# 2016 Pan American Men's Club Handball Championship

The 2016 Pan American Men's Club Handball Championship was held in Villa Ballester, Buenos Aires 25–29 May. It acts as the Pan American qualifying tournament for the 2016 IHF Super Globe.

## Participating teams

* River Plate
* SAG Villa Ballester
* Handebol Taubaté
* EC Pinheiros
* Club Italiano BM
* Salto del Guairá
* Colegio Alemán
* New York City Club

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Handebol Taubaté | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 58 | 53 | 6 |
| River Plate | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 71 | 12 | 4 |
| Club Italiano BM | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 91 | –37 | 2 |
| New York City Club | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 97 | –28 | 0 |
* Teams qualified to the semi-finals
| May 25 13:00 | River Plate | 32–22 | New York City Club | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 500 Referees: Prieto, Gonzalez |
| May 25 13:00 | Grandi 9 | (15–10) | Briffe [fr] 7 | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 500 Referees: Prieto, Gonzalez |
| May 25 13:00 | 3× 3× | Report | 3× 5× | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 500 Referees: Prieto, Gonzalez |
| May 25 15:00 | Handebol Taubaté | 40–11 | Club Italiano BM | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 500 Referees: Reyes, Zuniga |
| May 25 15:00 | Soares 7 | (19–6) | Diaz 4 | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 500 Referees: Reyes, Zuniga |
| May 25 15:00 | 3× 2× | Report | 2× 4× | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 500 Referees: Reyes, Zuniga |
| May 26 13:00 | New York City Club | 22–38 | Handebol Taubaté | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Referees: Marina, Acuña |
| May 26 13:00 | Briffe [fr] 10 | (11–20) | Soares 7 | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Referees: Marina, Acuña |
| May 26 13:00 | 2× 4× | Report | 2× | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Referees: Marina, Acuña |
| May 26 15:00 | Club Italiano BM | 16–26 | River Plate | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 115 Referees: Roca, Magalhaes |
| May 26 15:00 | Diaz 5 | (6–13) | Romero 5 | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 115 Referees: Roca, Magalhaes |
| May 26 15:00 | 2× 5× | Report | 3× 3× | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 115 Referees: Roca, Magalhaes |
| May 27 13:00 | Club Italiano BM | 27–25 | New York City Club | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 141 Referees: Grillo, Lenci |
| May 27 13:00 | Bergamin 7 | (14–13) | three players 4 | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 141 Referees: Grillo, Lenci |
| May 27 13:00 | 3× 4× | Report | 2× 5× 2× | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 141 Referees: Grillo, Lenci |
| May 27 17:00 | Handebol Taubaté | 33–25 | River Plate | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 500 Referees: Gonzalez, Prieto |
| May 27 17:00 | Brafante 6 | (15–9) | Vázquez 8 | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 500 Referees: Gonzalez, Prieto |
| May 27 17:00 | 3× 4× | Report | 3× 2× | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 500 Referees: Gonzalez, Prieto |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| EC Pinheiros | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 69 | 29 | 6 |
| SAG Villa Ballester | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 106 | 66 | 40 | 4 |
| Colegio Alemán | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 68 | 83 | –15 | 2 |
| Salto del Guairá | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 111 | –54 | 0 |
* Teams qualified to the semi-finals
| May 25 17:00 | EC Pinheiros | 43–19 | Salto del Guairá | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 750 Referees: Marina, Acuña |
| May 25 17:00 | Medeiros 8 | (18–14) | Perez 6 | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 750 Referees: Marina, Acuña |
| May 25 17:00 | 3× 4× | Report | 2× 3× | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 750 Referees: Marina, Acuña |
| May 25 19:00 | SAG Villa Ballester | 35–21 | Colegio Alemán | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 784 Referees: Magalhaes, Rocha |
| May 25 19:00 | three players 5 | (15–12) | Morandeira, Velazco 5 | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 784 Referees: Magalhaes, Rocha |
| May 25 19:00 | 3× 5× | Report | 2× 4× | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 784 Referees: Magalhaes, Rocha |
| May 26 17:00 | Colegio Alemán | 24–27 | EC Pinheiros | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 400 Referees: Lenci, Grillo |
| May 26 17:00 | Velazco 9 | (15–13) | Dutra 10 | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 400 Referees: Lenci, Grillo |
| May 26 17:00 | 3× 3× | Report | 2× 6× | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 400 Referees: Lenci, Grillo |
| May 26 19:00 | Salto del Guairá | 17–45 | SAG Villa Ballester | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 400 Referees: Reyes, Zuniga |
| May 26 19:00 | Perez, Benitez 4 | (9–17) | Werner 9 | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 400 Referees: Reyes, Zuniga |
| May 26 19:00 | 2× 7× 1× | Report | 3× 4× | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 400 Referees: Reyes, Zuniga |
| May 27 15:00 | Salto del Guairá | 21–23 | Colegio Alemán | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 180 Referees: Rocha, Magalhaes |
| May 27 15:00 | Garcete 6 | (12–11) | Morandeira 9 | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 180 Referees: Rocha, Magalhaes |
| May 27 15:00 | 2× 6× | Report | 3× 4× | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 180 Referees: Rocha, Magalhaes |
| May 27 19:00 | EC Pinheiros | 28–26 | SAG Villa Ballester | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 781 Referees: Marina, Acuña |
| May 27 19:00 | Dutra 13 | (13–15) | Souto 8 | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 781 Referees: Marina, Acuña |
| May 27 19:00 | 3× 5× | Report | 2× 4× | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 781 Referees: Marina, Acuña |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 28 May | 28 May |
| Handebol Taubaté | 28 |
| Handebol Taubaté | 28 | 29 May | 29 May |
| SAG Villa Ballester | 19 | 29 May | 29 May |
| SAG Villa Ballester | 19 | Handebol Taubaté | 28 |
| 28 May | 28 May | | Handebol Taubaté | 28 |
| 28 May | 28 May | EC Pinheiros | 23 |
| River Plate | 26 | EC Pinheiros | 23 |
| EC Pinheiros | 30 | | |
| EC Pinheiros | 30 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 29 May | 29 May |
| | | SAG Villa Ballester | 33 |
| | | River Plate | 27 |

#### 5–8th place bracket

| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 28 May | 28 May |
| Club Italiano BM | 29 |
| Club Italiano BM | 29 | 29 May | 29 May |
| Salto del Guairá | 22 | 29 May | 29 May |
| Salto del Guairá | 22 | Club Italiano BM | 22 |
| 28 May | 28 May | | Club Italiano BM | 22 |
| 28 May | 28 May | New York City Club | 26 |
| New York City Club | 24 | New York City Club | 26 |
| Colegio Alemán | 22 | | |
| Colegio Alemán | 22 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 29 May | 29 May |
| | | Salto del Guairá | 23 |
| | | Colegio Alemán | 32 |

### 5–8th place semifinals

| May 28 13:30 | Club Italiano BM | 29–22 | Salto del Guairá | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 110 Referees: Prieto, Gonzalez |
| May 28 13:30 | Valenzuela 6 | (17–9) | Benitez 4 | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 110 Referees: Prieto, Gonzalez |
| May 28 13:30 | 2× 4× | Report | 2× 8× | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 110 Referees: Prieto, Gonzalez |
| May 28 15:30 | New York City Club | 24–22 | Colegio Alemán | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 200 Referees: Reyes, Zuniga |
| May 28 15:30 | Briffe [fr] 6 | (13–14) | Vecino 9 | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 200 Referees: Reyes, Zuniga |
| May 28 15:30 | 2× 1× | Report | 2× 1× | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 200 Referees: Reyes, Zuniga |

### Semifinals

| May 28 18:00 | Handebol Taubaté | 28–19 | SAG Villa Ballester | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 795 Referees: Lenci, Grillo |
| May 28 18:00 | Teixeira 6 | (18–9) | Souto 7 | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 795 Referees: Lenci, Grillo |
| May 28 18:00 | 2× 3× | Report | 3× 3× | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 795 Referees: Lenci, Grillo |
| May 28 20:00 | River Plate | 26–30 | EC Pinheiros | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 400 Referees: Magalhaes, Rocha |
| May 28 20:00 | Vázquez 9 | (10–16) | Dutra 12 | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 400 Referees: Magalhaes, Rocha |
| May 28 20:00 | 3× 2× | Report | 3× 2× | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 400 Referees: Magalhaes, Rocha |

### Seventh place game

| May 29 10:30 | Salto del Guairá | 23–32 | Colegio Alemán | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Referees: Reyes, Zuniga |
| May 29 10:30 | four players 4 | (8–16) | Aicardi 9 | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Referees: Reyes, Zuniga |
| May 29 10:30 | 4× 1× | Report | 3× 1× | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Referees: Reyes, Zuniga |

### Fifth place game

| May 29 12:30 | Club Italiano BM | 22–26 | New York City Club | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 250 Referees: Prieto, Gonzalez |
| May 29 12:30 | Diaz 6 | (15–13) | Radovanovic 8 | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 250 Referees: Prieto, Gonzalez |
| May 29 12:30 | 1× 4× | Report | 2× 4× | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 250 Referees: Prieto, Gonzalez |

### Third place game

| May 29 14:30 | SAG Villa Ballester | 33–27 | River Plate | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 450 Referees: Marina, Acuña |
| May 29 14:30 | M. Canepa, S. Cánepa 8 | (13–12) | Lima 6 | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 450 Referees: Marina, Acuña |
| May 29 14:30 | 3× 2× | Report | 4× 4× | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 450 Referees: Marina, Acuña |

### Final

| May 29 17:00 | Handebol Taubaté | 28–23 | EC Pinheiros | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 350 Referees: Lenci, Grillo |
| May 29 17:00 | Oliveira 8 | (14–8) | Santaela 6 | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 350 Referees: Lenci, Grillo |
| May 29 17:00 | 1× 3× | Report | 1× 1× | Estadio Mundialista SAG, Villa Ballester Attendance: 350 Referees: Lenci, Grillo |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Handebol Taubaté |
| | EC Pinheiros |
| | SAG Villa Ballester |
| 4 | River Plate |
| 5 | New York City Club |
| 6 | Club Italiano BM |
| 7 | Colegio Alemán |
| 8 | Salto del Guairá |
* Team qualified to the 2016 IHF Super Globe

## Awards
### All-star team

* Goalkeeper: Maik Santos
* Right Wing: Lucas Cândido
* Right Back: Benjamin Briffe [fr]
* Playmaker: Julián Souto Cueto
* Left Back: Leonardo Dutra
* Left Wing: Adrian Portela
* Pivot: Vinícius Teixeira