# 2000 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

The 2000 Pan American Men's Handball Championship was the ninth edition of the tournament, held in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil from 23 to 28 May 2000. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 2001 World Championship, where the top four placed teams qualified.

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−3).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 50 | +19 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Cuba | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 55 | +35 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Greenland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 75 | −13 | 2 | |
| 4 | Uruguay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 98 | −41 | 0 | |
| 23 May 2000 | Cuba | 41–17 | Uruguay |
| 23 May 2000 | | (22–8) | |
| 23 May 2000 | Argentina | 20–16 | Greenland |
| 23 May 2000 | | (11–8) | |
| 24 May 2000 | Argentina | 28–14 | Uruguay |
| 24 May 2000 | | (12–9) | |
| 24 May 2000 | Cuba | 29–17 | Greenland |
| 24 May 2000 | | (13–7) | |
| 25 May 2000 | Greenland | 29–26 | Uruguay |
| 25 May 2000 | | (15–9) | |
| 25 May 2000 | Argentina | 21–20 | Cuba |
| 25 May 2000 | | (9–10) | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 42 | +79 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 80 | −17 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 75 | 105 | −30 | 2 | |
| 4 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 93 | −32 | 0 | |
| 23 May 2000 | United States | 25–17 | Mexico |
| 23 May 2000 | | (9–7) | |
| 23 May 2000 | Brazil | 47–18 | Dominican Republic |
| 23 May 2000 | | (25–10) | |
| 24 May 2000 | United States | 27–24 | Dominican Republic |
| 24 May 2000 | | (12–11) | |
| 24 May 2000 | Brazil | 35–13 | Mexico |
| 24 May 2000 | | (18–5) | |
| 25 May 2000 | Dominican Republic | 33–31 | Mexico |
| 25 May 2000 | | (15–12) | |
| 25 May 2000 | Brazil | 39–11 | United States |
| 25 May 2000 | | (17–5) | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Argentina | 28 |
| United States | 18 | | |
| United States | 18 | Argentina | 26 |
| | | Cuba | 25 |
| Brazil | 24 | Cuba | 25 |
| Cuba | 26 | | |
| Cuba | 26 | Third place | Third place |
| | | United States | 17 |
| | | Brazil | 38 |
Fifth place bracket
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Greenland | 35 |
| Mexico | 18 | | |
| Mexico | 18 | Greenland | 27 |
| | | Dominican Republic | 21 |
| Dominican Republic (ET) | 34 | Dominican Republic | 21 |
| Uruguay | 30 | | |
| Uruguay | 30 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Mexico (ET) | 22 |
| | | Uruguay | 19 |

### 5–8th place semifinals

| 26 May 2000 | Greenland | 35–18 | Mexico |
| 26 May 2000 | | (18–7) | |
| 26 May 2000 | Dominican Republic | 34–30 (ET) | Uruguay |
| 26 May 2000 | | (13–11) | |

### Semifinals

| 27 May 2000 | Argentina | 28–18 | United States |
| 27 May 2000 | | (18–7) | |
| 27 May 2000 | Cuba | 26–24 | Brazil |
| 27 May 2000 | | (10–13) | |

### Seventh place game

| 27 May 2000 | Mexico | 22–19 (ET) | Uruguay |
| 27 May 2000 | | (9–11) | |

### Fifth place game

| 28 May 2000 | Greenland | 27–21 | Dominican Republic |
| 28 May 2000 | | (16–8) | |

### Third place game

| 28 May 2000 | Brazil | 38–17 | United States |
| 28 May 2000 | | (19–10) | |

### Final

| 28 May 2000 | Argentina | 26–25 | Cuba |
| 28 May 2000 | | (14–14) | |

## Final ranking

* Qualified for the 2001 World Championship
| Rank | Team |
| | Argentina |
| | Cuba |
| | Brazil |
| 4 | United States |
| 5 | Greenland |
| 6 | Dominican Republic |
| 7 | Mexico |
| 8 | Uruguay |
Argentina, Cuba, Brazil and United States are qualified for 2001 World Championship. Cuba finally withdrew and was replaced by Greenland.

## All-star team

| Position | Player |
| Most valuable player | Rolando Uríos (CUB) |
| Goalkeeper | Cristian Cantoniero (ARG) |
| Right wing | Andrés Kogovsek (ARG) |
| Right back | Eric Gull (ARG) |
| Centre back | Félix Romero (CUB) |
| Left back | Bruno Souza (BRA) |
| Left wing | Hélio Justino (BRA) |
| Pivot | Rolando Uríos (CUB) |