1981 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

1981 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	9–14 November
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Cuba (2nd title)
Runner-up	Brazil
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	793 (52.87 per match)

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.

Preliminary round

Group A

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

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10 November 1981	Argentina	36–14	Paraguay

10 November 1981	United States	51–8	Chile

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11 November 1981	Argentina	26–15	Chile

11 November 1981	United States	48–15	Paraguay

Group B

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)

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10 November 1981	Cuba	36–23	Mexico

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

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	13 November
	Argentina	30
					14 November
	Brazil (ET)	35
					Brazil	20
	13 November
					Cuba	34
	Cuba	35
	United States	29
					Third place
					14 November
					Argentina	22
					United States	25

Fifth place bracket

	5–7th place semifinals				Fifth place game
	13 November
	Mexico	35
					14 November
	Chile	12
					Mexico	36
					Paraguay	21

5–7th place semifinal

13 November 1981	Mexico	31–12	Chile

Semifinals

13 November 1981	Brazil	35–30 (ET)	Argentina
	FT: 22–22 ET: 5–5, 8–3

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13 November 1981	Cuba	35–29	United States

Fifth place game

14 November 1981	Mexico	36–21	Paraguay

Third place game

14 November 1981	United States	25–22	Argentina

Final

14 November 1981	Cuba	34–20	Brazil

Final ranking

Qualified for the 1982 World Championship

Rank	Team
	Cuba
	Brazil
	United States
4	Argentina
5	Mexico
6	Paraguay
7	Chile

External links

• Results on todor66.com