# Handball at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

The men's handball tournament at the 2023 Pan American Games was the 10th edition of the handball event for men at the Pan American Games. It was held from 30 October to 4 November 2023. All games were played at the Gimnasio Polideportivo in Viña del Mar, Chile.
The winner of this tournament, Argentina, qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

## Schedule

The schedule is as follows.
| Mon 30 | Tue 31 | Wed 1 | Thu 2 | Fri 3 | Sat 4 | Sat 4 |
| G | G | G | | ½ | B | F |

## Qualification

A total eight men's teams qualified to compete at the games in each tournament. The host nation (Chile) qualified automatically, along with seven other teams in various qualifying tournaments.
| Event | Dates | Location | Quota(s) | Qualified |
| Host Nation | — | — | 1 | Chile |
| 2021 Junior Pan American Games | 29 November – 4 December 2021 | Cali | 1 | Brazil |
| 2022 South American Games | 11–15 October 2022 | Asuncion | 2 | Argentina Uruguay |
| USA–CAN Qualifying Round | 9 & 11 March 2023 | Colorado Springs | 1 | United States |
| 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games | 2–7 July 2023 | San Salvador | 2 | Cuba Dominican Republic |
| Last chance qualification tournament | 3–5 August 2023 | Luque | 1 | Mexico |
| Total | | | 8 | |

## Results

All times are in Chile Time (UTC−3).

### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 67 | +50 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Chile (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 72 | +18 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 102 | −36 | 2 | 5–8th place semifinals |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 92 | −32 | 0 | 5–8th place semifinals |
| 30 October 2023 17:30 | Brazil | 51–19 | Mexico | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Araújo, Perdomo (URU) |
| 30 October 2023 17:30 | Dupoux 13 | (25–9) | Rodríguez 6 | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Araújo, Perdomo (URU) |
| 30 October 2023 17:30 | 1× 2× | Report | 3× | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Araújo, Perdomo (URU) |
| 30 October 2023 20:00 | Chile | 30–21 | Dominican Republic | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Correa, Conberse (ARG) |
| 30 October 2023 20:00 | Salgado 7 | (12–10) | Beras 6 | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Correa, Conberse (ARG) |
| 30 October 2023 20:00 | 6× | Report | 1× 3× 1× | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Correa, Conberse (ARG) |
| 31 October 2023 17:30 | Dominican Republic | 20–36 | Brazil | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB) |
| 31 October 2023 17:30 | Beras 6 | (11–18) | Hackbarth 7 | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB) |
| 31 October 2023 17:30 | 1× | Report | | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB) |
| 31 October 2023 20:00 | Mexico | 21–32 | Chile | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG) |
| 31 October 2023 20:00 | Rodríguez, Sánchez 4 | (9–19) | Salinas 7 | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG) |
| 31 October 2023 20:00 | 1× 1× | Report | 1× 3× | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG) |
| 1 November 2023 17:30 | Dominican Republic | 19–26 | Mexico | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Magalhães, Godoy (BRA) |
| 1 November 2023 17:30 | Soto 5 | (7–13) | Morales 6 | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Magalhães, Godoy (BRA) |
| 1 November 2023 17:30 | 6× 1× | Report | 2× | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Magalhães, Godoy (BRA) |
| 1 November 2023 20:00 | Chile | 28–30 | Brazil | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU) |
| 1 November 2023 20:00 | Er. Feuchtmann 10 | (12–15) | Dupoux, Langaro 6 | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU) |
| 1 November 2023 20:00 | 6× | Report | 3× 5× | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU) |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 50 | +43 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 86 | −8 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 95 | −24 | 2 | 5–8th place semifinals |
| 4 | Cuba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 83 | −11 | 0 | 5–8th place semifinals |
| 30 October 2023 10:00 | Cuba | 24–25 | Uruguay | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN) |
| 30 October 2023 10:00 | Cordiés 8 | (13–13) | Rubbo 9 | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN) |
| 30 October 2023 10:00 | 1× 2× | Report | | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN) |
| 30 October 2023 12:30 | Argentina | 28–14 | United States | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU) |
| 30 October 2023 12:30 | F. Pizarro 5 | (11–10) | Corning, Fofana 4 | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU) |
| 30 October 2023 12:30 | 1× 4× | Report | 1× 4× | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU) |
| 31 October 2023 10:00 | United States | 30–28 | Cuba | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Correa, Conberse (ARG) |
| 31 October 2023 10:00 | Hoddersen 13 | (17–14) | Cordiés 8 | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Correa, Conberse (ARG) |
| 31 October 2023 10:00 | 1× | Report | 1× 3× | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Correa, Conberse (ARG) |
| 31 October 2023 12:30 | Uruguay | 16–37 | Argentina | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Magalhães, Godoy (BRA) |
| 31 October 2023 12:30 | Cancio 5 | (7–19) | F. Pizarro 9 | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Magalhães, Godoy (BRA) |
| 31 October 2023 12:30 | | Report | 1× 3× | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Magalhães, Godoy (BRA) |
| 1 November 2023 10:00 | United States | 34–30 | Uruguay | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN) |
| 1 November 2023 10:00 | Fofana 6 | (19–15) | Cancio 9 | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN) |
| 1 November 2023 10:00 | 3× | Report | 1× 1× 1× | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN) |
| 1 November 2023 12:30 | Argentina | 28–20 | Cuba | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Araújo, Perdomo (URU) |
| 1 November 2023 12:30 | F. Pizarro 7 | (14–9) | Vázquez 4 | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Araújo, Perdomo (URU) |
| 1 November 2023 12:30 | 1× 2× | Report | 1× 2× 1× | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Araújo, Perdomo (URU) |

### Classification round

| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 3 November — Viña del Mar | 3 November — Viña del Mar |
| Uruguay | 33 |
| Uruguay | 33 | 4 November — Viña del Mar | 4 November — Viña del Mar |
| Dominican Republic | 29 | 4 November — Viña del Mar | 4 November — Viña del Mar |
| Dominican Republic | 29 | Uruguay | 30 |
| 3 November — Viña del Mar | 3 November — Viña del Mar | | Uruguay | 30 |
| 3 November — Viña del Mar | 3 November — Viña del Mar | Cuba | 28 |
| Mexico | 22 | Cuba | 28 |
| Cuba | 25 | | |
| Cuba | 25 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 4 November — Viña del Mar | 4 November — Viña del Mar |
| | | Dominican Republic | 24 (4) |
| | | Mexico | 24 (5) |

#### 5–8th place semifinals

| 3 November 2023 10:00 | Uruguay | 33–29 | Dominican Republic | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Magalhães, Godoy (BRA) |
| 3 November 2023 10:00 | Cancio 8 | (20–15) | Beras 9 | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Magalhães, Godoy (BRA) |
| 3 November 2023 10:00 | 1× | Report | 6× | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Magalhães, Godoy (BRA) |
| 3 November 2023 12:30 | Mexico | 22–25 | Cuba | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU) |
| 3 November 2023 12:30 | Morales 7 | (11–12) | García 10 | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU) |
| 3 November 2023 12:30 | 1× | Report | 1× 4× | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU) |

#### Seventh place match

| 4 November 2023 10:00 | Dominican Republic | 28–29 | Mexico | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB) |
| 4 November 2023 10:00 | Beras, Rosario 6 | (11–15) | Morales 9 | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB) |
| 4 November 2023 10:00 | 4× | Report | 1× 3× | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB) |
| Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB) |||

#### Fifth place match

| 4 November 2023 12:30 | Uruguay | 30–28 | Cuba | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Paolantoni, García (ARG) |
| 4 November 2023 12:30 | Cancio 6 | (13–14) | Almeida 8 | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Paolantoni, García (ARG) |
| 4 November 2023 12:30 | 2× 5× | Report | 1× 4× | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Paolantoni, García (ARG) |

### Medal round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 3 November — Viña del Mar | 3 November — Viña del Mar |
| Brazil | 40 |
| Brazil | 40 | 4 November — Viña del Mar | 4 November — Viña del Mar |
| United States | 27 | 4 November — Viña del Mar | 4 November — Viña del Mar |
| United States | 27 | Brazil | 25 |
| 3 November — Viña del Mar | 3 November — Viña del Mar | | Brazil | 25 |
| 3 November — Viña del Mar | 3 November — Viña del Mar | Argentina | 32 |
| Argentina | 33 | Argentina | 32 |
| Chile | 26 | | |
| Chile | 26 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 4 November — Viña del Mar | 4 November — Viña del Mar |
| | | United States | 27 |
| | | Chile | 28 |

#### Semifinals

| 3 November 2023 17:30 | Brazil | 40–27 | United States | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Araujo, Perdomo (URU) |
| 3 November 2023 17:30 | Dupoux 8 | (23–13) | Hoddersen 6 | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Araujo, Perdomo (URU) |
| 3 November 2023 17:30 | 3× | Report | 1× 1× | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Araujo, Perdomo (URU) |
| 3 November 2023 20:00 | Argentina | 33–26 | Chile | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN) |
| 3 November 2023 20:00 | F. Pizarro 8 | (17–13) | Er. Feuchtmann 9 | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN) |
| 3 November 2023 20:00 | 5× 2× | Report | 1× 2× | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN) |

#### Bronze medal match

| 4 November 2023 17:00 | United States | 27–28 | Chile | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG) |
| 4 November 2023 17:00 | Corning 7 | (13–15) | Ayala, Salinas 5 | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG) |
| 4 November 2023 17:00 | 1× | Report | 1× 1× | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG) |

#### Gold medal match

| 4 November 2023 19:30 | Brazil | 25–32 | Argentina | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN) |
| 4 November 2023 19:30 | Dupoux 6 | (14–16) | Bono 6 | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN) |
| 4 November 2023 19:30 | 3× 1× | Report | 4× 1× 1× | Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN) |

## Ranking and statistics

| Rank | Team |
| | Argentina |
| | Brazil |
| | Chile |
| 4 | United States |
| 5 | Uruguay |
| 6 | Cuba |
| 7 | Mexico |
| 8 | Dominican Republic |
* Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics
* Qualified for the 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournaments