# Pan American Women's Handball Championship

The Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the biennial official competition for senior national handball teams of North, Center, Caribbean and South America. It was organized by the Pan-American Team Handball Federation. In addition to crowning the Pan-American champions, the tournament served as a qualifying tournament for the IHF World Women's Handball Championship. In 2018, the PATHF was folded and the tournament was replaced with the North American & Caribbean and South and Central American Women's Handball Championships.

## Summary

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match | Teams |
| Year | Host | Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | Teams |
| 1986 Details | Novo Hamburgo | United States | Round-robin | Canada | Brazil | Round-robin | Argentina | 6 |
| 1989 Details | Colorado Springs | Canada | Round-robin | United States | Brazil | Round-robin | Mexico | 4 |
| 1991 Details | Maringá | United States | Round-robin | Canada | Brazil | Round-robin | Argentina | 7 |
| 1997 Details | Poços de Caldas | Brazil | 21–17 | Canada | Uruguay | 19–14 | Argentina | 6 |
| 1999 Details | Buenos Aires | Brazil | Round-robin | Cuba | Argentina | Round-robin | Uruguay | 6 |
| 2000 Details | Aracaju | Brazil | Round-robin | Uruguay | Greenland | Round-robin | Argentina | 6 |
| 2003 Details | São Bernardo do Campo | Brazil | 39–12 | Argentina | Uruguay | 21–14 | United States | 7 |
| 2005 Details | São Bernardo do Campo | Brazil | Round-robin | Argentina | Uruguay | Round-robin | Canada | 6 |
| 2007 Details | Santo Domingo | Brazil | 29–12 | Argentina | Dominican Republic | 25–24 | Paraguay | 8 |
| 2009 Details | Santiago | Argentina | 26–25 (ET) | Brazil | Chile | 34–30 (2ET) | Dominican Republic | 7 |
| 2011 Details | São Bernardo do Campo | Brazil | 35–16 | Argentina | Cuba | 37–27 | Uruguay | 8 |
| 2013 Details | Santo Domingo | Brazil | 38–15 | Argentina | Dominican Republic | 28–19 | Paraguay | 10 |
| 2015 Details | Havana | Brazil | 26–22 | Cuba | Argentina | 33–16 | Puerto Rico | 12 |
| 2017 Details | Villa Ballester | Brazil | 38–20 | Argentina | Paraguay | 24–22 | Uruguay | 10 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil | 10 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | United States | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Argentina | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Canada | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Cuba | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Uruguay | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Chile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Greenland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Paraguay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |

## Participation history

| Nation | 1986 | 1989 | 1991 | 1997 | 1999 | 2000 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | Years |
| Argentina | 4th | – | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 13 |
| Brazil | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 14 |
| Canada | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | – | – | 5th | 4th | 6th | – | – | 9th | – | – | 8 |
| Chile | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 5th | – | 9th | 7th | 4 |
| Colombia | – | – | – | – | 6th | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | 3 |
| Costa Rica | – | – | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | 2 |
| Cuba | – | – | – | – | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd | – | 2nd | – | 3 |
| Dominican Republic | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 3rd | – | 8th | 7 |
| Greenland | – | – | – | – | 5th | 3rd | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | 3 |
| Guatemala | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | 10th | 3 |
| Mexico | – | 4th | – | 6th | – | 5th | – | – | 8th | 5th | 7th | 6th | 8th | – | 8 |
| Paraguay | 5th | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 7th | – | 4th | 7th | 3rd | 7 |
| Puerto Rico | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 6th | 3 |
| Uruguay | 6th | – | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 13 |
| United States | 1st | 2nd | 1st | – | – | – | 4th | 6th | 7th | – | – | 8th | 10th | 5th | 9 |
| Venezuela | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | 7th | 11th | – | 3 |
| Total | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | |