10
	2×  8×	Report	2×  8×

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26 June 2014 16:00	Greenland	33–24	Mexico	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 650 Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA)
	Ak. Kreutzmann 11	(17–12)	Acuña 8
	3×  4×	Report	2×  2×

26 June 2014 18:00	Argentina	34–19	Chile	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 800 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Pizarro 8	(16–12)	Ceballos 5
	3×  4×	Report	3×  6×

Knockout stage

All times are local (UTC−3).

Championship bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	28 June
	Brazil	36
					29 June
	Chile	28
					Brazil	19
	28 June
					Argentina	30
	Argentina	30
	Uruguay	16
					Third-place game
					29 June
					Chile	25
					Uruguay	24

5–8th-place bracket

	Semifinals				Fifth-place game
	28 June
	United States	41
					29 June
	Mexico	28
					United States	32
	28 June
					Greenland	43
	Greenland	44
	Guatemala	22
					Seventh-place game
					29 June
					Mexico	37
					Guatemala	16

5–8th-place semifinals

28 June 2014 16:00	Greenland	44–22	Guatemala	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 150 Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Ak. Kreutzmann 9	(25–12)	Stolz 7
	1×  1×	Report	2×  5×

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28 June 2014 20:00	United States	41–28	Mexico	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 150 Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Elzoghby 9	(20–12)	Ab. Villalobos 9
	2×  6×	Report	2×  1×

Semifinals

28 June 2014 14:00	Argentina	30–16	Uruguay	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 500 Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA)
	S. Simonet, Cangiani 4	(18–6)	five players 2
	1×  2×	Report	2×  2×

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28 June 2014 18:00	Brazil	36–28	Chile	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 100 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Patrianova, Pozzer 5	(16–13)	R. Salinas 12
	2×  4×	Report	3×  2×

Seventh-place game

29 June 2014 14:00	Mexico	37–16	Guatemala	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 100 Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA)
	Aguirre, Ab. Villalobos 6	(15–9)	Stolz 4
	1×  3×	Report	4×  3×

Fifth-place game

29 June 2014 16:00	Greenland	43–32	United States	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR)
	An. Kreutzmann 11	(25–14)	Axelsson 12
	3×  4×	Report	2×  1×

Third-place game

29 June 2014 18:00	Uruguay	24–25	Chile	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Velazco 8	(13–13)	R. Salinas 12
	2×  4×	Report	2×  2×

Final

29 June 2014 20:00	Argentina	30–19	Brazil	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 1,250 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	D. Simonet 11	(15–12)	Pacheco 6
	3×  2×	Report	3×  5×

Ranking and awards

Final ranking

	Argentina
	Brazil
	Chile
4	Uruguay
5	Greenland
6	United States
7	Mexico
8	Guatemala

Team advanced to the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship

All-Star Team

• Goalkeeper:   Maik Santos
• Right wing:   Federico Pizarro
• Right back:   Rodrigo Salinas
• Central back:   Diego Simonet
• Left back:   Akutaaneq Kreutzmann
• Left wing:   Alejandro Velazco
• Pivot:   Marco Oneto

References

1. Calendar
2. "Argentina again on top in Pan-America". ihf.info. 2014-06-30.
3. "Venezuela no jugará el Panamericano – URU 2014 – Venezuela turned down the Pan American Championship". panamhandball.org. 2014-06-22.
4. "Nine instead of ten: Cuba withdraws from Pan American men's qualifying tournament". handball-world.com. 2014-05-22.
5. "Arbitros para el Panamericano Adulto Masculino – URU 2014 – Referees for Men's Senior Panam Ch". panamhandball.org. 2014-05-14.

External links

• Official website
• Results on todor66.com