1981 Pan American Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Argentina
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates9–14 November
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Cuba (2nd title)
Runner-up Brazil
Third place United States
Fourth place Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored793 (52.87 per match)

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
3  Paraguay 3 1 0 2 58 101 43 2
4  Chile 3 0 0 3 40 106 66 0
Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
9 November 1981 Argentina  23–22 (ET)  United States

FT: 18–18 ET: 5–4

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
3  Mexico 2 0 0 2 40 65 25 0
Source: Todor66
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
9 November 1981 Brazil  29–17  Mexico
(14–6)

10 November 1981 Cuba  36–23  Mexico

11 November 1981 Cuba  32–22  Brazil
(15–12)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 November
 
 
 Argentina30
 
14 November
 
 Brazil (ET)35
 
 Brazil20
 
13 November
 
 Cuba34
 
 Cuba35
 
 
 United States29
 
Third place
 
 
14 November
 
 
 Argentina22
 
 
 United States25

Fifth place bracket

 
5–7th place semifinalsFifth place game
 
      
 
13 November
 
 
 Mexico35
 
14 November
 
 Chile12
 
 Mexico36
 
 
 Paraguay21
 
 
 
 

5–7th place semifinal

13 November 1981 Mexico  31–12  Chile

Semifinals

13 November 1981 Brazil  35–30 (ET)  Argentina

FT: 22–22 ET: 5–5, 8–3


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
RankTeam
 Cuba
 Brazil
 United States
4 Argentina
5 Mexico
6 Paraguay
7 Chile
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