| Event: | Men's handball tournament |
| Games: | 2011 |
| Venue: | San Rafael Gymnasium |
| Dates: | October 16 – October 24 |
| Competitors: | 120 |
| Nations: | 8 |
| Gold: | Argentina |
| Goldnoc: | ARG |
| Silver: | Brazil |
| Silvernoc: | BRA |
| Bronze: | Chile |
| Bronzenoc: | CHI |
| Prev: | 2007 |
| Next: | 2015 |
The men's tournament of handball at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, began on October 16 and ended on October 24. All games were held at the San Rafael Gymnasium. The defending champions were Brazil, who won the title on home court.[1] Argentina, the winner of the competition, qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain.[2]
A National Olympic Committee may enter one men's team for the handball competition. Mexico, the host nation along with seven other countries qualified through regional competitions.[1]
| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | – | – | 1 | ||
| March 20–30, 2010 |  Medellín | 3 | | ||
| July 18–25, 2010 | Mayagüez | 2 | | ||
| Canada versus United States Series | December 21, 23, 2010 [3] |  Lake Placid La Prairie | 1 | ||
| Last Chance Qualifying Tournament | June 3–5, 2011 | Guatemala City[4] | 1 | ||
| TOTAL | 8 | ||||
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Canada won 51–48 on aggregate and qualified for the games.
See main article: Handball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's team rosters. At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had 15 players on their rosters. Final squads for the tournament were due on September 14, 2011, a month before the start of 2011 Pan American Games.[1]
Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:
The draw for the tournament was held at the offices of the Organising Committee (COPAG) for the Games in Guadalajara on July 21 at 16:00 local time.[6]
The competing are drawn to each group by couples. The first team selected randomly in the draw goes to group A and the second to Group B.[6] The pots are based on the performance of national teams in both previous games and their standings in their respective regional competitions.[6]
All times are local (UTC−5).
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| width=40 | Rank | width=180 | Team | width=60 | Record |
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| 5 – 0 – 0 | |||||
| 4 – 0 – 1 | |||||
| 3 – 0 – 2 | |||||
| 4 | 2 – 0 – 3 | ||||
| 5 | 3 – 0 – 2 | ||||
| 6 | 2 – 0 – 3 | ||||
| 7 | 1 – 0 – 4 | ||||
| 8 | 0 – 0 – 5 |
| Men's | Gonzalo Carou Federico Fernandez Fernando Garcia Juan Fernandez Andrés Kogovsek Damián Migueles Federico Pizarro Cristian Plati Pablo Portela Leonardo Querin Matías Schulz Diego Simonet Sebastián Simonet Juan Vidal Federico Vieyra | Leonardo Bortolini Gustavo Cardoso Fabio Chiuffa Bruno De Santana Marcos Dos Santos Thiagus dos Santos Jaqson Kojoroski Fernando Filho Gil Pires Felipe Ribeiro Renato Rui Maik Santos Ales Silva Henrique Teixeira Vinicius Teixeira | Guillermo Araya Felipe Barrientos Rodolfo Cornejo Rodrigo Diaz Emil Feuchtmann Erwin Feuchtmann Harald Feuchtmann Nicolas Jofre Patricio Martinez Felipe Maurin Rene Oliva Marco Oneto Esteban Salinas Rodrigo Salinas Alfredo Valenzuela |