# 1998 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

The 1998 Pan American Men's Handball Championship was the eighth edition of the tournament, held in Havana, Cuba from 22 to 29 September 1998. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 1999 World Championship, where the top three placed team qualied.

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−4).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cuba (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 62 | +109 | 8 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Brazil | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 133 | 85 | +48 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Canada | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 88 | 112 | −24 | 4 | |
| 4 | Colombia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 86 | 143 | −57 | 2 | |
| 5 | Uruguay | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 77 | 153 | −76 | 0 | |
| 22 September 1998 14:00 | Brazil | 34–15 | Canada |
| 22 September 1998 14:00 | | (11–9) | |
| 22 September 1998 20:30 | Cuba | 54–13 | Uruguay |
| 22 September 1998 20:30 | | (23–6) | |
| 23 September 1998 18:00 | Canada | 28–13 | Colombia |
| 23 September 1998 18:00 | | (7–7) | |
| 23 September 1998 20:30 | Cuba | 30–22 | Brazil |
| 23 September 1998 20:30 | | (14–7) | |
| 24 September 1998 18:00 | Brazil | 32–16 | Uruguay |
| 24 September 1998 18:00 | | (20–8) | |
| 24 September 1998 20:30 | Cuba | 45–16 | Colombia |
| 24 September 1998 20:30 | | (23–7) | |
| 25 September 1998 16:00 | Brazil | 45–24 | Colombia |
| 25 September 1998 18:00 | Canada | 34–23 | Uruguay |
| 25 September 1998 18:00 | | (18–13) | |
| 26 September 1998 14:00 | Colombia | 33–25 | Uruguay |
| 26 September 1998 20:30 | Cuba | 42–11 | Canada |
| 26 September 1998 20:30 | | (24–4) | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 47 | +37 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 57 | +12 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Greenland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 73 | −19 | 2 | |
| 4 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 93 | −30 | 0 | |
| 5 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrawn |
* ↑ Puerto Rico withdrew because of Hurricane Georges.
| 22 September 1998 18:00 | United States | 28–19 | Mexico |
| 22 September 1998 18:00 | | (11–9) | |
| 23 September 1998 14:00 | Argentina | 24–17 | United States |
| 23 September 1998 14:00 | | (13–8) | |
| 23 September 1998 16:00 | Greenland | 29–25 | Mexico |
| 23 September 1998 16:00 | | (13–10) | |
| 24 September 1998 16:00 | Argentina | 24–11 | Greenland |
| 24 September 1998 16:00 | | (13–5) | |
| 25 September 1998 20:30 | United States | 24–14 | Greenland |
| 26 September 1998 18:00 | Argentina | 36–19 | Mexico |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Cuba | 44 | | |
| Mexico | 13 | | |
| Mexico | 13 | Cuba | 27 |
| | | United States | 18 |
| United States | 21 | United States | 18 |
| Canada | 20 | | | | |
| Canada | 20 | | | Cuba | 31 |
| | | | | Argentina | 26 |
| Brazil | 40 | | | Argentina | 26 |
| Greenland | 21 | | | | |
| Greenland | 21 | Brazil | 15 | | |
| | | Argentina | 20 | Third place | Third place |
| Argentina | 32 | Argentina | 20 | Third place | Third place |
| Colombia | 12 | | | | |
| Colombia | 12 | | | United States | 22 |
| | | | | Brazil | 27 |
Fifth place bracket
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Mexico | 23 |
| Canada | 32 | | |
| Canada | 32 | Canada | 20 |
| | | Greenland | 21 |
| Greenland | 31 | Greenland | 21 |
| Colombia | 22 | | |
| Colombia | 22 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Mexico | 28 |
| | | Colombia | 23 |

### Quarterfinals

| 27 September 1998 15:00 | Brazil | 40–21 | Greenland |
| 27 September 1998 17:00 | United States | 21–20 | Canada |
| 27 September 1998 17:00 | | (8–12) | |
| 27 September 1998 19:00 | Argentina | 32–12 | Colombia |
| 27 September 1998 21:00 | Cuba | 44–13 | Mexico |

### 5–8th place semifinals

| 28 September 1998 14:00 | Greenland | 31–22 | Colombia |
| 28 September 1998 16:00 | Canada | 32–23 | Mexico |
| 28 September 1998 16:00 | | (12–12) | |

### Semifinals

| 28 September 1998 18:00 | Argentina | 20–15 | Brazil |
| 28 September 1998 20:30 | Cuba | 27–18 | United States |

### Seventh place game

| 29 September 1998 14:00 | Mexico | 28–23 | Colombia |

### Fifth place game

| 29 September 1998 16:00 | Greenland | 21–20 | Canada |
| 29 September 1998 16:00 | | (11–11) | |

### Third place game

| 29 September 1998 18:00 | Brazil | 27–22 | United States |
| 29 September 1998 18:00 | | (14–12) | |

### Final

| 29 September 1998 20:30 | Cuba | 31–26 | Argentina |
| 29 September 1998 20:30 | | (13–12) | |

## Final ranking

* Qualified for the 1999 World Championship
| Rank | Team |
| | Cuba |
| | Argentina |
| | Brazil |
| 4 | United States |
| 5 | Greenland |
| 6 | Canada |
| 7 | Mexico |
| 8 | Colombia |
| 9 | Uruguay |