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2014 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

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Host country
  
Uruguay

Venue(s)
  
1 (in 1 host city)

Runner-up
  
Brazil

Dates
  
23–29 June

Champions
  
Argentina (6th title)

Teams
  
8 (from 1 confederation)

The 2014 Pan American Men's Handball Championship, was the 16th official competition for senior men's national handball teams of North, Center, Caribbean and South America. It was held from 23–29 June 2014 in Uruguay. It also acted as the qualifying competition for the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship, securing three vacancies for the World Championship.

Contents

Argentina won the tournament for the third consecutive and sixth time total after defeating Brazil 30–19 in the final.

Participating teams

  •  Argentina
  •  Brazil
  •  Chile
  •  Greenland
  •  Guatemala
  •  Mexico
  •  Uruguay
  •  United States
  • Venezuela was originally qualified but withdrew one day prior to the tournament.
  • Cuba was originally qualified but withdrew. The organizing committee tried to find a replacement but Paraguay rejected this offer.

    • Referees

    Six referee pairs were selected.

    Preliminary round

    The draw was held on 24 May 2014.

    All times are local (UTC−3).

    Knockout stage

    All times are local (UTC−3).

    All-Star Team

  • Goalkeeper: Maik Santos
  • Right wing: Federico Pizarro
  • Right back: Rodrigo Salinas
  • Central back: Diego Esteban Simonet
  • Left back: Akutaaneq Kreutzmann
  • Left wing: Alejandro Velazco
  • Pivot: Marco Oneto

    • References

    2014 Pan American Men's Handball Championship Wikipedia
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