# 2013 Pan American Men's Club Handball Championship

The 2013 Pan American Men's Club Handball Championship took place in Taubaté from 19 to 23 June. It acts as the Pan American qualifying tournament for the 2013 IHF Super Globe.

## Teams

* Club Atlético River Plate
* SAG Villa Ballester
* Santiago Steels
* EC Pinheiros
* Metodista
* Handebol Taubaté
* Universidad Americana
* German School of Montevideo

## Modus

The seven teams played in two groups a round Robin.
The two last from each group played the 5-8 place semifinals.
The loser of this played the 7 place game and the winners the 5th place game.
The first from each group played against the second from the other group the Semifinals.
The losers of the semis played Third place game and the winners the Final.

## Round robin
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Metodista | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 41 | +65 | 6 |
| Club Atlético River Plate | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 74 | 60 | +14 | 3 |
| German School of Montevideo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 85 | −34 | 3 |
| Universidad Americana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 92 | −45 | 0 |
| June 19 15:15 | Club Atlético River Plate | 22 – 22 | German School of Montevideo | Taubaté |
| June 19 15:15 | Portela 7 | (10–9) | Velazco & Benitez 7 | Taubaté |
| June 19 15:15 | 4× 3× | Report | 3× 2× | Taubaté |
| June 19 17:30 | Metodista | 39 – 13 | Universidad Americana | Taubaté |
| June 19 17:30 | Teixeira 9 | (15–5) | Ferreira 5 | Taubaté |
| June 19 17:30 | 3× 1× | Report | 2× 2× | Taubaté |
| June 20 13:00 | Club Atlético River Plate | 31 – 13 | Universidad Americana | Taubaté Attendance: 81 |
| June 20 13:00 | Schiaffino 7 | (15–4) | Mendoza 4 | Taubaté Attendance: 81 |
| June 20 13:00 | 2× 3× | Report | 3× 3× | Taubaté Attendance: 81 |
| June 20 17:30 | Metodista | 42 – 7 | German School of Montevideo | Taubaté Attendance: 200 |
| June 20 17:30 | Cruz 10 | (21–2) | Velazco 4 | Taubaté Attendance: 200 |
| June 20 17:30 | 3× 4× | Report | 1× 1× | Taubaté Attendance: 200 |
| June 21 13:00 | Universidad Americana | 21 – 22 | German School of Montevideo | Taubaté Attendance: 20 |
| June 21 13:00 | Mendoza 6 | (10–12) | Benitez 6 | Taubaté Attendance: 20 |
| June 21 13:00 | 3× 5× | Report | 3× 4× | Taubaté Attendance: 20 |
| June 21 15:15 | Metodista | 25 – 21 | Club Atlético River Plate | Taubaté Attendance: 220 |
| June 21 15:15 | Teixeira 5 | (10–7) | Alvarez 6 | Taubaté Attendance: 220 |
| June 21 15:15 | 3× 4× | Report | 4× 3× | Taubaté Attendance: 220 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| EC Pinheiros | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 74 | +30 | 6 |
| Handebol Taubaté | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 71 | +14 | 4 |
| SAG Villa Ballester | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 88 | 92 | −4 | 2 |
| Santiago Steels | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 100 | −40 | 0 |
| June 19 13:00 | SAG Villa Ballester | 31 – 27 | Santiago Steels | Taubaté Attendance: 86 |
| June 19 13:00 | Kogovsek 10 | (15–14) | Callejas & Diaz 6 | Taubaté Attendance: 86 |
| June 19 13:00 | 3× 4× | Report | 3× 4× | Taubaté Attendance: 86 |
| June 19 20:00 | EC Pinheiros | 29 – 26 | Handebol Taubaté | Taubaté |
| June 19 20:00 | Pacheco 7 | (14–11) | Andre & Zepan 5 | Taubaté |
| June 19 20:00 | 3× 5× | Report | 4× 4× 1× | Taubaté |
| June 20 15:15 | EC Pinheiros | 40 – 16 | Santiago Steels | Taubaté |
| June 20 15:15 | Medeiros 8 | (19–6) | Del Rio 4 | Taubaté |
| June 20 15:15 | 3× 3× | Report | 4× 6× | Taubaté |
| June 20 20:00 | SAG Villa Ballester | 25 – 30 | Handebol Taubaté | Taubaté Attendance: 250 |
| June 20 20:00 | Cánepa 6 | (10–10) | Zepan 6 | Taubaté Attendance: 250 |
| June 20 20:00 | 3× 4× | Report | 3× 6× 1× | Taubaté Attendance: 250 |
| June 21 17:30 | EC Pinheiros | 35 – 32 | SAG Villa Ballester | Taubaté Attendance: 200 |
| June 21 17:30 | Pacheco 10 | (19–17) | Scovenna 8 | Taubaté Attendance: 200 |
| June 21 17:30 | 3× 7× | Report | 3× 4× | Taubaté Attendance: 200 |
| June 21 20:00 | Handebol Taubaté | 29 – 17 | Santiago Steels | Taubaté Attendance: 280 |
| June 21 20:00 | Diégo 6 | (14–10) | Callejas & Del Rio 4 | Taubaté Attendance: 280 |
| June 21 20:00 | 3× 4× | Report | 3× 4× | Taubaté Attendance: 280 |

### Championship

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| B1 | EC Pinheiros | 25 | | | |
| A2 | Club Atlético River Plate | 20 | | | |
| A2 | Club Atlético River Plate | 20 | B1 | EC Pinheiros | 23 |
| | | | B2 | Handebol Taubaté | 25 |
| A1 | Metodista | 26 | B2 | Handebol Taubaté | 25 |
| B2 | Handebol Taubaté | 32 | Small Final | Small Final | Small Final |
| | | | A2 | Club Atlético River Plate | 23 |
| | | | A1 | Metodista | 28 |

#### Semifinals

| June 22 15:00 | EC Pinheiros | 25 – 20 | Club Atlético River Plate | Taubaté |
| June 22 15:00 | Partrianova 7 | (11–7) | 3 players 4 | Taubaté |
| June 22 15:00 | 3× 6× | Report | 4× 4× | Taubaté |
| June 22 14:30 | Metodista | 32 – 26 | Handebol Taubaté | Taubaté |
| June 22 14:30 | Gomes 8 | (12–17) | Toko 9 | Taubaté |
| June 22 14:30 | 2× 4× 1× | Report | 4× 2× | Taubaté |

#### Small Final

| June 23 8:30 | Club Atlético River Plate | 23 – 28 | Metodista | Taubaté |

#### Final

| June 23 11:00 | EC Pinheiros | 23 – 25 | Handebol Taubaté | Taubaté |
| June 23 11:00 | | (12 - 12) | | Taubaté |

### Placement Games

| 5th–8th Semifinals | 5th–8th Semifinals | 5th–8th Semifinals | 5th place | 5th place | 5th place |
| B3 | SAG Villa Ballester | 29 | | | |
| A4 | Universidad Americana | 16 | | | |
| A4 | Universidad Americana | 16 | B3 | SAG Villa Ballester | 32 |
| | | | B4 | Santiago Steels | 27 |
| A3 | German School of Montevideo | 22 | B4 | Santiago Steels | 27 |
| B4 | Santiago Steels | 28 | 7th place | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | | A4 | Universidad Americana | 29 |
| | | | A3 | German School of Montevideo | 37 |

#### 5th–8th Semifinals

| June 22 8:30 | SAG Villa Ballester | 29 – 16 | Universidad Americana | Taubaté Attendance: 50 |
| June 22 8:30 | Nebuloni 11 | (15–11) | Mendoza 7 | Taubaté Attendance: 50 |
| June 22 8:30 | 3× 1× | Report p.4 | 3× 4× | Taubaté Attendance: 50 |
| June 22 10:30 | German School of Montevideo | 22 – 28 | Santiago Steels | Taubaté Attendance: 50 |
| June 22 10:30 | Velazco 9 | (13–10) | Callejas 7 | Taubaté Attendance: 50 |
| June 22 10:30 | 3× 2× | Report | 3× | Taubaté Attendance: 50 |

#### 7th place game

| June 23 13:30 | Universidad Americana | 23 – 37 | German School of Montevideo | Taubaté |
| June 23 13:30 | | (11-19) | | Taubaté |

#### 5th place game

| June 23 15:30 | SAG Villa Ballester | 32 – 27 | Santiago Steels | Taubaté |
| June 23 15:30 | | (18 - 11) | | Taubaté |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Handebol Taubaté |
| | EC Pinheiros |
| | Metodista |
| 4 | Club Atlético River Plate |
| 5 | SAG Villa Ballester |
| 6 | Santiago Steels |
| 7 | German School of Montevideo |
| 8 | Universidad Americana |
* Team qualified to the 2013 IHF Super Globe

## Awards

| Most Valuable Player: | Maik dos Santos | Handebol Taubaté |
| Best Defensive: | Alexandro Pozzer | EC Pinheiros |
| Best Coach: | Tata Marcus | Handebol Taubaté |

## Top scorers

* Record
| Name | Goals | Games | Average | Team |
| Alejandro Velazco | 31 | 5 | 6.2 | German School of Montevideo |
| Juan Benítez | 28 | 5 | 5.6 | German School of Montevideo |
| Fernando Pacheco | 25 | 5 | 5 | EC Pinheiros |
| Andrés Kogovsek | 25 | 5 | 5 | SAG Villa Ballester |
| José Mendonca | 25 | 5 | 5 | Universidad Americana |

## All-Star Team

| | | Pivot |
| | | Andre Luis Toko |
| | | Handebol Taubaté |
| | | Center Back |
| | Left Back | Matías Lima | Right Back |
| | Arthur Patrianova | Club Atlético River Plate | Daniel Zepan |
| | EC Pinheiros | | Handebol Taubaté |
| Left Wing | | Goalkeeper | | Right Wing |
| Arthur Sousa | | Maik Santos | | Andrés Kogovsek |
| EC Pinheiros | | Handebol Taubaté | | SAG Villa Ballester |
| | | Most Valuable Player | | 3rd Top Scorer |