2012 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

2012 Pan American Men's Handball Championship
PanAmericano 2012
Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Dates	18–24 June
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (5th title)
Runner-up	Brazil
Third place	Chile
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches	23
Goals scored	1227 (53.35 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Minik Dahl Høegh; (49 goals)
Best player	Marco Oneto
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The 2012 Pan American Handball Championship, also called PanAmericano 2012, was the 15th official competition for senior men's national handball teams of North, Center, Caribbean and South America. It was held from 18 to 24 June 2012 in Burzaco, Almirante Brown Partido, Argentina. It also acted as the qualifying competition for the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship, securing three vacancies for the World Championship. A decision was announced during the 2011 Pan American Games that the tournament will consist of 12 teams.^[1] As the winner of those Pan American Games, Argentina was selected as the host.

Participating teams[]

The participating nations have been announced on 15 May 2012.^[2]

Group A	Group B
Argentina Chile Greenland United States Venezuela	Brazil ~~Dominican Republic~~ Mexico Paraguay Uruguay

The Dominican Republic team withdrew after the draw, reportedly for financial reasons.^[3]

Preliminary round[]

	Team advances to the Semifinals
	Team will play in Fifth place game
	Team will play in Placement round

All times are local (UTC−3)

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina (H)	4	3	1	0	127	69	+58	7
Chile	4	3	1	0	123	95	+28	7
Greenland	4	2	0	2	123	117	+6	4
United States	4	1	0	3	102	132	−30	2
Venezuela	4	0	0	4	103	165	−62	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(H) Host

18 June 2012 18:00	Argentina	33–13	United States	, Burzaco Attendance: 700
	Kogovsek 7	(18–4)	Hines, 3
	2× 1×	Report	3× 4×

18 June 2012 20:00	Chile	31–28	Greenland	, Burzaco
	Em. Feuchtmann 7	(14–14)	Dahl Høegh 10
	3× 4×	Report	2× 3×

19 June 2012 18:00	Chile	34–25	Venezuela	, Burzaco Attendance: 300
	Er. Feuchtmann 8	(20–13)	9
	3× 1×	Report	2× 4× 1×

19 June 2012 21:00	Greenland	18–24	Argentina	, Burzaco Attendance: 3,000
	Dahl Høegh 7	(8–10)	Pizarro 5
	4× 4×	Report	3× 6×

20 June 2012 19:00	United States	43–28	Venezuela	, Burzaco Attendance: 2,000
	10	(24–16)	11
	3× 6× 1×	Report	3× 1×

20 June 2012 21:00	Argentina	23–23	Chile	, Burzaco Attendance: 4,000
	Simonet 6	(10–13)	Oneto 6
	3× 6×	Report	3× 3×

21 June 2012 18:00	Argentina	47–15	Venezuela	, Burzaco Attendance: 1,500
	Pizarro 9	(27–7)	, 3
	2× 1×	Report	2× 5×

21 June 2012 20:00	United States	27–36	Greenland	, Burzaco
	9	(15–15)	Dahl Høegh 16
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

22 June 2012 16:00	Greenland	41–35	Venezuela	, Burzaco Attendance: 1,500
	Dahl Høegh 9	(20–14)	9
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

22 June 2012 18:00	United States	19–35	Chile	, Burzaco Attendance: 400
	8	(7–22)	H. Feuchtmann 8
	3× 8× 1×	Report	3× 2×

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	118	39	+79	6
Uruguay	3	2	1	67	71	−4	4
Paraguay	3	1	2	49	80	−31	2
Mexico	3	0	3	41	85	−44	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

19 June 2012 14:00	Paraguay	11–39	Brazil	, Burzaco
	three players 2	(4–23)	10
	3× 1×	Report	3× 1×

19 June 2012 16:00	Uruguay	26–13	Mexico	, Burzaco
	, 4	(15–4)	3
	2× 2×	Report	2× 4×

20 June 2012 15:00	Paraguay	16–25	Uruguay	, Burzaco
	7	(10–12)	4
	2× 5×	Report	3× 5×

20 June 2012 17:00	Mexico	12–37	Brazil	, Burzaco
	3	(8–14)	Cândido 8
	3× 5×	Report	3× 2×

21 June 2012 14:00	Mexico	16–22	Paraguay	, Burzaco Attendance: 3,000
	5	(9–13)	three players 4
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

21 June 2012 16:00	Brazil	42–16	Uruguay	, Burzaco Attendance: 2,000
	Teixeira 8	(19–9)	5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

Placement round[]

Points gained in the preliminary round against teams from the same group were carried over.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	United States	2	2	0	76	45	+31	4
8	Venezuela	2	1	1	56	66	−10	2
9	Mexico	2	0	2	40	61	−21	0

Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

23 June 2012 17:00	Venezuela	28–23	Mexico	, Burzaco Attendance: 500
	6	(12–8)	7
	2× 4× 1×	Report	3× 6×

24 June 2012 09:00	United States	33–17	Mexico	, Burzaco Attendance: 3,000
	three players 5	(15–10)	, 3
	3× 3×	Report	2× 2×

Knockout stage[]

Bracket[]

Semifinals		Final

23 June 2012

Argentina	28
		24 June 2012
Uruguay	13
		Argentina	22
23 June 2012
		Brazil	21
Chile	33

Brazil	35
		Third place

		24 June 2012

		Uruguay	27

		Chile	37

Semifinals[]

23 June 2012 13:00	Argentina	28–13	Uruguay	, Burzaco
	Riccobelli 5	(14–7)	3
	3× 2×	Report	4× 4×

23 June 2012 15:00	Brazil	35–33	Chile	, Burzaco Attendance: 2,000
	Ribeiro 6	(20–14)	Salinas 7
	3× 2×	Report	2× 2×

Fifth place game[]

23 June 2012 17:00	Greenland	38–19	Paraguay	, Burzaco
	Dahl Høegh 7	(20–11)	, 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

Third place game[]

24 June 2012 13:00	Uruguay	27–37	Chile	, Burzaco
	7	(12–16)	Feuchtmann 10
	3× 7× 1×	Report	3× 7× 1×

Final[]

24 June 2012 11:00	Argentina	22–21	Brazil	, Burzaco Attendance: 4,200
	Simonet 6	(12–12)	Ribeiro 9
	2× 1× 1×	Report	3× 1×

Final ranking[]

	Argentina
	Brazil
	Chile
4	Uruguay
5	Greenland
6	Paraguay
7	United States
8	Venezuela
9	Mexico

	Team advanced to the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship

Best team[]

Goalkeeper: Matías Schulz
Right wing: Andrés Kogovsek
Right back: Rodrigo Salinas
Central back: Sebastián Simonet
Left back: Minik Dahl Høegh
Left wing: Felipe Borges
Pivot: Marco Oneto

References[]

^ "New developments regarding PATHF competitions". teamhandballnews.com. 23 October 2011.
^ "Confirmados diez países al Campeonato masculino adulto 2012". panamhandball.org. 15 May 2012. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
^ "2013 Men's WC Qual". teamhandballnews.com. Retrieved 11 January 2013.

External links[]

Official website^{[permanent dead link]}
Results on todor66.oom

[1] "New developments regarding PATHF competitions". teamhandballnews.com. 23 October 2011.

[2] "Confirmados diez países al Campeonato masculino adulto 2012". panamhandball.org. 15 May 2012. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.

[3] "2013 Men's WC Qual". teamhandballnews.com. Retrieved 11 January 2013.

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