1979 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

The 1979 Pan American Men's Handball Championship was the first edition of the Pan American Men's Handball Championship, held in Mexico from 6 to 12 January 1980. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 1980 Summer Olympics.

1979 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	6–12 January 1980
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Cuba (1st title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches	15
Goals scored	588 (39.2 per match)
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Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cuba	5	4	1	0	121	97	+24	9
Canada	5	3	1	1	98	90	+8	7
United States	5	3	0	2	115	95	+20	6
Brazil	5	2	1	2	90	92	−2	5
Argentina	5	1	0	4	75	99	−24	2
Mexico (H)	5	0	1	4	89	115	−26	1

Source:
(H) Host.

Results

7 January 1980	Cuba	19–19	Brazil
		(8–12)

7 January 1980	Argentina	12–19	United States
		(5–10)

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9 January 1980	United States	27–23	Brazil
		(14–10)

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11 January 1980	Canada	18–13	Argentina
		(6–5)

11 January 1980	Brazil	14–13	Mexico
		(5–4)

11 January 1980	Cuba	23–20	United States
		(12–9)

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	Canada	22–22	Mexico
		(11–9)

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	Mexico	15–19	Argentina
		(9–9)

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	Canada	19–22	Cuba
		(9–8)

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	Cuba	29–17	Argentina
		(17–7)

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	Canada	19–16	Brazil
		(9–9)

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	Mexico	17–32	United States
		(7–13)

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	Canada	20–17	United States
		(10–10)

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	Argentina	14–18	Brazil
		(5–6)

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	Mexico	22–28	Cuba
		(12–14)

Final ranking

Qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics

Rank	Team
	Cuba
	Canada
	United States
4	Brazil
5	Argentina
6	Mexico

External links

• Results on todor66.com
• (in French) French Handball Federation, ed. (March 1980). "Hand-ball : bulletin fédéral n°158". p. 29.