2022 South and Central American Men's Handball Championship

2022 South and Central American Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	25–29 January
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
Runner-up	Argentina
Third place	Chile
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	860 (57.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Erwin Feuchtmann; (43 goals)
Best player	Thiagus dos Santos
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The 2022 South and Central American Men's Handball Championship was the second edition of the South and Central American Men's Handball Championship, held from 25 to 29 January 2022 in Recife, Brazil. It acted as the South and Central American qualifying tournament for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.^[1]

Brazil won their first title after defeating Argentina in the final.^[2]

Qualified teams

Competition	Dates	Vacancies	Country	Previous appearances in tournament^[3]
Host nation		1	Brazil	1 (2020)
Invited nations who confirmed presence		6	Argentina	1 (2020)
			Bolivia	1 (2020)
			Chile	1 (2020)
			~~Colombia~~	0 (debut)
			Paraguay	1 (2020)
			Uruguay	1 (2020)
2021 Central American Men's Handball Championship	11–13 November 2021	1	Costa Rica	0 (debut)

Colombia withdrew before the tournament, due to several positive COVID-19 tests in their team.^[4]

Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Draw

The draw took place on 14 January 2022.^[5]^[6]

Seeding

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Argentina Brazil	Uruguay Chile	Paraguay Bolivia	~~Colombia~~ Costa Rica

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−3).^[7]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	2	2	0	113	26	+87	4	Semifinals
2	Uruguay	2	1	1	60	52	+8	2	Semifinals
3	Bolivia	2	0	2	17	112	−95	0

Source: SCA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

25 January 2022 17:00	Argentina	70–8	Bolivia	Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife Attendance: 300 Referees: Geraldello, Marques (BRA)
	Pizarro 14	(36–5)	Rojas 4
	3×	Report	2×

26 January 2022 16:00	Bolivia	9–42	Uruguay	Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife Referees: Correa, Correa (BRA)
	Zurita 3	(1–18)	Rubbo 8
	1×	Report	2× 3×

27 January 2022 18:00	Argentina	43–18	Uruguay	Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife Attendance: 300 Referees: Geraldello, Marques (BRA)
	Baronetto 8	(18–9)	Ancheta, Fabra 3
	4×	Report	1× 9× 1×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil (H)	3	3	0	126	54	+72	6	Semifinals
2	Chile	3	2	1	99	72	+27	4	Semifinals
3	Paraguay	3	1	2	75	113	−38	2
4	Costa Rica	3	0	3	53	114	−61	0

Source: SCA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

25 January 2022 15:00	Chile	34–16	Costa Rica	Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife Attendance: 150 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Er. Feuchtmann 6	(20–8)	Villegas 4
	4×	Report	4×

25 January 2022 20:00	Brazil	46–19	Paraguay	Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife Attendance: 300 Referees: Araújo, Perdomo (URU)
	Hackbarth 11	(23–12)	Fiore 6
	2×	Report	4×

26 January 2022 18:00	Paraguay	25–43	Chile	Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife Attendance: 280 Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
	Samaniego 7	(13–22)	Er. Feuchtmann 11
	1× 5× 1×	Report	5×

26 January 2022 20:00	Brazil	49–13	Costa Rica	Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife Attendance: 300 Referees: Araújo, Perdomo (URU)
	Chiuffa 10	(27–7)	Gutiérrez 4
	2×	Report	3×

27 January 2022 16:00	Costa Rica	24–31	Paraguay	Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife Attendance: 280 Referees: Correa, Correa (BRA)
	Molina 5	(12–18)	Fiore, Martínez 6
	1× 2×	Report	1× 3×

27 January 2022 20:00	Brazil	31–22	Chile	Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife Attendance: 300 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Langaro 5	(16–13)	Er. Feuchtmann 10
	1× 3×	Report	1× 2×

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

28 January

Argentina	36
		29 January
Chile	24
		Argentina	17
28 January
		Brazil	20
Brazil	48

Uruguay	20
		Third place

		29 January

		Chile	29

		Uruguay	21

5–7th place semifinal

28 January 2022 16:00	Bolivia	16–39	Costa Rica	Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife Attendance: 300 Referees: Correa, Correa (BRA)
	Lisidro 4	(8–22)	Gutiérrez 5
	1× 2×	Report	1× 7×

Semifinals

28 January 2022 18:00	Argentina	36–24	Chile	Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife Attendance: 300 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Fernández 8	(17–11)	Er. Feuchtmann 10
	4×	Report	1× 5× 2×

28 January 2022 20:00	Brazil	48–20	Uruguay	Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife Attendance: 300 Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
	Dutra, Hackbarth 8	(21–10)	Borba 5
	3×	Report	1× 3× 1×

Fifth place game

29 January 2022 16:00	Paraguay	26–21	Costa Rica	Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Araújo, Perdomo (URU)
	Gonzales, Samaniego 4	(12–9)	Molina 8
	1× 7×	Report	1× 5×

Third place game

29 January 2022 18:00	Chile	29–21	Uruguay	Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
	Er. Feuchtmann 6	(16–11)	Rubbo 5
	3× 8×	Report	5×

Final

29 January 2022 20:00	Argentina	17–20	Brazil	Ginásio de Esportes Geraldo Magalhães, Recife Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Parker 5	(10–10)	Hackbarth 5
	1× 2×	Report	1× 4×

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Argentina
	Chile
4	Uruguay
5	Paraguay
6	Costa Rica
7	Bolivia

	Qualified for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship

2022 South and Central American Men's Champions Brazil First title Team roster: João Silva, Guilherme Borges, Arthur Souza, Cléber Andrade, Rogério Moraes, Thiagus Petrus, Rangel da Rosa, Guilherme Torriani, Fábio Chiuffa, Leonardo Dutra, Thiago Ponciano, Haniel Langaro, Raul Nantes, Rudolph Hackbarth, César Almeida, Gustavo Rodrigues. Head coach: Marcus "Tatá" Oliveira.

All-star team

The all-star team was announced on 31 January 2022.^[8]

Position	Player
Most valuable player	Thiagus dos Santos
Goalkeeper	Leonel Maciel
Right wing	Rudolph Hackbarth
Right back	Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz
Centre back	João Pedro Silva
Left back	James Parker
Left wing	Ignacio Pizarro
Pivot	Rogério Moraes Ferreira

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals
1	Erwin Feuchtmann	43
2	Rudolph Hackbarth	35
3	Federico Gastón Fernández	26
4	Guilherme Torriani	24
5	Gustavo Rodrigues	19
5	Fábio Chiuffa	19
7	Esteban Salinas	18
7	David Molina	18
9	Leonardo Dutra	17
10	James Parker	16
11	Federico Rubbo	15
11	Justin Gutierrez	15