2014 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

2014 Pan American Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Uruguay
Dates	23–29 June
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (6th title)
Runner-up	Brazil
Third place	Chile
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches	20
Goals scored	1113 (55.65 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Akutaaneq Kreutzmann (43 goals)

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 23–29 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.^[1]

Argentina won the tournament for the third consecutive and sixth time total after defeating Brazil 30–19 in the final.^[2]

Participating teams

Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Greenland
Guatemala
Mexico
Uruguay
United States
Venezuela was originally qualified but withdrew one day prior to the tournament.^[3]
Cuba was originally qualified but withdrew. The organizing committee tried to find a replacement but Paraguay rejected this offer.^[4]

Referees

Six referee pairs were selected.^[5]

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.^[6]

All times are local (UTC−3).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	114	44	+70	6
Uruguay	3	2	1	78	74	+4	4
United States	3	1	2	74	83	−9	2
Guatemala	3	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)
	Elzoghby 4	(8–15)	Gama 5
	4× 3×	Report	3× 2×

24 June 2014 20:00	Uruguay	36–19	Guatemala	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 700 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Fabra 8	(17–9)	Lun 5
	1× 3×	Report	7× 2×

25 June 2014 16:00	Brazil	54–12	Guatemala	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA)
	Freitas 14	(28–4)	V. Morales 4
	1× 2×	Report	4× 1×

25 June 2014 20:00	Uruguay	27–23	United States	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Gamiz 9	(15–5)	Hines, Elzoghby 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

26 June 2014 14:00	United States	34–28	Guatemala	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 200 Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR)
	Elzoghby 10	(13–12)	V. Morales 6
	7× 3× 1×	Report	3× 2×

26 June 2014 20:00	Uruguay	15–32	Brazil	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	five players 2	(7–15)	Freitas 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 1×

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	100	55	+45	6
Chile	3	2	1	82	76	+6	4
Greenland	3	1	2	77	86	−9	2
Mexico	3	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)
	E. Salinas 7	(15–9)	Bermúdez 7
	3×	Report	3× 1×

23 June 2014 18:30	Argentina	33–20	Greenland	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Pizarro 6	(14–12)	Ak. Kreutzmann 6
	4× 3×	Report	6× 2×

25 June 2014 14:00	Argentina	33–16	Mexico	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 400 Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR)
	F. Fernández, Cangiani 6	(18–8)	Ab. Villalobos 4
	1× 1×	Report	3× 3× 1×

25 June 2014 18:00	Greenland	24–29	Chile	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Ak. Kreutzmann 7	(12–13)	R. Salinas 10
	8× 2×	Report	8× 2×

26 June 2014 16:00	Greenland	33–24	Mexico	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 650 Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA)
	Ak. Kreutzmann 11	(17–12)	Acuña 8
	4× 3×	Report	2× 2×

26 June 2014 18:00	Argentina	34–19	Chile	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 800 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Pizarro 8	(16–12)	Ceballos 5
	4× 3×	Report	6× 3×

Knockout stage

All times are local (UTC−3).

Championship bracket

Semifinals			Final

28 June
Brazil	36
Chile	28

			29 June
			Brazil	19
			Argentina	30


			Third place game
28 June		29 June
Argentina	30	Chile	25
Uruguay	16		Uruguay	24

Semifinals

28 June 2014 14:00	Argentina	30–16	Uruguay	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 500 Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA)
	Simonet, Cangiani 4	(18–6)	five players 2
	2× 1×	Report	2× 2×

28 June 2014 18:00	Brazil	36–28	Chile	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 100 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Patrianova, Pozzer 5	(16–13)	R. Salinas 12
	4× 2×	Report	2× 3×

Third place game

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

Final

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

5–8th place bracket

Semifinals			Fifth place game

28 June
United States	41
Mexico	28

			29 June
			United States	32
			Greenland	43


			Seventh place game
28 June		29 June
Greenland	44	Mexico	37
Guatemala	22		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)
	Ak. Kreutzmann 9	(25–12)	Stolz 7
	1× 1×	Report	5× 2×

28 June 2014 20:00	United States	41–28	Mexico	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 150 Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Elzoghby 9	(20–12)	Ab. Villalobos 9
	6× 2×	Report	1× 2×

Seventh place game

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

Fifth place game

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

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 Esteban Simonet
Left back: Akutaneeq Kreutzmann
Left wing: Alejandro Velazco
Pivot: Marco Oneto

References

↑ Calendar
↑ "Argentina again on top in Pan-America". ihf.info. 2014-06-30.
↑ "Venezuela no jugará el Panamericano – URU 2014 – Venezuela turned down the Pan American Championship". panamhandball.org. 2014-06-22.
↑ "Nine instead of ten: Cuba withdraws from Pan American men’s qualifying tournament". handball-world.com. 2014-05-22.
↑ "Arbitros para el Panamericano Adulto Masculino – URU 2014 – Referees for Men’s Senior Panam Ch.". panamhandball.org. 2014-05-14.
↑ "Se sorteó el Panamericano Adulto Masc – URU 2014 – Draw held for Men’s Senior Panam Ch.". panamhandball.org. 2014-05-24.

External links

Official website

Pan American Handball Championship

Men	Mexico 1979 Argentina 1981 USA 1983 Brazil 1985 Cuba 1989 Mexico 1994 USA 1996 Cuba 1998 Brazil 2000 Argentina 2002 Chile 2004 Brazil 2006 Brazil 2008 Chile 2010 Argentina 2012 Uruguay 2014

Women	Brazil 1986 USA 1989 Brazil 1991 Brazil 1997 Argentina 1999 Brazil 2000 Brazil 2003 Brazil 2005 Dominican Republic 2007 Chile 2009 Brazil 2011 Dominican Republic 2013 Cuba 2015

2015 World Men's Handball Championship qualification

Africa	2014 African Men's Handball Championship

Asia	2014 Asian Men's Handball Championship

America	2014 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

Europe	2014 European Men's Handball Championship European qualification

Oceania	2014 Oceania Handball Championship

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