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 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
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)
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The 1997 Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the fourth edition of the Pan American Women's Handball Championship, held in Brazil from 29 April to 4 May 1997. 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 (H)	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

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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

External links[]

• Results on todor66.com