# 2006 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

The 2006 Pan American Men's Handball Championship was the twelfth edition of the tournament, held in Aracaju, Brazil from 6 to 10 June 2006. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 2007 World Championship, where the top three placed team qualied.

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−2).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 65 | +51 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Greenland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 97 | −16 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Chile | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 106 | −23 | 2 | |
| 4 | Uruguay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 90 | −12 | 0 | |
| 6 June 2006 14:00 | Greenland | 32–30 | Chile |
| 6 June 2006 14:00 | | (16–18) | |
| 6 June 2006 20:30 | Brazil | 31–22 | Uruguay |
| 6 June 2006 20:30 | | (11–11) | |
| 7 June 2006 16:00 | Chile | 27–26 | Uruguay |
| 7 June 2006 16:00 | | (16–11) | |
| 7 June 2006 20:00 | Brazil | 37–17 | Greenland |
| 7 June 2006 20:00 | | (21–10) | |
| 8 June 2006 16:00 | Greenland | 32–30 | Uruguay |
| 8 June 2006 16:00 | | (14–14) | |
| 8 June 2006 20:00 | Brazil | 48–26 | Chile |
| 8 June 2006 20:00 | | (22–15) | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 54 | +53 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 76 | 91 | −15 | 3 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 87 | −8 | 2 | |
| 4 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 63 | 93 | −30 | 1 | |
| 6 June 2006 16:00 | Argentina | 38–20 | Puerto Rico |
| 6 June 2006 16:00 | | (19–10) | |
| 6 June 2006 18:00 | United States | 28–28 | Mexico |
| 6 June 2006 18:00 | | (11–11) | |
| 7 June 2006 14:00 | United States | 28–25 | Puerto Rico |
| 7 June 2006 14:00 | | (10–8) | |
| 7 June 2006 18:00 | Argentina | 31–14 | Mexico |
| 7 June 2006 18:00 | | (19–8) | |
| 8 June 2006 14:00 | Puerto Rico | 34–21 | Mexico |
| 8 June 2006 14:00 | | (17–11) | |
| 8 June 2006 18:00 | Argentina | 38–20 | United States |
| 8 June 2006 18:00 | | (18–7) | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Brazil | 39 |
| United States | 16 | | |
| United States | 16 | Brazil | 28 |
| | | Argentina | 23 |
| Argentina | 32 | Argentina | 23 |
| Greenland | 18 | | |
| Greenland | 18 | Third place | Third place |
| | | United States | 29 |
| | | Greenland | 30 |
Fifth place bracket
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Chile | 34 |
| Mexico | 24 | | |
| Mexico | 24 | Chile | 27 |
| | | Uruguay | 19 |
| Puerto Rico | 22 | Uruguay | 19 |
| Uruguay | 34 | | |
| Uruguay | 34 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Mexico | 35 |
| | | Puerto Rico | 31 |

### 5–8th place semifinals

| 9 June 2006 14:00 | Uruguay | 34–22 | Puerto Rico |
| 9 June 2006 14:00 | | (19–14) | |
| 9 June 2006 16:00 | Chile | 34–24 | Mexico |
| 9 June 2006 16:00 | | (12–17) | |

### Semifinals

| 9 June 2006 18:00 | Brazil | 39–16 | United States |
| 9 June 2006 18:00 | | (20–7) | |
| 9 June 2006 20:00 | Argentina | 32–18 | Greenland |
| 9 June 2006 20:00 | | (14–9) | |

### Seventh place game

| 10 June 2006 14:00 | Mexico | 35–31 | Puerto Rico |
| 10 June 2006 14:00 | | (19–14) | |

### Fifth place game

| 10 June 2006 16:00 | Chile | 27–19 | Uruguay |
| 10 June 2006 16:00 | | (13–12) | |

### Third place game

| 10 June 2006 18:00 | Greenland | 30–29 | United States |
| 10 June 2006 18:00 | | (14–13) | |

### Final

| 10 June 2006 20:00 | Brazil | 28–23 | Argentina |
| 10 June 2006 20:00 | | (11–12) | |

## Final ranking

* Qualified for the 2007 World Championship
| Rank | Team |
| | Brazil |
| | Argentina |
| | Greenland |
| 4 | United States |
| 5 | Chile |
| 6 | Uruguay |
| 7 | Mexico |
| 8 | Puerto Rico |