2008 Pan American Men's Youth Handball Championship
# 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
