South American Cadet Handball Championship
# South American Cadet Handball Championship

The South American Cadet Handball Championship is the official competition for Under-17 Men's and Women's national handball teams of South America. In addition to crowning the South American champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the Pan American Under-16 Handball Championship.

## Men

### 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 |
| 2002 Details | Foz do Iguaçu | Argentina | No playoffs | Brazil | Chile | No playoffs | Uruguay |
| 2003 Details | Curitiba | Argentina | 20–16 | Brazil | Uruguay | 22–21 | Chile |
| 2004 Details | São José dos Pinhais | Argentina | No playoffs | Brazil | Uruguay | No playoffs | Chile |
| 2012 Details | Lima | Argentina | 40–30 | Venezuela | Brazil | 24–22 | Chile |
| 2013 Details | Bogotá | Brazil | No playoffs | Argentina | Chile | No playoffs | Uruguay |
| 2014 Details | Palmira | Brazil | 27–19 | Argentina | Chile | 23–15 | Colombia |
| 2015 Details | Asuncion | Brazil | 27–19 | Argentina | Paraguay | 30–27 | Chile |
| 2016 Details | Asuncion | Argentina | No playoffs | Brazil | Chile | No playoffs | Paraguay |
| 2017 Details | Asuncion | Argentina | No playoffs | Brazil | Paraguay | No playoffs | Chile |
| 2018 Details | Luján de Cuyo | Argentina | No playoffs | Brazil | Chile | No playoffs | Uruguay |

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Argentina | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Brazil | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Chile | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Paraguay | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |

### Participating nations

| Nation | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Years |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Argentina | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 10 |
| Brazil | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 10 |
| Chile | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 10 |
| Colombia | - | - | - | - | 5th | 4th | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Ecuador | - | - | - | 6th | - | - | 6th | - | - | - | 2 |
| Paraguay | 5th | - | 5th | - | - | - | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 6 |
| Peru | - | - | - | 7th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 6th | - | 6th | 6 |
| Uruguay | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 9 |
| Venezuela | - | - | - | 2nd | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Total | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | |

## Women

### 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 |
| 2002 Details | Foz do Iguaçu | Brazil | No playoffs | Argentina | Uruguay | No playoffs | Chile |
| 2003 Details | Curitiba | Brazil | No playoffs | Argentina | Uruguay | No playoffs | Paraguay |
| 2004 Details | São José dos Pinhais | Brazil | No playoffs | Argentina | Uruguay | No playoffs | Chile |
| 2012 Details | Río Tercero | Argentina | No playoffs | Uruguay | Brazil | No playoffs | Paraguay |
| 2013 Details | Santiago | Argentina | No playoffs | Paraguay | Uruguay | No playoffs | Brazil |
| 2014 Details | Palmira | Paraguay | No playoffs | Argentina | Uruguay | No playoffs | Brazil |
| 2015 Details | Asuncion | Argentina | 17–09 | Paraguay | Uruguay | 22–20 | Chile |
| 2016 Details | Asuncion | Brazil | No playoffs | Argentina | Chile | No playoffs | Paraguay |
| 2017 Details | Asuncion | Brazil | No playoffs | Paraguay | Argentina | No playoffs | Chile |
| 2018 Details | Luján de Cuyo | Paraguay | No playoffs | Brazil | Uruguay | No playoffs | Chile |

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Brazil | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Paraguay | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Uruguay | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 5 | Chile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |

### Participating nations

| Nation | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Years |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Argentina | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 10 |
| Brazil | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 4th | - | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 9 |
| Chile | 4th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 10 |
| Colombia | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Paraguay | 5th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 10 |
| Peru | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | - | - | 1 |
| Uruguay | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 10 |
| Total | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | |
