2013 Pan American Men's Junior Handball Championship

The 2013 Pan American Men's Junior Handball Championship took place in Mar del Plata from 18–24 March. It acts as the Pan American qualifying tournament for the 2013 Men's Junior World Handball Championship.

2013 Pan American Men's Junior Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	18–24 March
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (4th title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	Chile
Fourth place	Puerto Rico
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	1,260 (54.78 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Héctor Hiraldo (PUR) (55 goals)

Teams

Group A	Group B
Argentina Chile Uruguay Guatemala * Mexico	Brazil Canada Venezuela Paraguay Puerto Rico

* Guatemala withdrew from this Pan American Junior Championship.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	87	48	+39	6
Chile	3	2	0	1	72	76	–4	4
Uruguay	3	1	0	2	58	59	–1	2
Mexico	3	0	0	3	58	92	–34	0

March 19 13:30	Chile	33 – 28	Mexico	Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
	Salazar 7	(18–13)	Haas 7
	3× 4×	Report	1× 2×

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March 19 20:00	Argentina	24 – 14	Uruguay	Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Rocha, Magalhães (BRA)
	Baroneto 7	(11–7)	Velazco 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

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March 20 16:00	Uruguay	17 – 20	Chile	Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Souza, Paz (BRA)
	Velazco 5	(7–8)	Reyes 5
	3× 4×	Report	2× 4×

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March 20 20:00	Mexico	15 – 32	Argentina	Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Duval, Alcântara (DOM)
	Contreras 6	(10–16)	Bono 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 1×

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March 21 18:00	Uruguay	27 – 15	Mexico	Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Lima, Quadros (BRA)
	Morandeira 10	(10–7)	Yael 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

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March 21 20:00	Argentina	31 – 19	Chile	Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
	Rodriguez, Baroneto 5	(11–12)	Muñoz 5
	3× 3×	Report	4× 4×

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	4	0	0	169	81	+88	8
Puerto Rico	3	3	0	1	111	114	–3	6
Venezuela	3	2	0	2	122	128	–6	4
Canada	3	1	0	3	112	144	–32	2
Paraguay	3	0	0	4	87	134	–47	0

March 18 16:00	Venezuela	33 – 35	Puerto Rico	Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Souza, Paz (BRA)
	Palacios 12	(16–13)	Hiraldo 15
	3× 2×	Report	2× 2×

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March 18 18:00	Brazil	45 – 15	Paraguay	Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG)
	Silva 6	(19–6)	Fatecha 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

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March 19 15:30	Paraguay	26 – 36	Canada	Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Delgado, Burgos (ARG)
	Salinas 9	(16–19)	Touzel 15
	4× 5× 1×	Report	3× 4× 1×

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March 19 17:30	Puerto Rico	21 – 36	Brazil	Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
	Notario 11	(8–16)	three players 5
	3× 2×	Report

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March 20 14:00	Paraguay	20 – 22	Puerto Rico	Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA)
	Matignon 7	(9–9)	Hiraldo 6
	4× 5×	Report	3× 5×

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March 20 18:00	Canada	30 – 34	Venezuela	Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Zapata, Ojeda (COL)
	four players 5	(11–14)	Palacios 10
	3× 6×	Report	3× 4×

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March 21 14:00	Canada	25 – 33	Puerto Rico	Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Zanikian, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Touzel 7	(9–17)	Hiraldo 11
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

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March 21 16:00	Venezuela	24 – 37	Brazil	Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Camacho, Ortiz (MEX)
	Vasquez 10	(11–15)	Andrade 8
	2× 5× 1×	Report	3× 4×

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March 22 16:00	Venezuela	31 – 26	Paraguay	Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
		(12–11)
		Report

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March 22 18:00	Brazil	51 – 21	Canada	Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Aular, Ortega (VEN)
	Oliveira 6	(28–10)	Touzel 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

Placement 7th–9th

7th/9th

March 23 14:00	Mexico	40 – 26	Paraguay	Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Magalhães, Rocha (BRA)
	Yael 8	(18–15)	Salinas 7
	4× 3×	Report	3× 4×

7th/8th

March 24 16:00	Mexico	31 – 17	Canada	Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Rodriguez, Rodriguez (PAR)
	Contreras 7	(12–10)	Touzel 9
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

Placement 5th–6th

March 23 20:00	Uruguay	34 – 27	Venezuela	Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Zanikian, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Morandeira 11	(18–14)	Vasquez 8
	2× 3×	Report	3× 5×

Final round

	Semifinal				Final
	March 23 – Mar del Plata
	Argentina	32
					March 24 – Mar del Plata
	Puerto Rico	20
					Argentina	21
	March 23 – Mar del Plata
					Brazil	25
	Chile	17
	Brazil	32
					Third place
					March 24 – Mar del Plata
					Puerto Rico	28
					Chile	34

Semifinals

March 23 16:00	Argentina	32 – 20	Puerto Rico	Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Posch, Jorgensen (USA)
	Foppiani, Simonet 5	(17–13)	Hiraldo 9
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2× 1×

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March 23 18:00	Brazil	32 – 17	Chile	Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG)
	Medeiros 5	(15–6)	Ayala 4
	3× 4×	Report	3×

Bronze-medal match

March 24 16:00	Puerto Rico	28 – 34	Chile	Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata Referees: Souza, Paz (BRA)
	Nazario 12	(9–20)	Salazar 15
	3× 6×	Report	2× 4×

Gold-medal match

March 24 14:00	Argentina	21 – 25	Brazil	Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
	Simonet 8	(11–11)	Silva 6
	4× 4×	Report	4× 3× 1×

Final Standing

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Argentina
	Chile
4	Puerto Rico
5	Uruguay
6	Venezuela
7	Mexico
8	Canada
9	Paraguay

Team advanced to the 2013 Men's Junior World Handball Championship