2010 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

2010 Pan American Men's Handball Championship
PanAmericano 2010
Tournament details
Host country	Chile
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	22–26 June
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (4th title)
Runner-up	Brazil
Third place	Chile
Fourth place	Cuba
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	1,076 (53.8 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Emil Feuchtmann; (35 goals)
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The 2010 American Handball Championship, also called PanAmericano 2010, was the 14th official competition for senior men's national handball teams of North, Center, Caribbean and South America. It was held from 22 to 26 June 2010 in Santiago, Chile. It was also acting as the qualifying competition for the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship, securing three vacancies for the World Championship. Brazil, Argentina and Chile got the Tickets for finishing at the first three places.

Participating teams

Group A	Group B
Argentina Chile (Host Nation) Uruguay Canada	Brazil (Defending Champion) Cuba Greenland Dominican Republic

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−3).

	Team advanced to the Semifinals
	Team will play Placement Matches

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	97	44	+53	6
Chile (H)	3	1	1	1	81	78	+3	3
Uruguay	3	1	1	1	73	88	−15	3
Canada	3	0	0	3	66	107	−41	0

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

22 June 2010 15:30	Argentina	32–14	Uruguay
		(14–4)

22 June 2010 20:30	Chile	36–25	Canada
		(15–10)

23 June 2010 16:00	Argentina	39–12	Canada
		(17–6)

23 June 2010 20:00	Chile	27–27	Uruguay
		(17–12)

24 June 2010 16:00	Uruguay	32–29	Canada
		(13–13)

24 June 2010 20:00	Argentina	26–18	Chile
		(15–6)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	100	66	+34	6
Cuba	3	2	1	97	81	+16	4
Greenland	3	1	2	73	81	−8	2
Dominican Republic	3	0	3	52	94	−42	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

22 June 2010 13:30	Brazil	29–23	Greenland
		(17–8)

22 June 2010 17:30	Cuba	39–15	Dominican Republic
		(18–4)

23 June 2010 14:00	Cuba	32–25	Greenland
		(17–13)

23 June 2010 18:00	Brazil	30–17	Dominican Republic
		(17–11)

24 June 2010 14:00	Brazil	41–26	Cuba
		(23–12)

24 June 2010 18:00	Greenland	25–20	Dominican Republic
		(12–11)

Placement matches

5th–8th Place		5th/6th Place

June 25, 2010

Dominican Republic	24
		June 26, 2010
Uruguay	28
		Uruguay	30
June 25, 2010
		Greenland	27
Greenland	38

Canada	36
		7th/8th Place

		June 26, 2010

		Dominican Republic	22

		Canada	33

5th–8th place semifinals

25 June 2010 14:00	Uruguay	28–24	Dominican Republic
		(14–12)

25 June 2010 16:00	Greenland	38–36	Canada
		(18–12)

Seventh place game

26 June 2010 14:00	Canada	33–22	Dominican Republic
		(16–9)

Fifth place game

26 June 2010 16:00	Uruguay	30–27	Greenland
		(15–13)

Final round

Semifinals		Final

June 25, 2010

Brazil	33
		June 26, 2010
Chile	21
		Brazil	27
June 25, 2010
		Argentina (ET)	28
Argentina	17

Cuba	8
		3rd/4th Place

		June 26, 2010

		Chile	34

		Cuba	31

Semifinals

25 June 2010 18:00	Brazil	33–21	Chile
		(15–5)

25 June 2010 20:00	Argentina	17–8	Cuba

A Bomb threat stopped the semifinal of the Pan American Tournament. An anonymous phone call announced an imminent bomb explosion in the Centro de Entrenamiento Olimpico in Santiago de Chile forced the officials to stop the semifinal match of the Pan American Tournament, Argentina – Cuba. In that moment, Argentina was leading Cuba 17–8.

Third place game

26 June 2010 18:00	Chile	34–31	Cuba
		(13–14)

Final

26 June 2010 20:00	Argentina	28–27 (ET)	Brazil
		(10–11)

	FT: 23–23 ET: 2–2, 3–2

Final ranking

	Argentina
	Brazil
	Chile
4	Cuba
5	Uruguay
6	Greenland
7	Canada
8	Dominican Republic

	Team advanced to the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship

All-star team

Position	Player	Country
Goalkeeper	Maik dos Santos	Brazil
Right back	Fernando Pacheco Filho	Brazil
Center back	Emil Feuchtmann	Chile
Left back	Agustin Vidal	Argentina
Right wing	Patricio Martínez Chávez	Chile
Pivot	Gonzalo Carou	Argentina
Left wing	Carlos Mirabal	Dominican Republic