1997 Pan American Women's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	29 April – 4 May
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Uruguay
Fourth place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	631 (37.12 per match)

The 1997 Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the fourth edition of the Pan American Women's Handball Championship, held in Brazil from 29 April to 4 May 1997. It acted as the American qualifying tournament for the 1997 World Women's Handball Championship.

Preliminary round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil (H)	5	5	0	0	158	48	+110	10
Canada	5	4	0	1	109	62	+47	8
Uruguay	5	3	0	2	103	81	+22	6
Argentina	5	2	0	3	71	81	−10	4
Costa Rica	5	0	1	4	62	144	−82	1
Mexico	5	0	1	4	57	144	−87	1

29 April 1997	Canada	32–9	Costa Rica

29 April 1997	Uruguay	12–10	Argentina

29 April 1997	Brazil	43–8	Mexico

30 April 1997	Uruguay	33–16	Costa Rica
		(16–8)

30 April 1997	Canada	27–10	Mexico
		(13–5)

30 April 1997	Brazil	25–7	Argentina
		(11–5)

1 May 1997	Argentina	21–12	Mexico
		(11–3)

1 May 1997	Canada	18–9	Uruguay
		(11–3)

1 May 1997	Brazil	40–5	Costa Rica
		(20–2)

2 May 1997	Uruguay	35–9	Mexico
		(16–4)

2 May 1997	Brazil	22–14	Canada
		(11–5)

2 May 1997	Argentina	21–14	Costa Rica
		(11–2)

3 May 1997	Costa Rica	18–18	Mexico
		(13–4)

3 May 1997	Canada	18–12	Argentina
		(8–8)

3 May 1997	Brazil	28–14	Uruguay
		(13–4)

Knockout stage

Third place game

4 May 1997	Uruguay	19–14	Argentina
		(7–5)

Final

4 May 1997	Brazil	21–17	Canada
		(12–6)

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Canada
	Uruguay
4	Argentina
5	Costa Rica
6	Mexico

External links

• Results on todor66.com