# 2024 South and Central American Men's Junior Handball Championship

The 2024 South and Central American Men's Junior Handball Championship took place in Managua, Nicaragua, from 29 October to 2 November 2024. It acted as the South and Central American qualifying tournament for the 2025 IHF Men's U21 Handball World Championship.

## Qualification

| Qualification | Host | Dates | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Automated entry | | | 4 | Argentina Brazil Chile Uruguay |
| IHF Trophy South and Central America – Central American Zone | Managua | 16–20 April 2024 | 2 | Guatemala Nicaragua |
| IHF Trophy South and Central America – South American Zone | Palmira | 23–27 April 2024 | 2 | Colombia Venezuela |

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC–6).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 55 | +49 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Chile | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 64 | +19 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Venezuela | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 76 | 85 | −9 | 2 | 5–8th place semifinals |
| 4 | Guatemala | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 103 | −59 | 0 | 5–8th place semifinals |
| 29 October 2024 11:00 | Chile | 29–11 | Guatemala | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 100 Referees: Santana, Ramalho (BRA) |
| 29 October 2024 11:00 | three players 4 | (13–5) | García, Ronquillo 3 | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 100 Referees: Santana, Ramalho (BRA) |
| 29 October 2024 11:00 | 1× | Report | 5× 1× | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 100 Referees: Santana, Ramalho (BRA) |
| 29 October 2024 13:00 | Argentina | 36–17 | Venezuela | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 80 Referees: Sepúlveda, Leyton (CHI) |
| 29 October 2024 13:00 | Rodríguez 6 | (17–9) | Quintero, Toledo 4 | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 80 Referees: Sepúlveda, Leyton (CHI) |
| 29 October 2024 13:00 | 1× 2× | Report | 1× 2× 1× 1× | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 80 Referees: Sepúlveda, Leyton (CHI) |
| 30 October 2024 11:00 | Guatemala | 13–41 | Argentina | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 75 Referees: Lenzue, Burgos (URU) |
| 30 October 2024 11:00 | Juárez 7 | (3–21) | Montoto, Silva 6 | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 75 Referees: Lenzue, Burgos (URU) |
| 30 October 2024 11:00 | 3× | Report | 3× | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 75 Referees: Lenzue, Burgos (URU) |
| 30 October 2024 13:00 | Venezuela | 26–29 | Chile | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 66 Referees: Petrone, Rueda (ARG) |
| 30 October 2024 13:00 | Toledo 7 | (12–11) | Cabrera 7 | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 66 Referees: Petrone, Rueda (ARG) |
| 30 October 2024 13:00 | 2× 1× | Report | 3× | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 66 Referees: Petrone, Rueda (ARG) |
| 31 October 2024 11:00 | Argentina | 27–25 | Chile | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 55 Referees: Gonçalves, Dezembro (BRA) |
| 31 October 2024 11:00 | Maya 7 | (9–14) | Cabrera 8 | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 55 Referees: Gonçalves, Dezembro (BRA) |
| 31 October 2024 11:00 | 4× | Report | 3× | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 55 Referees: Gonçalves, Dezembro (BRA) |
| 31 October 2024 13:00 | Venezuela | 33–20 | Guatemala | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 59 Referees: Bohoiavlenska, Molina (USA) |
| 31 October 2024 13:00 | Toledo 8 | (18–10) | Juárez 6 | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 59 Referees: Bohoiavlenska, Molina (USA) |
| 31 October 2024 13:00 | 3× | Report | 1× | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 59 Referees: Bohoiavlenska, Molina (USA) |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 62 | +47 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 79 | +13 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Nicaragua (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 91 | 110 | −19 | 2 | 5–8th place semifinals |
| 4 | Colombia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 119 | −41 | 0 | 5–8th place semifinals |
| 29 October 2024 17:00 | Uruguay | 43–22 | Colombia | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 90 Referees: Petrone, Rueda (ARG) |
| 29 October 2024 17:00 | Castro, Larrosa 8 | (19–11) | Gallego 7 | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 90 Referees: Petrone, Rueda (ARG) |
| 29 October 2024 17:00 | 1× 4× | Report | 5× | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 90 Referees: Petrone, Rueda (ARG) |
| 29 October 2024 19:00 | Brazil | 41–26 | Nicaragua | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 200 Referees: Gutiérrez, Aguilera (CHI) |
| 29 October 2024 19:00 | L. da Silva 7 | (17–10) | Martínez 7 | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 200 Referees: Gutiérrez, Aguilera (CHI) |
| 29 October 2024 19:00 | 1× 6× 1× | Report | 1× 6× | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 200 Referees: Gutiérrez, Aguilera (CHI) |
| 30 October 2024 17:00 | Colombia | 23–41 | Brazil | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 70 Referees: Bohoiavlenska, Molina (USA) |
| 30 October 2024 17:00 | Herrera, Rendón 6 | (10–19) | Lindoso 7 | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 70 Referees: Bohoiavlenska, Molina (USA) |
| 30 October 2024 17:00 | 6× 1× | Report | 4× 1× | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 70 Referees: Bohoiavlenska, Molina (USA) |
| 30 October 2024 19:00 | Nicaragua | 30–36 | Uruguay | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 230 Referees: Gonçalves, Dezembro (BRA) |
| 30 October 2024 19:00 | González, Lewin 6 | (16–16) | Odera 7 | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 230 Referees: Gonçalves, Dezembro (BRA) |
| 30 October 2024 19:00 | 4× | Report | 1× 6× | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 230 Referees: Gonçalves, Dezembro (BRA) |
| 31 October 2024 17:00 | Brazil | 27–13 | Uruguay | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 60 Referees: Gutiérrez, Aguilera (CHI) |
| 31 October 2024 17:00 | Perin 8 | (11–7) | Larrosa 3 | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 60 Referees: Gutiérrez, Aguilera (CHI) |
| 31 October 2024 17:00 | 2× 5× | Report | 3× | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 60 Referees: Gutiérrez, Aguilera (CHI) |
| 31 October 2024 19:00 | Nicaragua | 35–33 | Colombia | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 110 Referees: Santana, Ramalho (BRA) |
| 31 October 2024 19:00 | González 13 | (18–14) | Rivera 9 | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 110 Referees: Santana, Ramalho (BRA) |
| 31 October 2024 19:00 | 3× | Report | 6× 1× | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 110 Referees: Santana, Ramalho (BRA) |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 1 November | 1 November |
| Argentina | 27 |
| Argentina | 27 | 2 November | 2 November |
| Uruguay | 16 | 2 November | 2 November |
| Uruguay | 16 | Argentina | 26 |
| 1 November | 1 November | | Argentina | 26 |
| 1 November | 1 November | Brazil | 25 |
| Brazil | 32 | Brazil | 25 |
| Chile | 14 | | |
| Chile | 14 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 2 November | 2 November |
| | | Uruguay | 23 |
| | | Chile | 14 |

#### 5–8th place bracket

| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 1 November | 1 November |
| Venezuela | 30 |
| Venezuela | 30 | 2 November | 2 November |
| Colombia | 41 | 2 November | 2 November |
| Colombia | 41 | Colombia | 30 |
| 1 November | 1 November | | Colombia | 30 |
| 1 November | 1 November | Nicaragua | 33 |
| Nicaragua | 32 | Nicaragua | 33 |
| Guatemala | 30 | | |
| Guatemala | 30 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 2 November | 2 November |
| | | Venezuela | 32 |
| | | Guatemala | 23 |

### 5–8th place semifinals

| 1 November 2024 11:00 | Venezuela | 30–41 | Colombia | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 50 Referees: Burgos, Lenzue (URU) |
| 1 November 2024 11:00 | Lara 9 | (12–16) | Gallego 10 | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 50 Referees: Burgos, Lenzue (URU) |
| 1 November 2024 11:00 | 1× 5× 1× | Report | 2× | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 50 Referees: Burgos, Lenzue (URU) |
| 1 November 2024 13:00 | Nicaragua | 32–30 | Guatemala | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 90 Referees: Sepúlveda, Leyton (CHI) |
| 1 November 2024 13:00 | González 8 | (15–13) | Juárez 9 | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 90 Referees: Sepúlveda, Leyton (CHI) |
| 1 November 2024 13:00 | 3× | Report | 6× 1× | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 90 Referees: Sepúlveda, Leyton (CHI) |

### Semifinals

| 1 November 2024 17:00 | Argentina | 27–16 | Uruguay | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 100 Referees: Bohoiavlenska, Molina (USA) |
| 1 November 2024 17:00 | Silva 5 | (14–8) | Larrosa 5 | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 100 Referees: Bohoiavlenska, Molina (USA) |
| 1 November 2024 17:00 | 5× | Report | 1× 1× | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 100 Referees: Bohoiavlenska, Molina (USA) |
| 1 November 2024 19:00 | Brazil | 32–14 | Chile | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 96 Referees: Petrone, Rueda (ARG) |
| 1 November 2024 19:00 | Perin 5 | (13–6) | Cabrera 4 | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 96 Referees: Petrone, Rueda (ARG) |
| 1 November 2024 19:00 | 1× 3× | Report | | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 96 Referees: Petrone, Rueda (ARG) |

### Seventh place game

| 2 November 2024 11:00 | Venezuela | 32–23 | Guatemala | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 90 Referees: Santana, Ramalho (BRA) |
| 2 November 2024 11:00 | Toledo 8 | (14–14) | García, Juárez 5 | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 90 Referees: Santana, Ramalho (BRA) |
| 2 November 2024 11:00 | 2× | Report | | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 90 Referees: Santana, Ramalho (BRA) |

### Fifth place game

| 2 November 2024 13:00 | Colombia | 30–33 | Nicaragua | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 220 Referees: Lenzue, Burgos (URU) |
| 2 November 2024 13:00 | Rivera 7 | (17–17) | González 10 | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 220 Referees: Lenzue, Burgos (URU) |
| 2 November 2024 13:00 | 7× | Report | 3× | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 220 Referees: Lenzue, Burgos (URU) |

### Third place game

| 2 November 2024 17:00 | Uruguay | 23–14 | Chile | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 54 Referees: Gonçalves, Dezembro (BRA) |
| 2 November 2024 17:00 | Urbina 5 | (13–6) | Hernández, Sovino 4 | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 54 Referees: Gonçalves, Dezembro (BRA) |
| 2 November 2024 17:00 | 1× 3× | Report | 2× | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 54 Referees: Gonçalves, Dezembro (BRA) |

### Final

| 2 November 2024 19:00 | Argentina | 26–25 | Brazil | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 250 Referees: Gutiérrez, Aguilera (CHI) |
| 2 November 2024 19:00 | Gallardo 5 | (12–14) | L. da Silva 9 | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 250 Referees: Gutiérrez, Aguilera (CHI) |
| 2 November 2024 19:00 | 2× 1× | Report | 2× 2× | Gimnasio Nacional de Balonmano, Managua Attendance: 250 Referees: Gutiérrez, Aguilera (CHI) |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Argentina |
| | Brazil |
| | Uruguay |
| 4 | Chile |
| 5 | Nicaragua |
| 6 | Colombia |
| 7 | Venezuela |
| 8 | Guatemala |
* Qualified for the 2025 Men's U21 World Championship
* Qualified for the 2025 IHF Inter-Continental Trophy