# Pan American Men's Handball Championship

The Pan American Men's Handball Championship, also called PanAmericano, was the official competition for senior national handball teams of North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean. It took place every two years and was organized by the Pan-American Team Handball Federation. In addition to crowning the Pan-American champions, the tournament also served as a qualifying tournament for the IHF World Men's Handball Championship. In 2018, the PATHF was folded and the tournament was replaced with the South and Central American Championship and North America and Caribbean Championship.

## Summary

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match | Teams |
| Year | Host | Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | Teams |
| 1980 Details | Mexico City | Cuba | Round-robin | Canada | United States | Round-robin | Brazil | 6 |
| 1981 Details | Buenos Aires | Cuba | 34–20 | Brazil | United States | 25–22 | Argentina | 7 |
| 1983 Details | Colorado Springs | Cuba | Round-robin | United States | Canada | Round-robin | Brazil | 6 |
| 1985 Details | Manaus | Cuba | Round-robin | United States | Brazil | Round-robin | Mexico | 6 |
| 1989 Details | Pinar del Río | Cuba | Round-robin | Brazil | United States | Round-robin | Canada | 6 |
| 1994 Details | Santa Maria | Cuba | Round-robin | Brazil | United States | Round-robin | Argentina | 7 |
| 1996 Details | Colorado Springs | Cuba | 28–24 | Argentina | United States | 23–22 | Brazil | 8 |
| 1998 Details | Havana | Cuba | 31–26 | Argentina | Brazil | 27–22 | United States | 9 |
| 2000 Details | São Bernardo do Campo | Argentina | 26–25 | Cuba | Brazil | 38–17 | United States | 8 |
| 2002 Details | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 22–21 | Brazil | Greenland | 27–7 | United States | 8 |
| 2004 Details | Santiago | Argentina | 24–21 | Brazil | Canada | 31–24 | Chile | 8 |
| 2006 Details | Aracaju | Brazil | 28–23 | Argentina | Greenland | 30–29 | United States | 8 |
| 2008 Details | São Carlos | Brazil | 27–24 | Argentina | Cuba | 37–30 | Chile | 7 |
| 2010 Details | Santiago | Argentina | 28–27 | Brazil | Chile | 34–31 | Cuba | 8 |
| 2012 Details | Burzaco | Argentina | 22–21 | Brazil | Chile | 37–27 | Uruguay | 9 |
| 2014 Details | Canelones | Argentina | 30–19 | Brazil | Chile | 25–24 | Uruguay | 8 |
| 2016 Details | Buenos Aires | Brazil | 28–24 | Chile | Argentina | 29–13 | Uruguay | 12 |
| 2018 Details | Nuuk | Argentina | 29–24 | Brazil | Chile | 39–36 (OT) | Greenland | 11 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Cuba | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | Argentina | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | Brazil | 3 | 9 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | United States | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | Chile | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Greenland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |

## Participating nations

| Nation | 1980 | 1981 | 1983 | 1985 | 1989 | 1994 | 1996 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | Years |
| Argentina | 5th | 4th | - | 5th | - | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 16 |
| Brazil | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 18 |
| Canada | 2nd | - | 3rd | 6th | 4th | - | 5th | 6th | - | | 3rd | - | 7th | 7th | - | - | 10th | 5th | 11 |
| Chile | - | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 10 |
| Colombia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | - | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9th | 9th | 4 |
| Costa Rica | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cuba | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | - | - | - | 3rd | 4th | - | - | - | - | 11 |
| Dominican Republic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | - | - | - | - | 8th | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Greenland | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 11 |
| Guatemala | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | 11th | 8th | 3 |
| Mexico | 6th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 8th | 7th | - | - | 9th | 7th | 7th | - | 15 |
| Paraguay | - | 6th | - | - | - | 6th | - | - | - | 6th | - | - | - | - | 6th | - | 12th | 11th | 6 |
| Peru | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10th | 1 |
| Puerto Rico | - | - | 6th | - | 6th | - | 7th | - | - | - | 6th | 8th | - | - | - | - | 6th | 7th | 7 |
| Uruguay | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | - | 9th | 8th | - | - | 6th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 10 |
| United States | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 7th | 4th | - | - | 7th | 6th | 8th | - | 15 |
| Venezuela | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | - | - | - | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 11 | |