Handball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's tournament


The men's tournament of handball at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, began on October 16 and ended on October 24. All games were held at the San Rafael Gymnasium. The defending champions were Brazil, who won the title on home court. Argentina, the winner of the competition, qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain.

Teams

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee may enter one men's team for the handball competition. Mexico, the host nation along with seven other countries qualified through regional competitions.
;Canada versus United States Series
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Canada won 51–48 on aggregate and qualified for the games.
;Last chance qualifying tournament
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At the start of tournament, all eight participating countries had 15 players on their rosters. Final squads for the tournament were due on September 14, 2011, a month before the start of 2011 Pan American Games.

Format

Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:
  1. Head to head results.
  2. Goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned.
  3. Greater number of plus goals in the matches between the teams concerned.

    Draw

The draw for the tournament was held at the offices of the Organising Committee for the Games in Guadalajara on July 21 at 16:00 local time.
The competing are drawn to each group by couples. The first team selected randomly in the draw goes to group A and the second to Group B. The pots are based on the performance of national teams in both previous games and their standings in their respective regional competitions.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

    • Preliminary round

    All times are local.

    Group A

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    Group B

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    Elimination stage

    Semifinals

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    5th–8th place semifinals

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    Seventh place match

    Fifth place match

    Bronze medal match

    Gold medal match

    Final standings

    Medalists