Table:
text: American Handball Women's Championship
Participation history
Participation history
Nation _1986 _1989 _1991 _1997 _1999 _2000 _2003 _2005 _2007 _2009 _2011 Years_
Argentina 4th - 4th 4th 3rd 4th 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 10
Brazil 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 11
Canada 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd - - 5th 4th 6th - - 7
Chile - - - - - - - - - 3rd 5th 2
Colombia - - - - 6th 6th - - - - - 2
Costa Rica - - - 5th - - - - - - - 1
Cuba - - - - 2nd - - - - - 3rd 2

text: American Handball Women's Championship
Participation history
Participation history
Nation _1986 _1989 _1991 _1997 _1999 _2000 _2003 _2005 _2007 _2009 _2011 Years_
Dominican Republic - - - - - - 6th 5th 3rd 4th 6th 5
Greenland - - - - 5th 3rd - - - - - 2
Guatemala - - - - - - 7th - - - - 1
Mexico - 4th - 6th - 5th - - 8th 5th 7th 6
Paraguay - - 6th - - - - - 4th 7th - 3
Puerto Rico - - 7th - - - - - - - - 1
Uruguay - - 5th 3rd 4th 2nd 3rd 3rd 5th 6th 4th 9
United States 1st 2nd 1st - - - 4th 6th 7th - - 6
Venezuela - - - - - - - - - - 8th 1

Question: How many nations compete in the American Handball Women's Championship?