2012 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

2012 Pan American Men's Handball Championship
PanAmericano 2012
Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	18–24 June
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (5th title)
Runner-up	Brazil
Third place	Chile
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	1,227 (53.35 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Minik Dahl Høegh; (49 goals)
Best player	Marco Oneto
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The 2012 Pan American Handball Championship, also called PanAmericano 2012, was the 15th official competition for senior men's national handball teams of North, Center, Caribbean and South America. It was held from 18 to 24 June 2012 in Burzaco, Almirante Brown Partido, Argentina. It also acted as the qualifying competition for the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship, securing three vacancies for the World Championship. A decision was announced during the 2011 Pan American Games that the tournament will consist of 12 teams.^[1] As the winner of those Pan American Games, Argentina was selected as the host.

Participating teams

The participating nations have been announced on 15 May 2012.^[2]

Group A	Group B
Argentina Chile Greenland United States Venezuela	Brazil ~~Dominican Republic~~ Mexico Paraguay Uruguay

The Dominican Republic team withdrew after the draw, reportedly for financial reasons.^[3]

Preliminary round

	Team advances to the Semifinals
	Team will play in Fifth place game
	Team will play in Placement round

All times are local (UTC−3)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina (H)	4	3	1	0	127	69	+58	7
Chile	4	3	1	0	123	95	+28	7
Greenland	4	2	0	2	123	117	+6	4
United States	4	1	0	3	102	132	−30	2
Venezuela	4	0	0	4	103	165	−62	0

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

18 June 2012 18:00	Argentina	33–13	United States	Polideportivo de Almirante Brown, Burzaco Attendance: 700
	Kogovsek 7	(18–4)	Hines, Jackson 3
	2× 1×	Report	3× 4×

18 June 2012 20:00	Chile	31–28	Greenland	Polideportivo de Almirante Brown, Burzaco
	Em. Feuchtmann 7	(14–14)	Dahl Høegh 10
	3× 4×	Report	2× 3×

19 June 2012 18:00	Chile	34–25	Venezuela	Polideportivo de Almirante Brown, Burzaco Attendance: 300
	Er. Feuchtmann 8	(20–13)	Godoy 9
	3× 1×	Report	2× 4× 1×

19 June 2012 21:00	Greenland	18–24	Argentina	Polideportivo de Almirante Brown, Burzaco Attendance: 3,000
	Dahl Høegh 7	(8–10)	Pizarro 5
	4× 4×	Report	3× 6×

20 June 2012 19:00	United States	43–28	Venezuela	Polideportivo de Almirante Brown, Burzaco Attendance: 2,000
	Andjelic 10	(24–16)	Peñaloza 11
	3× 6× 1×	Report	3× 1×

20 June 2012 21:00	Argentina	23–23	Chile	Polideportivo de Almirante Brown, Burzaco Attendance: 4,000
	Simonet 6	(10–13)	Oneto 6
	3× 6×	Report	3× 3×

21 June 2012 18:00	Argentina	47–15	Venezuela	Polideportivo de Almirante Brown, Burzaco Attendance: 1,500
	Pizarro 9	(27–7)	Timaure, Rojas Vera 3
	2× 1×	Report	2× 5×

21 June 2012 20:00	United States	27–36	Greenland	Polideportivo de Almirante Brown, Burzaco
	Axelsson 9	(15–15)	Dahl Høegh 16
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

22 June 2012 16:00	Greenland	41–35	Venezuela	Polideportivo de Almirante Brown, Burzaco Attendance: 1,500
	Dahl Høegh 9	(20–14)	Timaure 9
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

22 June 2012 18:00	United States	19–35	Chile	Polideportivo de Almirante Brown, Burzaco Attendance: 400
	Axelsson 8	(7–22)	H. Feuchtmann 8
	3× 8× 1×	Report	3× 2×

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	118	39	+79	6
Uruguay	3	2	1	67	71	−4	4
Paraguay	3	1	2	49	80	−31	2
Mexico	3	0	3	41	85	−44	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

19 June 2012 14:00	Paraguay	11–39	Brazil	Polideportivo de Almirante Brown, Burzaco
	three players 2	(4–23)	Pires 10
	3× 1×	Report	3× 1×

19 June 2012 16:00	Uruguay	26–13	Mexico	Polideportivo de Almirante Brown, Burzaco
	Ansolabehere, Cancio 4	(15–4)	Figueroa 3
	2× 2×	Report	2× 4×

20 June 2012 15:00	Paraguay	16–25	Uruguay	Polideportivo de Almirante Brown, Burzaco
	Mendoza 7	(10–12)	Gamis 4
	2× 5×	Report	3× 5×

20 June 2012 17:00	Mexico	12–37	Brazil	Polideportivo de Almirante Brown, Burzaco
	Figueroa 3	(8–14)	Cândido 8
	3× 5×	Report	3× 2×

21 June 2012 14:00	Mexico	16–22	Paraguay	Polideportivo de Almirante Brown, Burzaco Attendance: 3,000
	Aguirre 5	(9–13)	three players 4
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

21 June 2012 16:00	Brazil	42–16	Uruguay	Polideportivo de Almirante Brown, Burzaco Attendance: 2,000
	Teixeira 8	(19–9)	Ansolabehere 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

Placement round

Points gained in the preliminary round against teams from the same group were carried over.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	United States	2	2	0	76	45	+31	4
8	Venezuela	2	1	1	56	66	−10	2
9	Mexico	2	0	2	40	61	−21	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 June 2012 17:00	Venezuela	28–23	Mexico	Polideportivo de Almirante Brown, Burzaco Attendance: 500
	Rodriguez 6	(12–8)	Aguirre 7
	2× 4× 1×	Report	3× 6×

24 June 2012 09:00	United States	33–17	Mexico	Polideportivo de Almirante Brown, Burzaco Attendance: 3,000
	three players 5	(15–10)	Morales Diaz, Contreras 3
	3× 3×	Report	2× 2×

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals		Final

23 June 2012

Argentina	28
		24 June 2012
Uruguay	13
		Argentina	22
23 June 2012
		Brazil	21
Chile	33

Brazil	35
		Third place

		24 June 2012

		Uruguay	27

		Chile	37

Semifinals

23 June 2012 13:00	Argentina	28–13	Uruguay	Polideportivo de Almirante Brown, Burzaco
	Riccobelli 5	(14–7)	Ansolabehere 3
	3× 2×	Report	4× 4×

23 June 2012 15:00	Brazil	35–33	Chile	Polideportivo de Almirante Brown, Burzaco Attendance: 2,000
	Ribeiro 6	(20–14)	Salinas 7
	3× 2×	Report	2× 2×

Fifth place game

23 June 2012 17:00	Greenland	38–19	Paraguay	Polideportivo de Almirante Brown, Burzaco
	Dahl Høegh 7	(20–11)	Mendoza, Mendoza 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

Third place game

24 June 2012 13:00	Uruguay	27–37	Chile	Polideportivo de Almirante Brown, Burzaco
	Ansolabehere 7	(12–16)	Feuchtmann 10
	3× 7× 1×	Report	3× 7× 1×

Final

24 June 2012 11:00	Argentina	22–21	Brazil	Polideportivo de Almirante Brown, Burzaco Attendance: 4,200
	Simonet 6	(12–12)	Ribeiro 9
	2× 1× 1×	Report	3× 1×