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
Dates8–13 October
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Cuba (7th title)
Runner-up Argentina
Third place United States
Fourth place Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches20
Goals scored918 (46 per match)
Next

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)

9 October 1996
16:30
Brazil  34–14  Mexico
(17–6)
9 October 1996
18:15
United States  28–17  Costa Rica
(14–6)

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)

9 October 1996
13:00
Argentina  34–14  Puerto Rico
(17–6)
9 October 1996
14:45
Cuba  28–17  Canada
(14–6)

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-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 United States15
 
 
 
 Argentina20
 
 Argentina24
 
 
 
 Cuba (ET)28
 
 Cuba21
 
 
 Brazil18
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 United States23
 
 
 Brazil22

Fifth place bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Mexico28
 
 
 
 Puerto Rico26
 
 Mexico19
 
 
 
 Canada26
 
 Canada30
 
 
 Costa Rica13
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 Puerto Rico21
 
 
 Costa Rica20

5–8th place semifinals

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

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)

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

The United States withdrew and Brazil replaced them.

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