# 2004 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

The 2004 Pan American Men's Handball Championship was the eleventh edition of the tournament, held in Santiago, Chile from 20 to 24 July 2004. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 2005 World Championship, where the top three placed team qualied.

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−3).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 40 | +54 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 66 | +5 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 98 | −32 | 2 | |
| 4 | United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 86 | −27 | 0 | |
| 20 July 2004 14:30 | Brazil | 25–13 | Canada |
| 20 July 2004 14:30 | | (13–10) | |
| 20 July 2004 20:30 | Puerto Rico | 29–28 | United States |
| 21 July 2004 16:30 | Canada | 26–18 | United States |
| 21 July 2004 18:30 | Brazil | 38–14 | Puerto Rico |
| 22 July 2004 14:30 | Canada | 32–23 | Puerto Rico |
| 22 July 2004 16:30 | Brazil | 31–13 | United States |
| 22 July 2004 16:30 | | (13–8) | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 48 | +54 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Chile (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 77 | +3 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Greenland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 67 | 82 | −15 | 1 | |
| 4 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 98 | −42 | 1 | |
| 20 July 2004 16:30 | Argentina | 30–17 | Greenland |
| 20 July 2004 18:30 | Chile | 35–18 | Mexico |
| 21 July 2004 14:30 | Argentina | 41–16 | Mexico |
| 21 July 2004 20:30 | Chile | 30–28 | Greenland |
| 22 July 2004 18:30 | Greenland | 22–22 | Mexico |
| 22 July 2004 20:30 | Argentina | 31–15 | Chile |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Brazil | 32 |
| Chile | 8 | | |
| Chile | 8 | Brazil | 21 |
| | | Argentina | 24 |
| Argentina | 27 | Argentina | 24 |
| Canada | 18 | | |
| Canada | 18 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Chile | 24 |
| | | Canada | 31 |
Fifth place game
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Puerto Rico | 30 |
| Mexico | 24 | | |
| Mexico | 24 | Puerto Rico | 28 |
| | | Greenland | 33 |
| Greenland | 27 | Greenland | 33 |
| United States | 21 | | |
| United States | 21 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Mexico | 29 |
| | | United States | 37 |

### 5–8th place semifinals

| 23 July 2004 14:30 | Puerto Rico | 30–24 | Mexico |
| 23 July 2004 16:30 | Greenland | 27–21 | United States |

### Semifinals

| 23 July 2004 18:30 | Brazil | 32–8 | Chile |
| 23 July 2004 18:30 | | (15–6) | |
| 23 July 2004 20:30 | Argentina | 27–18 | Canada |

### Seventh place game

| 24 July 2004 12:00 | United States | 37–29 | Mexico |

### Fifth place game

| 24 July 2004 14:00 | Greenland | 33–28 | Puerto Rico |

### Third place game

| 24 July 2004 16:00 | Canada | 31–24 | Chile |
| 24 July 2004 16:00 | | (16–11) | |

### Final

| 24 July 2004 18:00 | Argentina | 24–21 | Brazil |
| 24 July 2004 18:00 | | (14–11) | |

## Final ranking

* Qualified for the 2005 World Championship
| Rank | Team |
| | Argentina |
| | Brazil |
| | Canada |
| 4 | Chile |
| 5 | Greenland |
| 6 | Puerto Rico |
| 7 | United States |
| 8 | Mexico |

### All-star team

All-star team is
* MVP : Bruno Souza, Brazil
* Goalkeeper: Marcão, Brazil
* Left wing: Hélio Justino, Brazil
* Pivot: Gonzalo Carou, Argentina
* Right wing: Federico Besasso, Argentina
* Left back: Bruno Souza, Brazil
* Center back: Matias Lima, Argentina
* Right back: Leonardo Facundo Querín, Argentina
Goalscorer is D. Santiago (Puerto-Rico) with 39 goals.