Handball at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Men's handball
at the XIX Pan American Games
Tournament details
Host country Chile
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates30 October – 4 November
Teams8 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (3rd title)
Runner-up Brazil
Third place Chile
Fourth place United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored1,109 (55.45 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Jean-Pierre Dupoux
(36 goals)
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The men's handball tournament at the 2023 Pan American Games was the 10th edition of the handball event for men at the Pan American Games. It was held from 30 October to 4 November 2023. All games were played at the Gimnasio Polideportivo in Viña del Mar, Chile.

The winner of this tournament, Argentina, qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Schedule

The schedule is as follows.[1]

Legend
G Group stage ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
Mon 30 Tue 31 Wed 1 Thu 2 Fri 3 Sat 4
G G G ½ B F

Qualification

A total eight men's teams qualified to compete at the games in each tournament. The host nation (Chile) qualified automatically, along with seven other teams in various qualifying tournaments.[2]

Event Dates Location Quota(s) Qualified
Host Nation — — 1  Chile
2021 Junior Pan American Games 29 November – 4 December 2021 Colombia Cali 1  Brazil
2022 South American Games 11–15 October 2022 Paraguay Asuncion 2  Argentina[3]
 Uruguay
USA–CAN Qualifying Round[4] 9 & 11 March 2023 United States Colorado Springs 1  United States
2023 Central American and Caribbean Games 2–7 July 2023 El Salvador San Salvador 2  Cuba
 Dominican Republic
Last chance qualification tournament 3–5 August 2023 Paraguay Luque 1  Mexico
Total 8

Results

All times are in Chile Time (UTC−3).

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 0 117 67 +50 6 Semifinals
2  Chile (H) 3 2 0 1 90 72 +18 4
3  Mexico 3 1 0 2 66 102 −36 2 5–8th place semifinals
4  Dominican Republic 3 0 0 3 60 92 −32 0
Source: Santiago 2023
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored; 7) draw.
(H) Hosts


30 October 2023
17:30 		Brazil  51–19  Mexico Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Araújo, Perdomo (URU)
Dupoux 13 (25–9) Rodríguez 6
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30 October 2023
20:00 		Chile  30–21  Dominican Republic Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Correa, Conberse (ARG)
Salgado 7 (12–10) Beras 6
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31 October 2023
17:30 		Dominican Republic  20–36  Brazil Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
Beras 6 (11–18) Hackbarth 7
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31 October 2023
20:00 		Mexico  21–32  Chile Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
Rodríguez, Sánchez 4 (9–19) Salinas 7
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1 November 2023
17:30 		Dominican Republic  19–26  Mexico Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Magalhães, Godoy (BRA)
Soto 5 (7–13) Morales 6
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1 November 2023
20:00 		Chile  28–30  Brazil Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
Er. Feuchtmann 10 (12–15) Dupoux, Langaro 6
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Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 3 3 0 0 93 50 +43 6 Semifinals
2  United States 3 2 0 1 78 86 −8 4
3  Uruguay 3 1 0 2 71 95 −24 2 5–8th place semifinals
4  Cuba 3 0 0 3 72 83 −11 0
Source: Santiago 2023
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored; 7) draw.


30 October 2023
10:00 		Cuba  24–25  Uruguay Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
Cordiés 8 (13–13) Rubbo 9
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30 October 2023
12:30 		Argentina  28–14  United States Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
F. Pizarro 5 (11–10) Corning, Fofana 4
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31 October 2023
10:00 		United States  30–28  Cuba Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Correa, Conberse (ARG)
Hoddersen 13 (17–14) Cordiés 8
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31 October 2023
12:30 		Uruguay  16–37  Argentina Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Magalhães, Godoy (BRA)
Cancio 5 (7–19) F. Pizarro 9
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1 November 2023
10:00 		United States  34–30  Uruguay Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
Fofana 6 (19–15) Cancio 9
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1 November 2023
12:30 		Argentina  28–20  Cuba Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Araújo, Perdomo (URU)
F. Pizarro 7 (14–9) Vázquez 4
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Classification round

 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
3 November — Viña del Mar
 
 
 Uruguay33
 
4 November — Viña del Mar
 
 Dominican Republic29
 
 Uruguay30
 
3 November — Viña del Mar
 
 Cuba28
 
 Mexico22
 
 
 Cuba25
 
Seventh place
 
 
4 November — Viña del Mar
 
 
 Dominican Republic24 (4)
 
 
 Mexico24 (5)

5–8th place semifinals

3 November 2023
10:00 		Uruguay  33–29  Dominican Republic Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Magalhães, Godoy (BRA)
Cancio 8 (20–15) Beras 9
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3 November 2023
12:30 		Mexico  22–25  Cuba Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
Morales 7 (11–12) García 10
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Seventh place match

4 November 2023
10:00 		Dominican Republic  28–29  Mexico Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga (CUB)
Beras, Rosario 6 (11–15) Morales 9
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FT: 24–24 Pen: 4–5

Fifth place match

4 November 2023
12:30 		Uruguay  30–28  Cuba Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Paolantoni, García (ARG)
Cancio 6 (13–14) Almeida 8
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Medal round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
3 November — Viña del Mar
 
 
 Brazil40
 
4 November — Viña del Mar
 
 United States27
 
 Brazil25
 
3 November — Viña del Mar
 
 Argentina32
 
 Argentina33
 
 
 Chile26
 
Third place
 
 
4 November — Viña del Mar
 
 
 United States27
 
 
 Chile28

Semifinals

3 November 2023
17:30 		Brazil  40–27  United States Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Araujo, Perdomo (URU)
Dupoux 8 (23–13) Hoddersen 6
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3 November 2023
20:00 		Argentina  33–26  Chile Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
F. Pizarro 8 (17–13) Er. Feuchtmann 9
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Bronze medal match

4 November 2023
17:00 		United States  27–28  Chile Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
Corning 7 (13–15) Ayala, Salinas 5
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Gold medal match

4 November 2023
19:30 		Brazil  25–32  Argentina Gimnasio Polideportivo de Viña del Mar
Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
Dupoux 6 (14–16) Bono 6
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Ranking and statistics

References

  1. ^ "Handball Competition Schedule". Santiago 2023 Organizing Committee. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Los Gladiadores vencieron a Chile y se quedaron con la medalla de oro en Handball" [The Gladiators defeated Chile and won the gold medal in Handball]. www.telam.com.ar/ (in Spanish). Télam. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  4. ^ "2023 PANAM Games Qualification (North America – Men)". NACHC. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.