# 2014 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

The 2014 Pan American Men's Handball Championship, was the 16th official competition for senior men's national handball teams of North, Center, Caribbean and South America. It was held from 23 to 29 June 2014 in Uruguay. It also acted as the qualifying competition for the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship, securing three vacancies for the World Championship.
Argentina won the tournament for the third consecutive and sixth time total after defeating Brazil 30–19 in the final.

## Participating teams

* Argentina
* Brazil
* Chile
* Greenland
* Guatemala
* Mexico
* Uruguay
* United States
* Venezuela was originally qualified but withdrew one day prior to the tournament.
* Cuba was originally qualified but withdrew. The organizing committee tried to find a replacement but Paraguay rejected this offer.

## Referees

Six referee pairs were selected.
Referees :
| Argentina | Carlos Marina Darío Minore |
| Brazil | Nilson Menezes Rogério Pinto |
| Croatia | Matija Gubica Boris Milošević |
Referees :
| Puerto Rico | Enrique Pérez José Guzmán |
| Uruguay | Gabriel González Camilo Prieto |
| United States | Lars Jorgensen Christian Posch |

## Preliminary round

The draw was held on 24 May 2014.
All times are local (UTC−3).

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 44 | +70 | 6 |
| Uruguay (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 74 | +4 | 4 |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 83 | −9 | 2 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 124 | −65 | 0 |
| 24 June 2014 18:00 | United States | 17–28 | Brazil | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 300 Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG) |
| 24 June 2014 18:00 | Elzoghby 4 | (8–15) | Gama 5 | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 300 Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG) |
| 24 June 2014 18:00 | 3× 4× | Report | 2× 3× | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 300 Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG) |
| 24 June 2014 20:00 | Uruguay | 36–19 | Guatemala | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 700 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 24 June 2014 20:00 | Fabra 8 | (17–9) | Lun 5 | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 700 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 24 June 2014 20:00 | 3× 1× | Report | 2× 7× | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 700 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 25 June 2014 16:00 | Brazil | 54–12 | Guatemala | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA) |
| 25 June 2014 16:00 | Freitas 14 | (28–4) | V. Morales 4 | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA) |
| 25 June 2014 16:00 | 2× 1× | Report | 1× 4× | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA) |
| 25 June 2014 20:00 | Uruguay | 27–23 | United States | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 25 June 2014 20:00 | Gamiz 9 | (15–5) | Hines, Elzoghby 5 | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 25 June 2014 20:00 | 3× 3× | Report | 2× 3× | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 26 June 2014 14:00 | United States | 34–28 | Guatemala | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 200 Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR) |
| 26 June 2014 14:00 | Elzoghby 10 | (13–12) | V. Morales 6 | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 200 Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR) |
| 26 June 2014 14:00 | 3× 7× 1× | Report | 2× 3× | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 200 Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR) |
| 26 June 2014 20:00 | Uruguay | 15–32 | Brazil | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG) |
| 26 June 2014 20:00 | five players 2 | (7–15) | Freitas 7 | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG) |
| 26 June 2014 20:00 | 2× 3× | Report | 3× 1× | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG) |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 55 | +45 | 6 |
| Chile | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 76 | +6 | 4 |
| Greenland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 86 | −9 | 2 |
| Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 100 | −42 | 0 |
| 23 June 2014 16:30 | Chile | 34–18 | Mexico | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 200 Referees: González, Prieto (URU) |
| 23 June 2014 16:30 | E. Salinas 7 | (15–8) | Bermúdez 7 | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 200 Referees: González, Prieto (URU) |
| 23 June 2014 16:30 | 3× | Report | 1× 3× | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 200 Referees: González, Prieto (URU) |
| 23 June 2014 18:30 | Argentina | 33–20 | Greenland | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 23 June 2014 18:30 | Pizarro 6 | (14–12) | Ak. Kreutzmann 6 | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 23 June 2014 18:30 | 3× 4× | Report | 2× 6× | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 25 June 2014 14:00 | Argentina | 33–16 | Mexico | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 400 Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR) |
| 25 June 2014 14:00 | F. Fernández, Cangiani 6 | (18–8) | Ab. Villalobos 4 | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 400 Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR) |
| 25 June 2014 14:00 | 1× 1× | Report | 3× 3× 1× | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 400 Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR) |
| 25 June 2014 18:00 | Greenland | 24–29 | Chile | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG) |
| 25 June 2014 18:00 | Ak. Kreutzmann 7 | (12–13) | R. Salinas 10 | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG) |
| 25 June 2014 18:00 | 2× 8× | Report | 2× 8× | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG) |
| 26 June 2014 16:00 | Greenland | 33–24 | Mexico | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 650 Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA) |
| 26 June 2014 16:00 | Ak. Kreutzmann 11 | (17–12) | Acuña 8 | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 650 Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA) |
| 26 June 2014 16:00 | 3× 4× | Report | 2× 2× | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 650 Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA) |
| 26 June 2014 18:00 | Argentina | 34–19 | Chile | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 800 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 26 June 2014 18:00 | Pizarro 8 | (16–12) | Ceballos 5 | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 800 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 26 June 2014 18:00 | 3× 4× | Report | 3× 6× | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 800 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |

## Knockout stage

All times are local (UTC−3).

### Championship bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 28 June | 28 June |
| Brazil | 36 |
| Brazil | 36 | 29 June | 29 June |
| Chile | 28 | 29 June | 29 June |
| Chile | 28 | Brazil | 19 |
| 28 June | 28 June | | Brazil | 19 |
| 28 June | 28 June | Argentina | 30 |
| Argentina | 30 | Argentina | 30 |
| Uruguay | 16 | | |
| Uruguay | 16 | Third-place game | Third-place game |
| | | 29 June | 29 June |
| | | Chile | 25 |
| | | Uruguay | 24 |
5–8th-place bracket
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Fifth-place game | Fifth-place game |
| 28 June | 28 June |
| United States | 41 |
| United States | 41 | 29 June | 29 June |
| Mexico | 28 | 29 June | 29 June |
| Mexico | 28 | United States | 32 |
| 28 June | 28 June | | United States | 32 |
| 28 June | 28 June | Greenland | 43 |
| Greenland | 44 | Greenland | 43 |
| Guatemala | 22 | | |
| Guatemala | 22 | Seventh-place game | Seventh-place game |
| | | 29 June | 29 June |
| | | Mexico | 37 |
| | | Guatemala | 16 |

#### 5–8th-place semifinals

| 28 June 2014 16:00 | Greenland | 44–22 | Guatemala | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 150 Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG) |
| 28 June 2014 16:00 | Ak. Kreutzmann 9 | (25–12) | Stolz 7 | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 150 Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG) |
| 28 June 2014 16:00 | 1× 1× | Report | 2× 5× | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 150 Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG) |
| 28 June 2014 20:00 | United States | 41–28 | Mexico | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 150 Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 28 June 2014 20:00 | Elzoghby 9 | (20–12) | Ab. Villalobos 9 | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 150 Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 28 June 2014 20:00 | 2× 6× | Report | 2× 1× | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 150 Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |

#### Semifinals

| 28 June 2014 14:00 | Argentina | 30–16 | Uruguay | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 500 Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA) |
| 28 June 2014 14:00 | S. Simonet, Cangiani 4 | (18–6) | five players 2 | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 500 Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA) |
| 28 June 2014 14:00 | 1× 2× | Report | 2× 2× | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 500 Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA) |
| 28 June 2014 18:00 | Brazil | 36–28 | Chile | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 100 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 28 June 2014 18:00 | Patrianova, Pozzer 5 | (16–13) | R. Salinas 12 | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 100 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 28 June 2014 18:00 | 2× 4× | Report | 3× 2× | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 100 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |

#### Seventh-place game

| 29 June 2014 14:00 | Mexico | 37–16 | Guatemala | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 100 Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA) |
| 29 June 2014 14:00 | Aguirre, Ab. Villalobos 6 | (15–9) | Stolz 4 | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 100 Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA) |
| 29 June 2014 14:00 | 1× 3× | Report | 4× 3× | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 100 Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA) |

#### Fifth-place game

| 29 June 2014 16:00 | Greenland | 43–32 | United States | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR) |
| 29 June 2014 16:00 | An. Kreutzmann 11 | (25–14) | Axelsson 12 | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR) |
| 29 June 2014 16:00 | 3× 4× | Report | 2× 1× | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR) |

#### Third-place game

| 29 June 2014 18:00 | Uruguay | 24–25 | Chile | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 29 June 2014 18:00 | Velazco 8 | (13–13) | R. Salinas 12 | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |
| 29 June 2014 18:00 | 2× 4× | Report | 2× 2× | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA) |

#### Final

| 29 June 2014 20:00 | Argentina | 30–19 | Brazil | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 1,250 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 29 June 2014 20:00 | D. Simonet 11 | (15–12) | Pacheco 6 | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 1,250 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
| 29 June 2014 20:00 | 3× 2× | Report | 3× 5× | Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 1,250 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |

## Ranking and awards
### Final ranking

| | Argentina |
| | Brazil |
| | Chile |
| 4 | Uruguay |
| 5 | Greenland |
| 6 | United States |
| 7 | Mexico |
| 8 | Guatemala |
* Team advanced to the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship

### All-Star Team

* Goalkeeper: Maik Santos
* Right wing: Federico Pizarro
* Right back: Rodrigo Salinas
* Central back: Diego Simonet
* Left back: Akutaaneq Kreutzmann
* Left wing: Alejandro Velazco
* Pivot: Marco Oneto