1991 Pan American Women's Handball Championship
# 1991 Pan American Women's Handball Championship

The 1991 Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the third edition of the Pan American Women's Handball Championship, held in Brazil from 30 September to 6 October 1990. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 1992 Summer Olympics.

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−3).

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 3 | +127 | 6 |
| Brazil (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 123 | 32 | +91 | 4 |
| Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 101 | −55 | 2 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 158 | −143 | 0 |
| 30 September 1991 16:00 | United States | 50–9 | Paraguay |
| 30 September 1991 20:30 | Brazil | 61–2 | Puerto Rico |
| 1 October 1991 18:30 | United States | 66–5 | Puerto Rico |
| 1 October 1991 20:00 | Brazil | 43–6 | Paraguay |
| 3 October 1991 18:30 | Paraguay | 31–8 | Puerto Rico |
| 3 October 1991 20:00 | United States | 24–19 | Brazil |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Canada | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 18 | +58 | 4 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 45 | −17 | 2 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 59 | −41 | 0 |
| 30 September 1991 14:30 | Canada | 40–9 | Uruguay |
| 1 October 1991 17:00 | Argentina | 19–9 | Uruguay |
| 2 October 1991 17:00 | Canada | 36–9 | Argentina |

## Placement round

Points from the first round were carried over.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Paraguay | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 12 | +36 | 4 |
| 6 | Uruguay | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 2 |
| 7 | Puerto Rico | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 54 | −38 | 0 |
| 5 October 1990 16:30 | Uruguay | 23–8 | Puerto Rico |
| 6 October 1990 14:00 | Paraguay | 17–4 | Uruguay |

## Final round

Points from the first round were carried over.

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 49 | +49 | 6 |
| Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 64 | +17 | 4 |
| Brazil (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 65 | +9 | 2 |
| Argentina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 110 | −75 | 0 |
| 5 October 1991 18:30 | Canada | 25–24 | Brazil | Ginasio do Clube Olimpico de Maringa, Maringá |
| 5 October 1991 20:30 | United States | 43–10 | Argentina | Ginasio do Clube Olimpico de Maringa, Maringá |
| 6 October 1991 15:30 | Brazil | 31–16 | Argentina | Ginasio do Clube Olimpico de Maringa, Maringá |
| 6 October 1991 17:00 | United States | 31–20 | Canada | Ginasio do Clube Olimpico de Maringa, Maringá |

## Final ranking

* Qualified for the 1992 Summer Olympics

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | United States |
| | Canada |
| | Brazil |
| 4 | Argentina |
| 5 | Paraguay |
| 6 | Uruguay |
| 7 | Puerto Rico |
