1989 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

1989 Pan American Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Cuba
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates24–30 October
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Cuba (5th title)
Runner-up Brazil
Third place United States
Fourth place Canada
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored685 (45.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Drean Dutra (50 goals)
Best playerBrazil Drean Dutra
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The 1989 Pan American Men's Handball Championship was the fifth edition of the tournament, held in Pinar del Rio, Cuba from 24 to 30 October 1989. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 1990 World Championship, where the top placed team qualied.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Cuba (H) 5 5 0 0 157 68 +89 10
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Brazil 5 4 0 1 128 85 +43 8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States 5 3 0 2 110 97 +13 6
4  Canada 5 2 0 3 133 111 +22 4
5  Mexico 5 1 0 4 79 156 −77 2
6  Puerto Rico 5 0 0 5 78 168 −90 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

Results

All times are local (UTC−5).

24 October 1989 Mexico  21–18  Puerto Rico
(9–9)
24 October 1989 United States  27–24  Canada
(9–13)
24 October 1989 Cuba  27–18  Brazil
(14–9)
25 October 1989 Brazil  21–11  Canada
(10–4)
25 October 1989 Cuba  40–9  Puerto Rico
(17–3)
26 October 1989 Canada  37–18  Puerto Rico
(17–4)
26 October 1989 Cuba  39–11  Mexico
(20–6)
27 October 1989 Canada  40–16  Mexico
(20–4)
27 October 1989 Brazil  18–16  United States
(11–8)
28 October 1989 Cuba  29–21  Canada
(14–10)
28 October 1989 United States  32–17  Puerto Rico
(20–6)
29 October 1989 Brazil  38–16  Puerto Rico
(20–4)
29 October 1989 United States  26–16  Mexico
(11–8)
30 October 1989
16:15 		Brazil  33–15  Mexico
(13–6)
30 October 1989
20:30 		Cuba  22–9  United States
(9–4)