# 2016 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

The 2016 Pan American Men's Handball Championship was the 17th official competition for senior men's national handball teams of North, Center, Caribbean and South America. It was held from 11 to 19 June 2016 at the Tecnópolis in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It also acted as the qualifying competition for the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship in France, securing three vacancies for the World Championship.
Brazil won the tournament for the third time after defeating Chile 28–24 in the final.

## Participating teams

* Argentina
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Colombia
* Greenland
* Guatemala
* Mexico
* Paraguay
* Puerto Rico
* United States
* Uruguay
Venezuela was originally qualified but withdrew due to economic trouble. The Pan-American Team Handball Federation chose Mexico to replace it.

## Preliminary round

The draw was held on 23 April 2016 at the Planetario in Buenos Aires.
All times are local (UTC−3).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Chile | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 171 | 109 | +62 | 8 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Argentina (H) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 161 | 88 | +73 | 8 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Greenland | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 166 | 131 | +35 | 8 | |
| 4 | Mexico | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 122 | 159 | −37 | 4 | |
| 5 | Canada | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 110 | 162 | −52 | 2 | |
| 6 | Guatemala | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 101 | 182 | −81 | 0 | |
* 1 2 3 Chile 2 Pts, +7 GD; Argentina 2 Pts, −1 GD; Greenland 2 Pts, −6 GD
| 11 June 2016 15:10 | Chile | 30–21 | Mexico | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Sosa, Lemes |
| 11 June 2016 15:10 | Baeza 7 | (18–10) | Al. Villalobos 9 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Sosa, Lemes |
| 11 June 2016 15:10 | 3× | Report | 1× 1× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Sosa, Lemes |
| 11 June 2016 17:00 | Greenland | 31–24 | Canada | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Oliveira, Nascimento |
| 11 June 2016 17:00 | Høegh 6 | (16–10) | Sartisson 9 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Oliveira, Nascimento |
| 11 June 2016 17:00 | 3× 3× | Report | 3× 5× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Oliveira, Nascimento |
| 11 June 2016 17:00 | Argentina | 37–12 | Guatemala | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga |
| 11 June 2016 17:00 | Fernández 8 | (19–3) | Herrera 4 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga |
| 11 June 2016 17:00 | 2× | Report | 3× 4× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga |
| 12 June 2016 15:00 | Canada | 13–37 | Argentina | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Ojeda, Zapata |
| 12 June 2016 15:00 | Sartisson, Touzel 3 | (5–17) | Fernández 8 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Ojeda, Zapata |
| 12 June 2016 15:00 | 3× 4× | Report | 2× 3× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Ojeda, Zapata |
| 12 June 2016 16:00 | Mexico | 24–36 | Greenland | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Pinto, Menezes |
| 12 June 2016 16:00 | Al. Villalobos 6 | (12–18) | Høegh, Ingemann 7 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Pinto, Menezes |
| 12 June 2016 16:00 | 1× 3× 1× | Report | 1× 3× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Pinto, Menezes |
| 12 June 2016 18:00 | Guatemala | 11–41 | Chile | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Quadros, Lima |
| 12 June 2016 18:00 | Garrido, Grijalva 3 | (7–21) | Er. Feuchtmann, E. Salinas 7 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Quadros, Lima |
| 12 June 2016 18:00 | 1× 1× | Report | 2× 4× 1× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Quadros, Lima |
| 13 June 2016 15:00 | Argentina | 42–17 | Mexico | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Oliveira, Nascimento |
| 13 June 2016 15:00 | Pizarro 8 | (21–7) | three players 3 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Oliveira, Nascimento |
| 13 June 2016 15:00 | 3× 6× | Report | 3× 2× 1× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Oliveira, Nascimento |
| 13 June 2016 16:00 | Guatemala | 24–27 | Canada | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Prieto, González |
| 13 June 2016 16:00 | Grijalva, Herrera 5 | (7–18) | Spence 8 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Prieto, González |
| 13 June 2016 16:00 | 2× 3× | Report | 3× 4× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Prieto, González |
| 13 June 2016 19:00 | Chile | 37–29 | Greenland | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Tonnies, Schulze |
| 13 June 2016 19:00 | R. Salinas 8 | (16–16) | Høegh 16 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Tonnies, Schulze |
| 13 June 2016 19:00 | 2× 4× | Report | 2× 5× 1× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Tonnies, Schulze |
| 15 June 2016 15:00 | Greenland | 25–23 | Argentina | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Quadros, Lima |
| 15 June 2016 15:00 | Kreutzmann 8 | (12–12) | P. Simonet 6 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Quadros, Lima |
| 15 June 2016 15:00 | 3× 2× | Report | 2× 5× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Quadros, Lima |
| 15 June 2016 16:00 | Mexico | 32–31 | Guatemala | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Pinto, Menezes |
| 15 June 2016 16:00 | Ávalos, Morales 6 | (19–13) | Martínez 8 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Pinto, Menezes |
| 15 June 2016 16:00 | 3× 4× | Report | 3× 3× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Pinto, Menezes |
| 15 June 2016 19:00 | Chile | 42–26 | Canada | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Sosa, Lemes |
| 15 June 2016 19:00 | Er. Feuchtmann 7 | (23–12) | Touzel 11 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Sosa, Lemes |
| 15 June 2016 19:00 | 2× 5× 1× | Report | 2× 5× 2× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Sosa, Lemes |
| 16 June 2016 15:00 | Greenland | 45–23 | Guatemala | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 16 June 2016 15:00 | Moller 16 | (25–13) | Herrera 9 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 16 June 2016 15:00 | 1× 2× | Report | 1× 1× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 16 June 2016 18:00 | Canada | 20–28 | Mexico | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 16 June 2016 18:00 | Sartisson 5 | (12–13) | Morales 8 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 16 June 2016 18:00 | 3× 3× | Report | 3× 4× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 16 June 2016 19:00 | Argentina | 22–21 | Chile | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 16 June 2016 19:00 | Vieyra 7 | (15–8) | Em. Feuchtmann 5 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 16 June 2016 19:00 | 3× 6× 1× | Report | 2× 6× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 214 | 78 | +136 | 10 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Uruguay | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 135 | 113 | +22 | 8 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Puerto Rico | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 145 | 143 | +2 | 6 | |
| 4 | United States | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 122 | 143 | −21 | 4 | |
| 5 | Colombia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 100 | 169 | −69 | 2 | |
| 6 | Paraguay | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 115 | 185 | −70 | 0 | |
| 11 June 2016 15:00 | United States | 26–31 | Puerto Rico | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Grillo, Lenci |
| 11 June 2016 15:00 | Hines 9 | (15–13) | Nazario 11 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Grillo, Lenci |
| 11 June 2016 15:00 | 1× 1× | Report | 2× 2× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Grillo, Lenci |
| 11 June 2016 20:05 | Brazil | 54–14 | Paraguay | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Christiansen, Hesseldal Hansen |
| 11 June 2016 20:05 | Chiuffa 11 | (30–7) | Pérez 4 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Christiansen, Hesseldal Hansen |
| 11 June 2016 20:05 | 2× 2× | Report | 2× 3× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Christiansen, Hesseldal Hansen |
| 11 June 2016 20:00 | Uruguay | 33–11 | Colombia | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Burgos, Delgado |
| 11 June 2016 20:00 | Lees 5 | (14–5) | Restrepo 4 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Burgos, Delgado |
| 11 June 2016 20:00 | 1× 3× | Report | 3× 3× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Burgos, Delgado |
| 12 June 2016 17:00 | Puerto Rico | 24–38 | Brazil | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Ochatt, Hernalz |
| 12 June 2016 17:00 | Hiraldo, Nazario 5 | (15–20) | Chiuffa 7 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Ochatt, Hernalz |
| 12 June 2016 17:00 | 2× 5× | Report | 2× 1× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Ochatt, Hernalz |
| 12 June 2016 19:00 | Paraguay | 19–34 | Uruguay | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Schulze, Tonnies |
| 12 June 2016 19:00 | Pérez, Ramiro 4 | (10–15) | five players 4 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Schulze, Tonnies |
| 12 June 2016 19:00 | 3× 5× | Report | 3× 5× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Schulze, Tonnies |
| 12 June 2016 20:05 | Colombia | 21–29 | United States | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Christiansen, Hesseldal Hansen |
| 12 June 2016 20:05 | Montoya 5 | (9–12) | Reed 9 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Christiansen, Hesseldal Hansen |
| 12 June 2016 20:05 | 1× 4× | Report | 3× 5× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Christiansen, Hesseldal Hansen |
| 13 June 2016 17:00 | Brazil | 42–10 | Colombia | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Zavalla, Moraga |
| 13 June 2016 17:00 | Chiuffa, Ribeiro 7 | (21–7) | Restrepo 4 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Zavalla, Moraga |
| 13 June 2016 17:00 | 3× 2× | Report | 1× 4× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Zavalla, Moraga |
| 13 June 2016 18:00 | Paraguay | 26–34 | Puerto Rico | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Burgos, Delgado |
| 13 June 2016 18:00 | Pérez 5 | (13–17) | Hiraldo, Nazario 8 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Burgos, Delgado |
| 13 June 2016 18:00 | 3× 5× | Report | 3× 7× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Burgos, Delgado |
| 13 June 2016 20:00 | Uruguay | 26–21 | United States | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes |
| 13 June 2016 20:00 | Cancio, Velazco 4 | (13–9) | Hines, Inahara 6 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes |
| 13 June 2016 20:00 | 1× 5× | Report | 2× 5× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes |
| 15 June 2016 17:00 | United States | 15–40 | Brazil | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Burgos, Delgado |
| 15 June 2016 17:00 | Hines 6 | (5–20) | Cândido 6 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Burgos, Delgado |
| 15 June 2016 17:00 | 3× 4× | Report | 2× 3× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Burgos, Delgado |
| 15 June 2016 18:00 | Uruguay | 27–22 | Puerto Rico | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Lenci, López Grillo |
| 15 June 2016 18:00 | Velazco 14 | (13–13) | Nazario 10 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Lenci, López Grillo |
| 15 June 2016 18:00 | 2× 2× | Report | 1× 2× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Lenci, López Grillo |
| 15 June 2016 20:00 | Colombia | 32–31 | Paraguay | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Ochatt, Hernalz |
| 15 June 2016 20:00 | Restrepo 8 | (14–16) | Mendoza Cazal 8 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Ochatt, Hernalz |
| 15 June 2016 20:00 | 1× 2× | Report | 1× 5× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires Referees: Ochatt, Hernalz |
| 16 June 2016 16:00 | Puerto Rico | 34–26 | Colombia | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 16 June 2016 16:00 | Mercado 9 | (17–10) | Mosquera 10 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 16 June 2016 16:00 | 1× 3× | Report | 2× 6× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 16 June 2016 17:00 | Brazil | 40–15 | Uruguay | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 16 June 2016 17:00 | L. Santos, Toledo 6 | (20–7) | Fabra, Morandeira 4 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 16 June 2016 17:00 | 3× 2× | Report | 2× 3× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 16 June 2016 20:00 | United States | 31–25 | Paraguay | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 16 June 2016 20:00 | Hines 5 | (14–13) | Salinas 6 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 16 June 2016 20:00 | 2× 6× | Report | 2× 3× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 18 June | 18 June |
| Chile | 31 |
| Chile | 31 | 19 June | 19 June |
| Uruguay | 24 | 19 June | 19 June |
| Uruguay | 24 | Chile | 24 |
| 18 June | 18 June | | Chile | 24 |
| 18 June | 18 June | Brazil | 28 |
| Brazil | 23 | Brazil | 28 |
| Argentina | 20 | | |
| Argentina | 20 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 19 June | 19 June |
| | | Uruguay | 13 |
| | | Argentina | 29 |

#### 5th place bracket

| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 18 June | 18 June |
| Greenland | 37 |
| Greenland | 37 | 19 June | 19 June |
| United States | 30 | 19 June | 19 June |
| United States | 30 | Greenland | 44 |
| 18 June | 18 June | | Greenland | 44 |
| 18 June | 18 June | Puerto Rico | 22 |
| Puerto Rico | 30 | Puerto Rico | 22 |
| Mexico | 29 | | |
| Mexico | 29 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 19 June | 19 June |
| | | United States | 27 |
| | | Mexico | 31 |

### 5–8th place semifinals

| 18 June 2016 18:00 | Greenland | 37–30 | United States | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 18 June 2016 18:00 | Høegh 16 | (14–14) | Hines 9 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 18 June 2016 18:00 | 3× 1× | Report | 2× 4× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 18 June 2016 20:00 | Puerto Rico | 30–29 | Mexico | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 18 June 2016 20:00 | Hiraldo 9 | (14–16) | Morales 7 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 18 June 2016 20:00 | 2× 3× | Report | 1× 2× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |

### Semifinals

| 18 June 2016 14:00 | Brazil | 23–20 | Argentina | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 18 June 2016 14:00 | Chiuffa 5 | (9–9) | Fernández 5 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 18 June 2016 14:00 | 3× 6× | Report | 3× 4× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 18 June 2016 16:00 | Chile | 31–24 | Uruguay | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 18 June 2016 16:00 | R. Salinas 7 | (14–13) | Velazco 5 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 18 June 2016 16:00 | 2× 7× 1× | Report | 1× 2× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |

### Eleventh place game

| 18 June 2016 10:00 | Guatemala | 31–25 | Paraguay | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 18 June 2016 10:00 | M. Morales 7 | (14–16) | Pérez 5 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 18 June 2016 10:00 | 1× 2× | Report | 3× 1× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |

### Ninth place game

| 18 June 2016 12:00 | Canada | 21–29 | Colombia | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 18 June 2016 12:00 | Touzel 6 | (10–14) | Palacio, Restrepo 6 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 18 June 2016 12:00 | 3× 3× | Report | 1× 7× 1× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |

### Seventh place game

| 19 June 2016 12:30 | United States | 27–31 | Mexico | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 19 June 2016 12:30 | Reed 9 | (15–17) | Sandoval 8 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 19 June 2016 12:30 | 2× 2× | Report | 2× 3× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |

### Fifth place game

| 19 June 2016 14:30 | Greenland | 44–22 | Puerto Rico | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 19 June 2016 14:30 | Kreutzmann 9 | (18–11) | Hiraldo, Nazario 4 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 19 June 2016 14:30 | 2× 2× | Report | 3× 3× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |

### Third place game

| 19 June 2016 19:00 | Uruguay | 13–29 | Argentina | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 19 June 2016 19:00 | Fabra, Rubbo 4 | (5–15) | Pizarro 6 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 19 June 2016 19:00 | 1× 3× | Report | 3× 4× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |

### Final

| 19 June 2016 16:30 | Chile | 24–28 | Brazil | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 19 June 2016 16:30 | Er. Feuchtmann 9 | (12–15) | Pozzer 6 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |
| 19 June 2016 16:30 | 3× 4× | Report | 2× 5× | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires |

## Final ranking

* Qualified for the 2017 World Championship
| Rank | Team |
| | Brazil |
| | Chile |
| | Argentina |
| 4 | Uruguay |
| 5 | Greenland |
| 6 | Puerto Rico |
| 7 | Mexico |
| 8 | United States |
| 9 | Colombia |
| 10 | Canada |
| 11 | Guatemala |
| 12 | Paraguay |

## Awards
### All-star team

* Goalkeeper: Matías Schulz
* Right Wing: Fábio Chiuffa
* Right Back: Rodrigo Salinas
* Playmaker: Sebastián Simonet
* Left Back: Minik Dahl Høegh
* Left Wing: Felipe Ribeiro
* Pivot: Esteban Salinas