1996 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

1996 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	8–13 October
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Cuba (7th title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches	20
Goals scored	918 (46 per match)
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The 1996 Pan American Men's Handball Championship was the seventh edition of the tournament, held in Colorado Springs, United States from 8 to 13 October 1996. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 1997 World Championship, where the top three placed team qualied.

Preliminary round[]

All times are local (UTC−7).

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	3	3	0	0	74	51	+23	6	Semifinals
2	Brazil	3	2	0	1	92	51	+41	4
3	Mexico	3	1	0	2	70	72	−2	2
4	Costa Rica	3	0	0	3	46	108	−62	0

8 October 1996 16:30	Brazil	44–16	Costa Rica
		(20–7)

8 October 1996 18:15	United States	25–20	Mexico
		(13–9)

9 October 1996 16:30	Brazil	34–14	Mexico
		(17–6)

9 October 1996 18:15	United States	28–17	Costa Rica
		(14–6)

10 October 1996 16:30	Mexico	36–13	Costa Rica
		(17–7)

10 October 1996 18:15	United States	21–14	Brazil
		(9–8)

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cuba	3	3	0	0	95	49	+46	6	Semifinals
2	Argentina	3	2	0	1	75	57	+18	4
3	Canada	3	1	0	2	69	66	+3	2
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	0	3	43	110	−67	0

8 October 1996 13:00	Cuba	44–16	Puerto Rico
		(20–7)

8 October 1996 14:45	Argentina	25–20	Canada
		(13–9)

9 October 1996 13:00	Argentina	34–14	Puerto Rico
		(17–6)

9 October 1996 14:45	Cuba	28–17	Canada
		(14–6)

10 October 1996 13:00	Canada	32–13	Puerto Rico
		(14–7)

10 October 1996 14:45	Cuba	23–16	Argentina
		(9–7)

Knockout stage[]

Bracket[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	United States	15
	Argentina	20
					Argentina	24
					Cuba (ET)	28
	Cuba	21
	Brazil	18
					Third place
					United States	23
					Brazil	22

Fifth place bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Mexico	28
	Puerto Rico	26
					Mexico	19
					Canada	26
	Canada	30
	Costa Rica	13
					Third place
					Puerto Rico	21
					Costa Rica	20

5–8th place semifinals[]

12 October 1996 13:00	Mexico	28–26	Puerto Rico
		(14–9)

12 October 1996 14:45	Canada	30–13	Costa Rica
		(14–5)

Semifinals[]

12 October 1996 16:30	Argentina	20–15	United States
		(10–6)

12 October 1996 18:15	Cuba	21–18	Brazil
		(14–10)

Seventh place game[]

13 October 1996 11:50	Puerto Rico	21–20	Costa Rica
		(11–5)

Fifth place game[]

13 October 1996 14:45	Canada	26–19	Mexico
		(12–4)

Third place game[]

13 October 1996 16:30	United States	23–22	Brazil
		(11–12)

Final[]

13 October 1996 18:15	Cuba	28–24 (ET)	Argentina
		(9–9)
	FT: 21–21 ET: 7–3

Final ranking[]

Rank	Team
	Cuba
	Argentina
	United States
4	Brazil
5	Canada
6	Mexico
7	Puerto Rico
8	Costa Rica

The United States withdrew and Brazil replaced them.

External links[]

• Results on todor66.com