1981 Pan American Men's Handball Championship
# 1981 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

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 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 101 | −43 | 2 | |
| 4 | Chile | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 106 | −66 | 0 | |
| 9 November 1981 | Argentina | 23–22 (ET) | United States |
| 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 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Mexico | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 65 | −25 | 0 | |
| 9 November 1981 | Brazil | 29–17 | Mexico |
| 9 November 1981 | | (14–6) | |
| 10 November 1981 | Cuba | 36–23 | Mexico |
| 11 November 1981 | Cuba | 32–22 | Brazil |
| 11 November 1981 | | (15–12) | |

## Knockout stage

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 13 November | 13 November |
| Argentina | 30 |
| Argentina | 30 | 14 November | 14 November |
| Brazil (ET) | 35 | 14 November | 14 November |
| Brazil (ET) | 35 | Brazil | 20 |
| 13 November | 13 November | | Brazil | 20 |
| 13 November | 13 November | Cuba | 34 |
| Cuba | 35 | Cuba | 34 |
| United States | 29 | | |
| United States | 29 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 14 November | 14 November |
| | | Argentina | 22 |
| | | United States | 25 |

Fifth place bracket

| 5–7th place semifinals | 5–7th place semifinals | Fifth place game | Fifth place game |
| - | - | - | - |
| 13 November | 13 November |
| Mexico | 35 |
| Mexico | 35 | 14 November | 14 November |
| Chile | 12 | 14 November | 14 November |
| Chile | 12 | Mexico | 36 |
| | | Paraguay | 21 |

### 5–7th place semifinal

| 13 November 1981 | Mexico | 31–12 | Chile |
| - | - | - | - |

### Semifinals

| 13 November 1981 | Brazil | 35–30 (ET) | Argentina |
| - | - | - | - |
| 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 |
