1981 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

The 1981 Pan American Men's Handball Championship was the second edition of the tournament, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 9 to 14 November 1981. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 1982 World Championship.

1981 Pan American Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Argentina
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates9–14 November
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Cuba (2nd title)
Runner-up Brazil
Third place United States
Fourth place Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored793 (52.87 per match)
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Preliminary round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Argentina (H) 3 3 0 0 85 51 +34 6 Semifinals
2   United States 3 2 0 1 121 46 +75 4
3   Paraguay 3 1 0 2 58 101 −43 2
4   Chile 3 0 0 3 40 106 −66 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
9 November 1981 Argentina   23–22 (ET)   United States

FT: 18–18 ET: 5–4

9 November 1981 Paraguay   29–17   Chile

10 November 1981 Argentina   36–14   Paraguay
10 November 1981 United States   51–8   Chile

11 November 1981 Argentina   26–15   Chile
11 November 1981 United States   48–15   Paraguay

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Cuba 2 2 0 0 68 45 +23 4 Semifinals
2   Brazil 2 1 0 1 51 49 +2 2
3   Mexico 2 0 0 2 40 65 −25 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.
9 November 1981 Brazil   29–17   Mexico
(14–6)

10 November 1981 Cuba   36–23   Mexico

11 November 1981 Cuba   32–22   Brazil
(15–12)

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 November
 
 
  Argentina30
 
14 November
 
  Brazil (ET)35
 
  Brazil20
 
13 November
 
  Cuba34
 
  Cuba35
 
 
  United States29
 
Third place
 
 
14 November
 
 
  Argentina22
 
 
  United States25

Fifth place bracket

 
5–7th place semifinalsFifth place game
 
      
 
13 November
 
 
  Mexico35
 
14 November
 
  Chile12
 
  Mexico36
 
 
  Paraguay21
 
 
 
 

5–7th place semifinal

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13 November 1981 Mexico   31–12   Chile

Semifinals

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13 November 1981 Brazil   35–30 (ET)   Argentina

FT: 22–22 ET: 5–5, 8–3


13 November 1981 Cuba   35–29   United States

Fifth place game

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14 November 1981 Mexico   36–21   Paraguay

Third place game

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14 November 1981 United States   25–22   Argentina

Final

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14 November 1981 Cuba   34–20   Brazil

Final ranking

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Qualified for the 1982 World Championship
Rank Team
    Cuba
    Brazil
    United States
4   Argentina
5   Mexico
6   Paraguay
7   Chile
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