The Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the biennial official competition for senior 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 organized by the

Pan-American Team Handball Federation The Pan-American Team Handball Federation (PATHF) has been the continental governing body for handball, beach handball, wheelchair handball and snow handball in Americas since 23 May 1977. PATHF includes North America, Central America, South Am ...

. In addition to crowning the Pan-American champions, the tournament served as a qualifying tournament for the

IHF World Women's Handball Championship The IHF Women's Handball World Championship has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1957. European teams have won every time except 1995 where South Korea won as the first team outside Europe and 2013 where Brazil won ...

. In 2018, the PATHF was folded and the tournament was replaced with the North American & Caribbean and

South and Central American Women's Handball Championship The South and Central American Women's Handball Championship is the official competition for senior national handball teams of South America and Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. I ...

Summary

Medal table

Participation history

External links

Handball America Archive (todor66.com)
{{Panamerican Championships Pan-American Team Handball Federation competitions Recurring sporting events established in 1986 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2018