1980 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

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1980 Pan American Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	7–14 January 1980
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Cuba (1st title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	588 (39.2 per match)
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The 1980 Pan American Men's Handball Championship was the first edition of the Pan American Men's Handball Championship, held in Mexico from 7 to 14 January 1980. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 1980 Summer Olympics. The tournament was planned to be in 1979 but was delayed several times.^[1]

Standings

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

Results

7 January 1980	Canada	22–22	Mexico	Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City
	Obzygaile 5	(11–9)	García 7
		^[2]

7 January 1980	Cuba	19–19	Brazil	Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City
		(8–12)	Luizinho 6
		^[3]

7 January 1980	Argentina	12–19	United States	Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City
		(5–10)

8 January 1980	United States	27–23	Brazil	Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City
		(14–10)
		^[4]

8 January 1980	Mexico	15–19	Argentina	Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City
	Grote 4	(9–9)	Quipiro 7
		^[5]

8 January 1980	Canada	19–22	Cuba	Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City
		(9–8)

11 January 1980	Canada	18–13	Argentina	Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City
		(6–5)

11 January 1980	Brazil	14–13	Mexico	Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City
		(5–4)
		^[6]

11 January 1980	Cuba	23–20	United States	Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City
		(12–9)

According to Folha de S.Paulo 23–22.

12 January 1980	Cuba	29–17	Argentina	Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City
		(17–7)

12 January 1980	Canada	19–16	Brazil	Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City
		(9–9)

12 January 1980	Mexico	17–32	United States	Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City
		(7–13)

14 January 1980	Canada	20–17	United States	Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City
		(10–10)

14 January 1980	Argentina	14–18	Brazil	Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City
		(5–6)
		^[7]

14 January 1980	Mexico	22–28	Cuba	Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City
		(12–14)

Final ranking

	Qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics

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

Teams

Argentina

Players (Incomplete): Alejandro Quipiro, Alejandro Rodríguez, Horacio García, Juan Simonet

Brasilia

Coach: Antonio Carlos Simões
Players: William, Sergião, Chu, Montanha, Luizinho, Borracheiro, Mané, Roni, Foguete, Toco and Duilio Saba

Canada

Players (Incomplete): Dems Obzygaile, Pierre St. Martin, Hugues de Roussan

Mexico

Coach: David Quintos
Players (Incomplete): Mario García, Werner Damm, Carlos García, Herber Grote, Ricardo Bermejo, Carlos Meza, Cuauhtémoc Sánchez

References

^ Rennis, Juan Carlos (June 2016). Pan American Handball: tournaments and statistics (PDF) (in English and Spanish). Buenos Aires: Pan-American Team Handball Federation. p. 62. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
^ "Se inició Torneo Panamericano de Handball. México-Canadá, empatan". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). 58 (309): 4. 8 January 1980. Archived from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
^ "O grande empate do handebol". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 60 (71.85): 24. 9 January 1980. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
^ "Handebol perde e reduz chances". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 60 (71.86): 23. 10 January 1980. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
^ "Argentina 19 México 15 en Torneo de Handball". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). 58 (310): 4. 9 January 1980. Archived from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
^ "Brasil vence no handebol". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 60 (71.88): 21. 12 January 1980. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
^ "Handebol, Brasil fica em 4º lugar". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 60 (71.91): 23. 15 January 1980. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

External links

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

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Men	Mexico 1980 Argentina 1981 USA 1983 Brazil 1985 Cuba 1989 Brazil 1994 USA 1996 Cuba 1998 Brazil 2000 Argentina 2002 Chile 2004 Brazil 2006 Brazil 2008 Chile 2010 Argentina 2012 Uruguay 2014 Argentina 2016 Greenland 2018
Women	Brazil 1986 USA 1989 Brazil 1991 Brazil 1997 Argentina 1999 Brazil 2000 Brazil 2003 Brazil 2005 Dominican Republic 2007 Chile 2009 Brazil 2011 Dominican Republic 2013 Cuba 2015 Argentina 2017

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