# 2018 Pan American Men's Club Handball Championship

The 2018 Pan American Men's Club Handball Championship was the XI and last edition of this tournament, held in Taubaté, Brazil from 23 to 27 May 2018. It acted as a qualifying tournament for the 2018 IHF Super Globe.

## Participating teams

* SAG Villa Ballester
* Ferro Carril Oeste
* Handebol Taubaté
* EC Pinheiros
* Handebol Londrina
* Alberta Team Handball
* Ovalle Balonmano

## Modus

The seven teams played in two groups a round Robin.
The last from Group A and the two last from Group B played a Consolation round.
The first from each group played against the second from the other group the Semifinals.
The losers of the semis played Third place game and the winners the Final.

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Handebol Taubaté (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 31 | +35 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 2 | SAG Villa Ballester | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 2 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Ovalle Balonmano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 73 | −38 | 0 | Consolation round |
All times are local (UTC–3).
| 23 May 20:00 | Handebol Taubaté | 40–14 | Ovalle Balonmano | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté |
| 23 May 20:00 | | (21–9) | | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté |
| 24 May 18:00 | Ovalle Balonmano | 21–33 | SAG Villa Ballester | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté Attendance: 200 Referees: Galenao, Franco (PAR) |
| 24 May 18:00 | Rubio 7 | (12–16) | Cánepa, Kogovsek 8 | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté Attendance: 200 Referees: Galenao, Franco (PAR) |
| 24 May 18:00 | 2× 2× | Report | 3× 5× | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté Attendance: 200 Referees: Galenao, Franco (PAR) |
| 25 May 20:00 | Handebol Taubaté | 26–17 | SAG Villa Ballester | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté Attendance: 250 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA) |
| 25 May 20:00 | four players 4 | (13–11) | Aizen 7 | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté Attendance: 250 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA) |
| 25 May 20:00 | 4× 3× 1× | Report | 2× 5× | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté Attendance: 250 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA) |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | EC Pinheiros | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 117 | 59 | +58 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 71 | +11 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Handebol Londrina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 90 | −11 | 2 | Consolation round |
| 4 | Alberta Team Handball | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 110 | −58 | 0 | Consolation round |
| 23 May 16:00 | Ferro Carril Oeste | 32–26 | Handebol Londrina | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté Attendance: 150 Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 23 May 16:00 | Taurian 7 | (17–14) | Nunes, Vasques 5 | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté Attendance: 150 Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 23 May 16:00 | 4× 2× | Report | 4× 4× | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté Attendance: 150 Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 23 May 18:00 | EC Pinheiros | 56–10 | Alberta Team Handball | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté |
| 23 May 18:00 | | (27–1) | | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté |
| 24 May 16:00 | Alberta Team Handball | 20–25 | Ferro Carril Oeste | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté Attendance: 120 Referees: Rocha, Magalhães (BRA) |
| 24 May 16:00 | Chauvet 4 | (13–16) | América 5 | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté Attendance: 120 Referees: Rocha, Magalhães (BRA) |
| 24 May 16:00 | 1× 3× | Report | 2× 4× | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté Attendance: 120 Referees: Rocha, Magalhães (BRA) |
| 24 May 20:00 | Handebol Londrina | 24–36 | EC Pinheiros | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté |
| 24 May 20:00 | | (8–22) | | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté |
| 25 May 16:00 | Alberta Team Handball | 22–29 | Handebol Londrina | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté |
| 25 May 16:00 | | (12–12) | | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté |
| 25 May 18:00 | EC Pinheiros | 25–25 | Ferro Carril Oeste | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté Attendance: 120 Referees: Rocha, Magalhães (BRA) |
| 25 May 18:00 | Hackbarth 9 | (15–14) | Taurian 6 | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté Attendance: 120 Referees: Rocha, Magalhães (BRA) |
| 25 May 18:00 | 2× 4× | Report | 4× 3× | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté Attendance: 120 Referees: Rocha, Magalhães (BRA) |

## Consolation round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Ovalle Balonmano | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 51 | +17 | 4 |
| 6 | Handebol Londrina | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 57 | −1 | 2 |
| 7 | Alberta Team Handball | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 62 | −16 | 0 |
| 26 May 14:00 | Handebol Londrina | 27–35 | Ovalle Balonmano | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté |
| 26 May 14:00 | | (12–15) | | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté |
| 27 May 13:00 | Ovalle Balonmano | 33–24 | Alberta Team Handball | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté |
| 27 May 13:00 | | (18–15) | | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 26 May | 26 May |
| Handebol Taubaté | 32 |
| Handebol Taubaté | 32 | 27 May | 27 May |
| Ferro Carril Oeste | 19 | 27 May | 27 May |
| Ferro Carril Oeste | 19 | Handebol Taubaté | 26 |
| 26 May | 26 May | | Handebol Taubaté | 26 |
| 26 May | 26 May | SAG Villa Ballester | 18 |
| EC Pinheiros | 25 | SAG Villa Ballester | 18 |
| SAG Villa Ballester | 26 | | |
| SAG Villa Ballester | 26 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 27 May | 27 May |
| | | EC Pinheiros | 33 |
| | | Ferro Carril Oeste | 22 |

### Semifinals

| 26 May 16:00 | Handebol Taubaté | 32–19 | Ferro Carril Oeste | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté Attendance: 200 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA) |
| 26 May 16:00 | five players 4 | (17–13) | Arce 4 | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté Attendance: 200 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA) |
| 26 May 16:00 | 2× 2× | Report | 2× 4× | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté Attendance: 200 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA) |
| 26 May 18:00 | EC Pinheiros | 25–26 | SAG Villa Ballester | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté Attendance: 200 Referees: Delgado, Acuña (ARG) |
| 26 May 18:00 | Souto Cueto 6 | (15–14) | Cánepa 9 | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté Attendance: 200 Referees: Delgado, Acuña (ARG) |
| 26 May 18:00 | 4× 3× 1× | Report | 2× 4× | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté Attendance: 200 Referees: Delgado, Acuña (ARG) |

### Third place game

| 27 May 15:00 | EC Pinheiros | 33–22 | Ferro Carril Oeste | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté Attendance: 300 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA) |
| 27 May 15:00 | Hackbarth 7 | (12–11) | Lopez 6 | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté Attendance: 300 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA) |
| 27 May 15:00 | 4× 4× | Report | 2× 3× 2× | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté Attendance: 300 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA) |

### Final

| 27 May 17:00 | Handebol Taubaté | 26–18 | SAG Villa Ballester | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté Attendance: 500 Referees: Delgado, Acuña (ARG) |
| 27 May 17:00 | Soares 5 | (14–8) | Cánepa 4 | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté Attendance: 500 Referees: Delgado, Acuña (ARG) |
| 27 May 17:00 | 3× 4× | Report | 2× 3× 1× | Ginásio CEMTE, Taubaté Attendance: 500 Referees: Delgado, Acuña (ARG) |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Handebol Taubaté |
| | SAG Villa Ballester |
| | EC Pinheiros |
| 4 | Ferro Carril Oeste |
| 5 | Ovalle Balonmano |
| 6 | Handebol Londrina |
| 7 | Alberta Team Handball |
* Team qualified to the 2018 IHF Super Globe