# 2008 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

The 13th American Handball Championship, also called PanAmericano 2008, was the 13th edition of the Pan American Men's Handball Championship, held from 24 to 28 June 2008 in São Carlos, Brazil. It also acted as the qualifying competition for the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship, securing three vacancies for the World Championship. These places were earned by Brazil, Argentina and Cuba.
Eight nations had been scheduled to play at the tournament, but Dominican Republic decided not to play just a few days before the tournament, so Group B had only three participating teams.

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−9).
* Team advanced to the Semifinals
* Team will play Placement Matches
All times are (UTC-3)

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 62 | +31 | 6 |
| Chile | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 87 | −3 | 4 |
| Greenland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 70 | 82 | −12 | 1 |
| Canada | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 58 | 74 | −16 | 1 |
| 24 June 2008 16:00 | Argentina | 36–25 | Chile |
| 24 June 2008 16:00 | | (13–11) | |
| 24 June 2008 21:00 | Greenland | 20–20 | Canada |
| 24 June 2008 21:00 | | (6–11) | |
| 25 June 2008 16:00 | Chile | 31–28 | Greenland |
| 25 June 2008 16:00 | | (19–12) | |
| 25 June 2008 18:00 | Argentina | 26–15 | Canada |
| 25 June 2008 18:00 | | (15–10) | |
| 26 June 2008 16:00 | Chile | 28–23 | Canada |
| 26 June 2008 16:00 | | (17–9) | |
| 26 June 2008 18:00 | Argentina | 31–22 | Greenland |
| 26 June 2008 18:00 | | (16–8) | |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Brazil (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 34 | +37 | 4 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 57 | −8 | 2 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 66 | −29 | 0 |
| 24 June 2008 18:00 | Brazil | 38–13 | Uruguay |
| 24 June 2008 18:00 | | (17–7) | |
| 25 June 2008 20:00 | Cuba | 28–24 | Uruguay |
| 25 June 2008 20:00 | | (16–9) | |
| 26 June 2008 20:00 | Brazil | 33–21 | Cuba |
| 26 June 2008 20:00 | | (20–10) | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi Final | Semi Final | Final | Final |
| 27 June 2008 | 27 June 2008 |
| Argentina | 33 |
| Argentina | 33 | 28 June 2008 | 28 June 2008 |
| Cuba | 32 | 28 June 2008 | 28 June 2008 |
| Cuba | 32 | Argentina | 24 |
| 27 June 2008 | 27 June 2008 | | Argentina | 24 |
| 27 June 2008 | 27 June 2008 | Brazil | 27 |
| Brazil | 26 | Brazil | 27 |
| Chile | 22 | | |
| Chile | 22 | 3rd/4th Place | 3rd/4th Place |
| | | 28 June 2008 | 28 June 2008 |
| | | Cuba | 37 |
| | | Chile | 30 |
Fifth place bracket
| 5th–7th Place | 5th–7th Place | 5th/6th Place | 5th/6th Place |
| Greenland | |
| Greenland | | 28 June 2008 | 28 June 2008 |
| Bye | | 28 June 2008 | 28 June 2008 |
| Bye | | Greenland | 28 |
| 27 June 2008 | 27 June 2008 | | Greenland | 28 |
| 27 June 2008 | 27 June 2008 | Uruguay | 21 |
| Canada | 21 | Uruguay | 21 |
| Uruguay | 23 | | |

### 5–7th place semifinal

| 27 June 2008 16:00 | Uruguay | 23–21 | Canada |
| 27 June 2008 16:00 | | (12–9) | |

### Semifinals

| 27 June 2008 14:00 | Argentina | 33–32 | Cuba |
| 27 June 2008 14:00 | | (16–15) | |
| 27 June 2008 18:00 | Brazil | 26–22 | Chile |
| 27 June 2008 18:00 | | (19–10) | |

### Fifth place game

| 28 June 2008 14:00 | Greenland | 28–21 | Uruguay |
| 28 June 2008 14:00 | | (12–10) | |

### Third place game

| 28 June 2008 16:00 | Cuba | 37–30 | Chile |
| 28 June 2008 16:00 | | (17–18) | |

### Final

| 28 June 2008 18:00 | Brazil | 27–24 | Argentina |
| 28 June 2008 18:00 | | (11–9) | |

## Final ranking

| | Brazil |
| | Argentina |
| | Cuba |
| 4 | Chile |
| 5 | Greenland |
| 6 | Uruguay |
| 7 | Canada |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Emil Feuchtmann | Chile | 34 |
| 2 | Francisco Chacana | Chile | 27 |
| 2 | Minik Dahl Høegh | Greenland | 27 |
| 4 | Andrés Kogovsek | Argentina | 25 |
| 5 | Frankis Carol | Cuba | 24 |