2008 Pan American Men's Youth Handball Championship

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2008 Pan American Handball Men's Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Venezuela
Dates	September 2–6
Teams	7
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina
Runner-up	Brazil
Third place	Puerto Rico
Fourth place	Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Matches	15
Goals scored	858 (57 per match)
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The 2008 American Handball Men's Youth Championships took place in Blumenau from September 2 – 6. It acts as the Pan American qualifying tournament for the 2009 Men's Youth World Handball Championship.

Teams[]

Group A	Group B
Argentina  Chile  Puerto Rico	Brazil  Paraguay  Uruguay  Venezuela

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	2	2	0	0	81	58	+23	4
Puerto Rico	2	1	0	1	52	69	–17	2
Chile	2	0	0	2	62	68	–6	3

September 2 16:00	Argentina	43 – 22	Puerto Rico	, Blumenau

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September 3 14:15	Chile	26 – 30	Puerto Rico	, Blumenau

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September 4 16:00	Argentina	38 – 36	Chile	, Blumenau

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	134	44	+90	6
Venezuela	3	2	0	1	78	77	+1	4
Uruguay	3	1	0	2	63	94	–31	2
Paraguay	3	0	0	3	57	117	–60	0

September 2 14:15	Uruguay	19 – 25	Venezuela	, Blumenau

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September 2 20:00	Brazil	51 – 13	Paraguay	, Blumenau
		(25-10)

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September 3 16:00	Uruguay	32 – 26	Paraguay	, Blumenau

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September 3 19:30	Brazil	40 – 19	Venezuela	, Blumenau
		(21-10)

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September 4 14:18	Venezuela	34 – 18	Paraguay	, Blumenau

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September 4 19:30	Brazil	43 – 12	Uruguay	, Blumenau
		(21-4)

Placement 5th–7th[]

September 5 14:15	Chile	46 – 18	Paraguay	, Blumenau

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September 6 14:15	Chile	32 – 30	Uruguay	, Blumenau

Final round[]

	Semifinal				Final
	September 5 – Blumenau
	Argentina	35
					September 5 – Blumenau
	Venezuela	20
					Argentina	27
	September 5 – Blumenau
					Brazil	21
	Puerto Rico	17
	Brazil	38
					Third place
					September 5 – Blumenau
					Venezuela	18
					Puerto Rico	29

Semifinals[]

September 5 16:00	Argentina	35 – 20	Venezuela	, Blumenau
		(21-10)

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September 5 19:30	Brazil	38 – 17	Puerto Rico	, Blumenau
		(18-11)

Bronze medal match[]

September 6 16:00	Venezuela	18 – 29	Puerto Rico	, Blumenau

Gold medal match[]

September 6 19:30	Brazil	21 – 27	Argentina	, Blumenau
		(9-15)

Final standing[]

Rank	Team
	Argentina
	Brazil
	Puerto Rico
4	Venezuela
5	Chile
6	Uruguay
7	Paraguay

Team advanced to the 2009 Men's Youth World Handball Championship