The 2010 American Handball Championship, also called PanAmericano 2010, was the 14th official competition for senior men's national handball teams of North, Center, Caribbean and South America. It was held from 22 to 26 June 2010 in Santiago, Chile. It was also acting as the qualifying competition for the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship, securing three vacancies for the World Championship. Brazil, Argentina and Chile got the Tickets for finishing at the first three places.
Participating teams Group AGroup B (Host Nation) (Defending Champion)
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC−3).
Team advanced to the Semifinals Team will play Placement Matches
Group A
Group B
Placement matches
5th–8th place semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Final round
Semifinals
A Bomb threat stopped the semifinal of the Pan American Tournament. An anonymous phone call announced an imminent bomb explosion in the Centro de Entrenamiento Olimpico in Santiago de Chile forced the officials to stop the semifinal match of the Pan American Tournament, Argentina – Cuba. In that moment, Argentina was leading Cuba 17–8.
Third place game
Final
Final ranking 4 5 6 7 8
Team advanced to the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship
All-star team Position Player Country Goalkeeper Maik dos Santos Right back Fernando Pacheco Filho Center back Emil Feuchtmann Left back Agustin Vidal Right wing Patricio Martínez Chávez Pivot Gonzalo Carou Left wing Carlos Mirabal
External links Panamhandball.org Results at todor66.com