Pan American Women's Youth Handball Championship
# Pan American Women's Youth Handball Championship

The Pan American Women's Youth Handball Championship was the official competition for youth women's national handball teams of Americas, and took place every two years. In addition to crowning the Pan American champions, the tournament also served as a qualifying tournament for the Youth World Championship. In 2018, the PATHF was deprived of recognition and the tournament was replaced with the IHF Trophy for North America and the Caribbean, and the South and Central American Women's Youth Handball Championship.

## Summary

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Host | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place |
| 2001 Details | São Bernardo do Campo | Brazil | No playoffs | Argentina | Uruguay | No playoffs | Chile |
| 2003 Details | São José dos Pinhais | Brazil | 39–23 | Argentina | Chile | 28–27 | Uruguay |
| 2004 Details | São José dos Pinhais | Brazil | 33–21 | Argentina | Uruguay | 25–23 | Mexico |
| 2005 Details | Brusque | Brazil | 28–20 | Argentina | Greenland | 26–25 | Uruguay |
| 2006 Details | Blumenau | Brazil | No playoffs | Argentina | Uruguay | No playoffs | Paraguay |
| 2007 Details | Cascavel | Brazil | No playoffs | Argentina | Puerto Rico | No playoffs | Uruguay |
| 2008 Details | Blumenau | Brazil | No playoffs | Argentina | Uruguay | No playoffs | Chile |
| 2010 Details | Balneário Camboriú | Brazil | 24–23 | Dominican Republic | Argentina | 31–28 | Uruguay |
| 2012 Details | Santiago | Brazil | No playoffs | Uruguay | Paraguay | No playoffs | Argentina |
| 2014 Details | Fortaleza | Brazil | No playoffs | Paraguay | Argentina | No playoffs | Uruguay |
| 2016 Details | Santiago | Brazil | No playoffs | Paraguay | Argentina | No playoffs | Chile |
| 2018 Details | Buenos Aires | Brazil | No playoffs | Chile | Argentina | No playoffs | Uruguay |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Brazil | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | Argentina | 0 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Paraguay | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Uruguay | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | Chile | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Greenland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 12 | 12 | 13 | 37 |

## Participating nations

| Nation | 2001 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | Years |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Argentina | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 12 |
| Brazil | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 12 |
| Canada | - | 6th | 7th | - | - | - | 6th | - | 5th | 6th | 6th | - | 6 |
| Chile | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 8th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 2nd | 12 |
| Dominican Republic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2nd | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Greenland | - | 7th | - | 3rd | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Mexico | 6th | - | 4th | 5th | 6th | - | - | 5th | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Paraguay | 5th | 5th | 8th | 7th | 4th | 6th | 5th | 7th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | 12 |
| Peru | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | 1 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 8th | 6th | 8th | - | 3rd | - | 6th | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Uruguay | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 4th | 12 |
| Total | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
