Handball at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's tournament explained

Tourney Name:Men's handball
at the XVIII Pan American Games
Size:80px
Country:Peru
Dates:31 July – 5 August
Num Teams:8
Confederations:2
Venues:1
Cities:1
Count:2
Matches:20
Goals:1068
Top Scorer: Erwin Feuchtmann
(34 goals)
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The handball men's tournament at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru was held between 31 July and 5 August 2019. Eight nations participated.[1]

Qualification

A total of eight men's teams qualified to compete at the games in each tournament. The host nation (Peru) qualified in each tournament, along with seven other teams in various qualifying tournaments.[2]

Summary

EventDatesLocationVacanciesQualified
Host nationalign=center 1
2018 South American Games2–6 June Cochabamba2
2018 Central American and Caribbean Games27 July – 1 August Barranquilla3

North Zone Qualifying (Canada vs. United States)[3] 2–5 September Auburn
Montreal
1
Last chance qualification tournament[4] [5] 12–13 April Santiago1
Total 8

North Zone Qualifying

----United States won 63–51 on aggregate.

Last chance qualification tournament

----Chile won 76–49 on aggregate.

Results

All times are in Peru Time. (UTC−5)

Preliminary round

Group A

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Group B

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Classification round

5–8th place semifinals

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Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Medal round

Semifinals

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Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Ranking and statistics

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4
5
6
7
8
width=10px bgcolor=#ccffccQualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics
width=10px bgcolor=#ccccffQualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament

Top scorers

RankNameGoalsShots
1 34 50 68
2 31 44 70
3 50 62
4 52 60
5 28 38 74
Source: Lima 2019

Top goalkeepers

RankName%SavesShots
1 39 41 104
2 37 35 94
3 36 41 114
4 33 54 166
5 50 153
Source: Lima 2019

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cronograma Panamericano - Balonmano Masculino . 2019 Pan American Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20190716215635/https://lima2019.s3.amazonaws.com/images/cronograma_en_balonmano_masculino_41_.pdf . 2019-07-16 . dead . 2019-07-16 .
  2. Web site: Qualification System manual. 25 April 2018. www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 26 May 2018.
  3. News: USA men and women through to Lima 2019. IHF. 6 September 2018. 3 December 2018.
  4. News: Last chance for Pan American Games. IHF. 13 February 2019. 20 February 2019.
  5. News: Chile book final 2019 Pan American Games place. IHF. 16 April 2019. 20 April 2019.