1996 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

The 1996 Pan American Men's Handball Championship was the seventh edition of the tournament, held in Colorado Springs, United States from 8 to 13 October 1996. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 1997 World Championship, where the top three placed team qualied.

1996 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	8–13 October
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Cuba (7th title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	918 (45.9 per match)

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−7).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	3	3	0	0	74	51	+23	6	Semifinals
2	Brazil	3	2	0	1	92	51	+41	4
3	Mexico	3	1	0	2	70	72	−2	2
4	Costa Rica	3	0	0	3	46	108	−62	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

8 October 1996 16:30	Brazil	44–16	Costa Rica
		(20–7)

8 October 1996 18:15	United States	25–20	Mexico
		(13–9)

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9 October 1996 16:30	Brazil	34–14	Mexico
		(17–6)

9 October 1996 18:15	United States	28–17	Costa Rica
		(14–6)

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10 October 1996 16:30	Mexico	36–13	Costa Rica
		(17–7)

10 October 1996 18:15	United States	21–14	Brazil
		(9–8)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cuba	3	3	0	0	95	49	+46	6	Semifinals
2	Argentina	3	2	0	1	75	57	+18	4
3	Canada	3	1	0	2	69	66	+3	2
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	0	3	43	110	−67	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.

8 October 1996 13:00	Cuba	44–16	Puerto Rico
		(20–7)

8 October 1996 14:45	Argentina	25–20	Canada
		(13–9)

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9 October 1996 13:00	Argentina	34–14	Puerto Rico
		(17–6)

9 October 1996 14:45	Cuba	28–17	Canada
		(14–6)

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10 October 1996 13:00	Canada	32–13	Puerto Rico
		(14–7)

10 October 1996 14:45	Cuba	23–16	Argentina
		(9–7)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	United States	15
	Argentina	20
					Argentina	24
					Cuba (ET)	28
	Cuba	21
	Brazil	18
					Third place
					United States	23
					Brazil	22

Fifth place bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Mexico	28
	Puerto Rico	26
					Mexico	19
					Canada	26
	Canada	30
	Costa Rica	13
					Third place
					Puerto Rico	21
					Costa Rica	20

5–8th place semifinals

12 October 1996 13:00	Mexico	28–26	Puerto Rico
		(14–9)

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12 October 1996 14:45	Canada	30–13	Costa Rica
		(14–5)

Semifinals

12 October 1996 16:30	Argentina	20–15	United States
		(10–6)

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12 October 1996 18:15	Cuba	21–18	Brazil
		(14–10)

Seventh place game

13 October 1996 11:50	Puerto Rico	21–20	Costa Rica
		(11–5)

Fifth place game

13 October 1996 14:45	Canada	26–19	Mexico
		(12–4)

Third place game

13 October 1996 16:30	United States	23–22	Brazil
		(11–12)

Final

13 October 1996 18:15	Cuba	28–24 (ET)	Argentina
		(9–9)
	FT: 21–21 ET: 7–3

Final ranking

Qualified for the 1997 World Championship

Rank	Team
	Cuba
	Argentina
	United States
4	Brazil
5	Canada
6	Mexico
7	Puerto Rico
8	Costa Rica

The United States withdrew and Brazil replaced them.

External links

• Results on todor66.com