2014 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

2014 Pan American Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Uruguay
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	23–29 June
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (6th title)
Runner-up	Brazil
Third place	Chile
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	1,113 (55.65 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Akutaaneq Kreutzmann; (43 goals)
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The 2014 Pan American Men's Handball Championship, was the 16th official competition for senior men's national handball teams of North, Center, Caribbean and South America. It was held from 23 to 29 June 2014 in Uruguay. It also acted as the qualifying competition for the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship, securing three vacancies for the World Championship.^[1]

Argentina won the tournament for the third consecutive and sixth time total after defeating Brazil 30–19 in the final.^[2]

Participating teams edit

Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Greenland
Guatemala
Mexico
Uruguay
United States
Venezuela was originally qualified but withdrew one day prior to the tournament.^[3]
Cuba was originally qualified but withdrew. The organizing committee tried to find a replacement but Paraguay rejected this offer.^[4]

Referees edit

Six referee pairs were selected.^[5]

Referees
Argentina	Carlos Marina Darío Minore
Brazil	Nilson Menezes Rogério Pinto
Croatia	Matija Gubica Boris Milošević

Referees
Puerto Rico	Enrique Pérez José Guzmán
Uruguay	Gabriel González Camilo Prieto
United States	Lars Jorgensen Christian Posch

Preliminary round edit

The draw was held on 24 May 2014.

All times are local (UTC−3).

Group A edit

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	114	44	+70	6
Uruguay (H)	3	2	1	78	74	+4	4
United States	3	1	2	74	83	−9	2
Guatemala	3	0	3	59	124	−65	0

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

24 June 2014 18:00	United States	17–28	Brazil	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 300 Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Elzoghby 4	(8–15)	Gama 5
	3× 4×	Report	2× 3×

24 June 2014 20:00	Uruguay	36–19	Guatemala	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 700 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Fabra 8	(17–9)	Lun 5
	3× 1×	Report	2× 7×

25 June 2014 16:00	Brazil	54–12	Guatemala	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA)
	Freitas 14	(28–4)	V. Morales 4
	2× 1×	Report	1× 4×

25 June 2014 20:00	Uruguay	27–23	United States	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Gamiz 9	(15–5)	Hines, Elzoghby 5
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

26 June 2014 14:00	United States	34–28	Guatemala	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 200 Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR)
	Elzoghby 10	(13–12)	V. Morales 6
	3× 7× 1×	Report	2× 3×

26 June 2014 20:00	Uruguay	15–32	Brazil	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	five players 2	(7–15)	Freitas 7
	2× 3×	Report	3× 1×

Group B edit

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	100	55	+45	6
Chile	3	2	1	82	76	+6	4
Greenland	3	1	2	77	86	−9	2
Mexico	3	0	3	58	100	−42	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

23 June 2014 16:30	Chile	34–18	Mexico	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 200 Referees: González, Prieto (URU)
	E. Salinas 7	(15–8)	Bermúdez 7
	3×	Report	1× 3×

23 June 2014 18:30	Argentina	33–20	Greenland	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Pizarro 6	(14–12)	Ak. Kreutzmann 6
	3× 4×	Report	2× 6×

25 June 2014 14:00	Argentina	33–16	Mexico	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 400 Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR)
	F. Fernández, Cangiani 6	(18–8)	Ab. Villalobos 4
	1× 1×	Report	3× 3× 1×

25 June 2014 18:00	Greenland	24–29	Chile	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Ak. Kreutzmann 7	(12–13)	R. Salinas 10
	2× 8×	Report	2× 8×

26 June 2014 16:00	Greenland	33–24	Mexico	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 650 Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA)
	Ak. Kreutzmann 11	(17–12)	Acuña 8
	3× 4×	Report	2× 2×

26 June 2014 18:00	Argentina	34–19	Chile	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 800 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Pizarro 8	(16–12)	Ceballos 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 6×

Knockout stage edit

All times are local (UTC−3).

Championship bracket edit

Semifinals		Final

28 June

Brazil	36
		29 June
Chile	28
		Brazil	19
28 June
		Argentina	30
Argentina	30

Uruguay	16
		Third-place game

		29 June

		Chile	25

		Uruguay	24

5–8th-place bracket

Semifinals		Fifth-place game

28 June

United States	41
		29 June
Mexico	28
		United States	32
28 June
		Greenland	43
Greenland	44

Guatemala	22
		Seventh-place game

		29 June

		Mexico	37

		Guatemala	16

5–8th-place semifinals edit

28 June 2014 16:00	Greenland	44–22	Guatemala	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 150 Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Ak. Kreutzmann 9	(25–12)	Stolz 7
	1× 1×	Report	2× 5×

28 June 2014 20:00	United States	41–28	Mexico	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 150 Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Elzoghby 9	(20–12)	Ab. Villalobos 9
	2× 6×	Report	2× 1×

Semifinals edit

28 June 2014 14:00	Argentina	30–16	Uruguay	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 500 Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA)
	S. Simonet, Cangiani 4	(18–6)	five players 2
	1× 2×	Report	2× 2×

28 June 2014 18:00	Brazil	36–28	Chile	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 100 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Patrianova, Pozzer 5	(16–13)	R. Salinas 12
	2× 4×	Report	3× 2×

Seventh-place game edit

29 June 2014 14:00	Mexico	37–16	Guatemala	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 100 Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA)
	Aguirre, Ab. Villalobos 6	(15–9)	Stolz 4
	1× 3×	Report	4× 3×

Fifth-place game edit

29 June 2014 16:00	Greenland	43–32	United States	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Pérez, Guzmán (PUR)
	An. Kreutzmann 11	(25–14)	Axelsson 12
	3× 4×	Report	2× 1×

Third-place game edit

29 June 2014 18:00	Uruguay	24–25	Chile	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Velazco 8	(13–13)	R. Salinas 12
	2× 4×	Report	2× 2×

Final edit

29 June 2014 20:00	Argentina	30–19	Brazil	Estadio Sergio Matto, Canelones Attendance: 1,250 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	D. Simonet 11	(15–12)	Pacheco 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 5×

Ranking and awards edit

Final ranking edit

	Argentina
	Brazil
	Chile
4	Uruguay
5	Greenland
6	United States
7	Mexico
8	Guatemala

	Team advanced to the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship

All-Star Team edit

Goalkeeper: Maik Santos
Right wing: Federico Pizarro
Right back: Rodrigo Salinas
Central back: Diego Simonet
Left back: Akutaaneq Kreutzmann
Left wing: Alejandro Velazco
Pivot: Marco Oneto

References edit

^ Calendar
^ "Argentina again on top in Pan-America". ihf.info. 2014-06-30.
^ "Venezuela no jugará el Panamericano – URU 2014 – Venezuela turned down the Pan American Championship". panamhandball.org. 2014-06-22.
^ "Nine instead of ten: Cuba withdraws from Pan American men's qualifying tournament". handball-world.com. 2014-05-22.
^ "Arbitros para el Panamericano Adulto Masculino – URU 2014 – Referees for Men's Senior Panam Ch". panamhandball.org. 2014-05-14.

External links edit

[1] Calendar

[2] "Argentina again on top in Pan-America". ihf.info. 2014-06-30.

[3] "Venezuela no jugará el Panamericano – URU 2014 – Venezuela turned down the Pan American Championship". panamhandball.org. 2014-06-22.

[4] "Nine instead of ten: Cuba withdraws from Pan American men's qualifying tournament". handball-world.com. 2014-05-22.

[5] "Arbitros para el Panamericano Adulto Masculino – URU 2014 – Referees for Men's Senior Panam Ch". panamhandball.org. 2014-05-14.

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