2002 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

The 2002 Pan American Men's Handball Championship was the tenth edition of the tournament, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 10 to 14 July 2002. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 2003 World Championship, where the top three placed team qualied.

2002 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	10–14 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (2nd title)
Runner-up	Brazil
Third place	Greenland
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	900 (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	Argentina (H)	3	3	0	0	89	30	+59	6	Semifinals
2	Brazil	3	2	0	1	97	43	+54	4
3	Colombia	3	1	0	2	39	93	−54	2
4	Mexico	3	0	0	3	34	93	−59	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

10 July 2002 18:30	Brazil	42–10	Mexico
		(16–4)

10 July 2002 21:00	Argentina	36–8	Colombia
		(16–4)

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11 July 2002 19:00	Brazil	40–12	Colombia
		(17–6)

11 July 2002 21:00	Argentina	32–7	Mexico
		(16–4)

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12 July 2002 15:00	Colombia	19–17	Mexico
		(14–10)

12 July 2002 21:00	Argentina	21–15	Brazil
		(12–7)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greenland	3	3	0	0	79	51	+28	6	Semifinals
2	United States	3	2	0	1	79	64	+15	4
3	Chile	3	1	0	2	57	72	−15	2
4	Paraguay	3	0	0	3	62	90	−28	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.

10 July 2002 14:30	Chile	25–23	Paraguay
		(11–8)

10 July 2002 16:30	Greenland	24–20	United States
		(13–11)

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11 July 2002 15:00	United States	24–16	Chile
		(12–8)

11 July 2002 17:00	Greenland	30–15	Paraguay
		(15–9)

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12 July 2002 17:00	Greenland	25–16	Chile
		(15–5)

12 July 2002 19:00	United States	35–24	Paraguay
		(13–15)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Argentina	28
	United States	19
					Argentina	22
					Brazil	21
	Greenland	21
	Brazil	25
					Third place
					United States	7
					Greenland	27

Fifth place bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Colombia	22
	Paraguay	32
					Paraguay	20
					Chile	24
	Chile	28
	Mexico	25
					Third place
					Colombia	20
					Mexico	23

5–8th place semifinals

13 July 2002 14:00	Paraguay	32–22	Colombia
		(16–9)

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13 July 2002 16:00	Chile	28–25	Mexico
		(11–9)

Semifinals

13 July 2002 18:00	Brazil	25–21	Greenland
		(11–5)

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13 July 2002 20:00	Argentina	28–19	United States
		(15–11)

Seventh place game

14 July 2002 13:00	Mexico	23–20	Colombia
		(9–12)

Fifth place game

14 July 2002 15:00	Chile	24–20	Paraguay
		(12–10)

Third place game

14 July 2002 17:00	Greenland	27–7	United States
		(11–2)

Final

14 July 2002 19:00	Argentina	22–21	Brazil
		(9–11)

Final ranking

Qualified for the 2003 World Championship

Rank	Team
	Argentina
	Brazil
	Greenland
4	United States
5	Chile
6	Paraguay
7	Mexico
8	Colombia

External links

• Results on todor66.com