1998 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

The 1998 Pan American Men's Handball Championship was the eighth edition of the tournament, held in Havana, Cuba from 22 to 29 September 1998. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 1999 World Championship, where the top three placed team qualied.

1998 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Cuba
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	22–29 September
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Cuba (8th title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	1,414 (50.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Carlos Pérez (57 goals)

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−4).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cuba (H)	4	4	0	0	171	62	+109	8	Semifinals
2	Brazil	4	3	0	1	133	85	+48	6
3	Canada	4	2	0	2	88	112	−24	4
4	Colombia	4	1	0	3	86	143	−57	2
5	Uruguay	4	0	0	4	77	153	−76	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

22 September 1998 14:00	Brazil	34–15	Canada
		(11–9)

22 September 1998 20:30	Cuba	54–13	Uruguay
		(23–6)

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23 September 1998 18:00	Canada	28–13	Colombia
		(7–7)

23 September 1998 20:30	Cuba	30–22	Brazil
		(14–7)

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24 September 1998 18:00	Brazil	32–16	Uruguay
		(20–8)

24 September 1998 20:30	Cuba	45–16	Colombia
		(23–7)

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25 September 1998 16:00	Brazil	45–24	Colombia

25 September 1998 18:00	Canada	34–23	Uruguay
		(18–13)

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26 September 1998 14:00	Colombia	33–25	Uruguay

26 September 1998 20:30	Cuba	42–11	Canada
		(24–4)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	84	47	+37	6	Semifinals
2	United States	3	2	0	1	69	57	+12	4
3	Greenland	3	1	0	2	54	73	−19	2
4	Mexico	3	0	0	3	63	93	−30	0
5	Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn

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.
Notes:

22 September 1998 18:00	United States	28–19	Mexico
		(11–9)

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23 September 1998 14:00	Argentina	24–17	United States
		(13–8)

23 September 1998 16:00	Greenland	29–25	Mexico
		(13–10)

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24 September 1998 16:00	Argentina	24–11	Greenland
		(13–5)

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25 September 1998 20:30	United States	24–14	Greenland

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26 September 1998 18:00	Argentina	36–19	Mexico

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Cuba	44
	Mexico	13
					Cuba	27
					United States	18
	United States	21
	Canada	20
									Cuba	31
									Argentina	26
	Brazil	40
	Greenland	21
					Brazil	15
					Argentina	20			Third place
	Argentina	32
	Colombia	12
									United States	22
									Brazil	27

Fifth place bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Mexico	23
	Canada	32
					Canada	20
					Greenland	21
	Greenland	31
	Colombia	22
					Third place
					Mexico	28
					Colombia	23

Quarterfinals

27 September 1998 15:00	Brazil	40–21	Greenland

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27 September 1998 17:00	United States	21–20	Canada
		(8–12)

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27 September 1998 19:00	Argentina	32–12	Colombia

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27 September 1998 21:00	Cuba	44–13	Mexico

5–8th place semifinals

28 September 1998 14:00	Greenland	31–22	Colombia

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28 September 1998 16:00	Canada	32–23	Mexico
		(12–12)

Semifinals

28 September 1998 18:00	Argentina	20–15	Brazil

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28 September 1998 20:30	Cuba	27–18	United States

Seventh place game

29 September 1998 14:00	Mexico	28–23	Colombia

Fifth place game

29 September 1998 16:00	Greenland	21–20	Canada
		(11–11)

Third place game

29 September 1998 18:00	Brazil	27–22	United States
		(14–12)

Final

29 September 1998 20:30	Cuba	31–26	Argentina
		(13–12)

Final ranking

Qualified for the 1999 World Championship

Rank	Team
	Cuba
	Argentina
	Brazil
4	United States
5	Greenland
6	Canada
7	Mexico
8	Colombia
9	Uruguay

External links

• Results on todor66.com