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)
Dates	23–28 May
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (1st title)
Runner-up	Cuba
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	1,016 (50.8 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Antonio Sosa (54 goals)
Best player	Rolando Uríos

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−3).

Group A

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)

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24 May 2000	Argentina	28–14	Uruguay
		(12–9)

24 May 2000	Cuba	29–17	Greenland
		(13–7)

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25 May 2000	Greenland	29–26	Uruguay
		(15–9)

25 May 2000	Argentina	21–20	Cuba
		(9–10)

Group B

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)

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24 May 2000	United States	27–24	Dominican Republic
		(12–11)

24 May 2000	Brazil	35–13	Mexico
		(18–5)

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25 May 2000	Dominican Republic	33–31	Mexico
		(15–12)

25 May 2000	Brazil	39–11	United States
		(17–5)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Argentina	28
	United States	18
					Argentina	26
					Cuba	25
	Brazil	24
	Cuba	26
					Third place
					United States	17
					Brazil	38

Fifth place bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Greenland	35
	Mexico	18
					Greenland	27
					Dominican Republic	21
	Dominican Republic (ET)	34
	Uruguay	30
					Third place
					Mexico (ET)	22
					Uruguay	19

5–8th place semifinals

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

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26 May 2000	Dominican Republic	34–30 (ET)	Uruguay
		(13–11)
	FT: 26–26 ET: 8–4

Semifinals

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

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

Seventh place game

27 May 2000	Mexico	22–19 (ET)	Uruguay
		(9–11)
	FT: 19–19 ET: 3–0

Fifth place game

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

Third place game

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

Final

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

Final ranking

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

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)

External links

• Results on todor66.com