2010 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

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 22 to 26 June 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.

2010 Pan American Men's Handball Championship
PanAmericano 2010
Tournament details
Host country Chile
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates22–26 June
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (4th title)
Runner-up Brazil
Third place Chile
Fourth place Cuba
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored1,076 (53.8 per match)
Top scorer(s)Chile Emil Feuchtmann
(35 goals)
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Participating teams

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Group A Group B

  Argentina
  Chile (Host Nation)
  Uruguay
  Canada

  Brazil (Defending Champion)
  Cuba
  Greenland
  Dominican Republic

Preliminary round

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All times are local (UTC−3).

     Team advanced to the Semifinals
     Team will play Placement Matches

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Argentina 3 3 0 0 97 44 +53 6
  Chile (H) 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
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
22 June 2010
15:30
Argentina   32–14   Uruguay
(14–4)
22 June 2010
20:30
Chile   36–25   Canada
(15–10)

23 June 2010
16:00
Argentina   39–12   Canada
(17–6)
23 June 2010
20:00
Chile   27–27   Uruguay
(17–12)

24 June 2010
16:00
Uruguay   32–29   Canada
(13–13)
24 June 2010
20:00
Argentina   26–18   Chile
(15–6)

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  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
Source: [citation needed]
22 June 2010
13:30
Brazil   29–23   Greenland
(17–8)
22 June 2010
17:30
Cuba   39–15   Dominican Republic
(18–4)

23 June 2010
14:00
Cuba   32–25   Greenland
(17–13)
23 June 2010
18:00
Brazil   30–17   Dominican Republic
(17–11)

24 June 2010
14:00
Brazil   41–26   Cuba
(23–12)
24 June 2010
18:00
Greenland   25–20   Dominican Republic
(12–11)

Placement matches

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5th–8th Place5th/6th Place
 
      
 
June 25, 2010
 
 
  Dominican Republic24
 
June 26, 2010
 
  Uruguay28
 
  Uruguay30
 
June 25, 2010
 
  Greenland27
 
  Greenland38
 
 
  Canada36
 
7th/8th Place
 
 
June 26, 2010
 
 
  Dominican Republic22
 
 
  Canada33

5th–8th place semifinals

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25 June 2010
14:00
Uruguay   28–24   Dominican Republic
(14–12)

25 June 2010
16:00
Greenland   38–36   Canada
(18–12)

Seventh place game

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26 June 2010
14:00
Canada   33–22   Dominican Republic
(16–9)

Fifth place game

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26 June 2010
16:00
Uruguay   30–27   Greenland
(15–13)

Final round

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
June 25, 2010
 
 
  Brazil33
 
June 26, 2010
 
  Chile21
 
  Brazil27
 
June 25, 2010
 
  Argentina (ET)28
 
  Argentina17
 
 
  Cuba8
 
3rd/4th Place
 
 
June 26, 2010
 
 
  Chile34
 
 
  Cuba31

Semifinals

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25 June 2010
18:00
Brazil   33–21   Chile
(15–5)

25 June 2010
20:00
Argentina   17–8   Cuba
  • A 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.

Third place game

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26 June 2010
18:00
Chile   34–31   Cuba
(13–14)

Final

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26 June 2010
20:00
Argentina   28–27 (ET)   Brazil
(10–11)

FT: 23–23 ET: 2–2, 3–2

Final ranking

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    Argentina
    Brazil
    Chile
4   Cuba
5   Uruguay
6   Greenland
7   Canada
8   Dominican Republic
Team advanced to the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship

All-star team

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Position Player Country
Goalkeeper Maik dos Santos   Brazil
Right back Fernando Pacheco Filho   Brazil
Center back Emil Feuchtmann   Chile
Left back Agustin Vidal   Argentina
Right wing Patricio Martínez Chávez   Chile
Pivot Gonzalo Carou   Argentina
Left wing Carlos Mirabal   Dominican Republic
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