title: 2008 Pan American Men's Youth Handball Championship
text: # 2008 Pan American Men's Youth Handball Championship
  
  The 2008 American Handball Men's Youth Championships took place in Blumenau from September 2 – 6. It acts as the Pan American qualifying tournament for the 2009 Men's Youth World Handball Championship.
  
  ## Teams
  
  | Group A | Group B |
  | - | - |
  | Argentina  Chile  Puerto Rico | Brazil  Paraguay  Uruguay  Venezuela |
  
  ## Preliminary round
  
  ### Group A
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Argentina | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 58 | +23 | 4 |
  | Puerto Rico | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 69 | –17 | 2 |
  | Chile | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 68 | –6 | 3 |
  | September 2 16:00 | Argentina | 43 – 22 | Puerto Rico | Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra II, Blumenau |
  | September 3 14:15 | Chile | 26 – 30 | Puerto Rico | Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra II, Blumenau |
  | September 4 16:00 | Argentina | 38 – 36 | Chile | Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra II, Blumenau |
  
  ### Group B
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 44 | +90 | 6 |
  | Venezuela | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 77 | +1 | 4 |
  | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 94 | –31 | 2 |
  | Paraguay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 117 | –60 | 0 |
  | September 2 14:15 | Uruguay | 19 – 25 | Venezuela | Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra II, Blumenau |
  | September 2 20:00 | Brazil | 51 – 13 | Paraguay | Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra I, Blumenau |
  | September 2 20:00 | | (25-10) | | Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra I, Blumenau |
  | September 3 16:00 | Uruguay | 32 – 26 | Paraguay | Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra II, Blumenau |
  | September 3 19:30 | Brazil | 40 – 19 | Venezuela | Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra I, Blumenau |
  | September 3 19:30 | | (21-10) | | Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra I, Blumenau |
  | September 4 14:18 | Venezuela | 34 – 18 | Paraguay | Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra II, Blumenau |
  | September 4 19:30 | Brazil | 43 – 12 | Uruguay | Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra I, Blumenau |
  | September 4 19:30 | | (21-4) | | Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra I, Blumenau |
  
  ## Placement 5th–7th
  
  | September 5 14:15 | Chile | 46 – 18 | Paraguay | Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra II, Blumenau |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | September 6 14:15 | Chile | 32 – 30 | Uruguay | Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra II, Blumenau |
  
  ## Final round
  
  | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | September 5 – Blumenau | September 5 – Blumenau |
  | Argentina | 35 |
  | Argentina | 35 | September 5 – Blumenau | September 5 – Blumenau |
  | Venezuela | 20 | September 5 – Blumenau | September 5 – Blumenau |
  | Venezuela | 20 | Argentina | 27 |
  | September 5 – Blumenau | September 5 – Blumenau | | Argentina | 27 |
  | September 5 – Blumenau | September 5 – Blumenau | Brazil | 21 |
  | Puerto Rico | 17 | Brazil | 21 |
  | Brazil | 38 | | |
  | Brazil | 38 | Third place | Third place |
  | | | September 5 – Blumenau | September 5 – Blumenau |
  | | | Venezuela | 18 |
  | | | Puerto Rico | 29 |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  | September 5 16:00 | Argentina | 35 – 20 | Venezuela | Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra II, Blumenau |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | September 5 16:00 | | (21-10) | | Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra II, Blumenau |
  | September 5 19:30 | Brazil | 38 – 17 | Puerto Rico | Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra I, Blumenau |
  | September 5 19:30 | | (18-11) | | Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra I, Blumenau |
  
  ### Bronze medal match
  
  | September 6 16:00 | Venezuela | 18 – 29 | Puerto Rico | Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra II, Blumenau |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  ### Gold medal match
  
  | September 6 19:30 | Brazil | 21 – 27 | Argentina | Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra I, Blumenau |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | September 6 19:30 | | (9-15) | | Centro Esportivo Bernardo Werner, SESI, Quadra I, Blumenau |
  
  ## Final standing
  
  | Rank | Team |
  | - | - |
  | | Argentina |
  | | Brazil |
  | | Puerto Rico |
  | 4 | Venezuela |
  | 5 | Chile |
  | 6 | Uruguay |
  | 7 | Paraguay |
  
  * Team advanced to the 2009 Men's Youth World Handball Championship
  