# 2002 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

The 2002 Pan American Men's Handball Championship was the tenth edition of the tournament, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 10 to 14 July 2002. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 2003 World Championship, where the top three placed team qualied.

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−3).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 30 | +59 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 43 | +54 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 93 | −54 | 2 | |
| 4 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 93 | −59 | 0 | |
| 10 July 2002 18:30 | Brazil | 42–10 | Mexico |
| 10 July 2002 18:30 | | (16–4) | |
| 10 July 2002 21:00 | Argentina | 36–8 | Colombia |
| 10 July 2002 21:00 | | (16–4) | |
| 11 July 2002 19:00 | Brazil | 40–12 | Colombia |
| 11 July 2002 19:00 | | (17–6) | |
| 11 July 2002 21:00 | Argentina | 32–7 | Mexico |
| 11 July 2002 21:00 | | (16–4) | |
| 12 July 2002 15:00 | Colombia | 19–17 | Mexico |
| 12 July 2002 15:00 | | (14–10) | |
| 12 July 2002 21:00 | Argentina | 21–15 | Brazil |
| 12 July 2002 21:00 | | (12–7) | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Greenland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 51 | +28 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 64 | +15 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Chile | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 72 | −15 | 2 | |
| 4 | Paraguay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 90 | −28 | 0 | |
| 10 July 2002 14:30 | Chile | 25–23 | Paraguay |
| 10 July 2002 14:30 | | (11–8) | |
| 10 July 2002 16:30 | Greenland | 24–20 | United States |
| 10 July 2002 16:30 | | (13–11) | |
| 11 July 2002 15:00 | United States | 24–16 | Chile |
| 11 July 2002 15:00 | | (12–8) | |
| 11 July 2002 17:00 | Greenland | 30–15 | Paraguay |
| 11 July 2002 17:00 | | (15–9) | |
| 12 July 2002 17:00 | Greenland | 25–16 | Chile |
| 12 July 2002 17:00 | | (15–5) | |
| 12 July 2002 19:00 | United States | 35–24 | Paraguay |
| 12 July 2002 19:00 | | (13–15) | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Argentina | 28 |
| United States | 19 | | |
| United States | 19 | Argentina | 22 |
| | | Brazil | 21 |
| Greenland | 21 | Brazil | 21 |
| Brazil | 25 | | |
| Brazil | 25 | Third place | Third place |
| | | United States | 7 |
| | | Greenland | 27 |
Fifth place bracket
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Colombia | 22 |
| Paraguay | 32 | | |
| Paraguay | 32 | Paraguay | 20 |
| | | Chile | 24 |
| Chile | 28 | Chile | 24 |
| Mexico | 25 | | |
| Mexico | 25 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Colombia | 20 |
| | | Mexico | 23 |

### 5–8th place semifinals

| 13 July 2002 14:00 | Paraguay | 32–22 | Colombia |
| 13 July 2002 14:00 | | (16–9) | |
| 13 July 2002 16:00 | Chile | 28–25 | Mexico |
| 13 July 2002 16:00 | | (11–9) | |

### Semifinals

| 13 July 2002 18:00 | Brazil | 25–21 | Greenland |
| 13 July 2002 18:00 | | (11–5) | |
| 13 July 2002 20:00 | Argentina | 28–19 | United States |
| 13 July 2002 20:00 | | (15–11) | |

### Seventh place game

| 14 July 2002 13:00 | Mexico | 23–20 | Colombia |
| 14 July 2002 13:00 | | (9–12) | |

### Fifth place game

| 14 July 2002 15:00 | Chile | 24–20 | Paraguay |
| 14 July 2002 15:00 | | (12–10) | |

### Third place game

| 14 July 2002 17:00 | Greenland | 27–7 | United States |
| 14 July 2002 17:00 | | (11–2) | |

### Final

| 14 July 2002 19:00 | Argentina | 22–21 | Brazil |
| 14 July 2002 19:00 | | (9–11) | |

## Final ranking

* Qualified for the 2003 World Championship
| Rank | Team |
| | Argentina |
| | Brazil |
| | Greenland |
| 4 | United States |
| 5 | Chile |
| 6 | Paraguay |
| 7 | Mexico |
| 8 | Colombia |