2002 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

2002 Pan American Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Argentina
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates10–14 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (2nd title)
Runner-up Brazil
Third place Greenland
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored900 (45 per match)
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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.

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)
11 July 2002
19:00 		Brazil  40–12  Colombia
(17–6)
11 July 2002
21:00 		Argentina  32–7  Mexico
(16–4)
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)
11 July 2002
15:00 		United States  24–16  Chile
(12–8)
11 July 2002
17:00 		Greenland  30–15  Paraguay
(15–9)
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-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Argentina28
 
 
 
 United States19
 
 Argentina22
 
 
 
 Brazil21
 
 Greenland21
 
 
 Brazil25
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 United States7
 
 
 Greenland27

Fifth place bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Colombia22
 
 
 
 Paraguay32
 
 Paraguay20
 
 
 
 Chile24
 
 Chile28
 
 
 Mexico25
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 Colombia20
 
 
 Mexico23

5–8th place semifinals

13 July 2002
14:00 		Paraguay  32–22  Colombia
(16–9)
13 July 2002
16:00 		Chile  28–25  Mexico
(11–9)

Semifinals

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