# Pan American Women's Junior Handball Championship

The Pan American Women's Junior Handball Championship was the official competition for junior women's national handball teams of the Americas, and took place every two years. In addition to crowning the Pan American champions, the tournament also served as a qualifying tournament for the IHF Junior World Handball Championship. In 2018, the PATHF was deprived of recognition and the tournament was replaced with the North American & Caribbean and South and Central American Women's Junior Handball Championships.

## Summary

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match |
| Year | Host | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place |
| 1993 Details | Foz do Iguaçu | Brazil | No playoffs | Argentina | Uruguay | No playoffs | Paraguay |
| 1997 Details | Pontal do Paraná | Brazil | No playoffs | Argentina | Uruguay | Uruguay | Uruguay |
| 1998 Details | Long Island | Brazil | 32 – 14 | Canada | United States | 17 – 15 | Puerto Rico |
| 2001 Details | Montreal | Brazil | No playoffs | Argentina | Canada | No playoffs | Mexico |
| 2002 Details | São Bernardo do Campo | Brazil | No playoffs | Uruguay | Argentina | No playoffs | Canada |
| 2004 Details | Edmonton | Argentina | 23 – 22 | Brazil | Puerto Rico | 36 – 32 | Canada |
| 2008 Details | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 24 – 17 | Brazil | Uruguay | 30 – 22 | Chile |
| 2010 Details | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 30 – 26 | Brazil | Dominican Republic | 36 – 26 | Puerto Rico |
| 2012 Details | Santo Domingo | Brazil | 37 – 33 | Uruguay | Argentina | 30 – 21 | Canada |
| 2014 Details | Buenos Aires | Brazil | No playoffs | Uruguay | Argentina | No playoffs | Paraguay |
| 2016 Details | Foz do Iguaçu | Brazil | No playoffs | Argentina | Chile | No playoffs | Paraguay |
| 2018 Details | Goiânia | Brazil | No playoffs | Chile | Paraguay | No playoffs | Argentina |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Uruguay | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Chile | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Paraguay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |

## Participating nations

| Nation | 1993 | 1997 | 1998 | 2001 | 2002 | 2004 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | Years |
| Argentina | 2nd | 2nd | - | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 11 |
| Brazil | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 12 |
| Canada | - | - | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 8th | - | 4th | 5th | 6th | - | 8 |
| Chile | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4th | 8th | 6th | 6th | 3rd | 2nd | 6 |
| Dominican Republic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3rd | 5th | - | - | 6th | 3 |
| Greenland | - | - | - | - | - | 5th | 6th | 7th | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Mexico | - | - | - | 4th | - | 6th | 7th | 6th | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Paraguay | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 4 |
| Puerto Rico | - | - | 4th | 5th | - | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 7th | - | - | - | 6 |
| United States | - | - | 3rd | 6th | 5th | 7th | - | - | 8th | - | - | - | 5 |
| Uruguay | 3rd | 3rd | - | - | 2nd | - | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 9 |
| Total | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |