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International handball competition
1981 Pan American Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Argentina
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates9–14 November
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Cuba (2nd title)
Runner-up Brazil
Third place United States
Fourth place Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored793 (52.87 per match)
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The 1981 Pan American Men's Handball Championship was the second edition of the tournament, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 9 to 14 November 1981. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 1982 World Championship.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina (H) 3 3 0 0 85 51 +34 6 Semifinals
2  United States 3 2 0 1 121 46 +75 4
3  Paraguay 3 1 0 2 58 101 −43 2
4  Chile 3 0 0 3 40 106 −66 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
9 November 1981 Argentina  23–22 (ET)  United States

FT: 18–18 ET: 5–4

9 November 1981 Paraguay  29–17  Chile
10 November 1981 Argentina  36–14  Paraguay
10 November 1981 United States  51–8  Chile
11 November 1981 Argentina  26–15  Chile
11 November 1981 United States  48–15  Paraguay

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Cuba 2 2 0 0 68 45 +23 4 Semifinals
2  Brazil 2 1 0 1 51 49 +2 2
3  Mexico 2 0 0 2 40 65 −25 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.
9 November 1981 Brazil  29–17  Mexico
(14–6)
10 November 1981 Cuba  36–23  Mexico
11 November 1981 Cuba  32–22  Brazil
(15–12)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 Semi-finalsFinal
       
 13 November
 
  Argentina30
 14 November
  Brazil (ET)35
  Brazil20
 13 November
  Cuba34
  Cuba35
 
  United States29
 Third place
 
 14 November
 
  Argentina22
 
  United States25

Fifth place bracket

 5–7th place semifinalsFifth place game
       
 13 November
 
  Mexico35
 14 November
  Chile12
  Mexico36
 
  Paraguay21
 
 
 
 

5–7th place semifinal

13 November 1981 Mexico  31–12  Chile

Semifinals

13 November 1981 Brazil  35–30 (ET)  Argentina

FT: 22–22 ET: 5–5, 8–3

13 November 1981 Cuba  35–29  United States

Fifth place game

14 November 1981 Mexico  36–21  Paraguay

Third place game

14 November 1981 United States  25–22  Argentina

Final

14 November 1981 Cuba  34–20  Brazil

Final ranking

Qualified for the 1982 World Championship
Rank Team
 Cuba
 Brazil
 United States
4  Argentina
5  Mexico
6  Paraguay
7  Chile

External links

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