Handball at the 2017 Central American Games

The handball competition of the 2017 Central American Games in Managua was held from December 4 to 8 at the Instituto nicaraguense de deportes,[3] in both the men's and women's tournament, three teams qualified for the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Handball at the 2017 Central American Games
Tournament details
Host country Nicaragua
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates4–8 December
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Guatemala (men)
 Guatemala (women)[1]
Runner-up Costa Rica (men)
 Costa Rica (women)
Third place Honduras (men)
 Nicaragua (women)[2]
Fourth place Nicaragua (men)
 El Salvador (women)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)Guatemala Víctor Morales (25 goals)
Guatemala Militza Lavarreda
(29 goals)

Participating teams edit

Medal summary edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament   Guatemala   Costa Rica   Honduras
Women's tournament   Guatemala   Costa Rica   Nicaragua

Men's tournament edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Guatemala 4 4 0 0 106 84 22 8
  Costa Rica 4 3 0 1 107 82 25 6
  Honduras 4 2 0 2 105 97 8 4
  Nicaragua 4 1 0 3 101 129 –28 2
  El Salvador 4 0 0 4 78 105 –27 0

Round Robin edit

All times are local (UTC−06:00).

4 December 2017
16:00
El Salvador   18–22   Guatemala Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua
Attendance: 300
Referees: Segura, Valverde
Merino 6 (11–12) Herrera 8
  2×  Report   1× 
4 December 2017
20:00
Honduras   35–24   Nicaragua Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua
Attendance: 500
Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga
Garcia 9 (16–13) Lopéz 5
  5×  Report   2× 

5 December 2017
16:00
Guatemala   22–18   Costa Rica Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua
Attendance: 500
Referees: Zuñiga, Reyes
Morales 7 (9–9) Molina 5
 5×  Report   5×  1× 
5 December 2017
20:00
Nicaragua   29–27   El Salvador Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua
Attendance: 500
Referees: Paguaga, Cruz
Ruiz 6 (14–10) Alvarenga 6
 2×  Report   6×  1× 

6 December 2017
16:00
El Salvador   14–29   Honduras Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua
Attendance: 200
Referees: Urrutea, Jímenez
Merino, Portillo 3 (8–14) Montoya 7
  5×  Report   4× 
6 December 2017
18:00
Costa Rica   30–22   Nicaragua Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua
Attendance: 500
Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga
Molina, Vargas 8 (15–8) three players 4
  4×  Report   3×  2× 

7 December 2017
11:30
Guatemala   25–22   Honduras Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua
Attendance: 300
Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga
Morales 7 (13–14) García 6
  4×  Report   1×  1× 
7 December 2017
15:30
El Salvador   19–25   Costa Rica Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua
Attendance: 300
Referees: Jímenez, Urrutea
Merino 7 (10–10) Molina 8
  3×  1×  Report   5×  1× 

8 December 2017
16:00
Honduras   19–34   Costa Rica Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua
Attendance: 500
Referees: Reyes, Zuñiga
four players 3 (9–16) Vargas 8
  5×  1×  Report   3×  1× 
8 December 2017
20:00
Nicaragua   26–37   Guatemala Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua
Attendance: 500
Referees: Segura, Valverde
Sotomayor 5 (14–20) Morales 10
  Report   1× 

Final standing edit

Rank Team
    Guatemala
    Costa Rica
    Honduras
4   Nicaragua
5   El Salvador
Teams qualified to the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games

Women's tournament edit

Qualification round edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Guatemala 3 3 0 0 73 48 25 6
  Nicaragua 3 2 0 1 70 78 –8 4
  Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 66 58 8 2
  El Salvador 3 0 0 3 52 77 –25 0

All times are local (UTC−06:00).

4 December 2017
14:00
Costa Rica   26–15   El Salvador Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua
Attendance: 250
Referees: Urrutea, Jimenez
Araya 10 (13–10) Cuellar 4
  2×  Report   4× 
4 December 2017
18:00
Guatemala   28–19   Nicaragua Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua
Attendance: 500
Referees: Cruz, Paguaga
Lavarreda, Sosa 6 (14–10) Gutierrez 3
  1×  Report   4× 

5 December 2017
14:00
El Salvador   12–25   Guatemala Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua
Attendance: 200
Referees: Ramirez, Gomez
Navarrete 3 (4–15) Florián 5
  3×  Report   4× 
5 December 2017
18:00
Nicaragua   25–23   Costa Rica Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua
Attendance: 500
Referees: Fernandez, Gonzalez
Acuña 6 (11–9) Camacho 7
  7×  Report   5× 

6 December 2017
12:00
El Salvador   25–26   Nicaragua Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua
Attendance: 300
Referees: Segura, Valverde
Cuellar 7 (14–11) Acuña, Ortega 6
  3×  1×  Report   2× 
6 December 2017
14:00
Costa Rica   17–20   Guatemala Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua
Attendance: 300
Referees: Cruz, Paguaga
Ramirez 8 (8–12) Lavarreda 6
  1×  Report   5×  1× 

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
December 7
 
 
  Guatemala20
 
December 8
 
  El Salvador14
 
  Guatemala24
 
December 7
 
  Costa Rica21
 
  Nicaragua28
 
 
  Costa Rica31
 
Third place
 
 
December 8
 
 
  El Salvador24
 
 
  Nicaragua33

Semifinals edit

7 December 2017
09:30
Guatemala   20–14   El Salvador Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua
Attendance: 250
Referees: Ramirez, Gomez
Sosa 6 (10–6) Ayala 4
  4×  Report  2× 

7 December 2017
14:00
Nicaragua   28–31   Costa Rica Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua
Attendance: 500
Referees: González, Fernández
Rivera 9 (13–15) Araya, Ramirez 9
  5×  Report   5× 

Bronze medal game edit

8 December 2017
14:00
El Salvador   24–33   Nicaragua Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua
Referees: Urrutia, Jimenez
Ayala, Guardado 5 (11–17) Rivera 7
 4×  Report   2× 

Gold medal game edit

8 December 2017
18:00
Guatemala   24–21   Costa Rica Instituto nicaraguense de deportes, Managua
Attendance: 500
Referees: Cruz, Paguaga
Lavarreda 10 (11–10) Polanco 8
  7×  Report   3× 

Final standing edit

Rank Team
    Guatemala
    Costa Rica
    Nicaragua
4   El Salvador
Teams qualified to the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games

References edit

  1. ^ "Guatemala domina a Costa Rica y se queda con el oro". www.prensalibre.com (in Spanish). 8 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Nicaragua gana bronce en balonmano en Juegos Centroamericanos". www.elnuevodiario.com.ni (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Balonmano marca su camino en la actividad de los Juegos Centroamericanos de Managua 2017". hoy.com.ni (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2017.

External links edit