2026 South and Central American Men's Handball Championship

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Host country Paraguay
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Dates19–24 January
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
2026 South and Central American Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Paraguay
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Dates19–24 January
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (2nd title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Chile
Fourth place Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored902 (60.13 per match)
Attendance5,710 (381 per match)
Top scorersBrazil Rudolph Hackbarth
(37 goals)
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The 2026 South and Central American Men's Handball Championship was the fourth edition of the South and Central American Men's Handball Championship, held from 19 to 24 January 2026 in Asunción, Paraguay.[1] It acted as the South and Central American qualifying tournament for the 2027 World Men's Handball Championship.

Argentina won the title for the second time.[2]

Team Appearance(s) Previous best performance[a]
Total First Last Streak 2024
 Argentina 4th 2020 2024 4 2nd Champions (2020)
 Brazil 4th 4 1st Champions (2022, 2024)
 Chile 4th 4 3rd Third place (2022, 2024)
 Paraguay (H) 4th 4 4th Fourth place (2024)
 Peru 1st Debut
 Uruguay 4th 2020 2024 4 5th Third place (2020)

Venue

The venue is the SND Arena in Asunción. The venue has hosted the 2021 Artistic Skating World Championships, Artistic Skating events at the 2022 South American Games and the 2022 Copa América de Futsal.

Asunción
SND Arena
Capacity: 5,500

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Argentina 5 5 0 0 192 98 +94 10 2027 World Championship
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Brazil 5 4 0 1 198 104 +94 8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Chile 5 3 0 2 160 134 +26 6
4  Uruguay 5 2 0 3 131 149 −18 4
5  Paraguay (H) 5 1 0 4 131 181 −50 2
6  Peru 5 0 0 5 90 236 −146 0
Source: IHF
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

Results

All times are local (UTC−3).

19 January 2026
14:00		 Chile  40–22  Uruguay SND Arena, Asunción
Attendance: 100
Referees: Altmár, Horváth (HUN)
Feuchtmann 6 (22–15) De Agrela 6
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19 January 2026
16:15		 Argentina  49–17  Peru SND Arena, Asunción
Attendance: 115
Referees: Corrêa, Corrêa (BRA)
R. Martínez 12 (24–10) Ortiz 5
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19 January 2026
20:00		 Brazil  40–18  Paraguay SND Arena, Asunción
Attendance: 450
Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
Da Silva 7 (19–12) Rojas 4
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20 January 2026
15:30		 Uruguay  25–33  Brazil SND Arena, Asunción
Attendance: 100
Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG)
Chaparro 8 (13–13) Langaro 10
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20 January 2026
18:00		 Peru  12–40  Chile SND Arena, Asunción
Attendance: 150
Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
Trelles 5 (3–23) Aedo, Scaramelli 6
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20 January 2026
20:30		 Paraguay  15–45  Argentina SND Arena, Asunción
Attendance: 400
Referees: Corrêa, Corrêa (BRA)
Martínez 5 (6–21) P. Martínez 10
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21 January 2026
15:30		 Brazil  34–21  Chile SND Arena, Asunción
Attendance: 210
Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
Hackbarth, Monte 5 (16–10) Feuchtmann 6
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21 January 2026
18:00		 Paraguay  45–30  Peru SND Arena, Asunción
Attendance: 265
Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG)
Rojas, Viana 7 (21–15) Araya 12
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21 January 2026
20:30		 Argentina  35–18  Uruguay SND Arena, Asunción
Attendance: 300
Referees: Altmár, Horváth (HUN)
Bono, R. Martínez 6 (16–10) De Agrela, Rostagno 4
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23 January 2026
15:30		 Brazil  66–14  Peru SND Arena, Asunción
Attendance: 120
Referees: Conberse, Correa (ARG)
Hackbarth 15 (30–8) Ortiz 5
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23 January 2026
18:00		 Argentina  37–23  Chile SND Arena, Asunción
Attendance: 320
Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
Jung 8 (17–7) Feuchtmann 5
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23 January 2026
20:30		 Paraguay  24–30  Uruguay SND Arena, Asunción
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG)
Fiore 10 (9–13) Rostagno 10
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24 January 2026
15:30		 Uruguay  36–17  Peru SND Arena, Asunción
Attendance: 80
Referees: Lenci, Grillo (ARG)
Tapia 8 (17–6) Ortiz 6
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24 January 2026
18:00		 Chile  36–29  Paraguay SND Arena, Asunción
Attendance: 350
Referees: Corrêa, Corrêa (BRA)
Salgado 10 (18–12) Fiore, Salinas 7
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24 January 2026
20:30		 Brazil  25–26  Argentina SND Arena, Asunción
Attendance: 750
Referees: Altmár, Horváth (HUN)
Hackbarth 7 (12–14) Bono 6
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