American Handball Women's Championship
The American Handball Women's Championship, also called PanAmericano, is the official competition for senior national handball teams of North, Central, Caribbean, and South America, and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the Pan-American champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the World Women's Handball Championship.
Women's tournaments
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Second place | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1986 Details |
Novo Hamburgo, Brazil |  United States |
 Canada |
 Brazil |
 Argentina | ||||
| 1989 Details |
Colorado Springs, USA | Canada |
United States |
Brazil |
 Mexico | ||||
| 1991 Details |
Maringá, Brazil | United States |
Canada |
Brazil |
Argentina | ||||
| 1997 Details |
Poços de Caldas, Brazil | Brazil |
Canada |
 Uruguay |
Argentina | ||||
| 1999 Details |
Buenos Aires, Argentina | Brazil |
 Cuba |
Argentina |
Uruguay | ||||
| 2000 Details |
Aracaju, Brazil | Brazil |
Uruguay |
 Greenland |
Argentina | ||||
| 2003 Details |
São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil | Brazil |
Argentina |
Uruguay |
United States | ||||
| 2005 Details |
São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil | Brazil |
Argentina |
Uruguay |
Canada | ||||
| 2007 Details |
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Brazil |
Argentina |
 Dominican Republic |
 Paraguay | ||||
| 2009 Details |
Santiago, Chile | Argentina |
26 – 25 | Brazil |
 Chile |
34 – 30 | Dominican Republic | ||
| 2011 Details |
São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil | Brazil |
35 – 16 | Argentina |
Cuba |
37 – 27 | Uruguay | ||
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | United States | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Argentina | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Canada | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Uruguay | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Cuba | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Greenland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Chile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | |
Teams by year
| 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 |
| 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 |
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