The Pan American Men's Handball Championship, also called PanAmericano, was the official competition for senior national handball teams of North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean. It took place every two years and was organized by the Pan-American Team Handball Federation. In addition to crowning the Pan-American champions, the tournament also served as a qualifying tournament for the IHF World Men's Handball Championship. In 2018, the PATHF was folded and the tournament was replaced with the South and Central American Championship and North America and Caribbean Championship.
| Sport | Handball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1980 |
| First season | 1980 |
| Ceased | 2018 |
| Replaced by | South and Central American Championship and North America and Caribbean Championship |
| No. of teams | 12 |
| Continent | PATHF (Americas) |
| Most titles |  Cuba (8 titles) |
Summary
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Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 |  Argentina | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 |  Brazil | 3 | 9 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 |  United States | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 |  Chile | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 |  Canada | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 |  Greenland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 | |
Participating nations
edit| Nation |  1980 |
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2018 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina
|
5th | 4th | - | 5th | - | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 16 |
| Brazil
|
4th | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 18 |
| Canada
|
2nd | - | 3rd | 6th | 4th | - | 5th | 6th | - | 3rd | - | 7th | 7th | - | - | 10th | 5th | 11 | |
| Chile
|
- | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 10 |
 Colombia
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | - | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9th | 9th | 4 |
 Costa Rica
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cuba
|
1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | - | - | - | 3rd | 4th | - | - | - | - | 11 |
 Dominican Republic
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | - | - | - | - | 8th | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Greenland
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 11 |
 Guatemala
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | 11th | 8th | 3 |
| Mexico
|
6th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 8th | 7th | - | - | 9th | 7th | 7th | - | 15 |
 Paraguay
|
- | 6th | - | - | - | 6th | - | - | - | 6th | - | - | - | - | 6th | - | 12th | 11th | 6 |
 Peru
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10th | 1 |
 Puerto Rico
|
- | - | 6th | - | 6th | - | 7th | - | - | - | 6th | 8th | - | - | - | - | 6th | 7th | 7 |
| Uruguay
|
- | - | - | - | - | 7th | - | 9th | 8th | - | - | 6th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 10 |
| United States
|
3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 7th | 4th | - | - | 7th | 6th | 8th | - | 15 |
 Venezuela
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | - | - | - | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 11 |