Pan American Women's Handball Championship
The Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the biennial official competition for senior national handball teams of North, Center, Caribbean and South America. In addition to crowning the Pan-American champions, the tournament served as a qualifying tournament for the World Women's Handball Championship.
Current season, competition or edition: 2017 Pan American Women's Handball Championship | |
| Sport | Handball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1986 |
| Inaugural season | 1986 |
| No. of teams | 12 |
| Continent | PATHF (Americas) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Brazil (10th title) |
| Most titles | Brazil (10 titles) |
Contents
SummaryEdit
Medal tableEdit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 10 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 |  United States | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |  Argentina | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 |  Canada | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 |  Cuba | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 |  Uruguay | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 |  Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 |  Chile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Greenland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Paraguay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 nations) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | |
Participation historyEdit
| Nation |  1986 |
1989 |
1991 |
1997 |
1999 |
2000 |
2003 |
2005 |
2007 |
2009 |
2011 |
2013 |
2015 |
2017 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina
|
4th | – | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 13 |
| Brazil
|
3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 14 |
| Canada
|
2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | – | – | 5th | 4th | 6th | – | – | 9th | – | – | 8 |
| Chile
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 5th | – | 9th | 7th | 4 |
 Colombia
|
– | – | – | – | 6th | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | 3 |
 Costa Rica
|
– | – | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | 2 |
| Cuba
|
– | – | – | – | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd | – | 2nd | – | 3 |
| Dominican Republic
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 3rd | – | 8th | 7 |
| Greenland
|
– | – | – | – | 5th | 3rd | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | 3 |
 Guatemala
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | 10th | 3 |
 Mexico
|
– | 4th | – | 6th | – | 5th | – | – | 8th | 5th | 7th | 6th | 8th | – | 8 |
| Paraguay
|
5th | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 7th | – | 4th | 7th | 3rd | 7 |
 Puerto Rico
|
– | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 6th | 3 |
| Uruguay
|
6th | – | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 13 |
| United States
|
1st | 2nd | 1st | – | – | – | 4th | 6th | 7th | – | – | 8th | 10th | 5th | 9 |
 Venezuela
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | 7th | 11th | – | 3 |
| Total | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 |