2000 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

The 2000 Pan American Men's Handball Championship was the ninth edition of the tournament, held in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil from 23 to 28 May 2000. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 2001 World Championship, where the top four placed teams qualified.

2000 Pan American Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Brazil
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates23–28 May
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (1st title)
Runner-up Cuba
Third place Brazil
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored1,016 (50.8 per match)
Top scorer(s)Dominican Republic Antonio Sosa (54 goals)
Best playerCuba Rolando Uríos
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Preliminary round

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All times are local (UTC−3).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Argentina 3 3 0 0 69 50 +19 6 Semifinals
2   Cuba 3 2 0 1 90 55 +35 4
3   Greenland 3 1 0 2 62 75 −13 2
4   Uruguay 3 0 0 3 57 98 −41 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 May 2000 Cuba   41–17   Uruguay
(22–8)
23 May 2000 Argentina   20–16   Greenland
(11–8)

24 May 2000 Argentina   28–14   Uruguay
(12–9)
24 May 2000 Cuba   29–17   Greenland
(13–7)

25 May 2000 Greenland   29–26   Uruguay
(15–9)
25 May 2000 Argentina   21–20   Cuba
(9–10)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Brazil (H) 3 3 0 0 121 42 +79 6 Semifinals
2   United States 3 2 0 1 63 80 −17 4
3   Dominican Republic 3 1 0 2 75 105 −30 2
4   Mexico 3 0 0 3 61 93 −32 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.
(H) Hosts
23 May 2000 United States   25–17   Mexico
(9–7)
23 May 2000 Brazil   47–18   Dominican Republic
(25–10)

24 May 2000 United States   27–24   Dominican Republic
(12–11)
24 May 2000 Brazil   35–13   Mexico
(18–5)

25 May 2000 Dominican Republic   33–31   Mexico
(15–12)
25 May 2000 Brazil   39–11   United States
(17–5)

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Argentina28
 
 
 
  United States18
 
  Argentina26
 
 
 
  Cuba25
 
  Brazil24
 
 
  Cuba26
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
  United States17
 
 
  Brazil38

Fifth place bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Greenland35
 
 
 
  Mexico18
 
  Greenland27
 
 
 
  Dominican Republic21
 
  Dominican Republic (ET)34
 
 
  Uruguay30
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
  Mexico (ET)22
 
 
  Uruguay19

5–8th place semifinals

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26 May 2000 Greenland   35–18   Mexico
(18–7)

26 May 2000 Dominican Republic   34–30 (ET)   Uruguay
(13–11)

FT: 26–26 ET: 8–4

Semifinals

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27 May 2000 Argentina   28–18   United States
(18–7)

27 May 2000 Cuba   26–24   Brazil
(10–13)

Seventh place game

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27 May 2000 Mexico   22–19 (ET)   Uruguay
(9–11)

FT: 19–19 ET: 3–0

Fifth place game

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28 May 2000 Greenland   27–21   Dominican Republic
(16–8)

Third place game

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28 May 2000 Brazil   38–17   United States
(19–10)

Final

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28 May 2000 Argentina   26–25   Cuba
(14–14)

Final ranking

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Qualified for the 2001 World Championship
Rank Team
    Argentina
    Cuba
    Brazil
4   United States
5   Greenland
6   Dominican Republic
7   Mexico
8   Uruguay

Argentina, Cuba, Brazil and United States are qualified for 2001 World Championship. Cuba finally withdrew and was replaced by Greenland.

All-star team

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Position Player
Most valuable player   Rolando Uríos (CUB)
Goalkeeper   Cristian Cantoniero (ARG)
Right wing   Andrés Kogovsek (ARG)
Right back   Eric Gull (ARG)
Centre back   Félix Romero (CUB)
Left back   Bruno Souza (BRA)
Left wing   Hélio Justino (BRA)
Pivot   Rolando Uríos (CUB)
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