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International handball competition
1996 Pan American Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country United States
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates8–13 October
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Cuba (7th title)
Runner-up Argentina
Third place United States
Fourth place Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored918 (45.9 per match)
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The 1996 Pan American Men's Handball Championship was the seventh edition of the tournament, held in Colorado Springs, United States from 8 to 13 October 1996. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 1997 World Championship, where the top three placed team qualied.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−7).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States (H) 3 3 0 0 74 51 +23 6 Semifinals
2  Brazil 3 2 0 1 92 51 +41 4
3  Mexico 3 1 0 2 70 72 −2 2
4  Costa Rica 3 0 0 3 46 108 −62 0
Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
8 October 1996
16:30 		Brazil  44–16  Costa Rica
(20–7)
8 October 1996
18:15 		United States  25–20  Mexico
(13–9)
9 October 1996
16:30 		Brazil  34–14  Mexico
(17–6)
9 October 1996
18:15 		United States  28–17  Costa Rica
(14–6)
10 October 1996
16:30 		Mexico  36–13  Costa Rica
(17–7)
10 October 1996
18:15 		United States  21–14  Brazil
(9–8)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Cuba 3 3 0 0 95 49 +46 6 Semifinals
2  Argentina 3 2 0 1 75 57 +18 4
3  Canada 3 1 0 2 69 66 +3 2
4  Puerto Rico 3 0 0 3 43 110 −67 0
Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
8 October 1996
13:00 		Cuba  44–16  Puerto Rico
(20–7)
8 October 1996
14:45 		Argentina  25–20  Canada
(13–9)
9 October 1996
13:00 		Argentina  34–14  Puerto Rico
(17–6)
9 October 1996
14:45 		Cuba  28–17  Canada
(14–6)
10 October 1996
13:00 		Canada  32–13  Puerto Rico
(14–7)
10 October 1996
14:45 		Cuba  23–16  Argentina
(9–7)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 Semi-finalsFinal
       
  
 
  United States15
  
  Argentina20
  Argentina24
  
  Cuba (ET)28
  Cuba21
 
  Brazil18
 Third place
 
  
 
  United States23
 
  Brazil22

Fifth place bracket

 Semi-finalsFinal
       
  
 
  Mexico28
  
  Puerto Rico26
  Mexico19
  
  Canada26
  Canada30
 
  Costa Rica13
 Third place
 
  
 
  Puerto Rico21
 
  Costa Rica20

5–8th place semifinals

12 October 1996
13:00 		Mexico  28–26  Puerto Rico
(14–9)
12 October 1996
14:45 		Canada  30–13  Costa Rica
(14–5)

Semifinals

12 October 1996
16:30 		Argentina  20–15  United States
(10–6)
12 October 1996
18:15 		Cuba  21–18  Brazil
(14–10)

Seventh place game

13 October 1996
11:50 		Puerto Rico  21–20  Costa Rica
(11–5)

Fifth place game

13 October 1996
14:45 		Canada  26–19  Mexico
(12–4)

Third place game

13 October 1996
16:30 		United States  23–22  Brazil
(11–12)

Final

13 October 1996
18:15 		Cuba  28–24 (ET)  Argentina
(9–9)

FT: 21–21 ET: 7–3

Final ranking

Qualified for the 1997 World Championship
Rank Team
 Cuba
 Argentina
 United States
4  Brazil
5  Canada
6  Mexico
7  Puerto Rico
8  Costa Rica

The United States withdrew and Brazil replaced them.

External links

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