The 2012 Pan American Handball Championship, also called PanAmericano 2012, was the 15th official competition for senior men's national
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
teams of North, Center, Caribbean and South America. It was held from 18 to 24 June 2012 in
Burzaco
Burzaco is a city in Almirante Brown Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It has an area of 22.77 km2, holds a population of 98,859 (). It is 27 kilometres from Buenos Aires city, to which it is linked by the Ferrocarril General Roca Sou ...
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Almirante Brown Partido
Almirante Brown is a partido of the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, located at the south of the Gran Buenos Aires urban area, at coordinates .
It has an area of and 555,731 inhabitants (), and its capital is Adrogué.
Name
The partido is na ...
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Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
. It also acted as the qualifying competition for the
2013 World Men's Handball Championship, securing three vacancies for the World Championship. A decision was announced during the
2011 Pan American Games
The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, ...
that the tournament will consist of 12 teams. As the winner of those Pan American Games, Argentina was selected as the host.
Participating teams
The participating nations have been announced on 15 May 2012.
The Dominican Republic team withdrew after the draw, reportedly for financial reasons.
Preliminary round
''All times are local (
UTC−3)''
Group A
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Group B
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Placement round
Points gained in the preliminary round against teams from the same group were carried over.
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Knockout stage
Bracket
Semifinals
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Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking
Best team
*Goalkeeper:
Matías Schulz
Matías Carlos Schulz (born 12 February 1982) is an Argentine handball goalkeeper for Pfadi Winterthur and the Argentina men's national handball team.
He defended Argentina at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, and at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summe ...
*Right wing:
Andrés Kogovsek
Andrés Kogovsek (born 7 January 1974) is an Argentine handball player. He was born in San Isidro, Argentina, and plays for the club Villa Ballester. He defended Argentina at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, and was a gold medalist at the 2011 ...
*Right back:
Rodrigo Salinas
*Central back:
Sebastián Simonet
Sebastián Alejandro Simonet Moldes (born 12 May 1986) is an Argentine handball player for Ademar León and the Argentina men's national handball team.
He defended Argentina at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, along with his younger brother ...
*Left back:
Minik Dahl Høegh
Minik Dahl Høegh (born 4 May 1985) is a Greenlandic handballer, currently playing for Amo Handboll and the Greenland men's national handball team, Greenlandic national team.
Minik started playing handball at the age of 17. In 2008 he signed a c ...
*Left wing:
Felipe Borges
*Pivot:
Marco Oneto
Marco Antonio Oneto Zúñiga (born 3 June 1982) is a Chilean retired handball player. He retired from club handball in 2018 but still plays for the chilean national team.
Honours
* FC Barcelona
** 1 EHF Champions League (2010–11)
** 1 Liga ASOB ...
References
External links
Official website
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June 2012 sports events in South America