Sport | Handball |
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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) |
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.