2006 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

The 2006 Pan American Men's Handball Championship was the twelfth edition of the tournament, held in Aracaju, Brazil from 6 to 10 June 2006. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 2007 World Championship, where the top three placed team qualied.

2006 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	6–10 June
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	Greenland
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	1,124 (56.2 per match)

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil (H)	3	3	0	0	116	65	+51	6	Semifinals
2	Greenland	3	2	0	1	81	97	−16	4
3	Chile	3	1	0	2	83	106	−23	2
4	Uruguay	3	0	0	3	78	90	−12	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

6 June 2006 14:00	Greenland	32–30	Chile
		(16–18)

6 June 2006 20:30	Brazil	31–22	Uruguay
		(11–11)

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7 June 2006 16:00	Chile	27–26	Uruguay
		(16–11)

7 June 2006 20:00	Brazil	37–17	Greenland
		(21–10)

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8 June 2006 16:00	Greenland	32–30	Uruguay
		(14–14)

8 June 2006 20:00	Brazil	48–26	Chile
		(22–15)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	107	54	+53	6	Semifinals
2	United States	3	1	1	1	76	91	−15	3
3	Puerto Rico	3	1	0	2	79	87	−8	2
4	Mexico	3	0	1	2	63	93	−30	1

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.

6 June 2006 16:00	Argentina	38–20	Puerto Rico
		(19–10)

6 June 2006 18:00	United States	28–28	Mexico
		(11–11)

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7 June 2006 14:00	United States	28–25	Puerto Rico
		(10–8)

7 June 2006 18:00	Argentina	31–14	Mexico
		(19–8)

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8 June 2006 14:00	Puerto Rico	34–21	Mexico
		(17–11)

8 June 2006 18:00	Argentina	38–20	United States
		(18–7)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Brazil	39
	United States	16
					Brazil	28
					Argentina	23
	Argentina	32
	Greenland	18
					Third place
					United States	29
					Greenland	30

Fifth place bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Chile	34
	Mexico	24
					Chile	27
					Uruguay	19
	Puerto Rico	22
	Uruguay	34
					Third place
					Mexico	35
					Puerto Rico	31

5–8th place semifinals

9 June 2006 14:00	Uruguay	34–22	Puerto Rico
		(19–14)

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9 June 2006 16:00	Chile	34–24	Mexico
		(12–17)

Semifinals

9 June 2006 18:00	Brazil	39–16	United States
		(20–7)

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9 June 2006 20:00	Argentina	32–18	Greenland
		(14–9)

Seventh place game

10 June 2006 14:00	Mexico	35–31	Puerto Rico
		(19–14)

Fifth place game

10 June 2006 16:00	Chile	27–19	Uruguay
		(13–12)

Third place game

10 June 2006 18:00	Greenland	30–29	United States
		(14–13)

Final

10 June 2006 20:00	Brazil	28–23	Argentina
		(11–12)

Final ranking

Qualified for the 2007 World Championship

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Argentina
	Greenland
4	United States
5	Chile
6	Uruguay
7	Mexico
8	Puerto Rico

External links

• Results on todor66.com