# Pan American Men's Junior Handball Championship

The Pan American Men's Junior Handball Championship was the official competition for junior men's national handball teams of Americas, and took place every two years. In addition to crowning the Pan American champions, the tournament also served as a qualifying tournament for the IHF Junior World Handball Championship. In 2018, the PATHF was folded and the tournament was replaced with the North American & Caribbean and South and Central American Men's Junior Handball Championships.

## Summary

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match |
| Year | Host | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place |
| 1993 Details | Foz do Iguaçu | Argentina | No playoffs | Brazil | Uruguay | No playoffs | Paraguay |
| 1997 Details | Pontal do Paraná | Brazil | 24 – 20 | Argentina | Uruguay | 21 – 17 | Chile |
| 1999 Details | Guaynabo | Brazil | 23 – 10 | Argentina | Puerto Rico | 21 – 18 | Colombia |
| 2001 Details | Atlanta | Brazil | 26 – 23 | Argentina | Canada | 22 – 21 | Chile |
| 2002 Details | Santiago | Argentina | No playoffs | Brazil | Puerto Rico | No playoffs | Chile |
| 2005 Details | Mar del Plata | Argentina | No playoffs | Brazil | Chile | No playoffs | Uruguay |
| 2007 Details | Santiago | Argentina | 29 – 28 | Brazil | Chile | 24 – 20 | Uruguay |
| 2009 Details | Buenos Aires | Argentina | No playoffs | Brazil | Greenland | No playoffs | Chile |
| 2011 Details | Brasília | Argentina | No playoffs | Brazil | Canada | No playoffs | Chile |
| 2013 Details | Mar del Plata | Brazil | 25 – 21 | Argentina | Chile | 34 – 28 | Puerto Rico |
| 2015 Details | Foz do Iguaçu | Brazil | No playoffs | Argentina | Chile | No playoffs | Uruguay |
| 2017 Details | Asunción | Brazil | 31 – 23 | Argentina | Chile | 23 – 18 | United States |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Argentina | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 1 | Brazil | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | Chile | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Greenland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |

## Participating nations

| Nation | 1993 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2002 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | Years |
| Argentina | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 12 |
| Brazil | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 12 |
| Canada | - | - | 5th | 3rd | 5th | - | 6th | - | 3rd | 8th | - | - | 6 |
| Chile | - | 4th | - | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 10 |
| Colombia | - | - | 4th | 5th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Dominican Republic | - | - | 6th | - | - | - | 7th | - | - | - | - | 6th | 3 |
| Greenland | - | - | - | - | - | 5th | - | 3rd | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Mexico | - | - | - | 6th | - | - | - | 6th | - | 7th | - | - | 3 |
| Paraguay | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9th | 5th | 5th | 4 |
| Peru | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | - | 1 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 5th | 3rd | 8th | 3rd | 6th | 5th | - | - | 4th | - | - | 7 |
| United States | - | - | 7th | 7th | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4th | 4 |
| Uruguay | 3rd | 3rd | - | - | - | 4th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 9 |
| Venezuela | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | - | - | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 7 | |