2004 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

The 2004 Pan American Men's Handball Championship was the eleventh edition of the tournament, held in Santiago, Chile from 20 to 24 July 2004. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 2005 World Championship, where the top three placed team qualied.

2004 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Chile
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	20–24 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (3rd title)
Runner-up	Brazil
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	1,009 (50.45 per match)

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	94	40	+54	6	Semifinals
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	71	66	+5	4
3	Puerto Rico	3	1	0	2	66	98	−32	2
4	United States	3	0	0	3	59	86	−27	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.

20 July 2004 14:30	Brazil	25–13	Canada
		(13–10)

20 July 2004 20:30	Puerto Rico	29–28	United States

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21 July 2004 16:30	Canada	26–18	United States

21 July 2004 18:30	Brazil	38–14	Puerto Rico

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22 July 2004 14:30	Canada	32–23	Puerto Rico

22 July 2004 16:30	Brazil	31–13	United States
		(13–8)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	102	48	+54	6	Semifinals
2	Chile (H)	3	2	0	1	80	77	+3	4
3	Greenland	3	0	1	2	67	82	−15	1
4	Mexico	3	0	1	2	56	98	−42	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.
(H) Hosts

20 July 2004 16:30	Argentina	30–17	Greenland

20 July 2004 18:30	Chile	35–18	Mexico

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21 July 2004 14:30	Argentina	41–16	Mexico

21 July 2004 20:30	Chile	30–28	Greenland

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22 July 2004 18:30	Greenland	22–22	Mexico

22 July 2004 20:30	Argentina	31–15	Chile

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Brazil	32
	Chile	8
					Brazil	21
					Argentina	24
	Argentina	27
	Canada	18
					Third place
					Chile	24
					Canada	31

Fifth place game

	Semi-finals				Final
	Puerto Rico	30
	Mexico	24
					Puerto Rico	28
					Greenland	33
	Greenland	27
	United States	21
					Third place
					Mexico	29
					United States	37

5–8th place semifinals

23 July 2004 14:30	Puerto Rico	30–24	Mexico

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23 July 2004 16:30	Greenland	27–21	United States

Semifinals

23 July 2004 18:30	Brazil	32–8	Chile
		(15–6)

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23 July 2004 20:30	Argentina	27–18	Canada

Seventh place game

24 July 2004 12:00	United States	37–29	Mexico

Fifth place game

24 July 2004 14:00	Greenland	33–28	Puerto Rico

Third place game

24 July 2004 16:00	Canada	31–24	Chile
		(16–11)

Final

24 July 2004 18:00	Argentina	24–21	Brazil
		(14–11)

Final ranking

Qualified for the 2005 World Championship

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

All-star team

All-star team is

• MVP : Bruno Souza, Brazil
• Goalkeeper: Marcão, Brazil
• Left wing: Hélio Justino, Brazil
• Pivot: Gonzalo Carou, Argentina
• Right wing: Federico Besasso, Argentina
• Left back: Bruno Souza, Brazil
• Center back: Matias Lima, Argentina
• Right back: Leonardo Facundo Querín, Argentina

Goalscorer is D. Santiago (Puerto-Rico) with 39 goals.

External links

• Results on todor66.com