The 2016

Pan American Men's Handball Championship The Pan American Men's Handball Championship, also called PanAmericano, was the official competition for senior national handball teams of North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean. It took place every two years and was organized by the P ...

was the 17th official competition for senior men's national

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teams of North, Center, Caribbean and South America. It was held from 11 to 19 June 2016 at the

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. It also acted as the qualifying competition for the

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, securing three vacancies for the World Championship.

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

won the tournament for the third time after defeating

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

28–24 in the final.

Participating teams

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Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

was originally qualified but withdrew due to economic trouble. The

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chose Mexico to replace it.

Preliminary round

The draw was held on 23 April 2016 at the

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in Buenos Aires. ''All times are local ( UTC−3).''

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

;5th place bracket

5–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

Awards

;All-star 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:

Fábio Chiuffa Fábio Rocha Chiuffa (born 10 March 1989) is a Brazilian handball player who plays for HC Dobrogea Sud and the Brazilian handball team. He won two gold medals at the Pan American Games and competed at the 2016 Olympics. Individual awards and a ...

*Right Back: Rodrigo Salinas *Playmaker:

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 Ribeiro *Pivot:

Esteban Salinas Esteban Joaquín Salinas (born 18 January 1992) is a Chilean handball player for Bidasoa Irún and the Chilean national team. His brother Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz also plays handball. Individual awards and achievements *2016 Pan American Men's ...

References

External links

Official website

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