The Pan American Women's Handball Championship was the biennial official competition for senior national handball teams of North, Center, Caribbean and South America. It was organized by the Pan-American Team Handball Federation. In addition to crowning the Pan-American champions, the tournament served as a qualifying tournament for the IHF World Women's Handball Championship. In 2018, the PATHF was folded and the tournament was replaced with the North American & Caribbean and South and Central American Women's Handball Championships.
| Sport | Handball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1986 |
| First season | 1986 |
| Ceased | 2018 |
| Replaced by | Nor.Ca. Handball Championship South and Central American Women's Handball Championship |
| No. of teams | 12 |
| Continent | PATHF (Americas) |
| Most titles |  Brazil (10 titles) |
Summary edit
Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 10 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 |  United States | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |  Argentina | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 |  Canada | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 |  Cuba | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 |  Uruguay | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 |  Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 |  Chile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Greenland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Paraguay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | |
Participation history edit
| Nation |  1986 |
1989 |
1991 |
1997 |
1999 |
2000 |
2003 |
2005 |
2007 |
2009 |
2011 |
2013 |
2015 |
2017 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina
|
4th | – | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 13 |
| Brazil
|
3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 14 |
| Canada
|
2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | – | – | 5th | 4th | 6th | – | – | 9th | – | – | 8 |
| Chile
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 5th | – | 9th | 7th | 4 |
 Colombia
|
– | – | – | – | 6th | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | 3 |
 Costa Rica
|
– | – | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | 2 |
| Cuba
|
– | – | – | – | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd | – | 2nd | – | 3 |
| Dominican Republic
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 3rd | – | 8th | 7 |
| Greenland
|
– | – | – | – | 5th | 3rd | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | 3 |
 Guatemala
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | 10th | 3 |
 Mexico
|
– | 4th | – | 6th | – | 5th | – | – | 8th | 5th | 7th | 6th | 8th | – | 8 |
| Paraguay
|
5th | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 7th | – | 4th | 7th | 3rd | 7 |
 Puerto Rico
|
– | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 6th | 3 |
| Uruguay
|
6th | – | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 13 |
| United States
|
1st | 2nd | 1st | – | – | – | 4th | 6th | 7th | – | – | 8th | 10th | 5th | 9 |
 Venezuela
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | 7th | 11th | – | 3 |
| Total | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 |