# 2013 Pan American Men's Junior Handball Championship

The 2013 Pan American Men's Junior Handball Championship took place in Mar del Plata from 18–24 March. It acts as the Pan American qualifying tournament for the 2013 Men's Junior World Handball Championship.

## Teams

| Group A | Group B |
| Argentina  Chile  Uruguay  Guatemala *  Mexico | Brazil  Canada  Venezuela  Paraguay  Puerto Rico |
* Guatemala withdrew from this Pan American Junior Championship.

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 48 | +39 | 6 |
| Chile | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 76 | –4 | 4 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 59 | –1 | 2 |
| Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 92 | –34 | 0 |
| March 19 13:30 | Chile | 33 – 28 | Mexico | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata |
| March 19 13:30 | Salazar 7 | (18–13) | Haas 7 | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata |
| March 19 13:30 | 3× 4× | Report | 1× 2× | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata |
| March 19 20:00 | Argentina | 24 – 14 | Uruguay | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Rocha, Magalhães (BRA) |
| March 19 20:00 | Baroneto 7 | (11–7) | Velazco 5 | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Rocha, Magalhães (BRA) |
| March 19 20:00 | 3× 2× | Report | 3× 2× | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Rocha, Magalhães (BRA) |
| March 20 16:00 | Uruguay | 17 – 20 | Chile | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Souza, Paz (BRA) |
| March 20 16:00 | Velazco 5 | (7–8) | Reyes 5 | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Souza, Paz (BRA) |
| March 20 16:00 | 3× 4× | Report | 2× 4× | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Souza, Paz (BRA) |
| March 20 20:00 | Mexico | 15 – 32 | Argentina | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Duval, Alcântara (DOM) |
| March 20 20:00 | Contreras 6 | (10–16) | Bono 6 | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Duval, Alcântara (DOM) |
| March 20 20:00 | 3× 3× | Report | 3× 1× | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Duval, Alcântara (DOM) |
| March 21 18:00 | Uruguay | 27 – 15 | Mexico | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Lima, Quadros (BRA) |
| March 21 18:00 | Morandeira 10 | (10–7) | Yael 5 | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Lima, Quadros (BRA) |
| March 21 18:00 | 3× 3× | Report | 3× 2× | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Lima, Quadros (BRA) |
| March 21 20:00 | Argentina | 31 – 19 | Chile | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU) |
| March 21 20:00 | Rodriguez, Baroneto 5 | (11–12) | Muñoz 5 | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU) |
| March 21 20:00 | 3× 3× | Report | 4× 4× | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU) |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Brazil | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 169 | 81 | +88 | 8 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 114 | –3 | 6 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 122 | 128 | –6 | 4 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 112 | 144 | –32 | 2 |
| Paraguay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 87 | 134 | –47 | 0 |
| March 18 16:00 | Venezuela | 33 – 35 | Puerto Rico | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Souza, Paz (BRA) |
| March 18 16:00 | Palacios 12 | (16–13) | Hiraldo 15 | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Souza, Paz (BRA) |
| March 18 16:00 | 3× 2× | Report | 2× 2× | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Souza, Paz (BRA) |
| March 18 18:00 | Brazil | 45 – 15 | Paraguay | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG) |
| March 18 18:00 | Silva 6 | (19–6) | Fatecha 5 | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG) |
| March 18 18:00 | 3× 4× | Report | 3× 3× | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG) |
| March 19 15:30 | Paraguay | 26 – 36 | Canada | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Delgado, Burgos (ARG) |
| March 19 15:30 | Salinas 9 | (16–19) | Touzel 15 | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Delgado, Burgos (ARG) |
| March 19 15:30 | 4× 5× 1× | Report | 3× 4× 1× | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Delgado, Burgos (ARG) |
| March 19 17:30 | Puerto Rico | 21 – 36 | Brazil | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata |
| March 19 17:30 | Notario 11 | (8–16) | three players 5 | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata |
| March 19 17:30 | 3× 2× | Report | | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata |
| March 20 14:00 | Paraguay | 20 – 22 | Puerto Rico | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA) |
| March 20 14:00 | Matignon 7 | (9–9) | Hiraldo 6 | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA) |
| March 20 14:00 | 4× 5× | Report | 3× 5× | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA) |
| March 20 18:00 | Canada | 30 – 34 | Venezuela | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Zapata, Ojeda (COL) |
| March 20 18:00 | four players 5 | (11–14) | Palacios 10 | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Zapata, Ojeda (COL) |
| March 20 18:00 | 3× 6× | Report | 3× 4× | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Zapata, Ojeda (COL) |
| March 21 14:00 | Canada | 25 – 33 | Puerto Rico | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Zanikian, Paolantoni (ARG) |
| March 21 14:00 | Touzel 7 | (9–17) | Hiraldo 11 | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Zanikian, Paolantoni (ARG) |
| March 21 14:00 | 3× 2× | Report | 3× 3× | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Zanikian, Paolantoni (ARG) |
| March 21 16:00 | Venezuela | 24 – 37 | Brazil | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Camacho, Ortiz (MEX) |
| March 21 16:00 | Vasquez 10 | (11–15) | Andrade 8 | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Camacho, Ortiz (MEX) |
| March 21 16:00 | 2× 5× 1× | Report | 3× 4× | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Camacho, Ortiz (MEX) |
| March 22 16:00 | Venezuela | 31 – 26 | Paraguay | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata |
| March 22 16:00 | | (12–11) | | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata |
| March 22 16:00 | | Report | | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata |
| March 22 18:00 | Brazil | 51 – 21 | Canada | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Aular, Ortega (VEN) |
| March 22 18:00 | Oliveira 6 | (28–10) | Touzel 6 | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Aular, Ortega (VEN) |
| March 22 18:00 | 3× 3× | Report | 3× 4× | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Aular, Ortega (VEN) |

## Placement 7th–9th
### 7th/9th

| March 23 14:00 | Mexico | 40 – 26 | Paraguay | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Magalhães, Rocha (BRA) |
| March 23 14:00 | Yael 8 | (18–15) | Salinas 7 | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Magalhães, Rocha (BRA) |
| March 23 14:00 | 4× 3× | Report | 3× 4× | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Magalhães, Rocha (BRA) |

### 7th/8th

| March 24 16:00 | Mexico | 31 – 17 | Canada | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Rodriguez, Rodriguez (PAR) |
| March 24 16:00 | Contreras 7 | (12–10) | Touzel 9 | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Rodriguez, Rodriguez (PAR) |
| March 24 16:00 | 3× 4× | Report | 3× 3× | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Rodriguez, Rodriguez (PAR) |

## Placement 5th–6th

| March 23 20:00 | Uruguay | 34 – 27 | Venezuela | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Zanikian, Paolantoni (ARG) |
| March 23 20:00 | Morandeira 11 | (18–14) | Vasquez 8 | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Zanikian, Paolantoni (ARG) |
| March 23 20:00 | 2× 3× | Report | 3× 5× | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Zanikian, Paolantoni (ARG) |

## Final round

| Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| March 23 – Mar del Plata | March 23 – Mar del Plata |
| Argentina | 32 |
| Argentina | 32 | March 24 – Mar del Plata | March 24 – Mar del Plata |
| Puerto Rico | 20 | March 24 – Mar del Plata | March 24 – Mar del Plata |
| Puerto Rico | 20 | Argentina | 21 |
| March 23 – Mar del Plata | March 23 – Mar del Plata | | Argentina | 21 |
| March 23 – Mar del Plata | March 23 – Mar del Plata | Brazil | 25 |
| Chile | 17 | Brazil | 25 |
| Brazil | 32 | | |
| Brazil | 32 | Third place | Third place |
| | | March 24 – Mar del Plata | March 24 – Mar del Plata |
| | | Puerto Rico | 28 |
| | | Chile | 34 |

### Semifinals

| March 23 16:00 | Argentina | 32 – 20 | Puerto Rico | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA) |
| March 23 16:00 | Foppiani, Simonet 5 | (17–13) | Hiraldo 9 | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA) |
| March 23 16:00 | 3× 3× | Report | 3× 2× 1× | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA) |
| March 23 18:00 | Brazil | 32 – 17 | Chile | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG) |
| March 23 18:00 | Medeiros 5 | (15–6) | Ayala 4 | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG) |
| March 23 18:00 | 3× 4× | Report | 3× | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG) |

### Bronze-medal match

| March 24 16:00 | Puerto Rico | 28 – 34 | Chile | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Souza, Paz (BRA) |
| March 24 16:00 | Nazario 12 | (9–20) | Salazar 15 | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Souza, Paz (BRA) |
| March 24 16:00 | 3× 6× | Report | 2× 4× | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Souza, Paz (BRA) |

### Gold-medal match

| March 24 14:00 | Argentina | 21 – 25 | Brazil | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata |
| March 24 14:00 | Simonet 8 | (11–11) | Silva 6 | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata |
| March 24 14:00 | 4× 4× | Report | 4× 3× 1× | Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata |

## Final Standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Brazil |
| | Argentina |
| | Chile |
| 4 | Puerto Rico |
| 5 | Uruguay |
| 6 | Venezuela |
| 7 | Mexico |
| 8 | Canada |
| 9 | Paraguay |
* Team advanced to the 2013 Men's Junior World Handball Championship