1997 Pan American Women's Handball Championship

1997 Pan American Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Brazil
Dates 29 April–4 May
Teams 6
Final positions
Champions  Brazil (1st title)
Runner-up  Canada
Third place  Uruguay
Fourth place  Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches 17
Goals scored 631 (37.12 per match)
Next

The 1997 Pan American Women's Handball Championship was held in Brazil. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 1997 World Women's Handball Championship.

Preliminary round

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 5 5 0 0 158 48 +110 10
 Canada 5 4 0 1 109 62 +47 8
 Uruguay 5 3 0 2 103 81 +22 6
 Argentina 5 2 0 3 71 81 −10 4
 Costa Rica 5 0 1 4 62 144 −82 1
 Mexico 5 0 1 4 57 144 −87 1
29 April 1997 Canada  32–9  Costa Rica

29 April 1997 Uruguay  12–10  Argentina

29 April 1997 Brazil  43–8  Mexico

30 April 1997 Uruguay  33–16  Costa Rica
(16–8)

30 April 1997 Canada  27–10  Mexico
(13–5)

30 April 1997 Brazil  25–7  Argentina
(11–5)

1 May 1997 Argentina  21–12  Mexico
(11–3)

1 May 1997 Canada  18–9  Uruguay
(11–3)

1 May 1997 Brazil  40–5  Costa Rica
(20–2)

2 May 1997 Uruguay  35–9  Mexico
(16–4)

2 May 1997 Brazil  22–14  Canada
(11–5)

2 May 1997 Argentina  21–14  Costa Rica
(11–2)

3 May 1997 Costa Rica  18–18  Mexico
(13–4)

3 May 1997 Canada  18–12  Argentina
(8–8)

3 May 1997 Brazil  28–14  Uruguay
(13–4)

Knockout stage

Third place game

4 May 1997 Uruguay  19–14  Argentina
(7–5)

Final

4 May 1997 Brazil  21–17  Canada
(12–6)

Final ranking

Qualified for the 1997 World Championship
Rank Team
 Brazil
 Canada
 Uruguay
4 Argentina
5 Costa Rica
6 Mexico

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