Women's Handball Pan American Championship
The Women's Handball Pan American Championship is a Pan American indoor handball competition that has been held since 1986. In the tournament, the Pan American champions will be determined from among the women's national handball teams from across the American continent . In addition, the top three will qualify for the next women's handball world championship .
The first Pan American Championship took place in 1986 in Novo Hamburgo , Brazil . The tournament has been held fourteen times so far, most recently in Argentina in 2017 . Since 2003, the competition has been held in all odd years and therefore in the same years as the World Cup. The record winner with ten successes is the Brazilian women's national handball team , which is also the reigning Pan American champions.
Tournaments at a glance
year | venue | gold | silver | bronze |
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1986 | Novo Hamburgo , Brazil | United States | Canada | Brazil |
1989 | Colorado Springs , USA | Canada | United States | Brazil |
1991 | Maringá , Brazil | United States | Canada | Brazil |
1997 | Poços de Caldas , Brazil | Brazil | Canada | Uruguay |
1999 | Buenos Aires , Argentina | Brazil | Cuba | Argentina |
2000 | Aracaju , Brazil | Brazil | Uruguay | Greenland |
2003 | Sao Bernardo do Campo , Brazil | Brazil | Argentina | Uruguay |
2005 | Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil | Brazil | Argentina | Uruguay |
2007 | Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic | Brazil | Argentina | Dominican Republic |
2009 | Santiago de Chile , Chile | Argentina | Brazil | Chile |
2011 | Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil | Brazil | Argentina | Cuba |
2013 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Brazil | Argentina | Dominican Republic |
2015 | Havana , Cuba | Brazil | Cuba | Argentina |
2017 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Brazil | Argentina | Paraguay |
See also
Web links
- Federación Panamericana de Handball / Panamerican Team Handball Federation (Spanish, English)
- Winner lists on sports123.com (English)