title: 2010 Pan American Men's Handball Championship
text: # 2010 Pan American Men's Handball Championship
  
  The 2010 American Handball Championship, also called PanAmericano 2010, was the 14th official competition for senior men's national handball teams of North, Center, Caribbean and South America. It was held from 22 to 26 June 2010 in Santiago, Chile. It was also acting as the qualifying competition for the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship, securing three vacancies for the World Championship. Brazil, Argentina and Chile got the Tickets for finishing at the first three places.
  
  ## Participating teams
  
  | Group A | Group B |
  | - | - |
  | Argentina  Chile (Host Nation)  Uruguay  Canada | Brazil (Defending Champion)  Cuba  Greenland  Dominican Republic |
  
  ## Preliminary round
  
  All times are local (UTC−3).
  
  * Team advanced to the Semifinals
  * Team will play Placement Matches
  
  ### Group A
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 44 | +53 | 6 |
  | Chile (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 81 | 78 | +3 | 3 |
  | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 88 | −15 | 3 |
  | Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 107 | −41 | 0 |
  | 22 June 2010 15:30 | Argentina | 32–14 | Uruguay |
  | 22 June 2010 15:30 | | (14–4) | |
  | 22 June 2010 20:30 | Chile | 36–25 | Canada |
  | 22 June 2010 20:30 | | (15–10) | |
  | 23 June 2010 16:00 | Argentina | 39–12 | Canada |
  | 23 June 2010 16:00 | | (17–6) | |
  | 23 June 2010 20:00 | Chile | 27–27 | Uruguay |
  | 23 June 2010 20:00 | | (17–12) | |
  | 24 June 2010 16:00 | Uruguay | 32–29 | Canada |
  | 24 June 2010 16:00 | | (13–13) | |
  | 24 June 2010 20:00 | Argentina | 26–18 | Chile |
  | 24 June 2010 20:00 | | (15–6) | |
  
  ### Group B
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 66 | +34 | 6 |
  | Cuba | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 81 | +16 | 4 |
  | Greenland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 81 | −8 | 2 |
  | Dominican Republic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 94 | −42 | 0 |
  | 22 June 2010 13:30 | Brazil | 29–23 | Greenland |
  | 22 June 2010 13:30 | | (17–8) | |
  | 22 June 2010 17:30 | Cuba | 39–15 | Dominican Republic |
  | 22 June 2010 17:30 | | (18–4) | |
  | 23 June 2010 14:00 | Cuba | 32–25 | Greenland |
  | 23 June 2010 14:00 | | (17–13) | |
  | 23 June 2010 18:00 | Brazil | 30–17 | Dominican Republic |
  | 23 June 2010 18:00 | | (17–11) | |
  | 24 June 2010 14:00 | Brazil | 41–26 | Cuba |
  | 24 June 2010 14:00 | | (23–12) | |
  | 24 June 2010 18:00 | Greenland | 25–20 | Dominican Republic |
  | 24 June 2010 18:00 | | (12–11) | |
  
  ## Placement matches
  
  | 5th–8th Place | 5th–8th Place | 5th/6th Place | 5th/6th Place |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | June 25, 2010 | June 25, 2010 |
  | Dominican Republic | 24 |
  | Dominican Republic | 24 | June 26, 2010 | June 26, 2010 |
  | Uruguay | 28 | June 26, 2010 | June 26, 2010 |
  | Uruguay | 28 | Uruguay | 30 |
  | June 25, 2010 | June 25, 2010 | | Uruguay | 30 |
  | June 25, 2010 | June 25, 2010 | Greenland | 27 |
  | Greenland | 38 | Greenland | 27 |
  | Canada | 36 | | |
  | Canada | 36 | 7th/8th Place | 7th/8th Place |
  | | | June 26, 2010 | June 26, 2010 |
  | | | Dominican Republic | 22 |
  | | | Canada | 33 |
  
  ### 5th–8th place semifinals
  
  | 25 June 2010 14:00 | Uruguay | 28–24 | Dominican Republic |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 25 June 2010 14:00 | | (14–12) | |
  | 25 June 2010 16:00 | Greenland | 38–36 | Canada |
  | 25 June 2010 16:00 | | (18–12) | |
  
  ### Seventh place game
  
  | 26 June 2010 14:00 | Canada | 33–22 | Dominican Republic |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 26 June 2010 14:00 | | (16–9) | |
  
  ### Fifth place game
  
  | 26 June 2010 16:00 | Uruguay | 30–27 | Greenland |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 26 June 2010 16:00 | | (15–13) | |
  
  ## Final round
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | June 25, 2010 | June 25, 2010 |
  | Brazil | 33 |
  | Brazil | 33 | June 26, 2010 | June 26, 2010 |
  | Chile | 21 | June 26, 2010 | June 26, 2010 |
  | Chile | 21 | Brazil | 27 |
  | June 25, 2010 | June 25, 2010 | | Brazil | 27 |
  | June 25, 2010 | June 25, 2010 | Argentina (ET) | 28 |
  | Argentina | 17 | Argentina (ET) | 28 |
  | Cuba | 8 | | |
  | Cuba | 8 | 3rd/4th Place | 3rd/4th Place |
  | | | June 26, 2010 | June 26, 2010 |
  | | | Chile | 34 |
  | | | Cuba | 31 |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  | 25 June 2010 18:00 | Brazil | 33–21 | Chile |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 25 June 2010 18:00 | | (15–5) | |
  | 25 June 2010 20:00 | Argentina | 17–8 | Cuba |
  
  * A Bomb threat stopped the semifinal of the Pan American Tournament. An anonymous phone call announced an imminent bomb explosion in the Centro de Entrenamiento Olimpico in Santiago de Chile forced the officials to stop the semifinal match of the Pan American Tournament, Argentina – Cuba. In that moment, Argentina was leading Cuba 17–8.
  
  ### Third place game
  
  | 26 June 2010 18:00 | Chile | 34–31 | Cuba |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 26 June 2010 18:00 | | (13–14) | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | 26 June 2010 20:00 | Argentina | 28–27 (ET) | Brazil |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 26 June 2010 20:00 | | (10–11) | |
  
  ## Final ranking
  
  | | Argentina |
  | - | - |
  | | Brazil |
  | | Chile |
  | 4 | Cuba |
  | 5 | Uruguay |
  | 6 | Greenland |
  | 7 | Canada |
  | 8 | Dominican Republic |
  
  * Team advanced to the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship
  
  ## All-star team
  
  | Position | Player | Country |
  | - | - | - |
  | Goalkeeper | Maik dos Santos | Brazil |
  | Right back | Fernando Pacheco Filho | Brazil |
  | Center back | Emil Feuchtmann | Chile |
  | Left back | Agustin Vidal | Argentina |
  | Right wing | Patricio Martínez Chávez | Chile |
  | Pivot | Gonzalo Carou | Argentina |
  | Left wing | Carlos Mirabal | Dominican Republic |
  